PBEM Global War: Narrative AAR.

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #1. (Continued).

1/23/21, 3:11 PM - [Allied]: Port Strike. Hampden (2/4=1 a2s) extended range and in snow vs Italian sub in Bayonee, France.
1/23/21, 3:13 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/23/21, 3:13 PM - [Allied]: no effect
1/23/21, 4:09 PM - [Allied]: still making my naval moves, probably going to take a break for dinner.
1/23/21, 4:10 PM - [Axis]: no problem, take all the time you need. Not fun if you feel rushed
1/23/21, 4:10 PM - [Allied]: Will try to finish this evening but may watch a movie ...
1/23/21, 4:10 PM - [Allied]: I working out RN ASW patrols and escorts right now.
1/23/21, 4:10 PM - [Axis]: no worries. Talk to you tomorrow if I don't see you tonight
1/23/21, 4:10 PM - [Allied]: copy

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Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #1. (Continued).

1/23/21, 5:04 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/23/21, 5:05 PM - [Allied]: Queens East Med. Attempt intercept?
1/23/21, 5:14 PM - [Axis]: no thx
1/23/21, 5:33 PM - [Allied]: copy
1/23/21, 5:34 PM - [Allied]: No really, I'm going to take that dinner break. Started thinking about moves and got caught up.
1/23/21, 5:35 PM - [Axis]: Haha, game is so fun, can't stay away
1/23/21, 5:35 PM - [Axis]: I know I can't
1/23/21, 5:35 PM - [Allied]: I think about when I'm away and what moves I need to make.
1/23/21, 5:35 PM - [Axis]: same here
1/23/21, 5:35 PM - [Allied]: Hard to get away when you're actually in your impulse.

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #1. (Continued).

1/24/21, 11:13 AM - [Allied]: Morning. Need to run to the grocery store. Will finish my impulse after I get back.
1/24/21, 11:14 AM - [Axis]: roger
1/24/21, 11:14 AM - [Allied]: Two potential sea areas for conflict to get to then.
1/24/21, 12:38 PM - [Allied]: back
1/24/21, 12:40 PM - [Allied]: Two Contested Sea Areas: (1) Italian Coast & (2) East Med. RN will attempt to initiate in both.
1/24/21, 12:40 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/24/21, 12:40 PM - [Allied]: First is the Italian Coast.
1/24/21, 12:41 PM - [Allied]: Sub group 4731 (3-box) will flip to initiate.
1/24/21, 12:41 PM - [Allied]: No allied air reactions possible.
1/24/21, 12:42 PM - [Allied]: Axis air reactions?
1/24/21, 12:42 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/24/21, 12:43 PM - [Axis]: Emil to 0
1/24/21, 12:43 PM - [Allied]: copy
1/24/21, 12:45 PM - [Allied]: Don't see Emil?
1/24/21, 12:45 PM - [Allied]: Not in list that is?
1/24/21, 12:45 PM - [Axis]: 109 at very top
1/24/21, 12:45 PM - [Axis]: 5 A2A rating
1/24/21, 12:46 PM - [Allied]: got you ... Bf 109 emil ... now I see him. to 0-box he flies.
1/24/21, 12:46 PM - [Allied]: RN commits her sub groups. Now for search
1/24/21, 12:47 PM - [Allied]: Searches: RN=6, Axis=6, both miss.
1/24/21, 12:48 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #1. (Concluded).

1/24/21, 12:48 PM - [Allied]: Lastly, East Med.
1/24/21, 12:48 PM - [Allied]: French CA Duguary Trouin will flip to initiate.
1/24/21, 12:50 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/24/21, 12:50 PM - [Allied]: No air reactions (possible) by allies. Axis reactions?
1/24/21, 12:50 PM - [Axis]: no thx
1/24/21, 12:50 PM - [Allied]: copy
1/24/21, 12:51 PM - [Allied]: no subs ... to search then ...
1/24/21, 12:52 PM - [Allied]: Search. RN/French=5, RM/KM=8, neither find.
1/24/21, 1:09 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/24/21, 1:09 PM - [Allied]: back to you for axis impulse #4.

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Axis #4.

1/24/21, 1:11 PM - [Axis]: got it
1/24/21, 1:50 PM - [Axis]: Land actions across the board
1/24/21, 1:55 PM - [Axis]: Japanese strat knocks out 1 pp

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Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Axis #4. (Continued).

