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Axis find, I guess only 0 box and surface combat? I post new picture shortly

That would empty the sea area

Weather forecast in Normandy this impulse: there may be raining rockets.

Mayhemizer_slith wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 7:54 pm Axis find, I guess only 0 box and surface combat?

Yep, that is good enough.

Subs dive deep and combat is over.

I think US FTR2 in Newfoundland cannot be more important this turn than if it would have flown to box 0 at first possible moment...

Mayhemizer_slith wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:02 pm
I think US FTR2 in Newfoundland cannot be more important this turn than if it would have flown to box 0 at first possible moment...

On contraire, they have had a nice vacation from the war, and been helping archaeologists' prove that Vikings never reached America. No traces from air that any Vikings ever reached America. Nothing could ever be more important than that.

I need to wait word from JJ as China is OOS that might cause some ground strikes there. I continue tomorrow.

Meanwhile I can post CW ground strikes in France, 5 hexes in north and 3 hexes in south, 1 plane each. Picture shows remaining Allied planes capable intercepting.

Do you open game to check situation or should I add ground units from each hex?

USSR eastern front ground strikes, only 1 plane is flying and fighters 7,6,5 can counter intercept.

Mayhemizer_slith wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:17 pm I need to wait word from JJ as China is OOS that might cause some ground strikes there. I continue tomorrow.

Do you open game to check situation or should I add ground units from each hex?

We will open the game to check, and a break is good as I think I need to consult with the German player before responding to the onslaught.

One ground strike in China, 4 factor LND4 bombs OOS non-elite unit in the mountains.

German and Italian counter intercepts

Ukraine
BF 109 F-2 -> Sturmovik IL-2M3 (3 str) target bomber return to Odessa

Normandy Pocket
He 100 -> Typoon(6 str) target bomber return to Paris

Marseilles Pocket
Falco II ->Wellington(4 str) target bomber return to Turin

EXT. SKIES OVER FRANCE - 1944 - DAY

The symphony of Allied aircraft fills the air. A formation of WELLINGTON bombers, THYPHOON ground-attack planes, TEMPEST fighters, and MOSQUITO fast bombers dominates the sky. The roar of the planes made soldiers from both sides look at the sky.

INT. ALLIED WELLINGTON BOMBER - COCKPIT - DAY

Flight Lieutenant Carter maintains a determined focus on the controls. Sergeant Johnson prepares the payload.

LIEUTENANT CARTER
(via radio)
Steady as she goes, everyone.

EXT. GERMAN AND ITALIAN POSITIONS - FRANCE - 1944 - DAY

Soldiers below scramble as the distinct growl of engines fills the air. Flak bursts forth, but the combined might of the WELLINGTONS, TYPHOONS, TEMPESTS, and MOSQUITOS rain down a barrage of destruction.

INT. ALLIED MOSQUITO FAST BOMBER - COCKPIT - DAY

Flying at a breakneck pace, Flight Officer Ramirez maneuvers deftly through the chaos, targeting key enemy positions.

FLIGHT OFFICER RAMIREZ
(focused)
Almost there, steady...

EXT. GERMAN AND ITALIAN POSITIONS - FRANCE - 1944 - DAY

The ground erupts as bombs hit, engulfing the area in CHAOS and FIRE. The air quakes from the force of the explosions. Nothing could have survied that....

He-100 in Paris is already used. That Typhoon can be intercepted by 3x FTR2 (7,7,6)

Here is a picture

German Bf 109 G8 intercepts

CW counters Spitfire (6) in Normandy and Spitfire (5) in Southern France

USSR counters La-9 (7)

There was a dance on the skies with no casualties. Suddenly Typhoons clear through and launch their rockets on German formation and Allies fly back home.

Germany shoots down USSR fighter

That Bf 109 knew what he was doing

Short and brutal air combat in Southern France