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US initiates on Coral Sea and reacts 2 fighters (factors 7 and 5).

EDIT: also CW NAV3 joins to box 2

Japan can send NAV3 if they want to.

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer_slith

US combined, USSR and CW land, FF naval


Naval air
CW FTR2 from Marseilles to West Med box 2
US FTR2 from Azores to CSV box 0
US NAV2 to Coral Sea box 2

Naval move
US CV from Brisbane to Suva
US 2x CV from Suva to Mexican Coast box 1
FF sub to East Coast box 1


Naval combat
FF initiates on East Med, Do Axis wish to send more planes?

No additional air to the East Med.

I presume that no French SUB sailed to the East Coast.

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer_slith

US initiates on Coral Sea and reacts 2 fighters (factors 7 and 5).

EDIT: also CW NAV3 joins to box 2

Japan can send NAV3 if they want to.

No, thank you.

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer_slith

US combined, USSR and CW land, FF naval


Naval air
CW FTR2 from Marseilles to West Med box 2
US FTR2 from Azores to CSV box 0
US NAV2 to Coral Sea box 2

Naval move
US CV from Brisbane to Suva
US 2x CV from Suva to Mexican Coast box 1
FF sub to East Coast box 1


Naval combat
FF initiates on East Med, Do Axis wish to send more planes?

No additional air to the East Med.

I presume that no French SUB sailed to the East Coast.

Right [:D] FF sub had no range to sail to East Coast, it barely reached East Med.

No combat on Coral Sea (Allies 3, Axis 6).

On East Med Axis ships surprise Allies submarines (7-1).

How do want to proceed?

After East Med combat is over, Axis can initiate on CSV if they want to.

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer_slith

On East Med Axis ships surprise Allies submarines (7-1).

How do want to proceed?

Only include the CW SUB. All points are used to increase the damage done to the SUB.

Axis stay. No additional air.

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer_slith

After East Med combat is over, Axis can initiate on CSV if they want to.

No, thank you.

CW sub sinks.

FF sub goes for 2nd round.

Naval combat is over, rolls 6 and 3.

Over to JJ for USSR land moves.

43 MA i7 (allies) cont:

Rail move
None

Land move CW
CAV div from London to Dover
5-4 INF from Southampton to Plymouth
In Southern France ART one hex SW to 63,30
In Southern France MIL from 63,30 one hex NE to 62,31
In Southern France HQs in hexes 63,30 and 62,30 swap hexes
In India INF from Goa two hexes SE to port Mangalore
USSR few moves along the line on German front not much

Debark
US MTN to Gib
US MIL to Casablanca
US PARA to Liverpool

Rebase
CW CVP in Glasgow to CV
CW fighter from Nigeria 105,39 to NW
US bombers from East Coast to Bermuda (Boston) and Lisbon (Liberator)
FTR3 rebases west near Suva, NAV3 rebases Tonga to Port Vila
1 CVP rebases onto CV at Suva

Turn continues, awful weather

Mar/Apr '43
Impulse #9 (Axis)

Land: Germany
Combined: Italy, Japan
Naval:

Germany, and Italy, decide to port strike Algiers during the snowy weather. Hoping that it takes the port defences by surprise. Two squadrons are launched from Cagliari.

The Axis gamble on that the cold weather was a distraction for the Allied defences failed.

How will the Allies use their 4 surprise points?

Avoid combat, thank you.

I was wondering what are you going to do with those planes. Didn’t see this one coming.

Mar/Apr '43
Impulse #9 (Axis)

No naval air.

Naval Movement:

Japan:
2 AMPH + BB + CA + HQI (Singapore) -> China Sea 2-box - embark MIL (Canton) + INF Div (Tientsin)
CA (Batavia) -> Bismarck Sea 4-box - embark MAR Div (New Ireland)

Italy:
TRS + BB (La Spezia) -> Italian Coast 3-box - embark MOT (Tirana)

No strategic bombing. No Ground Strikes.

Over to Germany for the second part of our impulse.

