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

[ax] Stay at Sea/Return to Base Axis.
(1) All axis CP's remain at sea where they are.
(2) All German subs at sea return to Brest.
(3) German Nav in Bay of Biscay returns to Brest.
(4) German FTR2 in Italian Coast returns to La Spezia.
(5) All Italians ships in the Italian Coast remain at sea (move down 1-box).
(6) CA San Girogio in 0-box of Italian Coast returns to La Spezia.
(7) All IJN ships (not transports) in 3-box of China Sea returns to Canton.
(8) All Japanese transports return to Fukuko.
(9) All IJN ships in 3- and 2-boxes of Sea of Japan return to Fukuoka
(10) All IJN ships in 3-box of Japanese Coast returns to Fukuoka.

[ax] Use Oil. Axis.
(1) Japan. Use 4 oil points (Nagoya, Tokyo, Tokyo, Osaka) to reorg 4.1.
(2) Use Oil. Germany. 3 Oil points (Vienna, Vienna, Prague) to reorg 3.3.
(3) Use Oil. Italy. 1 oil point (Rome) to reorg 0.8.

[ax] Break Down. Axis. None.

[ax] Production Final.
(1) Germany. 18 BP's for production. 3 additional oil saved for 11 stored.
(2) Italy. 6 BP's for production. 1 additional oil saved for 2 stored.
(3) Japan. 12 BP's for production. 4 additional oil saved for 7 stored.
(4) Vichy. 1 BP for production. 3 saved oil moved to Vichy, Toulouse, Marseilles.

[ax] Scrap. Japan. Scrap D3A1 (Val) Nav2.

[al] Stay At Sea
Commonwealth
- Combat ships in 1 and 4 boxes in convoy pipeline sea areas (East Coast, North Atlantic, Faeroes Gap, Cape St Vincent, and Cape Verde Basin) all drop a box to stay at sea.
- HMS Sheffield and Belfast drop to 3 box Western Med.
- HMS Hawkins and Fiji drop to 2 box North Sea.

Allies
No other Allies leave ships at sea save for convoy points.

[al] Returns to Base
Commonwealth Transports & Misc
- Dutch TRS in Red Sea returns to Bombay.
- HMS Australia in Red Sea returns to Port Said.
_ HMS Kent in E Med returns to Port Said.
_ HMS Rodney in Azanian Sea returns to Seychelles.

Commonwealth Battle Groups
- Home Fleet in North Sea returns to Scapa Flow (ships from 2 & 3 box).

Commonwealth Convoy Lines
- HMS Effingham returns from Gulf of Guinea to Freetown.
- nav2 and HMS Devonshire return from Cape St Vincent to Gibraltar.
- HMAS Canberra returns from East Coast to Halifax.
- Queens and HMS Edinburgh return from North Atlantic to Liverpool.
- TRS returns from Faeroes Gap to Halifax.

Allies
- US TRS returns to San Diego from Hawaiian Islands.
- Soviet subs return to Murmansk.

[al] Oil Use
Axis: As directed.

Allied
China: Has no oil, has nothing needing oil to reorg.
Commonwealth: Spends 4 oil to reorg 4 oil worth of units.
Free France: Has no oil, has no units.
United States: Spends 0 oil to reorg 0.1 oil worth of units.
Soviet Union: Spends 2 oil to reorg 2.3 oil worth of units.

[al] Break Downs
USSR breaks down 4th Army (3-3 INF) in Latvia into 3rd infantry and 2nd motorised divisions (1-4 inf and 1-5 mot).

[al] Final Production
Axis: As directed.

Allied
China: 5 -1 (bombing) = 4 pp x 0.75 = 3 bp; no saved oil
Commonwealth: 18 pp x 0.75 = 14 bp; 5 saved oil for 19 stored total
Free France: no production or new saved oil
United States: 40 pp x 0.25 = 10 +1 (Ja) = 11 bp. 1 saved oil for 9 stored total
Soviet Union: 25 pp x 0.5 = 13 +2 (Ge) = 15 bp. 2 saved oil for 9 stored

[al] Scrap Destroyed
- USSR scraps destroyed ftr2, slower sub
- Ja scraps nav2 as directed.

