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2nd round rolls Axis 10 Allied 1.

No combat. Should Allies have found with CV and CVP in box 0?

Could be that the CVP has short range and don’t get Naval Search bonus.

Correct, 3 range.

43 JF i5 (allies) continued:

No strat or GS air missions for allies

Rail move
CW IND TERR from Calcutta to Dacca
US from Rio de Janeiro BRA MIL to Recife
USSR MIL Smolensk to Archangel

Land move

CW in Netherlands
MOT div to Amsterdam
AT gun and MAR to hex NE of Amsterdam

FF MIL to Dakar

US MOT ENG in Algeria enters Tunisia moving SE E E SW SE and captures the port of Gabes.
US HQ-I in Algeria one hex NE to same hex with MOT

Debark
US INF to Amsterdam

Rebase
AUS NAV3 from Brisbane one hex east
CW FTR2 from Sahara desert (79,22) to Algeria 74,33
CW FTR2 Typhoon from Southern France (62,30) to UK Dover
CW FTR2 from Sahara desert (96,36) to NW (87,34)

FF FTR2 in Brazil to (125,353) SW of Recife
FF FTR2 in Sahara desert to NE (82,27)

US NAV3 Hawaii to Tonga
US FTR2 from Norfolk to Bermuda
US LND4 from Azores to UK (48,29 NE of London)
US FTR2 from TRS in East Polynesia to Maupiti island

USSR LND3 near Gomel to Archangel
USSR FTR2 near Moscow to near Archangel
USSR FTR2 near Smolensk to near Moscow

Reorg
Gort in Southern France reorg ART

Jan/Feb '43
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Land: Germany
Combined: Italy, Japan
Naval:

Axis port strikes the US TRS in Marseilles. Two Axis NAV3, and two escorting FTR2, are included in the raid. Two more Axis FTR2 can be added in the next step. CW has three FTR2, and US has one FTR2, available for interception.

Will Allies intercept the port strike on Marseilles?

7 and 5 factor CW fighters (I think from target hex) will intercept. Better as front fighter.

First one to be aborted to Marseilles, second to woods with 6-1 GAR.

If both stay to the end, then better one to Marseilles and the other one to the woods.

Germany adds one 6-strength, 3-range, FTR2w from Nice.

Jan/Feb '43
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Allies has 3 surprise points. Will any be used at this point? (Allies 9, Axis 10)

Just a sec

No thanks, save it to decrease damage. It matters if only one NAV makes it.

Jan/Feb '43
Impulse #6 (Axis)

The line-up.

Axis wins the first round.

Does Allies stay? I think there will be an opportunity to use surprise points if they stay (at this point).

We stay. We count on luck and target bomber.

Use points to reduce damage.

Fighter retuns to Marseilles.

One bomber was cleared.

This is MWIF picture number 1000 that I made for posting in this AAR thread. I suggest that there has been some progress since we begun this game. [:)] I hope that I will make it to at least double that before it ends.

Allies wins the third round.

The air combat continues.

Jan/Feb '43
Impulse #6 (Axis)

And the 4th round goes to the Allies as well. That Hurricane unit fights heroically.

Next time Hurricane is front fighter and new ”superior” models follow to see how the job is done.

The Hurricane wins three straight rounds, and ends the fight.

Jan/Feb '43
Impulse #6 (Axis)

The TRS was damaged.

The German naval bomber lands in Paris.