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Axis #4. (Concluded).

1/24/21, 3:00 PM - [Axis]: back to u
1/24/21, 3:00 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
1/24/21, 3:08 PM - [Allied]: got it.

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #7.

1/24/21, 3:27 PM - [Allied]: Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #7. CW - combine, France - combine, China - land, USA - combine, USSR - combine.

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #7. (Continued).

1/24/21, 3:30 PM - [Allied]: RN Port Strike. 2 CVP Baffin (East Med, 4/2=2 a2s) vs Italian Fleet at Salonica, Greece. No intercept possible. Surprise rolls coming ...
1/24/21, 3:32 PM - [Allied]: Italian=10, RN=6. RN gets 4 surprise points all of which are used to drop Italian AA to none.
1/24/21, 3:33 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/24/21, 3:34 PM - [Allied]: Italian risk is 2A. RN places first A on Pola. 2nd A on either BB (I assume) since they're both the same?
1/24/21, 3:34 PM - [Axis]: correct

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #7. (Continued).

1/24/21, 3:36 PM - [Allied]: (1) A on CA Pola=4, flipped. (2) A on BB Littorio=5, saved (from flip).

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #7. (Continued).

1/24/21, 3:43 PM - [Allied]: Two Contested Sea Areas: (1) Italian Coast & (2) East Med. Allies will attempt to initiate in both.
1/24/21, 3:43 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/24/21, 3:43 PM - [Axis]: ok
1/24/21, 3:43 PM - [Axis]: no reaction for either from Axis
1/24/21, 3:43 PM - [Allied]: (1) Italian Coast. No possible allied air reaction(s). Any additional axis reaction(s).
1/24/21, 3:43 PM - [Allied]: copy, no reactions for either.
1/24/21, 3:44 PM - [Allied]: RN commits her 3 sub groups in the Italian Coast. Searches ...
1/24/21, 3:44 PM - [Allied]: They flip sub group 4732 to search.
1/24/21, 3:45 PM - [Allied]: Search: RN=8, Ita=3, neither find.

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #7. (Concluded).

1/24/21, 3:46 PM - [Allied]: Next up is East Med. French moved a CP to 0-box this impulse. No air reactions, no subs to commit, searches ...
1/24/21, 3:47 PM - [Allied]: French CA Lamotte-Picqet is flipped to search
1/24/21, 3:48 PM - [Allied]: Search: RN/French=4, RM/KM=3, only the Italians find.
1/24/21, 3:49 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/24/21, 3:49 PM - [Allied]: Instructions?
1/24/21, 3:49 PM - [Axis]: pick 0 an avoid please
1/24/21, 3:49 PM - [Allied]: copy
1/24/21, 4:00 PM - [Allied]: I just made a boneheaded move! I flipped the French CA carrying the CW inf div and can't disemark him. Need to pay attention!
1/24/21, 4:00 PM - [Axis]: lol, I've done that before too
1/24/21, 4:03 PM - [Allied]: JF41. Allied #7. End of turn check (ends on a 1).
1/24/21, 4:04 PM - [Allied]: d10=7, turn continues.
1/24/21, 4:05 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/24/21, 4:05 PM - [Allied]: back to you, axis 9
1/24/21, 4:06 PM - [Allied]: Both Whitehall and the Greeks are hopping mad at the French!
1/24/21, 4:06 PM - [Axis]: lol
1/24/21, 4:06 PM - [Allied]: The French's navy logistical screw up prevented reinforcement of Athens.
1/24/21, 4:07 PM - [Allied]: By the British inf div.
1/24/21, 4:13 PM - [Allied]: That's pretty much it for me today, but will be in position to respond, if/as necessary.
1/24/21, 4:13 PM - [Axis]: ok

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Axis #9.

1/25/21, 5:42 AM - [Axis]: Land actions for Japan and Germany. Naval for Italy

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Axis #9. (Concluded).

1/25/21, 6:19 AM - [Axis]: back to u

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #11.

1/25/21, 8:40 AM - [Allied]: got it.
1/25/21, 8:40 AM - [Allied]: morning. &#9749;
1/25/21, 8:48 AM - [Axis]: Morning
1/25/21, 9:21 AM - [Allied]: Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #11. CW - combine, Free France - combine, China - land, USA - combine, USSR - combine.

