Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse V - Fat AARse

[warspite1]

Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 17

The venerable Stringbag comes up trumps and the Danish ships are despatched to the bottom of the harbour.

[warspite1]

Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 17

On a throw of 4 the turn finally ends.

[brian brian]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 7

Boy do the Allies need this turn over quickly or what? I did not realise that landing troops in port (when already at sea) means they will be disorganised. Plans to land in Barcelona, Cartagena (for onward deployment in Madrid) and Algiers have thus come unstuck.

If I am, to land Allied troops, organised, this turn, then the north coast of Spain is my only option.

I think you need to figure out the MWiF mechanics for de-barking from a ship at sea. The TRS does not need to return-to-base for the unit to de-bark.

[warspite1]

Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: Production

Germany:
INF
ARM
FTR
Pilot
5 x Saved BP

Italy:
Conti Di Cavour, Attendolo + Courbet (Repair)
LND

Japan:
MOT
ART
2 x Light Carrier (1st Cycle)
2 x SUB (2nd Cycle)
FTR
Pilot

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: brian brian

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 7

Boy do the Allies need this turn over quickly or what? I did not realise that landing troops in port (when already at sea) means they will be disorganised. Plans to land in Barcelona, Cartagena (for onward deployment in Madrid) and Algiers have thus come unstuck.

If I am, to land Allied troops, organised, this turn, then the north coast of Spain is my only option.

I think you need to figure out the MWiF mechanics for de-barking from a ship at sea. The TRS does not need to return-to-base for the unit to de-bark.

warspite1

Yes it does if the TRS has already moved (in this case to the Bay of Biscay and the port is in the Western Mediterranean).

[warspite1]

Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: Production

China:
Saved 4 BP

Commonwealth:
4 x Repair from the USA (HM Ships Southampton, London, Frobisher and Curacoa).
MECH
MOT
AA
Pilot
LND

France:
Nothing

USA:
USS Hornet + AMPH (2nd Cycle)
3 x Convoy

USSR:
MECH
MOT
ARM

[warspite1]

Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: End of Turn

Tunisia was completely conquered by Italy.

[warspite1]

Jan/Feb 1941
Impulse: Reinforcement

China:
Nothing

Commonwealth:
HMS Implacable has been placed in the Construction Pool
FTR
AMPH
INF HQ
INF (Sth Africa)

France:
Nothing

USA:
US Ships Iowa, Colombia and San Juan have been placed in the Construction Pool
AMPH
TRS
SUB

USSR:
FTR
INF
CAV

[warspite1]

Jan/Feb 1941
Impulse: Reinforcement

Germany:
SUB has been placed in the Construction Pool
Gneisenau
Prinz Eugen
SUB
GARR
INF

Italy:
SUB has been placed in the Construction Pool

Japan:
Musashi, Shinano, SUB + AMPH have been placed in the Construction Pool
Asama, Aoba and TRS
INF

[warspite1]

Jan/Feb 1941
Impulse: Initiative and Weather

Allies 4:5 Axis

Weather: The weather is not too bad considering

[warspite1]

Right - a couple of things to check to ensure all being done correctly.

1. Gift of destroyers to Commonwealth
2. Nazi-Soviet Pact.

1. I repaired 3 x cruisers. This cost no BP's. This is correct as the rule affects the next 10 SCS. I will monitor the next 8 to ensure this is being done properly.

Gearing limits. I am not sure that worked. In Sep/Oct the CW built two ships, and I was able to repair three cruisers the following turn. BUT the US built four ships, but I am sure I was only allowed to build two the following turn....

I will monitor this.

[warspite1]

2. Can someone assist please with the Garrison calculations. I have not got the foggiest what is happening here with the Soviets [&:]

Fig.1 Here is the Neutrality Pact Information





So according to this, the Garrison for Germany is 17 and for the USSR its 7.