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Mar/Apr '43
Impulse #9 (Axis) Cont

Rail Movement:
Japan:
INF (Seoul) -> Pyongyang

Germany:
INF Koningsberg->Antonescu HQI
Mec Koningsberg->Rommel
MAR Kiel -> La Spezia

Land Movement:

Germany
Minor shuffeling alone Central and South USSR front
and in the Lwcountries
PARA Nice->63,33

Japan:
MTN Div (Jesselton, N. Borneo) -> Brunei

Italy:
HQA (63,33) -> Nice

DebarK:

Japan:
HQI -> Pyongyang

Italy:
MOT -> Cagliari

Invasion:
Japan:
MAR Div -> Guam (Automatic)

Air Rebase:

Japan:
FTR2 (Kuala Lumpur) -> Batavia
FTR2 (Sasebo) -> Pyongyang
LND2 (101,150 Philippines) -> Haichow
FTR2 A6M3 (Truk) -> Rabaul

Germany
FTR2 Kiel->52,56
LND3 22,53->37,55
FTR3 Calais->51,35

Italy
FTR2 54,30->53,30

Reorg
Guderian

Arm
2xINF

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EOT (Less than 4) -> 1

Partisan appeared in French Indo-China, placed to Saigon.

Garrison also tested in some other country I already forgot.

Axis end of turn:

Preliminary planning:
Germany - 27 production points - 37 BPs. Save 5 oil (Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, Breslau, and Berlin).
Italy - 11 production points - 21 BPs. Save 1 oil in Turin.
Japan - 19 production points - 29 BPs. Save, or idle, 4 oil. Save NEI oil in Tokyo, Batavia, and Singapore. one idle NEI oil is used for re-org.

Stay at sea:
The following units stay at sea.

Germany:
North Sea: 2 SUB
Eastern Mediterranean: CP

Italy:
Italian Coast: CP + 2 CA
CSV: SUB 5054 and SUB 4937
Eastern Mediterranean: 2 CA

Japan:
China Sea: 12 CP + CA in 1-box
South China Sea: 5 CP + 2 CA (1-box + 4-box)
Bismarck Sea: CP + 2 CA
The Marianas: CA

Return to Base:

Germany:
Italian Coast: NAV3 -> 75,40 (Sicily)
East Med: FTR2 -> Athens
North Sea: FTR2 -> 48,34 (Netherlands)

Italy:
CSV: 2 SUB -> Brest
Italian Coast: TRS + BB + CA -> La Spezia

Japan:
Persian Gulf: SUB -> Singapore
Red Sea: SUB -> Singapore
Bay of Bengal: SUB -> Singapore
The Solomons: FTR2 -> Truk
Coral Sea: FTR2 -> Rabaul
Timor Sea: CA -> Brunei
Antipodes: SUB -> Truk
New Zealand Coast: SUB -> Truk
China Sea: AMPH + TERR -> Seoul; CA + INF Div -> Wonsan, Korea; CA (Kinugasa) -> Tokyo; AMPH + 3 BB + CA (Atago) -> Fukuoka
South China Sea: TRS + MAR -> Wonsan, Korea; CA -> Guam; NAV2 (B5N1) -> Singapore; NAV2 (D3A2) -> Amoy, China; NAV2 (B5N2) -> 101,148 (Philippines)

Use Oil:

Germany:
All units are reorganized for 2 oil (1.8). Use 1 saved oil in Bratislava, and 1 in Berlin.

Italy:
All units, except BB and SUB 4937, are reorganized for 1 oil (1.4). Use 1 saved oil in Rome.

Japan:
All units are reorganized for 2 oil (2.4). Use the idle NEI + oil saved in Batavia.

Breakdown:

Scrap:

Production:
Germany (37):
INF
2 MTN
MOT
HQI
3 FTR2
LND3
4 Pilot

Italy (21):
MOT
AT
2 FTR2
NAV2
3 Pilot
SUB (1st)
Repair SUB

Japan (29):
INF
Warlord
AT
2 FTR2
NAV2
CVP1
3 Pilot
BB (2nd)
SUB (1st)
Repair SUB
CP

Factory destruction:
-

Reinforcements:

Germany:
FTR2 (FW 190A-8) -> Königsberg
FTR2 (FW 190D-2) -> Königsberg
FTR2 (BF 109G-10) -> Dusseldorf
GARR -> Cologne
MECH + INF (9-4) + AT -> Königsberg
ARM -> Breslau
INF (5-3) + SUB -> Kiel

Italy:
FTR2 (G.55) -> Palermo
LND3 (SM.81) -> Palermo
MTN -> Palermo
INF -> Rome
ART -> Genoa

Japan:
FTR2 (Ki-61) -> Fukuoka
CVP1 (B5N1) -> CV Hiyo in Fukuoka
CV (Hiyo) + CA -> Fukuoka
SUB -> Tokyo
INF + GARR -> Fukuoka
MECH + AT + CAV Div -> Sasebo
MOT -> Tokyo

Voluntary Resource Lending:
Modified; Germany -> Italy: 8 resources, (One oil) + 4 BPs

Axis goes first if we win the initiative.

Losses for the turn.