WWII - Sweden (Axis) vs England (Allies)

[AllenK]

The French move what they can.

[AllenK]

The Communists move a couple.

[AllenK]

Soviets rebase a Pe-8 into Vlad' and a TB-3 at Vlad' shifts a hex to the east.

France rebases Potez to Paris and the MS 406 a hex SW.

No reorgs.

Turn ends on a 2 (less than 4 required).

No partisans

USSR marker to defence. How do the Germans wish to place theirs?

[GeneralAdvance]

One German marker each thank you

[AllenK]

US chit to Ge/It. No options taken.

[Orm]

End of Turn for Mar/Apr 1940

Losses for the turn.

[Orm]

Axis end of turn:

I had some issues with the saved German oil after I went through the End of Turn. Somehow I ended up with one more oil than I expected, and oil in wrong locations. I changed the oil orders below (but not tested them) and hope it solves things. Could you please make an extra check on the German oil after the end of turn?

Lend Lease:
Italy requests, and receives, the Ju 88A1 (LND3) from Germany. Please remove the LND3 with 3 in tactical strength from the German pool.

Preliminary planning:
Germany 22 production points - 15 BPs. Save 1 oil in Budapest.
Italy - 6 production points - 5 BPs. Save 2 oil. 1 in Milan, and 1 in Rome.
Japan - 17 production points - 16 BPs. Save 1 NEI oil in Canton.

Stay at sea:
The following units stay at sea.

Germany:
Baltic Sea: 4 x CPs.

Italy:
Western Mediterranean: 2 x CL (Montecuccoli + Colleoni)
Italian Coast: CP + CA (Trento) + CL (Attendolo)

Japan:
Sea of Japan: CP
Japanese Coast: 5 x CP
China Sea: 7 x CP
South China Sea: 3 x CP
The Marianas: CP

Return to Base:

Germany:
Eastern Mediterranean: NAV3 -> 74,39 (Sicily)

Italy:
Italian Coast: BB + CA -> La Spezia
CSV: SUB -> La Spezia
West Med: Fleet (2 x BB + 2 x CA + TRS) -> La Spezia; FTR2 -> 74,39 (Sicily); LND3 -> Genoa; NAV2 -> 74,40 (Sicily); NAV2 -> 75,40 (Sicily)

Japan:
-

Use Oil:

Germany:
All units are reorganized for 2 oil (1.7). Use 2 oil saved in Berlin.

Italy:
All units are reorganized for 1 oil (1.15). Use 1 oil saved in Rome.

Japan:
All units are reorganized for 0 oil (0.2).

Breakdown:
Germany:
INF (52,47) -> INF Div + 1-4 MOT Div

Prod plan Final:
Germany - No changes needed - 15 BPs
Italy - No changes needed - 5 BPs
Japan - No changes should be needed - 16 BPs

Production:
Germany (15):
INF
2 x FTR2
LND3
2 x Pilot
CA Adm Scheer (Rep)

Italy (5):
ATR3
Pilot

Japan (16):
INF
2 x TERR
FTR2
LND3
BB (1st)
Pilot

Factory destruction:
-

Reinforcements:

Germany:
FTR2 (Bf 109E-4) -> Cologne
2 x LND2 (Ju 87D) -> Aachen
MIL (Hun) -> Budapest

Italy:
FTR2 (Macchi C200) -> Palermo
BB -> La Spezia

Japan:
3-2 TERR -> Tsitsihar
2-3 TERR -> Harbin
CL -> Fukuoka
MTN -> Osaka

Voluntary Resource Lending:
Modified; Germany -> Italy: 2 resources, (0 oil, minimum)

Axis goes first if we win the initiative. Demands re-roll if need be.


Note for Axis:
Italy: 7 oil total - 4 oil in Milan, 3 in Rome.
Japan: 10 oil total - 3 oil in Tokyo, 2 in Osaka, 2 in Canton, 1 oil in each of Kyoto, Nagoya, and Sendai
Germany: 8 oil total - 2 oil in Berlin, 2 oil in Prague, and 1 oil in each of Breslau, Bratislava, Budapest, and Vienna.

