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43 JA i9 allies (continued):

ground strike:
SU 4-2 W of Kiev vs Kiev
SU 3-2 N of Vitebsk vs forest stack rail:
SU 2-3 SKI Gomel to Khabarovsk

land:
SU moves:
small moves by SU on the eastern front
MTN moves to southwest of JP MOTDIV in NW Manchuria
MOT and CAV move up on Vladivostok front, SU covers riverline east of Mukden fully, the flank race continues north of Peking in Manchuria as some SU units shuffle north and shuffle around on the main line there

Land moves continue

CW
Minor moves in India on Burma border
Minor moves in Egypt
Stack in Normandy moves one hex NW
ART in southern France moves to western part of the pocket

US
Minor moves in North Africa


Debark
US HQI Hodges to Port Vila
CW GAR to Amsterdam


Land combat
Attack must be done. Sneaky Japanese are creating terrible supply problem for the USSR after cutting the rail line in Manchuria and attacking Vladivostok.

USSR attack vs the MOTDIV in Manchuria. FTR2 provides 1 point ground support.

Japan can choose assault or blitz. I assume assault?

Attack goes well.

Rebase

USSR
Yak-9B Khabarovsk to 62.162
SB-2RK east to Ulyanovsk
TB-3 east to 42.126

US
NAV3 Port Vila to Port Moresby
CVP Fiji Islands to 140.195

CW
Spitfire from Southern France to Normandy
Hurricane from Southern France to Tunisia

CW reorg NAV3 in Southern France

Turn ends on a 3 (less than 4 needed).

No partisans, garrison was tested in Greece.

Units destroyed in J/A 1943.

I might be the only player of us four who was happy that turn ended. Allied situation in Europe was not easy, I consider myself lucky.

Mayhemizer_slith wrote: Thu Aug 11, 2022 1:08 pm I might be the only player of us four who was happy that turn ended. Allied situation in Europe was not easy, I consider myself lucky.

You said it.

No idea why the MWIF halts the German BPs traded to Italy from reaching their destination.

I am going to continue with the assumption that this can be fixed.

Seems the situation fixed itself. The lost BPs were available for production in the final step.

Nice. I was just going to type that I will edit the file.

Axis end of turn:

Preliminary planning:
Germany - 27 production points - 37 BPs. Save 3 oil (Zagreb, Belgrade, and Bucharest).
Italy - 11 production points - 21 BPs. Save 2 oil (Milan, and Turin).
Japan - 20 production points - 30 BPs. Save 2 oil (Tokyo, and Canton), and idle two NEI oil.

Stay at sea:
The following units stay at sea.

Germany:
North Sea: SUB
Eastern Mediterranean: CP

Italy:
Italian Coast: CP + 2 CA

Japan:
Sea of Japan: CP
Japanese Coast: CA
China Sea: 12 CP + 2 CA
The Marianas: CA
South China Sea: 5 CP + 3 CA
Bismarck Sea: CP + CA
The Solomons: FTR2

Return to Base:

Germany:
West Med: FTR2 + FTR3 -> Cagliari, NAV3 -> 70,34 on Sardnia
Italian Coast: NAV3 -> La Spezia

Italy:
All 3 SUBs -> Brest
Bay of Biscaty: FTR2 + NAV3 -> Brest
East Med: TRS 5038 -> La Spezia, BB + CA + TRS 5037 -> Athens
West Med: 3 BB + 5 CA -> La Spezia, NAV3 (Erone) -> Cagliari, NAV2 + FTR2 (Orione) -> 73,37 on Sicily, FTR2 (Re.2005) ->

Palermo, FTR2 (Veltro) -> 80,38 in Libya, FTR2 (SAI) -> Nice, NAV3 (Sparviero) -> Nice

Japan:
Sea of Japan: CVL + 3 BB + TRS -> Fukuoka, AMPH + TRS 4447-> Tientsin, CA + TRS 4446 -> Tokyo
Mendocino: SUB -> Truk
West Coast: SUB -> Truk
Persian Gulf: SUB -> Singapore
East Indian Ocean: SUB -> Singapore
Coral Sea: SUB -> Rabaul
China Sea: NAV4 -> Hong Kong, CA -> Tientsin, NAV2 -> 101,148 on Philippines, TRS -> Manila
Bay of Bengal: AMPH + CA -> Canton
South China Sea: CA -> Batavia, BB -> Manila

Use Oil:

Germany:
All units, except SUB (North Sea) + ATR (Murmansk) + NAV3 (La Spezia), are reorganized for 2 oil (2.4). Use saved oil in

Bratislava, and Budapest.

Italy:
All units are reorganized for 4 oil (4.4). Use 3 saved oil in Turin, and one in Milan.

Japan:
All units, except CVP1 (A5M4) + 2 CA (Kako + Atago), are reorganized for 2 oil (2.4). Use the two idle NEI oil.

Breakdown:

Scrap:
Italy: FTR2 Falco I

Production:
Germany (37):
MIL
INF
ENG
CAV
MECH
ARM
3 FTR2
NAV3
3 Pilot

Italy (21):
Scrap LND3 Ca.133
ENG
CAV
MECH
2 FTR2
NAV3
Pilot
Repair SUB 5050

Japan (30):
MOT
ARM
AA
2 CVP1
3 FTR2
3 Pilot
CV(2nd)
CP

Factory destruction:
-

Reinforcements:

Germany:
FTR2 (BF 109G-2) -> Königsberg
FTR2 (FW 109F-2) -> Aachen
FTR2 (BF 109E-7) -> Essen
LND3 (Ju 88A1) -> Cologne
MIL + 5-4 MTN -> Königsberg
7-4 MTN -> Kiel
HQI -> Essen
MOT + AT -> Aachen

Italy:
FTR2 -> Genoa
LND2 -> Turin
NAV2 + LND3 -> Palermo
MOT -> Taranto
AT -> Rome

Japan:
CVP0 (B5N1) Size 1 -> CVL Shoho in Fukuoka
CVP2 (B6N2) -> CV Taiho in Fukuoka
FTR2 (A6M2N) -> Sasebo
CVL -> Fukuoka
CP -> Fukuoka
2 SUB -> Tokyo
AT -> Fukuoka

Voluntary Resource Lending:
Modified; Germany -> Italy: 11 resources, (4 oil) + 4 BPs

Axis goes first if we win the initiative.

Picture from Jul/Aug '43 - End of Turn

Picture from Jul/Aug '43 - End of Turn

Picture from Jul/Aug '43 - End of Turn

Picture from Jul/Aug '43 - End of Turn

Picture from Jul/Aug '43 - End of Turn

Picture from Jul/Aug '43 - End of Turn

Picture from Jul/Aug '43 - End of Turn