Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99.

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I have begun to think that ‘Artillery’ is a pro-Allied optional rule. It possibly adds one turn to the German conquest of France. And though the Germans have ‘guns’ too, the utility of the French AA/AT is worth quite a bit more. Not having anti-tank assets in the clear hex with the HQ was a grave tactical mistake, particularly if there is one such in Lille. The French ARM should have been in that hex too.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

[ax] Final Production. Axis.
Germany. 22 x 0.75 = 17 BP's. -2 Trade. 15 BP's. 9+4=13 Oil Saved.
Italy. 6 x 0.75 = 5 BP's. 1+1=2 Oil Saved.
Japan. 17 x 1 = 17 BP's. -1 Trade. 16 BP's. 7+1=8 Oil Saved.

[al] Allied Final Production
China: 5 pp x 1 = 5 bps; 1 oil saved.
Commonwealth: 21 pp x 0.75 = 16 - 1 (Fr) = 15 bps; 17 oil saved.
France: 7 pp x 1.25 = 9 + 2 (CW/saved) = 11 bps; 2 oil saved.
USA: 40 pp x 0.25 = 10 + 1 (Ja) = 11 bps; 8 oil saved.
USSR: 23 pp x 0.5 = 12 + 2 (Ge) = 14 bps; 8 oil saved.

[ax] Scraped Destroyed.
Germany None.
Italy. BB Vittorio Veneto.

[al] Allied Scrap Destroyed
China: No
Commonwealth: Scraps 6 pdr (2-4 at gun)
France: Scraps MS 406 (ftr2), cruiser Duguay Trouin

[ax] Production.
Germany. 15 BP's. FTR2 (2), PIL(2), Sub 1st(1) x 3, Mech Div(3), Eng Div(3), MIL(2)
Italy. 5 BP's. CP(1), Sub Repair(1), BP Save x 3 (Rome).
Japan. 16 BP's. PIL(2), LND(3), Mech Div(3), Inf(3)x2, MIL(2)

[al] Allied Production
China (5): 1 INF (3), 1 GARR (2)
Commonwealth (15): 1 ca (rep) (1)(Sussex), 2 cp (2), 1 pil (2), 1 ftr3 (3), 1 ftr2 (2), 1 INF (3), 1 MIL (2)
France (11): 1 pil (2), 1 ftr2 (2), 1 INF (3), 2 MIL (4)
USA (11): 1 cv (2nd) (2) (Langley), 1 amph (1st) (3), 1 cp (1), 1 sub (1st) (1), 1 sub (2nd) (1), 1 INF (3)
USSR (14): 1 ARM (6), 2 INF (6), 1 GARR (2)

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Reserve Pools.

The important take aways are:

(1) Germany has 1 reserve pilot, but no quality reserve fighter airframes. However, as you shall see Germany will use this reserve pilot to fill the second of two new fighter airfames arriving next turn.

(2) France has 1 reserve pilot, which can be used to fill either the reserve fighter (D510) or fighter/bomber (Potez 631) airframe.

(3) CW has 3 reserve pilots, but no quality reserve fighter airframes.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Production Spiral. Germany.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Production Spiral. Italy.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Production Spiral. Japan.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Production Spiral. China.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Production Spiral. CW.

Won't be for two turns until the RAF will be able to field additional (new) fighter units. Hopefully, the Battle for France will be over then.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Production Spiral. France.

France has 1 aircrew and new fighter plus 1 reserve fighter and airframe that it can field.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Production Spiral. USA.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Production Spiral. USSR.

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The CW will use their Polish pilots to deploy their old CVLs to kill U-Boats with. &/Or their often potent collection of cheap NAVs.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Victory Totals.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Global Map. Hex Control.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Global Map. Units.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Global Map. Active Axis.

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Turn 5. May/June 1940. End of Turn. Global Map. Active Allied.

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Turn 6. July/August 1940. Start of Turn. Place Units.