[AllenK]

France, China & USSR End of Turn.

Prelim Production

China - 7 once the trade resources are sorted out non-oil resource from Philippines to Kweiyang. Oil from CW to Kunming.
France - Send one of the Bordeaux oils to production - 9
USSR - Switch oil at Tiflis to save in place. - 14

Stay at Sea/RTB
French cruisers in East Med stay at sea. TRANS to Bordeaux.

Oil use

France - TRANS, FTR, CP and 4 of the 5-3 cruisers at Marsellies (0.45).

No breakdowns

France scraps the two BB's.

Production

China - INF x2. Save BP at Chungking.

France - INF x2, AT gun.

USSR - ARM, INF x2, FTR-2.

Reinforcements

France - GARR, MOT and AT gun to Paris. INF to Rouen.

USSR - I-16 to Minsk, CA to Vlad', 5-3 INF to Minsk, 6-4 INF to Vitebsk, INF to Tianshui, CAV Div to Yenan.

[warspite1]

LEND LEASE

The Italians obtain a Ju-88 from the Germans

[warspite1]

AXIS PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

[warspite1]

Right, before I go any further can the Axis confirm this is right (based on their initial comment) - the Italian oil looks like one more than stated.

EDIT: I'll call it a day there anyway. I can't get the US/Chinese to work - despite going through the process Orm showed me - and I'm running out of patience. I'll pick up when I've calmed down.

The program is so temperamental that it looks like unless the amendment is made correctly first time, the resource goes to Chungking, leaving the Kweiyang unusable. So everytime this doesn't work I have to start the whole phase over from scratch. Not good....

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Right, before I go any further can the Axis confirm this is right (based on their initial comment) - the Italian oil looks like one more than stated.

Yes. I think it looks as it did for me, and then the end result was right. I think we see a 'cosmetic' counting bug with the Italian oil that we can ignore.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

EDIT: I'll call it a day there anyway. I can't get the US/Chinese to work - despite going through the process Orm showed me - and I'm running out of patience. I'll pick up when I've calmed down.

The program is so temperamental that it looks like unless the amendment is made correctly first time, the resource goes to Chungking, leaving the Kweiyang unusable. So everytime this doesn't work I have to start the whole phase over from scratch. Not good....

I think this can be fixed by going to the Chinese "planning form" and clear the 'defaults' and 'overrides' on the resource marked as going to Chungking and then recomputed.

Then that resource disappears and the correct one is traded. In my test case the Philippines resource goes to Kunming.

[warspite1]

ALLIED PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

[warspite1]

STAY AT SEA - ALLIES

Commonwealth

The CW keeps convoy cover in place

France

The French keep their cruisers in the East Med at sea


STAY AT SEA - AXIS

Germany

All convoys in the Baltic

Italy

Western Mediterranean: 2 x CL remain on station
Italian Coast: A CA and CL remain to guard a convoy

Japan

All convoys in the Sea of Japan, Japanese Coast, China Sea, South China Sea and The Marianas


RETURN TO BASE - ALLIES

Commonwealth

The remaining units head for various ports but centred on the three main bases currently in operation - Plymouth, Gibraltar and Alexandria

An empty TRS goes to Bombay

France

A TRS with a MIL heads for Bordeaux

USA

A TRS with a FTR heads for Pearl


RETURN TO BASE - AXIS

Germany

The German flying boat heads for Sicily

Italy

All ships and subs return to La Spezia
The Italian bomber heads for Genoa and all others rebase to Sicily

Japan

N/a


USE OIL - AXIS

Axis oil use is as per instructions above. The Italian screenshot didn't save but the 1 oil was taken from Rome.

