Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse IV - Nice AArse

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May/Jun 1941
Impulse: Production

Germany:
2 x INF
ARM
ART
2 x FTR
LND
Pilot
ENG DIV

Italy:
FTR
Pilot
SUB (2nd Cycle)

Japan:
INF
2 x CARR AIR
2 x Pilot
AA

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May/Jun 1941
Impulse: Production

China:
LND
Pilot
MTN DIV

Commonwealth:
INF
HMS Conqueror (2nd Cycle)
HMS Phoebe (2nd Cycle)
ARM
2 x CARR AIR
2 x Pilot
MECH

France:
MIL

USA:
3 x Essex-class
2 x CARR AIR
Pilot

USSR:
MOT
MECH
FTR
LND
Pilot

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

ORIGINAL: warspite1

May/Jun 1941
Impulse: 7

Well that was a bad mis-calculation on my part. The Paradrop is 2:1. I get a +1 because the notional was used, but I have no idea why that equates to a 3. I bring in two bombers to get the 2:1 odds but.....

...its an 8(9)!! The Para is disorganised but he lands!

The notional has a defense of three because: 1 for the notional, +1 for major power defending in its home country, +1 for being in an unoccupied hex in the ZOC of a friendly corps. 1+1+1 = 3.

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Thank-you

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: Reinforcement

Germany:
ARM HQ
INF

Italy:
NAV
Roma

Japan:
Yamato
AMPH

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: Reinforcement


China:
INF (Communist)
AT (Communist)


Commonwealth:
HMS Unicorn has been placed in the Construction Pool
NAV
HMS Howe
MOT
PARA
FTR (Sth Afr)

France:
MIL
4 x INF
ARM HQ
MECH

ONLY the MIL, the MECH and 3 INF able to be placed.

USA:
AMPH

USSR:
LND
AA
GARR
INF
INF HQ

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: Weather and Initiative

Axis 7:5 Allies

The Allies re-roll - Axis 10:7 Allies

The weather is a 4 - Fine everywhere except the Northern Monsoon.

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 1

Just two ground strikes are launched as most Axis bombers are out of reach of the front line - well, two front lines actually as a French re-doubt has appeared around Nantes.

A 5-quality Stuka and an Italian BR20 attempt to disorganise CW and French troop south of the Garonne.

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 1

But first its back to China. The Japanese have to get their campaign kick-started somehow. They launch two bombers against Chiang. The Chinese have no reason not to try and intercept despite the odds.

Round 1 5.3 vs 3.0 in Japan's favour (the Allies to throw first).

9 - AC A Japanese bomber is cleared through.
12 - AC Effectively no effect

Round 2

12 - AC The second Japanese bomber is cleared through
11 DC - Effectively no effect.

With both bombers through the fighters abort.

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 1

Meanwhile the attack on Alexander is a failure, but the Stuka attack is devastating; all three French units are disorganised....

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 1

More impressive still is the fact that the Japanese have actually hit something; two of the three units - including Chiang - are ground struck.

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 1

The Germans decide to pass up on all three possible attacks - against Gort, Toulouse and east of Nantes. They just cannot get the right odds and it could be a long turn.

The Italians however, with Mussolini keen to present his "few thousand dead" to Hitler, decide to press home an attack on Nice. The Japanese make the same decision in China.

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 1

Here goes for the Japanese - its a 2:1 +2 on the Assault table - Fractional Odds make it 3:1...

...and its yet an other 6(8). The Chinese lose a Garrison and the remaining units are Shattered. All attackers are disorganised.

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 1

Meanwhile, on the French Riviera we have a 3:1 increased to a 4:1 with no modifiers. What do you know? The Italians can throw dice! Its a 10, and Nice falls to the Fascists.

"Hussah!" exclaims Mussolini like an over-excited child "The first conquest in my new Roman Empire!".

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 1

The French Fleet is re-based to Oran and the Axis turn comes to a close with the Japanese reorganising as many units as possible.

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 2

The turn ends quickly for the Allies. The CW have been able to get two units in each hex north of Toulouse but if the French city falls then their fate is pretty much sealed.

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 3

The weather remains un-changed - the Northern Monsoon is still Rain - otherwise all Fine.

The Luftwaffe take to the skies and are devastating once more. The CW have 3 out of 4 units disorganised - including both HQ. The Germans cannot get at Toulouse this impulse due to the alpine hexside. They will need to force a crossing further north by attacking Gort.

With HQ Support, the odds are 3:1 +2 on the blitz table....

...its a 7(9) this time. The British lose the London Militia and Gort is Shattered. The Germans are not disorganised.

[Centuur]

Toulouse will not fall in enemy hands. It is defended with 25 factors and all attackers are halved for the river. Even when the Germans get a ENG on the river, this still won't be a better attack than a 2-1. That's not a good attack at all. Even with the disorganised defenders, it's going to be a very tough place to empty for Germany.

Make sure that there are no CW forces in Bordeaux. You need the place in the reinforcement phase for the French units, which might get scattered this turn.

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 3

In the north the 4th Infantry is facing 5:1;6:1B odds - rising to 7:1 with Fractional Odds.

The dice roll is a 2! The Germans haven't seen many of those for a while. But what a great time to roll one. The French unit is destroyed for no loss.

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

Toulouse will not fall in enemy hands. It is defended with 25 factors and all attackers are halved for the river. Even when the Germans get a ENG on the river, this still won't be a better attack than a 2-1. That's not a good attack at all. Even with the disorganised defenders, it's going to be a very tough place to empty for Germany.

Make sure that there are no CW forces in Bordeaux. You need the place in the reinforcement phase for the French units, which might get scattered this turn.

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Yes, Bordeaux is a CW-free zone.

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Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 4

The CW bring the 9th Armoured Corps up to try and seal the gap between Alexander and the French 10th Army. This fate of France rests on the hex south of Bordeaux!