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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #7.

[al] Got it.

[al] I think I'll roll for weather, but doubt I'll play through an impulse.

[ax] I agree! I'm worn out. But it's been a most enjoyable day of gaming.

[al] The weather has gone bad. Roll of 10.

[al] Storm/Storm/Rain/Storm/Rain/Fine

[ax] Ouch ... well that certainly puts a damper on ground and air operations pretty much across the globe.

[al] Makes me glad the Axis submarines have already shot their bolt.

[ax] Yes.

[al] Oooh... but a thought I'll leave you with until I get a chance to play my impulse... Soviet submarines haven't sailed.

[ax] Now I won't be able to sleep!

[ax] Instead of counting sheep I'll have to count Soviet Submarines.

[al] You can count submarines sunk, if that helps.

[al] On that cheery thought, have a good night!

[ax] Goodnight!

ORIGINAL: rkr1958

@Brian, Countenary. Thanks! I find your comments, advice and insights invaluable! Both of you are promoted to honorary Field Marshall. Now where have I put my honorary Field Marshall batons? [:D]

ORIGINAL: brian brian
if you DOW USSR, their REServes appear, but flipped.

Follow-up question. With the USSR at war with Japan haven't their reserves already been called out? They don't get any additional do they from a German DOW?

Some of the Russian reserves are called up when Russia goes to war against Japan or Italy. Others are called up only when the Russians go to war with Germany. Look in the Russian reserve pool to see what will come with a German DOW.

ORIGINAL: Courtenay

ORIGINAL: rkr1958

@Brian, Countenary. Thanks! I find your comments, advice and insights invaluable! Both of you are promoted to honorary Field Marshall. Now where have I put my honorary Field Marshall batons? [:D]

ORIGINAL: brian brian
if you DOW USSR, their REServes appear, but flipped.

Follow-up question. With the USSR at war with Japan haven't their reserves already been called out? They don't get any additional do they from a German DOW?

Some of the Russian reserves are called up when Russia goes to war against Japan or Italy. Others are called up only when the Russians go to war with Germany. Look in the Russian reserve pool to see what will come with a German DOW.

I phrased this badly. The Russians have two sorts of reserves. One comes into play when the Russians got to war with any major power. The other sort only appears when the Russians are at war with Germany.

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #7. (concluded).

[al] Allied Impulse 7
- As established previously, bad weather has broken out just about everywhere. with a weather roll of 10.
- No DoWs, alignments, etc.

Actions
China: Pass
Commonwealth: Land
Free France: Pass
United States: Pass
Soviet Union: Combined

[al] Naval Action
Naval Moves
- Subs sail from Vladivistok to 1 and 2 box of Japanese Coast.

Naval Combat
- Soviet Union initiates in Japanese Coast. No planes fly, Soviets commit their subs.
- Search rolls are USSR 10, Ja 4. Nobody finds. (Would have been bad for the subs had planes been flying.)

[ax] Japanese merchant men dodge that bullet.

[al] Land Operations
- No rail moves.

Land Moves
- Montreal MIL finishes advancing into Quebec City;
- Sydney MIL advances into Berbera;
- 13th Indian Corps (4-3 INF) reaches the coast in Eritrea;
- The British Army in Egypt completes its return to the Nile Valley region;
- HQ Yeremenko continues advancing down the Trans-Manchurian Railway;
- HQ Timoshenko moves east towards Kiev.

[al] Rebases
- RAF ftr2 in Egypt rebases from desert to Suez.

[al] I'll roll for end of turn, then pass over the impulse if necessary.

[al] End of turn roll is 4. Turn continues.

[al] Game file sent at start of Axis impulse.

[ax] got it.

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #9.

[ax] Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #9.
No DOW's. No Special Actions. No Alignments.
Actions. Germany - land, Italy - land, Japan - land.
End of Turn Chance. 30%.

[ax] Naval Air. None.

[ax] Rail. Germany x 3.
(1) 150 mm arty div. Brussels to Prussia 46,47.
(2) Guderian HQ-A. Germany 52,40 to Hungary 59, 45.
(3) 1st Mot div. Karlsruhe, Germany to Hungary 59, 45.

[ax] Rail. Italy x 1. San Marco Mar div. Calais, France to Memel, Germany.

[al] Ooh, Italian Marines in the Baltics. Hmm.