[warspite1]

USE OIL - ALLIES

The US picture didn't save but they left two units disorganised (FTR and TRS) and reorganised MacArthur for 0 Oil

The CW left 5 x CL disorganised for 3.45 (3 Oil expended)

The French left one CL and one CA disorganised for 0 Oil

[warspite1]

BREAKDOWN - AXIS

Germany

An INF in Poland breaksdown to a 2-3 DIV + 1-5 MOT DIV

BREAKDOWN - ALLIES

None

FINAL PRODUCTION

The Build points all look as they should except the CW that has decided to lose a build point. Looks like its caused by the French Senegal resource. I have to accept its right as there is no way I'm going back and re-doing all this now.


PRODUCTION - AXIS

[warspite1]

PRODUCTION - ALLIES

The French scrap the two BB's.

The Chinese screenshot didn't work - having a nightmare with this today. But they purchased 2 x INF and saved a BP

[warspite1]

REFORM CORPS/ARMIES

None

CONQUEST

Tunisia and Corsica were conquered by the Axis

FACTORY DESTRUCTION - AXIS

None

VICTORY CHECK

No change unsurprisingly given the short turn.

[warspite1]

REINFORCEMENTS - ALLIES

China

Nationalists

None

Communists

Tianshui: INF
Yenan: CAV DIV

Commonwealth

The CW assigns a Spitfire

Bristol: Spitfire
Plymouth: Illustrious, Fiji, Bonaventure
Bombay: INF

France

Paris: MOT, GARR, AT
Rouen: INF

United States

Norfolk: Convoy
San Diego: Maryland

USSR

The Soviets assign an I-16

Minsk: FTR, INF
Vladivostok: CL
Vitebsk: INF


REINFORCEMENTS - AXIS

Germany

The Germans assign a Bf-109 (couldn't see an E4) and 2 x Ju-87

Cologne: Bf-109
Aachen: 2 x Ju-87
Budapest: MIL

Italy

The Italians assign a Macchi

Palermo: Macchi
La Spezia: Littorio

Japan

The Japanese don't assign their pilot

Tsitsihar: TERR
Harbin: TERR
Fukuoka: Kashima
Osaka: MTN


Lending Resources

Axis

Germany to Italy - Amendment - 2 resources, (0 oil, minimum)

Allies

Commonwealth to France - Amendment - 2 resources (0 Oil, minimum)
Commonwealth to China - Amendment - 1 resource (0 Oil, minimum)
United States to China - No Change - 1 resource


Initiative:

Axis: 1
Allies: 6

Axis move first as they request a re-roll and

Axis: 10
Allies: 5

Weather: 3





MEMO ITEM:
AXIS

Oil

Italy: 8 oil total - 4 oil in Milan, 4 in Rome. Goodness only knows what's going on here - The Italians have gained an Oil compared to what you thought but are showing only 6 saved in Production Planning and 8 on map.....
Japan: 10 oil total - 3 oil in Tokyo, 2 in Osaka, 2 oil in Canton, 1 oil in Kyoto, 1 oil in Nagoya, and 1 oil in Sendai
Germany: 8 oil total - 2 oil in Berlin, 3 oil in Prague, 1 oil in Vienna, 1 oil in Bratislava, and 1 oil in Breslau. There seems to be 1 oil in Prague too many and one too few in Budapest but at least the overall number is right.

Pilots

Japan - 1


ALLIES

Oil

China - 1 Oil (1 x Urumchi)
CW* - 11 Oil (4 x Port Said, Bombay, Rangoon, 2 x Georgetown, 2 x Port of Spain, Surabaya) The CW have now lost a second oil. They lost one in Palembang previously and have now lost one in Bombay. Additionally, while having 11 on map, they have only 10 in Production Planning.
France - 6 Oil (4 x Beirut, 2 x Bordeaux)
USA - 7 Oil (1 x Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, 4 x Charleston)
USSR - 7 Oil (1 x Stalinsk, Barnaul, Semipalatinsk, Tiflis, 3 x Alma Ata)

*Note the game owes the CW 2 x Oil - 1 that was lost from Palembang in Jan/Feb 1940 and 1 that was lost from Bombay in Mar/Apr 1940

Pilots

None