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M/J 40 Allied 4

No DoW

CW, France and China land, US combined.


Naval move
CA Louisville from Norfolk to Baltimore.
TRS from West Coast to Caribbean Sea.


Rail move
CW rail MIL in Egypt to Damietta.
France rail Marseilles MIL to Paris.
US rail INF div from Norfolk to Baltimore.


Land move
Chinese try to stop Japanese attack in south.
CW moves units in Egypt to east and shuffles units in France.
France shuffles units.
USSR minor moves in west, in east units move deeper to Manchuria.
ComChi swap places with 7-3 INF and 4-3 INF.


Debark
Dakar MIL to St-Nazaire.


No combat.


Rebase

USSR
FTR near Tsisihar 2 hexes south.
IL-4 to same hex with INF west of Vladivostok.

Manchuria after rebase.

CW rebase few hexes east in Egypt.
French FTR3 rebase few hexes south, FTR2 to Paris.


Reorg
USSR reorg INF in Blag with LND4 and returns near Vladivostok.
French HQ reorg FTR2 and INF.


Back to the Axis.

No declarations of war.

Land: Germany
Combined: Italy, Japan
Naval:

Germany plays one offensive on von Rundstedt.


No port strikes.


Italy fly one FTR2 to the 2-box, and one NAV2 to the 4-box, of the Eastern Mediterranean.


Naval Moves:

Japan:
BB + 2 x CA + 4 x CP -> 0-box China Sea
2 x CV + 2 x BB + CA + TRS loaded with INF + AMPH loaded with MTN -> 3-box China Sea

Italy:
2 x BB + 3 x CA + TRS loaded with HQA -> 2-box Eastern Mediterranean

Axis decline naval combat in all 4 sea areas.


No strategic bombing.


Germany ground strikes hex 53,30 with two LND2 (see picture). France can intercept with two ftr2 and one FTR3. Germany has four FTR2 on stand-by. Will France intercept the German ground strike?

No planes, thank you.

Germany hits nothing!

No rail movement.

Land Movement:

Germany:
Minor movement in Belgium and western Germany.
63rd Korps advaqnce slowly into Algeria.
The division on Cyprus capture the resource.

Italy:
The partisan in India moves two hexes north.

Japan:
TERR moves to Kirin

Debark:

Italy:
HQA lands in Western Egypt

Japan:
INF lands in Port Arthur
MTN land in Southern Manchuria

Paradrop:

Germany fly one ATR3 with one PARA to hex 53,30 (see picture). France can intercept with two FTR2 and one FTR3. Germany has four FTR2 on stand-by. Will France intercept the German ATR?

Fighter in Paris intercept. Land to Paris.

Germany sends up two fighters.

The French fighters managed to abort the German transports. Although they paid a lot for doing it.

Edit: I assumed that France wanted to abort the TRS. If not, then I can go back and change it. [:)]

Picture from May/Jun '40 Impulse #5 (Axis) - Paradrop

This is good [:)]

Better than rolling 5 (DX).

Germany attacks hex 53,30 (see picture). No other attacks.

The 6 attackers are 2 ARM, 2 MECH, 1 ARM Div, and 1 AA. All are doubled. Germany selects the combat table. Current odds are 76:18.

Germany adds 2 LND2, and 1 LND3, in ground support. They are escorted by two FTR2 (see picture).

France has one LND3 available for defensive ground support. One FTR2 for interception. And one FTR3 for either ground support or interception. Will any French air fly?

Germany can use AA on any cleared defensive ground support. And has 2 FTR2 available for counter-interception.

Question:

1) If I allow you to make this attack, what are final odds? My guess is 13.2. Or 14.2.

2) Do you have 8+8+3 strength units in one hex (you double two of them) so that during break though phase you get 35 strength and you overrun CW HQ?

1) 88 vs 18 => 13,3
2) 8-6,8-6,2-6 ,double two of them for 34, but with armor bonus it's a overrun.

I believe Axis cut telephone line between Europe and America... so I decide it myself.

Allies had enough, Germany is not allowed to take any hex from France. France goes all in.

1) France sends all planes, FTR3 as front bomber. Planes stay to the end.

2) Axis will fail, because ground strike and paradrop failed already.

3) You shall not pass!

Germany adds the 6 strength fighter.

The German front bomber is aborted.


Picture from May/Jun '40 Impulse #5 (Axis) - Land Combat

When time comes, land planes to own hexes behind riverline SW.

The French fighter-bomber is cleared.

The German 5 strength bomber is cleared.