[ax] Germany. Place Units.
Fill 2 planes. Bf 109 E-7 & He 100. No PIL's left.
Breslau MIL to Breslau.
2 Sub flotillas to Kiel
BB Bismark to Konigsberg
Bf 109 E-7 & He 100 TO Aachen, Germany.
No air removed.

[ax] Italy. Place Units.
Sub squadron to La Spezia.
Mar div & CP to Trieste.
No air removed.

[ax] Japan. Place. Units.
No New Planes. 1 PIL left in reserve.
Osaka MIL to Osaka.
1st SNLF D. & 1st Mtn Div to Fukuoka.
CP to Fukuoka.
No planes removed.

[al] Allied Reinforcements

Nationalist China
- 1st Army (5-3 INF) to Chungking.

Commonwealth
- Assign pilots to Gladiator cvp1, Swordfish nav2
- Auckland MIL to Auckland
- HMS Ark Royal and Suffolk to Liverpool
- Gladiator cvp1 to Liverpool (assign to Ark Royal)
- Swordfish nav2 to Liverpool
- convoy point to Bombay
- 13th Indian Corps (4-3 INF) to Bombay
- no planes removed

France
- Assign pilots to MB 152 (ftr2) and L.298 Latecoere (nav2)
- Lyons MIL to Lyons
- Marseilles MIL to Marseilles
- Richelieu to Marseilles
- L.298 Latecoere (nav2) to Marseilles
- MB 152 (ftr2) to Paris
- no planes removed

United States
- no pilots assigned to planes
- no reinforcements to place
- no planes removed

[al] Soviet Reinforcements
Assign Pilots to Planes
- Assign pilots to I-153, I-16 (2x ftr2)
- Assign pilots to Pe-2, IL-4/DB-3F (2x lnd3) (make sure the IL-4 is the one with 3 tactical and 4 strategic factors)
- Assign pilots to TB-3 and TB-7/Pe-8 (2x lnd4)

Place Units
- Place 43rd Army (5-3 INF) and 39th Army (6-4 INF) in Blagovyeshchensk
- Place I-153 (ftr2), IL-4 and Pe-2 (2x lnd3) in Blagovyeshchensk
- Place I-16 (ftr2), TB-3 and TB-7 (2x lnd4) in Chita
- Place 54th Army (4-1 GARR) in Vladivostok
- Place HQ Yeremenko in Ulan-Ulde

No planes removed

Soviet Asia. Japanese Manchuria.

{Looks like trouble's brewing in Soviet Asia. No doubt in my mind for a while that he's (i.e., the USSR) is planning to surprise and attack Japan.

Maybe a preemptive DOW by Japan on the USSR?

I plan to have the axis move first if they win the initiative (currently at 0 on the initiative w/allies winning ties). I know this isn't good for the long-term but I may even go so far as to ask for a re-roll if the axis lose the first roll. There's only a 45% chance of winning the first roll. And if the axis lose and request a re-roll (+1 for the allies on the initiative) that chance drops to 36%.}

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Turn 6. July/August 1940. Start of Turn. Resource Lending.

[ax] Resource Lending. Axis. No changes.

[al] Trade Agreements
- CW cancels its lending to France
- France lends 1 (non-oil) resource to CW

No other trade agreements

[ax] Only two non-mandatory (i.e., temporary) trade agreements.
(1) France 1 non-oil RP to CW.
(2) Germany 2 non-oil RP's to Italy.

Resource Lending.

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Turn 6. July/August 1940. Start of Turn. Initiative.

[ax] Initiative.
D10(Axis)=5, D10(Allied)=10.
Allies win first roll 10 to 5.

[ax] Axis are pondering whether or not to request a re-roll.

[ax] I know it's probably not good long term strategy but the axis do request a re-roll.

[ax] Initiative. Re-roll.
D10(axis)=3, D10(allied)=9.
Allies win second roll 9+1=10 to 3.
I assume you wish to move first?

[al] You've assumed correctly. I do wish to go first.

[ax] Turn 6. July/August 1940. Allied #1. Weather=6. Fine everywhere except for storms in the north monsoon.

Weather.