[ax] ll duce ... does anyone ever know what's he up to?

[ax] Rail. Japan x 1. 2nd Inf Kaifeng, China to Kirin, Manchuria.

[ax] Land Movement. Highlights.
(1) Japan. Adjustments to lines in Manchuria and Northern China (vs comchi).
(2) Italy. Eth Terr moves adjacent to Dijbouti. Troops move from Italy towards the Balkans.
(3) Germany. Troops transition from the West to the East and to the Balkans.

[ax] Land Combat. None.

[ax] Air Rebase. Germany x 4.
(1) Ju 52 ATR. Czech. 54,39 to Warsaw (where FJR corps is).
(2) Bf 109 E-4. Czech. 54,41 to Prussia 47,46.
(3) Ju 87B. France 59,26 to Germany 57, 34.
(4) Ju 87B. Lille to Nuremberg, Germany.

[ax] Air Rebase. Italy x 1. CR.42 FTR2. France 57,25 to France 54, 30.

[ax] Air Rebase. Japan. None.

[ax] That will end my impulse at the HQ reorg phase.

[ax] 07-SEP-OCT-1940-AX-09-EOI.zip game turn sent.

Weather. Not fit for man or beast!

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #11.

[al] End of turn roll was an 8, so the turn continues.

[al] Weather roll is 7, becoming 9 with the previous impulse's die roll modifier. That's Storm/Rain/Rain/Storm/Fine/Fine. Bad weather everywhere it counts.

[ax] Well at least my planes can fly in the north temperate to try to counter those sneaky Soviet subs if they attack again.

[al] Allied Impulse 11
No DoWs, alignments, etc.

Actions
China: Land
Commonwealth: Combined
Free France: Pass
United States: Pass
Soviet Union: Combined

[ax] Looks like my planes will be flying then.

[al] Naval Stuff
No port attacks or naval air.

Naval Moves
- CW sails 4 cp to Faeroes Gap and 1 cp to North Atlantic from Liverpool.
- USSR subs in Murmansk sail to the Norwegian Sea and North Atlantic.

[ax] USSR subs in the North Atlantic? Interesting.

[al] Naval Stuff
Naval Combat
- USSR initiates in Japanese Coast. No planes can intercept from land, but in this weather the CV planes are in the air. USSR commits subs.
- Search rolls are Soviets 7, Japan 1. Not looking good for the subs.

So, some decisions for the Axis. Japan has 8 surprise by my reckoning. Which box(es) to pick, and naval air or surface?

[ax] Select both subs and fight a surface.

[al] Okay.

[al] Current damage profiles:
- Subs inflict 2A on Japanese.
- Kido Butai inflicts 1D, 3A on subs.

How do you want to spend surprise points?

[ax] Please move damage to Soviet subs up 4-columns to X, 2D.

[al] How to allocate aborts to Japan?

[ax] A each on each of the two IJN CA's.

[al] Japanese Damage (2A):
(1) A on Chokai: saving throw is 6 - she aborts.
(2) A on Mikuma: saving throw is 10 - she stays in the zone.

Soviet Damage (X, 2D):
(1) X on 3/3 sub: saving throw is 5 - sunk
(2) D on 4/3 sub: saving throw is 5 - damaged
(3) D on 4/3 sub: saving throw is 4 - sunk

Looks like Japan caught wind of the sub's location and ambushed them. Maybe some Soviet naval codes were broken at a good time.

[al] To where should Chokai abort?

[ax] Fukuko, please.

[ax] Well that's a thorn (Soviet navy/subs in Asia) in the Japanese side that's been take care of, for now at least.

[al] Quite.

[al] Land Stuff
Rail Movement
(1) British III Corps (6-4 INF) rails from Cairo to Aswan.

Land Movement
(1) KMT cavalry withdraws back to Ankang, while a garrison army advances out of Chungking.
(2) Sydney MIL advances west out of Berbera back towards Ethiopia.
(3) HQ Wavell moves into Suez, and 2nd infantry division (1-4 inf) moves from Cairo to Port Said.
(4) HQ Yeremenko advances down Trans-Manchurian railway, and 50th Army withdraws up the rail line into the swamp (into supply from Yeremenko).
(5) HQ Timoshenko continues advancing towards Kiev.

