GLOBAL WAR COUNTER-FACTUAL (W1/Wilhelm vs rkr1958/jp)

[warspite1]

I am not around at the moment so just spread the risk to try and avoid sinking then abort from the sea area if anything survives. Lowest rating units chosen to try and avoid the worst. Thanks

[rkr1958]

Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Allied #5. USSR & China MPs Instructions (1/3).

No DOWs.
No special actions.
No alignments.

Actions: USSR (neutral) - combine, China - land.

Rail. USSR x 1: 45mm AT div. Krasnokamensk USSR to Omsk.

Land Movement. USSR (1/5): Mog cav. USSR 52,146 to 48,143 (hex directly east of Chita).


Rail. USSR.

[rkr1958]

Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Allied #5. USSR & China MPs Instructions (2/3).

Land Movement. CCP: none.

Land Movement. Nationalist Chinese:
(1) 1st inf army. China 78,134 to 77,133.
(2) 2nd cav div. China 79,134 to 78,134.

China.

[rkr1958]

Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Allied #5. USSR & China MPs Instructions (3/3).

Land Movement. USSR (2-5/5):
(2) 43rd inf army. Cernauti to Poland 53,50.
(3) 54th gar army. Minsk to Poland 47,50.
(4) 33rd inf army. Vitebsk to USSR 44,51.
(5) Yeremenko HQ-I. Minsk to Vilna, Poland.

Eastern Europe.

[jesperpehrson]

Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Allied #5, part 3

Naval combat continued:
I got this instruction from Warspite
"I am not around at the moment so just spread the risk to try and avoid sinking then abort from the sea area if anything survives. Lowest rating units chosen to try and avoid the worst. Thanks "

Next X is the Axis. The chose CA Pola. Roll is 8, it is damaged
Next X is the Allies. We chose BB Vittorio Veneto. Roll is 4 and it is damaged which means it is sunk.

Next D is the Axis. They chose CA Trento. Roll is 3 and it is damaged.
Next D is the Allies. They chose CA Bolzano. Roll is 8 and it is aborted.

Last A is irrelevant as the Italians are aborting from the sea area.


The allies stay in the Western Med while the Italians limper home to La Spezia.

[jesperpehrson]

Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Allied #5, part 4
(see Ronnies post for chinese and russian movement)

Groundstrike:
CW groundstrikes the defenders in Tripoli with their CVP Swordfish (TAC1)


Rail movement:
The Glasgow MIL is railed to Harwich.

Land movement:
The Indian forces move in towards Bombay in the poor weather.


HQ Wavell move slightly westwards.

The Paris MIL trades places with the 8th INF Corps.

Land Combat:
British forces attacks Tripoli with the support of the Royal Navy.
Initial odds are 12:4 +7
After short bombardment the attack is 21:4 +11,5


Is the attack an assault or a blitz?
Since Robert announced he was not around I will make the call that he would want assault.


Tripoli is finally captured after the third attack on the city!

Air rebase:
None

HQ reorg:
Gort reorganizes the Hampden LND.

Turn sent.

[WILHELM_slith]

Jul/Aug 1940 Axis 6
Japan chooses a land move.
No action till the movement phase.

[Courtenay]

Where you able to fix the error on AA fire, or are you just going to live with it? At the least, the CW should get some build points as compensation, I think. (When they take a pilot loss, change the die roll so the plane is lost but not the pilot.)

[jesperpehrson]

ORIGINAL: Courtenay

Where you able to fix the error on AA fire, or are you just going to live with it? At the least, the CW should get some build points as compensation, I think. (When they take a pilot loss, change the die roll so the plane is lost but not the pilot.)