[warspite1]

For garrison purposes I am only including Eastern Poland and Lithuania for the USSR

and East Prussia and Poland for Germany

The German hexes with more than one unit are as follows:

Konigsberg = Bomber + Garrison
Warsaw = INF + fighter + fighter
Northeast of Warsaw = 2 x INF

I believe the German Garrison is 17 as per Fig 1 but I make the USSR 8 and not 7

[warspite1]

In Fig 2 are the markers - Offensive and Defensive.

The German offensive markers do not add up with the garrison. The Soviets do - but not if you use 8 as the garrison.

[warspite1]

Right I understand why the German Offensive Garrison is only 34 - because I cannot more than double the Garrison value.

But the Soviets should be 11 8+3


As this is 1941 there should be no change to the defensive value. So

German Offensive 34 vs Soviet defensive 14

Soviet Offensive 10 or 11 vs German defensive 7

Thus the German can break the pact but the Soviets cannot.

Why is the Soviet Defensive 14 (same as the defensive markers) but the German Defensive value is 24 (Defensive markers plus garrison value)?

Edit: Presumably this is because the program thinks its a 7 and you cannot more than double factors (in the same way that you cannot double the offensive value? It just so happens they are both 14 so it looks like different treatment to the Germans?

Finally, why in the OFF Break column does it say 38??

[warspite1]

Jan/Feb 1941
Impulse: 1

With the weather induced delay last turn, this is a vital turn for the Germans and Adolf has made a personal appeal to Il Duce to "take one for the team". Il Duce, agrees to the deal on the basis that Adolf promises him assistance with an attack on Yugoslavia next turn.

The Regia Marina put to sea en masse to provide naval gunfire support to the impending attack on Barcelona. The Catalan capital will be a tough nut to crack - with two defensive units and mountainous terrain.

Fliegerkorps X also take to the sky - although they cannot reach more than the 2-box.

The Luftwaffe send in their best bomber for ground strike purposes.

[warspite1]

Jan/Feb 1941
Impulse: 1

The RAF keep their Beaufighter on the ground. There are two B-109's nearby - and this is only the first impulse.

The attack was only 50% successful, but the Germans get a +1

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

For garrison purposes I am only including Eastern Poland and Lithuania for the USSR

and East Prussia and Poland for Germany

The German hexes with more than one unit are as follows:

Konigsberg = Bomber + Garrison
Warsaw = INF + fighter + fighter
Northeast of Warsaw = 2 x INF

I believe the German Garrison is 17 as per Fig 1 but I make the USSR 8 and not 7

To count for garrison the units must be within 3 of the common border. The country they are in is immaterial. Note the location of the Partition line and other common borders and count 3 from there.

I'm unsure on the garrison break number of Russia. It depends on the month/year and whether you are using the optional rule that allows DoWs at lower ratios. Can you check which option you are using? 38 is more than a 3 to 2 ratio so maybe that's what you need (although then 37 works and even 36.5 would work).

The rule to check as well is 9.5.

[warspite1]

Jan/Feb 1941
Impulse: 1

The Italian fleet brings the odd up to 4:1 but there are no modifiers due to the presence of the Italians cancelling out the +1 for disorganisation. The Spanish choose the Assault Table and the Germans prepare to throw.....

....6 Barcelona falls and, because there is no retreat hex, both Spanish units are destroyed. The attack comes at the cost of disorganisation.

That was a key attack, but Mussolini prays that he won't lose his fleet as a result....

Guderian is able to organise 4 corps.

The way to Madrid is almost open; there are only very weak units holding the Ebro...

[warspite1]

Jan/Feb 1941
Impulse: 3

The CW could probably do with a land at this juncture, but the Royal Navy and their French counterparts have a burning desire to get at the RM.

The French fleet and the Royal Navy's Force H pile into the Western Mediterranean looking for blood... Both the Allies and Axis roll a 2 in the search phase. The Allies get 1 surprise point but the choice of battle goes to the Germans. They choose naval air - but that was something of a mistake as the British have bought a Beaufighter in. That makes the odds decidedly in the Allies favour...