[al] No land combats, and no rebases, so on to end of turn roll.

[al] End of turn roll is 7. Turn continues.

[ax] copy that.

[al] Game file sent at start of Axis impulse.

Japanese Coast. {Great result for the Japanese. Both Soviet subs sunk at the cost of an aborted heavy cruiser. That removes, for now at least, any Soviet threat to Japanese convoy lines except from land based air, which I put at low risk.}

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #13.

[ax] Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #13.
No DOW's. No Special Actions. No Alignments.
Actions. Japan - land, Germany - land, Italy - land.
End of turn chance. 70%.

[ax] Naval Air. None.

[ax] Ground strike. None.

[ax] Rail move. Japan. None.

[ax] Rail move. Germany x 3.
(1) 88 mm AA div. Brussels to Poland 52, 48.
(2) 105 mm arty div. Magdeburg, Germany to Budapest, Hungary.
(3) 6-4 mot. Dresden, Germany to Poland 52, 48.

[ax] Rail move. Italy. None.

[ax] Land Movement. Highlights.
(1) Japan. Adjustments to their front lines in Manchuria.
(2) Italy. Eth MIL moves back to ETH 108,69. Troops in the Balkans continue to move towards the Yugoslavian border.
(3) Germany. Continue the transfer of troops from West to the East and the Balkans.

[ax] Land Combat. None.

[ax] Air rebase. Japan. none.

[ax] Air rebase. Germany x 4.
(1) Ju 87B. Germany 57,34 to Hungary 59, 42.
(2) Ju 87B. Numberg, Germany to Hungary 59,44.
(3) Bf 109 E-2. Reims to Dresden, Germany.
(4) He 100 FTR2. Brest to Cologne, Germany.

[ax] Air rebase. Italy. none.

[ax] That ends my impulse at the HQ reorg phase.

[ax] Back to you for end of turn check.

[ax] Nazi-Soviet pact instructions.
(1) Both chits to offensive.
(2) Move 1 chit defensive to offensive.

[ax] 07-SEP-OCT-1940-AXIS-14-EOI.zip game turn sent.

[al] End of turn roll is an 8. Turn continues.

[ax] Unreal!

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #15.

[al] Allied Impulse 15
No DoWs, alignments, etc.

Actions.
CW takes a combined and China a land impulse. Everyone else passes.

[al] Naval Operations
- No port attacks, naval air, or naval combat.

Naval Moves
(1) HMAS Australia sails from Port Said with division emarked into 0 box of Red Sea.
(2) Dutch TRS sails from Bombay to 0 box Red Sea, embarks HQ Wavell.

[al] Land Operations
Rail Moves
(1) Montreal MIL rails to Halifax.

Land Moves & Debarks
(1) HQ Yeremenko finally joins up with the bulk of Red Army forces in Manchuria.
(2) 3rd Cavalry Corps in Manchuria takes advantage of the lack of enemy ZoC to withdraw back into USSR.
(3) HQ Timoshenko continues slow trudge through bad weather towards Kiev.
(4) Soviet 8th Army (4-3 INF) moves from woods in northern tip of Eastern Poland into Vilna.
(5) Soviet 51st Army (6-3 INF) moves from Smolensk into woods north of Pripets.
(6) Sydney MIL advances to frontier of Ethiopia.
(7) HQ Wavell and division debark into British Somaliland.

East Africa.

{Italian East Africa certainly seems to be a magnet for the CW. Though Italy is sorely outgunned there, as well as in Libya, I can't say that I'm disappointed that it's getting so much attention from the allies.}

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #15. (continued).

East Med.

{Where are the British going? Libya is wide open for the taking. Apparently they've been ordered to move into and take care of the Italians in East Africa. Again, I can't say that I'm displeased with this development.}

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #15. (concluded).

[al] HQ Reorg
Despite the lateness of the turn, HQ Yeremenko reorganises some of the disorganised forces on the far side of the Songhua. (Just in case the turn keeps going.)

[ax] Bold!

[al] End of Turn
End of turn roll is 3. Turn ends. Initiative shifts towards Axis.

[ax] Die roll modifier is even (i.e., 0). But the axis do win ties.

Manchuria. Korea.

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn.

Destroyed. Repair.

