Storm Clouds Gathering (4-player game)

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Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #7 (Allied)

No declarations of war.

Land: China
Combined: France, USSR, USA, CW
Naval:

No Port Strikes. No Naval Air.

Naval Movement:

CW
CA + INF Div Liverpool -> Suez
CV + 4 CA + CP Aden -> Red Sea

USA:
2 BB East Coast -> West Coast
BB West Coast -> East Coast

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail Movement:
USSR:
INF Div Odessa -> Baku

Land Movement:


CH Com
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Ch Nat
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GAR 3-1 E of Tungkwam -> Tungkwam
MIL 4-3 NW of Ichang -> Ichang
MIL 3-3 E of Kweilin->SW
INF 4-3 Kweilin->SW

France:
6-4 INF Central France -> SE Lille

CW:
HQI Normandy -> E
INF Suez -> NW
MOT Portsmouth -> Plymouth

USSR:
HQA -> Westwards
CAV Persia -> 1 hex towards Teheran
INF B-town -> SE
MECH + CAV Ukraine -> Lvov

Air rebase:

France
FTR2 Lille -> SW Reims

CW:
LND2 Harwich -> Toulon

USSR:
3 LND3 Azerbaijan -> Persia
FTR2 -> Odessa

No reorganization.

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Turn continues on a 7 (1 to end).

Slightly less wet weather.

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Save sent.

[NatRapsEno]

Keep the file and declare war on the Dutch by the Germans. Return the file after their setup please.

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Netherlands aligned with CW. One US entry marker added (3).

Save sent.

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Germany declares war on the Netherlands.

Land actions for Germany and Japan.

The JU88G flies a port attack on Rotterdam.

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Allied choice for next damage?

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Take the D on CL Tromp.

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Final results

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Do the Allies wish to search here?

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No, thank you.

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Two attacks. Both obvious assaults.

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Italy rebases a fighter to Sicily and the Gabbiano to Bardia. Japan flies their nav to a Korean island in the China Sea. The KI-27 flies back to coast of China from islands in South China Sea.

Turn sent.

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Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #11 (Allied)

No declarations of war.

Land: China
Combined: France, USSR, USA, CW
Naval:

No Port Strikes. No Naval Air.

Naval Movement:

France:
CA Morocco -> North Sea 1-box

CW:
2 CA + CL + 2 TRS Plymouth -> North Sea 1-box - embark 2 MOT from England
CA + INF Div Suez -> Rangoon

Will Germany search in the North Sea?

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Yes, flip the HS 123.

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CW add two FTR2 to the 1-box.

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The German NAV3 finds (Axis 3, Allies 9).

How to proceed?

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3 box only. Use 4 points to decrease Allied AA to nothing. Use remaining 3 points to increase damage. Target the CL Enterprise.

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Germany selects the CA Exeter as their abort choice.

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Axis will stay for next round of searches

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Need to take a break for a couple of hours.