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Turns 15-18

Yep, time marching on. I did write a big update for turn 16 but it didn't upload properly and was lost and didn't have the energy to re-write it all and travelling a lot for work this week. But in short, bit of a pause in operations due to the weather, plus time taken to organise logistics etc... In south Italy no point bashing against a brick wall at this point with zero chance of progress. I find myself in situations like this as the Axis you want to actually show a little leg to tempt an attack and draw some casualties, especially when there is plenty space to fall back. As it is we have avoided the no beachhead penalty and we can put the effort into the invasion of Greece. More to retrospectively update when work settles down a bit.

Nov 21, 1943.

The weather report calls for two large low fronts to move over Europe and Italy....so I take a chance and I bomb the airfields in northern Corsica with 80 stukas. I managed to destroy about 7 aircraft on the ground, but I do damage the airfields. No fighters rise up to engage, but recon tells me their are a few hundred fighters parked on them.
There are a few hundred extra tac planes in my pool, so I feel I can be reckless with them.

I am taking another chance by not retreating any further up Italy. He can have the boot. Or shoe... I don't really want him to have the Foggia airfields, but will have to give them up when the weather clears.




1943 is rapidly coming to an end, so the VP's should drop because of bad weather...then drop again as the divisor's go up for city and bombing points. Essentially halving them per turn. I suspect that the allies will be hard pressed to gain vp's in the first half of '44.