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

[ax] Production. Germany. 18 BP's.
INF(3), MIL(2), Mech Div(3), Mech(5), PIL(2), LND(2), Sub Repair(1).

Production Spiral. Germany.

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[ax] Production. Italy. 6 BP's.
Sub 2nd(1), Sub Repair(1), FTR(2), PIL(2).

Production Spiral. Italy.

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[ax] Production. Japan. 12 BP's.
Terr(2) x 2, Gar(2), Arm Div(4), PIL(2).

Production Spiral. Japan.

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[ax] Production. Vichy. 1 BP. Save Vichy.

Production Spiral. Vichy France.

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[al]Production. China (3 bp): 1 INF (3).

Production Spiral. China.

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[al]Production. Commonwealth (14 bp): 4 cp (4), 1 ca (2nd) (1), 1 pil (2), 1 ftr2 (2), 1 HQ-I (5).

Production Spiral. CW.

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[al]Production. Free France (0 bp): n/a.

Production Spiral. Free France.

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[al]Production. United States (11 bp): 1 cv (2nd) (2), 2 trs (1st) (4), 1 cp (1), 1 sub (2nd) (1), 1 pil (2).

Production Spiral. United States.

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[al]Production. Soviet Union (15 bp): 1 MECH (5), 1 MTN (4), 2 INF (6).

Production Spiral. Soviet Union.

I think I would have played TERR lottery pick with Italy just for giggles and/or to keep the Brits in East Africa for an extra turn.

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[al] Peace Phase
- CW completely conquers Italian Somaliland.
- Free France has the option of surrendering to Italy. Despite the Free French administration being forced to operate out of London on account of the uprisings in Indochina, the French decline to do so.

Victory Totals.

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Global Map. Hex Control.

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Global Map. Units.

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Global Map. Active Axis.

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

Global Map. Active Allied.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940.

[al] Allied Reinforcements
Commonwealth
- 2 pilots into planes (Beaufighter ftr3 and South African Hurricanes ftr2)
- South African ftr2 to Cape Town
- Beaufighters to Liverpool
- TRS to Liverpool
- 3rd Indian Corps (5-3 INF) and 1 cp to Bombay

United States
- Sub 4265, Amph 4235, USS Dakota, Massachusetts, & Indiana to Construction Pool
- Sub and 1 cp to San Diego
- 1 cp to Norfolk

[al] Allied Reinforcements
Soviet Union
- no pilots assigned
- 14th Army (3-3 INF) to Minsk
- 11th Army (5-3 INF) to Vitebsk
- 2nd Army (5-4 INF) to Kiev
- 3rd Tank Army (6-6 ARM) to Gomel

[al] Oh, and the USSR removes the two lnd4 in Blagoyevshchensk from the map.

[ax] Axis Reinforcements. Germany.
(1) 2 PIL. 1 assigned to Bf 109 F-1. 1 assigned to HUN Hejja FTR2.
(2) HUN Hejja FTR2 & Budapest MIL to Budapest.
(3) Dusseldorf MIL to Dusseldorf.
(4) BUL Inf corps & Sofia MIL to Sofia.
(5) 1st Arm Div, 10 SS Mech Div & Bf 109 F-1 FTR2 to Konigsberg.
(6) No air units removed.

[ax] Axis Reinforcements. Italy.
(1) No PIL to assign.
(2) 2 sub groups to La Spezia.
(3) CP to Trieste.
(4) No air units removed.

[ax] Axis Reinforcement. Japan.
(1) 1 PIL. Assigned to B5N1 (Kate) CVP.
(2) Par Div, Mech div & CV Zuikaku + CVP Kate to Fukuoka.
(3) 4-2 MAN Terr to Harbin, Manchuria.
(4) 2-3 MAN Terr to Kirin, Manchuria.
(5) No air units removed.

[ax] Axis Reinforcements. Vichy France. None.

[al] Allied Trade Agreements
US lends 3 oil to CW

[ax] Axis Trade Agreements.
(1) Much to the dismay of ll Duce, Germany does not increase their lending to Italy beyond the 2 non-oil RP's that they're currently giving.
(2) Italy, Japan, Vichy nothing other than Mandatory.

