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After this one Axis can choose if they initiate combat in North Sea

Or North Atlantic

Mayhemizer_slith wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 1:58 pm Boring first round.

I was so sure Japanese plane is going to be shot down and did not ask which one is cleared, I can redo that if needed.

Do Axis stay or abort?

Do you stay in the sea area?

japan aborts the air combat, and the sea area. FTR2 lands, if possible, in Rabaul.

Mayhemizer_slith wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 2:01 pm After this one Axis can choose if they initiate combat in North Sea

No, thank you.

Mayhemizer_slith wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 2:02 pm Or North Atlantic

Yes, please.

No combat in North Atlantic - Axis 8, Allies 5.

Over to USSR for bombing and land moves.

After that you people are going to see how my mentor told me to play this game: Early in turn attack when success is guaranteed, late in turn attack if you have possibility to succeed. During the first impulse 75% attack is not good, late in turn 30% attack is good!

Rail moves
USSR railed CAV div to Ulan-Ude (Japanese MOT div is driving towards empty Mongolian capital)


Land move

USSR
Minor moves, mostly in Manchuria

CW
INF from Iraq to west
HQs in Southern France swap hexes
CW MOT and US GAR swap hexes in Southern France
MIL in Denmark from port 2 hexes west

US
PARA in UK 3 hexes east
Units moving in Tunisia to capture Axis hexes


Debark
CW GAR to port in northern Denmark


Invasion
CW MAR, INF and MAR div invade to central Denmark (11:2 at this moment)
(I included the notional or attack would be automatic)

Land combat
CW/US units try to break out from southern France pocket (31:10 at this moment)
ARM HQ, MECH, HQI, MOT, AT gun and AA gun are attacking against 2 INF

CW doubles the invasion using shore bombardment

CW uses HQ support in France (+2 to attack)

CW sends LND3 (1 factor) and NAV3 (3 factor) bombers to support the invasion escorted by FTR3.

US sends FTR2 (1 factor) to support the attack in France

Axis can send many planes
Most German planes reach Denmark, only Ju88 reach France. He111 reach only using extended range.

Most Italian planes reach France, only 9 range bomber reach Denmark. Fighter is in combat hex.

Allies can intercept Denmark with 7 factor fighter and carrier planes (4 and 2 factors)
Allies can intercept France with 6 and 5 factor fighters

Any planes from the Axis?

At this moments odds are
Denmark 22:1 = +21
France 31:10 and HQ support = +7,2B (not quite sure if Allied combat friction is yet counted)

In Denmark we send 3 fighters, and two bombers.

FTR2 (Bf 109G-10) based in Denmark is front fighter. It lands in hex 46,37.
FTR2 (Héjja) based in Netherlands is first backup fighter. It lands in hex 48,35.
FTR3 (Bf 110G) based in Ruhr area, Germany, is final backup fighter. It lands in the hex it flew from.
LND2 (Hs 123) based in Kiel is front bomber. It lands in Lubeck.
LND3 (He 111) based in Lille is backup bomber. It lands in Bremen.

- LND2, will be designated as first loss/abort. After that the FTR2s are taken as losses/aborts.
- LND3 will be cleared first.
- We will assign results on enemy FTRs, unless the FTR3 is our front fighter. If our FTR3 is at front then we will target enemy bombers.
- We stay until our FTR3 is front fighter, and then we stay if we fight at -2 disadvantage, or better.

In Southern France we send one FTR2, and one LND3.

FTR2 (Folgore) from the attacked hex, and it lands in Toulouse.
LND3 (Sparviero) from St-Malo. It lands in Paris.

- We will target enemy fighters.
- Our FTR2 is designated as first loss/abort.
- Abort if our bomber is cleared, and we fight at an disadvantage.
- We will abort if we fight at -4, or worse.

CW intercept two remaining fighters to attack in France and 7 factor fighter to attack in Denmark. Best fighter is front fighter in both attacks, LND3 is front bomber in Denmark.

Situation in Denmark after round 1, Axis are doing well. Both stay.

After 3 rounds Allies give up. We are not rolling same dice with the Axis.

First round in France. Do the Axis stay with odds -3/+4?

You picked the wrong bomber in Southern France. It should be the LND3 from Northern France. St-Malo, I believe.

And thus it would make it -4, and we abort. Or so I suspect anyway.

Right, didn't notice that plane reach. I redo it and abort.