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Italy rolls 6 and France 1. Combat is avoided.


Picture from Mar/Apr '41 Impulse #6 (Allied) - Naval Combat

The naval action took a bit longer than expected so the action will continue tomorrow.

The Axis have done pretty well. High losses in the Allied side....

Gents looks like I will be unable to get around to this until Saturday morning. Apologies.

Mar/Apr 1941
Impulse: 6

No Ground Strikes

USA - Rail: The 1st Motorised Division ends its sunny sojourn in Californ-I-a and heads for the east coast and specifically Norfolk Virginia.

Movement: The 4th Infantry Division move to Long Beach

China - Movement: There is some detail movement from the nationalist Chinese in the south.

ChiComms - Movement: There is some limited movement in the Ordos Desert.

Soviet Union - Movement: The remaining moves are consumed by in the Ukraine and environs as lots of units decide they like the safety of forest regions.

CW - Rebase: Swordfish in CSV to Rabat. Whitley Houston from Bilbao to Casablanca.

CW - Reorganisation: 2 x TRS reorganise the 2nd Infantry Corps in Gibraltar.

Mar/Apr 1941
Impulse: 9

Weather

M/A 41 Axis 9

No DoW or alignmemnts.

Ever mindful of the need for efficiency, the 3 Axis powers all opt for Combined.

Jap Trans takes Hiroshima Mil to Port Arthur. A second loads Fukuoka Mil from the city to China Sea 1-box.

Battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, accompanied by von Hipper sail into Cape St Vincent. Do the Allies wish to intercept and with what?

Yes - the battleship Provence is detached to search

The Provence shows its provenance when it detects the German battle squadron (4 rolled). The German ships elect to stay and fight from the sea-zone and settle in the 4-box.

Italian Trans with Turin Mil sails to West Med. Do the Allies wish to intercept?

Yes please - HMS Cornwall

Edit: Since Warspite1 had the bridge I surrender to his wisdom. [:)]

HMS Cornwall searches valiantly and catches sight of some smoke on the horizon but cannot make it in time to identify the source (5 rolled). The Italian transports join their aviator colleagues in the 2-box.

Two areas for naval combat.

The Italians decline West Med.

In CSV, the Italian 2-box Nav initiates searching. The Axis don't add any planes. The Allies can fly Swordfish to 1-box, Harrow to 2-box and Whitley to either 1-box or 2-box if extended range. Any interest?

Swordfish to the 0-box, thank you.

Swordfish to the 0-box. Aye, aye sir.

Both sides easily locate each other (1's rolled. In a strange coincidence, the MWiF roller also produced a brace of 1's. Some things are meant to be).

Bf-110 flies as a fighter.

How do the Allies wish to use the Swordfish?

The 4 range of the Swordfish in the 0-box makes quite a difference to what the Allies can bring to the party as it enables the 0-box to be included.

How do the Allies wish to use the Swordfish?

Fighter.

The 4 range of the Swordfish in the 0-box makes quite a difference to what the Allies can bring to the party as it enables the 0-box to be included.

Range matters not for land based naval bombers.

ORIGINAL: Orm

The 4 range of the Swordfish in the 0-box makes quite a difference to what the Allies can bring to the party as it enables the 0-box to be included.

Range matters not for land based naval bombers.

True, I guess simply the +1 for being a Nav then.

Axis are set. Is the current arrangement to the Allies preference?

CW is set as well.