Resource Lending.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940.

[ax] Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Initiative.
(1) No die modifier.
(2) Axis win ties.
(3) D10(axis)=10. D10(allied)=4.
(4) Axis win first roll 10 to 4.
(5) Do the allies wish a re-roll? (If so, +1 modifier for axis, w/axis winning ties).

[al] No thanks.

[ax] The axis win the initiative and elect to move second.

Initiative.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #1.

[ax] Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #1.
Weather(D10)=8. Snow, Snow, Rain, Fine, Rain, Fine.
Impulse Advance=2, Die roll modifier = +1.

[ax] 08-NOV-DEC-1940-AL-01.zip game turn sent.

Weather.

Turn 8. Nov/Dec 1940. Allied #1. (concluded).

[al] Allied Impulse 1
No DoWs, alignments, etc.

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

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

Naval Moves, Transports
(1) Dutch TRS, loaded with 3rd Indian Corps (5-3 INF), sails from Bombay to 0 box Bay of Bengal.
(2) TRS, loaded with Montreal MIL, sails from Halifax to 0 box Cape St Vincent.
(3) Queens, loaded with HQ Gort, sail from Liverpool to 0 box Red Sea.
(4) TRS, loaded with ftr3 (Beaufighter Mk.1), sails from Liverpool to 0 box Cape St Vincent.

Naval Moves, Convoy Pipelines
(5) 1 cp sails from each of Bombay and Calcutta to Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea, respectively.
(6) 5 cp sail from Liverpool to Cape St Vincent.
(7) 4 cp sail from Liverpool to N Atlantic.
(8) 4 cp sail from Liverpool to Faeroes Gap.
(9) 3 cp sail from East Coast to Liverpool.
(10) Convoy escorts drop boxes, sail to 4 box, as required in East Coast, North Atlantic, Faeroes Gap, Cape St Vincent, and Cape Verde Basin

Naval Moves, Misc
(11) HMS Rodney sails from Seychelles to 2 box Red Sea.
(12) HMS Kent sails from Port Said to 4 box E Med.

[al] Any CAP for strat bombing?

[ax] Negative.

[al] Okay.

[al] No strat bombing or ground strikes.

[al] Scratch some of that last.

[al] Any CAP for ground strikes?

[ax] Negative.

[al] Okay.

[al] No ground strikes, as it happens.

[ax] Tricky. 😁

[al] Only if "indecisive" counts as "tricky". 😉

[ax] It's certainly causing me a bit of anxiety.

[al] Land Operations
Rail Movement
(1) HQ Zhukov rails from Manchuria to Stalino in Ukraine.

Land Movement, Red Army
(2) HQ Yeremenko advances into the hex vacated by Zhukov.
(3) Cavalry forces around the juncture of Manchuria, Korea, and the Soviet Union move inland to form a defensive line in the mountains.
(4) Red Army forces in Manchuria break their encirclement of Harbin, advancing out of Tsitsihar to form up a defensive line along the Songhua. (Two corps are still on the "wrong" side of the Songhua.)
(5) 14th Army (3-3 INF) advances towards Latvia, while the divisions from last turn's broken-down army move back into Belorussia.
(6) HQ Timoshenko hooks around the eastern edge of the Pripets.

Land Movement, KMT & CCCP
(7) KMT 8th Army (3-3 INF) withdraws back towards Kunming from the Indochinese frontier.

{Looks like the Soviets are pull back to the north in Manchuria and Zuhkov HQ-A was railed out to Europe. It's definitely an interesting dynamic for Germany-Japan vs USSR, which seems balanced on a knife edge.}

[al] Rebases
USSR
(1) 2 lnd3 fly from Tsitsihar to Chita.
(2) ftr2 in Manchuria moves to better position for intercepts.

Commonwealth
(3) ftr3 disembarks from TRS in Cape St Vincent to Gibraltar.
(4) lnd3 in Italian Somaliland flies to Berbera in British Somaliland.

[al] Game file sent at air reorg. End the step to proceed to Axis impulse.

[ax] got it.