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J/F 40 Axis 9

No DoW or alignments.

Land: Germany
Naval: Italy
Combined: Japan.

TRANs, AMPH and 2 CL's sail from Canton to China Sea 3-box and load two MILS from Japan. 4 x CL's sail from Fukuoka to Japanese Coast 4-box.

The Italians send escorts to 0, 1 and 4 boxes of Italian Coast, plus a CP. I decline the intercepts as the CP is last to go and I figure the subs wouldn't intercept the cruisers.

The Italians decline combat in Italian Coast but have a go in West Med. Neither side has any further aircraft available. Searches: Axis 2, Allies 7. Axis will have 4 surprise points.

The Italians opt for naval air combat. Does the Swordfish fly as a fighter or bomber? There is already a Gladiator as fighter.

Bomber, plz

First round of combat sees the Italian NAV aborted and the Swordfish cleared. The second round passes without incident. Do the Allies wish to destroy the fighter or bomber?

FTR2, Plz

Sorry, didn't get the screenshot. The Axis rolled a third '10' for no effect.

The Italian NAV aborts the fight and then aborts further combat. I leave the Allies in place.

Do the Allies want a go in Italian Coast? If so, which sub to disorganise?

Yes, plz. The sub with 7 in def plz

Searches: Allies 5, Axis 8. No combat.

No air missions.

Germans rail ENG from Warsaw to Liege and 4-4 INF from Warsaw to Marseilles.

Japanese INF occupies Kweilin. The US notices but isn't too bothered (3 rolled).

Over to Warspite1 for the rest of the impulse.

Jan/Feb 1940
Impulse 9: (Axis)

Land Movement:
Germany

The Germans shuffle their forces in limited fashion

I await final orders from my Axis colleagues in Tokyo and Rome in order to complete the rest of the turn.

Remaining instructions as per E-mail. Debark the two MILs to Tientsin. Rebase Ki-27 back as far towards Japan as possible. Don’t leave it on a Chinese hex with no other units though.

No combats or reorgs.

Jan/Feb 1940
Impulse 9: (Axis)

Oops.

Debark:
Japan

Two MIL land in Tientsin

Rebase:
Germany

Some FTR and LND swap positions in Germany/France/Belgium

Japan

A FTR heads to Soochow

Reorganisation: None

End of Turn: Turn ends on less than 4 (a 4 is thrown)

Jan/Feb '40
Impulse #11 (Allies)

No declarations of war.

Land: France, China
Combined: CW, USA, USSR
Naval:

No port strikes. No naval air.

Naval Moves:

CW:
TRS + HQA CsV->Brest
2 x CA Port Said->East Med 4-Box

USA:
SUB -> Manila
SUB -> Midway

CW begin searching in the Italian Coast.

No combat in the Italian Coast. (Allies 4, Axis 10)

Next search is in the East Med.

No combat in the East Med. (Allies 10, Axis 2)

Jan/Feb '40
Impulse #11 (Allies)

No strategic bombing. No Ground Strikes.

Rail Moves:
CW:
TER Bayonne->Toulouse

USSR:
ENG (Omsk) -> 52,145 (Siberia)

Land Moves:

France:
5-3 INF ne Reims-> e Reims
5-2 MIL nw Reims -> ne Reims
Georges + ART nw Reims-> Reims
Bilotte + 5-3 INF se Lille-> nw Reims

CW:
Art Antwerp-Lille
HQI Lille->53,30(SE Lille)
MOT 51,30->53,30(SE Lille)

CHina (Nat):
General Retreat is still in command.

China (Com):
MIL (73,134) -> 73,136

USSR:
CAV (56,145) -> 57,147
HQA -> Leningrad

Jan/Feb '40
Impulse #11 (Allies)

Air rebase:

France:
FTR2 Reims-> se Reims

CW:
FTR2 Antwerp->Dover

USSR:
LND3 (Vladivostok) -> 62,161

No reorganization.

Turn ends on a roll of 3. (5, or less, to end)

No partisans. Garrison was tested in NEI.

How will the German pact markers be placed?

2 x Defensive please

USSR place their marker in the offensive pool.

USA draws one entry marker and place it against Japan. No US option selected.