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #11. (Continued).

1/25/21, 9:27 AM - [Allied]: Two contested sea areas: (1) Italian Coast & (2) East Med. Allies will attempt to initiate in both.
1/25/21, 9:27 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/25/21, 9:27 AM - [Allied]: (1) Italian Coast. (Any additional) air reactions by the axis? None possible by the allies.
1/25/21, 9:28 AM - [Axis]: no thx
1/25/21, 9:28 AM - [Allied]: Last organized sub group (4735) flips to initiate. RN commits her subs.
1/25/21, 9:29 AM - [Allied]: Searches: RN=8, Italy=2, neither find.

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #11. (Concluded).

1/25/21, 9:30 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/25/21, 9:31 AM - [Allied]: Allies flip Greek CA to initiate. No air reactions possible by the allies. Any by the axis? Also, no subs either side present.
1/25/21, 9:31 AM - [Axis]: no thx
1/25/21, 9:31 AM - [Allied]: copy. to searches then
1/25/21, 9:32 AM - [Allied]: Searches: RN/French=5, RM/KM=5, neither find.
1/25/21, 9:41 AM - [Allied]: JF41. Allied #11. End of turn check (ends on 5 or less).
1/25/21, 9:42 AM - [Allied]: d10=7, turn continues
1/25/21, 9:43 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/25/21, 9:43 AM - [Axis]: got it
1/25/21, 9:43 AM - [Allied]: back to you for axis impulse 14.

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Axis #14.

1/25/21, 9:55 AM - [Axis]: Land actions for Italy and Germany. Combined for Japan
1/25/21, 10:20 AM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
1/25/21, 10:21 AM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
1/25/21, 10:21 AM - [Allied]: yes
1/25/21, 10:22 AM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
1/25/21, 10:24 AM - [Axis]: Japan occupies Kunming without incident
1/25/21, 10:26 AM - [Axis]: turn ends

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. End of Turn.

1/25/21, 10:28 AM - [Axis]: no partisans
1/25/21, 10:30 AM - [Axis]: Defensive for USSR pact marker?
1/25/21, 10:30 AM - [Allied]: yes please
1/25/21, 10:33 AM - [Allied]: US chit to Japanese entry.
1/25/21, 10:34 AM - [Axis]: OK, Value is 439
1/25/21, 10:35 AM - [Allied]: Choose option 23, Freeze Japanese assets
1/25/21, 10:35 AM - [Axis]: Sending file, will let you draw it against them
1/25/21, 10:35 AM - [Allied]: copy
1/25/21, 10:35 AM - [Axis]: My game is frozen
1/25/21, 10:36 AM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
1/25/21, 10:36 AM - [Axis]: back to u
1/25/21, 10:36 AM - [Allied]: got it
1/25/21, 10:40 AM - [Axis]: If you are willing, you can do my SAS and RTB, pretty simple
1/25/21, 10:40 AM - [Allied]: ok ... will do
1/25/21, 10:40 AM - [Axis]: Instructions coming
1/25/21, 10:41 AM - [Axis]: Gabby down a box in East Med. Everything else returns.
1/25/21, 10:41 AM - [Axis]: German 109 and 115 to Syracuse. Falco to Messina.
1/25/21, 10:42 AM - [Allied]: US chooses option 23, Freeze Japanese Assets. Tension =7.
1/25/21, 10:42 AM - [Axis]: Italian surface ships to La Spezia. Transport to Salonica
1/25/21, 10:42 AM - [Axis]: Ask me if I left anything out
1/25/21, 10:42 AM - [Allied]: copy
1/25/21, 10:43 AM - [Allied]: d10=9, no increase in tension.
1/25/21, 10:44 AM - [Allied]: US also chooses option 24, Reopen Burma Road (which won't do any good now that Kunming has fallen) but do need an increase in tension.
1/25/21, 10:49 AM - [Allied]: It's another 9, no increase in tension.
1/25/21, 10:51 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
1/25/21, 10:57 AM - [Axis]: Screenshots for oil should suffice as well
1/25/21, 11:36 AM - [Allied]: Did you want to return the 1 unused CP in the Japanese Coast generate from the US embargo?
1/25/21, 11:38 AM - [Axis]: no thanks
1/25/21, 11:39 AM - [Allied]: copy

[rkr1958]

Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. End of Turn. (Continued).