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Nov/Dec '44
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Land: Germany, Italy
Combined: Japan
Naval:

No Port Strikes.

Naval Air:
Japan:
FTR2 Sasebo -> Chinese Sea 4-box
FTR2 Hong Kong -> Chinese Sea 4-box
FTR2 Fukuoka -> Chinese Sea 3-box
NAV3 Nagasaki-> Chinese Sea 4-box

Naval Movement:
Japan:
Main Fleet + AMPH Fukuoka -> Chinese Sea 4-box - embark MOT from Yokohama
AMPH + CA + INF Tokyo -> Chinese Sea 3-box

No naval searches.

Over to Germany for some more actions.

I just got a save back from Germany. I hope to continue tomorrow.

Nov/Dec '44
Impulse #1 (Axis)

No strategic bombing. No Ground Strikes.

One German MIL is railed to Rumania.

Japan moves one MIL to the oil in Burma. Lots of movement in Europe.

Japan invades Chichijima Retto with one INF and one MOT.

Nov/Dec '44
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Want to include the notional? I proceed with the notional included and will go back if this was in error.

Want to use defensive shore bombardment? I will proceed with it included. Change it I will if needed.

Nov/Dec '44
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Two BB provide 8 (modified to 7,5) points in shore bombardment.

5 CVP provide GS (one CVP is not shown in picture with two points in GS making the GS total to 11 with a maximum of 7,5), with one FTR providing escort. Japan has additional CVP that can fly intercepts.

USA has one FTR2 that can either intercept, or fly defensive GS. Note, that if the FTR2 is used, it may only land on the combat hex.

Use the FTR2?

Sorry for late reply, I had a 30 hour international travel going on. Please fly FTR2 as DAS. I think that's the only decision.

Nov/Dec '44
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Japan counters with 5 CVP.

Both sides rolled an abort.

Edit: The US FTR2 lands in the combat hex as it is the only one within reach.

I had a bug where it said that CVPs where destroyed as they had no carriers to land on. This is obviously wrong as they could land on the carrier they flew from.

Any advice?

I will try later on to see if I can avoid the bug.

How about if you fly all your fighters as escorts and don’t fly US plane. If US plane has range to escape after invasion we just have to get it destroyed.

Thank you. Will test your idea later today.

I hope I fixed it. Will roll the attack now, and then we will see.

Nov/Dec '44
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Final odds.

The invasion succeeded, and the US FTR2 was overrun and destroyed.

Nov/Dec '44
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Air Rebase:

Italy:
FTR2 Turin -> 54,31 in France

GE
FTR2 Köningsberg -> SW of Bucharest
FTR2 2 hex s of Brest-Litovsk -> SE of Kaunas
LND2 E of Ploesti -> 58,50
FTR2 Breslau -> 57,49

No reorganization.

N/D 1944 Allied 2

FF naval, all others land (US Ochit on Eisenhower)


Naval air
US FTR2 WM box 3


Naval move
FF BB and TRS North Sea box 3 loaded with MAR and MAR div
FF CA CVB box 4
FF CA NA box 4
FF BB drops down to FG box 0


Ground strike

USSR bombs hex east of Ploesti with 2 bombers escorted by 2 fighters. 2 fighters (6,6) ready to intercept.

In France Allies bombs as follows
CW ART and CW FTR2 hex NW of Paris
US FTR3 and LND3 hex SW of Paris
US LND3 and CW FTR2 hex W of Vichy
FF LND3 hex SW of Vichy

Germany can fly 5 fighters in Romania and 3 in France. Italy can fly 4 fighters in France. Allies can intercept in France with many fighters.

Any intercepts?

In France from North to South send

1:hex IT Macchi 6-Str, Target Bomber return to start hex
2:hex GE BF 109 G-6 7-Str, Target Bomber return to start hex
3:hex IT Re-2002 5-Str, Target Bomber return E of start hex
4:Hex IT Macchi C 202 5-Str, Target Bomber return to start hex

In Rumania send
GE FW 150 A-8, 8-Str + BF 109 E-4 5-Str ,Target Bomber return to start.

Allies reply in France from north to south (I will call them France 1-4 in dice roller in this same order from north to south)

Spitfire (7)
Spitfire (9)
Spitfire (7)
Hurricane (6)

In Romania
2x FTR2 (6,6)