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. (continued)

[al] Partisans
Korea = 23
China = 14; Garrison test = 3; Partisan rolls = 4,4
Malaya = 73
NEI = 44
Burma = 20
Manchuria = 95
India = 59
Free France = 22; Garrison test = 2; Partisan rolls = 2,2
Belgium = 35
Indochina = 10; Garrison test = 3; Partisan rolls = 8,5

[al] Placing Partisans
Italy may place a 1-1 partisan in Indochina.

[ax] Wow. Another one.

[ax] Place in Hue please.

[al] Done.

[ax] I guess that's it for FIC. No more partisans are possible until you kill some off?

[al] I have no idea.

[al] Keeping in mind that it might be you killing them off.

French Indo-China.

{Recall. French Indo-China is Free France's home country.}

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. (continued)

[al] Placing Partisans
(1) France gets to place a 0-2 partisan in Occupied France. There are very few eligible hexes. However, one of them happens to be the resource hex by the Belgian frontier. So the partisans go there. It will be, I am sure, a very short-lived Communist uprising.
(2) Communist Chinese partisans appear in woods southwest of Hangchow (on the rail line between that city and Changsha).

[al] These partisans are 0-3, defending at 1 in the woods.

China.

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. (continued)

The Western Front.

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. (continued)

[al] Entry Markers
(1) USSR places 1 marker in defensive. The value is 1.
(2) Ge places 2 markers offensive and shifts 1 marker from defensive to offensive.
- First marker drawn: roll of 206, marker value 2
- Second marker drawn: roll of 63, marker value 1
- The sole marker in defensive (value of 3) goes to offensive.

The Eastern Front and Balkans.

The Free French must have tried to introduce conscription in Vietnam and stirred up a hornet’s nest. There is no upper limit on # of PARTisans in a country that I am aware of; on cardboard, there is based on how many counters exist. Not sure how MWiF handles that.

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. (continued)

[al] US Entry
US draws 1 marker versus Ge/It.
US passes option 15: Resources to Western Allies.

[al] Tension roll is 8. No tension.

[al] US passes option 16. Gift of Destroyers to Commonwealth. Tension roll is 1. US moves 1 marker in Ge/It entry pool to tension pool.

US Entry. Estimated US Entry/Tension Pool Values.

ORIGINAL: brian brian

The Free French must have tried to introduce conscription in Vietnam and stirred up a hornet’s nest. There is no upper limit on # of PARTisans in a country that I am aware of; on cardboard, there is based on how many counters exist. Not sure how MWiF handles that.

Well then all I need is one more partisan in French Indo China and the Free French won't be able to place any units?

I just looked at Page 1 - you are playing with Off City Reinforcement so FFr units could be placed (no ZoC for PART units), and could draw supply from CW sources.

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. (continued)

[ax] Preliminary & Final Production. Germany.
(1) Save (TR) Kirkuk, Iraq oil to Warsaw.
(2) Change from production and save Austria [56,40] oil to Warsaw.
(3) Germany should have 28 factories producing 28 PP's.
(4) With 2 PP's lost to strat this gives them 26 PP's.
(5) 26 PP's x 0.75 = 20 BP's, of which 2 BP's go to the USSR.
(6) This leaves Germany with 18 BP's.
(7) Of Germany's 7 oil resources, 4 are used in production and 3 are saved (Warsaw, Vienna, Berlin).

[ax] Preliminary and Final Production. Italy.
(1) Italy has 6 of 11 factories producing, giving them 6 PP's.
(2) 6 PP's x 0.75 = 5 BP's. With 1 saved at start, Italy has 6 BP's.
(3) Italy has 1 oil resource which is saved to Rome.

[ax] Preliminary and Final Production. Japan.
(1) 13 of 19 factories producing 13 PP's.
(2) 13 PP's x 1 = 13 BP's. 1 BP to US, leaves Japan with 12 BP's.
(3) Japan has 4 oil resources, all of which are saved (Tokyo, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Nagasaki).

[ax] Preliminary and Final Production. Vichy France.
(1) 1 of 4 factories producting 1 PP.
(2) 1 x 0.75 = 1 BP. Save to Vichy.
(3) Move 3 saved oil in Syria to Vichy, Toulouse, Marseilles. (All overland and requires no sea leg).

Transfer of Saved Vichy Oil Points from Syria to Vichy, France (proper).