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Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Japan. Ground Strike. Sian, China.

Japan use their second air mission for a ground strike, which is also unsuccessful.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Japan. Northern, China.

Japan only maneuvers in the North. They make no attack.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Japan. Land Combat. Southern, China.

In the south Japan does attack but rolls miserably. Ouch ... the dreaded 14 (modified) on the assault table.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Japan. Southern, China.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. RN. East Med.

The CW takes a naval and moves strong forces into the East Med with the objective of finding and either sinking or running off the Italian RM, which would put the large Italian army in the Middle East out of supply.

Unfortunately for the RN their search fails, but the Italian's search doesn't. The Italians use their surprise points to avoid combat. The risk to the Italian supply lines in the Middle East was just too great to gamble given the small naval force that the axis have in the East Med.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. RN. North Atlantic.

The CW also uses the naval to increase convoy escorts in the North Atlantic. The CW chooses not to initiate combat.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. German U-boats. North Atlantic. Round 1, search.

The German player does choose to initiate combat as the non-phasing player. Things look well for the Germans after a search roll of 2 (modified to a 1), that is until the CW player rolls a 1.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. German U-boats. North Atlantic. Round 1, Naval Combat.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. German U-boats. North Atlantic. Round 2, Search.

Both sides stay and the German u-boats manage to find and surprise the RN. However, since the RN has a carrier in sea box 0, the Germans have to use 4 or their 5 surprise points to force a sub combat.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. German U-boats. North Atlantic. Round 2, Combat.

Combat ends by default. Germany has no more u-boats left in the sea area.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. North Atlantic.

Though the CW had 2 CPs sunk and 4 aborted I guess you'd have to call this battle between the RN and German u-boats a minor victory for the RN. Or maybe a tie? I guess it doesn't really matter what you call it. The CW needs to replace 5 CPs in the North Atlantic before the end of the turn.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. HQ Reorg. Alexander.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. CW. RAF Strategic Bombing, Paris.

RAF strategic bombers hit Paris to no effect. No matter, the French people must really love the British now with them bombing Paris and all.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. CW. Northern China.

All of the Soviet/communist Chinese land moves were use by the communist Chinese.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. CW. Southern China.

The Nationalist Chinese are threatening the southern flank of the Japanese in Southern China.

On the defense of artillery units: here is RAW:

A towed or motorised artillery unit has a combat factor (before
modification) of ‘1’ unless it is stacked with a land unit other than
an artillery or notional unit (exceptions: anti-aircraft fire by AA
units and bombardment by field artillery).

ORIGINAL: rkr1958

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #2. CW. RAF Strategic Bombing, Paris.

RAF strategic bombers hit Paris to no effect. No matter, the French people must really love the British now with them bombing Paris and all.

Just as much as they always have. [:)]

Out of curiosity, why didn't the Japanese destroy the Tokyo MIL instead of either the 6-3 INF or the AT gun, both of which will cost more and take longer to replace?

Who owns Taiyuan? If the Japanese still control it, why didn't the Communist CAV XX capture Taiyuan? This would have cut of one resource from the Japanese, might have given a US entry chit when the Japanese recaptured it, and the CAV would have threatened to charge into Hebei, forcing the Japanese to come up with at least one unit to block it. (If the Chinese have already captured it, then ignore this comment.)

ORIGINAL: Centuur

On the defense of artillery units: here is RAW:

A towed or motorised artillery unit has a combat factor (before
modification) of ‘1’ unless it is stacked with a land unit other than
an artillery or notional unit (exceptions: anti-aircraft fire by AA
units and bombardment by field artillery).

Thanks. I was skimming through the "Rules and Coded" and the two volumes of the player's manual but couldn't find it. It's probably obvious and I'm just overlooking it. Never owning or playing the cardboard and paper version and having to "manually" apply the rules myself, I imagine there are several rules like this of which I'm just not aware.

ORIGINAL: Courtenay

Out of curiosity, why didn't the Japanese destroy the Tokyo MIL instead of either the 6-3 INF or the AT gun, both of which will cost more and take longer to replace?

Look wise I valued a 6-2 white print MIL more that a 6-3 regular infantry corps. I guess I was lured by 6 combat value and the white print. It probably was the wrong decision on my part, but my thinking was that I needed the combat value in the near term.

ORIGINAL: Courtenay

Who owns Taiyuan? If the Japanese still control it, why didn't the Communist CAV XX capture Taiyuan? This would have cut of one resource from the Japanese, might have given a US entry chit when the Japanese recaptured it, and the CAV would have threatened to charge into Hebei, forcing the Japanese to come up with at least one unit to block it. (If the Chinese have already captured it, then ignore this comment.)

Japan does. I missed that one didn't I. I was focused on Mao and what was happening to the south and not to the north. [:(]