I disagree, I could have gone back and fixed it but it was my error, not a programming bug, and how will I learn if it does not sting a bit. [:)]

[warspite1]

Jul/Aug 1940
Impulse: 6 (Axis)

Declarations of War and Alignments: None

Japan: Land
Germany: Land
Italy: Land

Naval Air: None

Strategic Bombing: None
Ground Strike: None

Rail Movement: None
Land Movement:
Germany

The Germans consolidate on Paris and take Cherbourg

Italy

The Italians take St Malo, Nantes an St Nazaire, while in East Africa the Italian TERR continue to explore their empire.

Over to the Japanese

Order: There will be one EuroAxis attack on Paris. Engineers and 4 x bombers are to be used.

[WILHELM_slith]

Jul/Aug 1940 Axis#6

Both units from sea debark in Canton

Japan has 3 attacks
Terauchi HQ and the units stacked with him attack the Chinese Cav. div.
Odds +11. Roll 11 gives modified +22 result. The Korean unit is lost and the division disorganized.
Terauchi moves into hex.

Assault on the Chinese Warlord.
The Osaka militia and the 2nd Inf attack. Not the AA Div !!!!
All planes give ground support except the G3M2 naval in Tungkwan.
The fighter flies as bomber. Total +10 ground support.
Odds +14. Roll +14 gives maximum +23 result. 2nd inf moves into hex.
See picture for return to base planes.

Assault 8th inf.
With HQ Support. Odds +9. Roll 11. Modified +20.
Japs lose the Manchurian unit. Disorganize HQ and Marine corps and AT div.
The disorganized Marine corps and AT div move into hex

No rebase or HQ reorganisation

[WILHELM_slith]

a

[WILHELM_slith]

Return to base

[WILHELM_slith]

3

[WILHELM_slith]

4

[WILHELM_slith]

No rebases for Japan.

[warspite1]

Jul/Aug 1940
Impulse: 6 (Axis)

Land Combat:
Japan

See above

Germany

The attack on Paris is a +14. I assume assault as, like before, there will be no counter if evicted.

Fresh on the heels of throwing a 5, I now throw a 6.... Fortunately the lack of a third French unit this time just about gets the job done but the engineer is lost and half the units are disorganised.

[warspite1]

Jul/Aug 1940
Impulse: 6 (Axis)

Rebase:
Germany

A fighter moves to Holland

Reorganisation: None


Allied Impulse 7 Weather. The weather roll is a 9

[jesperpehrson]

Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Allied #7

No wars or alignments.

CW - combined
France - land
USSR - combined
China - land
US - combined

Portattacks:
None

Naval air:
None

Naval movement:
CW transports a MIL, a CP and some BBs to the Western Med.
The US sails some convoys and prepares the return of part of the shippingline to Japan.

Naval combat:
None

Strategic bombardment:
CW bombs Taranto with a Hampden LND. A 9 is rolled but it seems that production is already down in Taranto so no effect. I did not know it worked like that. Lesson learned. Where can I see what factories are spent so to speak?


Rail movement:
Zhukov is railed to Novosibirsk

Land movement:
China tries to mount a defense of the heartland but things are looking very bleak in the center.

USSR takes position on the German border.

CW moves in on Bombay, finally reaching the city with some of the Indian forces. Damned weather.
CW makes strengthens the defense of Sardinia. Manning both the port in the north and the capital.

France moves in to mount a final attack northwest of Vichy.

Land combat:
France attacks the lone italian MTN NW of Vichy. 10,5 vs 5 = +4,4 assault (defenders choice rather)


Robert, assault of blitz?

[Courtenay]

ORIGINAL: jesperpehrson
Strategic bombardment:
CW bombs Taranto with a Hampden LND. A 9 is rolled but it seems that production is already down in Taranto so no effect. I did not know it worked like that. Lesson learned. Where can I see what factories are spent so to speak?

I think the way to do it is to bring up the production screens (cntl-P), pick the major power you want to check, and select factories. Bombed factories should say "Lost", as opposed to idle or producing.

I hope this is correct; I can't remember ever actually looking to see what factories I've bombed. Next time I bomb a factory I'll look.