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Of course no problem, that's why I stopped there.

Destroyed pool in N/D 1944.

Allies lost 5 planes and 4 pilots. That is what happens when you fight over enemy territory

RTB

Europe

some CPs return in Europe
BoB FF CP
Cape Basin US CP
CA FF CP
NA CW 2x CP
FG US CP

Most SCS to the closest port. Some escorts from western Atlantic to Europe.

US sub from Baltic Sea to Denmark with CP from Atlantic

CW TRS with US MECH to France
US TRS with FTR3 to France
2x US TRS with FTR2 to Tunisia

Empty The Queens to Australia Perth
Empty TRS from WM to UK
3 TRS + 1 AMPH to US east Coast or Canada


Pacific
USWC TRS to Apia (Samoa)
CS SUB to Truk
Hawaiian Is SUB to Truk
Christmas Is SUB to Truk
Marianas 2xBB to Truk
SCS TRS 1 box to Truk, TRS 3 box to Menado, SCS 1 box to Makassar, 1xBB 3 box to Batavia, 2xBB 3 box to Makassar, CA 3 box to Truk, AMPH 4 box to Makassar, rest of fast fleet 4 box to Truk, FTR 4 box to Menado
Timor Sea CA to Port Moresby, FTR3 0 box to 117,155, NAV3 to Menado
E Indian cp to Batavia
Coral Sea NAV2 to Port Vila, CA to Guadalcanal
Capricorn cp to Papeete
Austral cp to Port Vila
S Pacific cp to Guadalcanal
Antipodes cp to Port Moresby
Solomons CA to Truk
Bismarck TRS to Menado, California to Truk, Oklahoma to Menado, Lexington+Washington to Truk, AMPH to Menado, other 4-box ships to Truk
Bay of Bengal BB+AMPH to Batavia
Arabian Sea BB + TRS with INF to Siam Singora
Marshalls BB to Pearl

CW
SCS NAV3 to Menado, FTR to 111,130 Siam, SW Pacific cp to Espiritu Santu

Oil use
USSR all for 1,7 oil
CW all for 9,6 oil
FF all for 1 CW oil
US all for 9,25 oil

Breakdown
US MECH in Western France

Production
CW 36 BPs
FF 3 BPs
US 73 BPs
USSR 44 BPs


CW (36)
MECH
FTR2
FTR3
4x Pilot
Ochit
save 3 BPs

FF (3)
Pilot
save 1 BP

USA(73) (SCRAP worst MOT-ART)
45 3xochit
4 2xPIL
5 MECH
2 FTR2
4 2xNAV2
6 2xLND3
4 TRSfu
2 Rpr BB QE
save 1 BP

SU (44) (no scrap)
30 2xochit
2 INFDIV
6 3xFTR2
4 2xLND2
save 2 BPS

Burma is not liberated

Reinforcements

CW
LND3 London
ARM London
MOT Saouthampton
MOT Halifax
FTR3 Perth

FF
2x CP French Guyana


US
pilots: P-51H, P-47C, P-47D, F4U-1, B-29, F6F-3
2x CV and CVPs to San Diego
CP Sorong NEI
TRS, AMPH and MOT San Diego
LND4 Boston
3x FTR2 East Coast
PARA, MECH, MECH div, AT and ART East Coast

Remove pilot from NAV2 in East Coast


SU
scrap all scrappable air units except ATR's and Yer-2 and MiG-3
pilots: La-7, Tu-2, Pe-3bis, Yak-9B
Vitebsk 7-6, 3-5
Odessa 9-5, Tu-2, Pe-3bis
Minsk La-7
Pskov Yak-9B

Remove pilot from LaGG-3 in Archangel

Recourse lending
No changes


I need to confirm is US unit placement (East Coast - West Coast) OK for JJ but I roll the initiative now.

Axis win initiative 8-2

No reroll, Axis go first. Too bad, there was nice looking pocket forming up in Romania...

It looks like winter

US reinf is OK, Axis may continue.

I expect to begin our impulse tomorrow, Thursday.

Jan/Feb '45
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Land: Germany, Italy
Combined: Japan
Naval:

No Port Strikes.

Naval Air:
Japan:
FTR2 + NAV2 (N China + Japan) -> China Sea 3-box

Naval Movement:
Japan:
4 BB + 2 CA (Fukuoka + Tokyo) -> China Sea 0-box

Japan search in the Bay of Bengal. Any Allied air added?

NAV2 from Burma box 0, thank you.

Jan/Feb '45
Impulse #1 (Axis)

No contact in Bay of Bengal (5-5).

Next search is in Bismarck Sea. Any Allied air? Plenty of them available.

9 range FTR2 in Truk to box 0. Any other planes in Truk?

A NAV3 with 22 on range is also based on Truk.

NAV3 to box 4, thank you.

Both sides roll 4. I am continuing with the assumption that Allies go with naval air, and all points to increase the damage on the SUB.

SUB is damaged. and stay for a second round. Allies stay as well with no new air. Or so I presume and roll for another search.

Jan/Feb '45
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Allies find again (5-2).

Edit: I was in error. The SUB is not automatically sunk, unless an abort is allowed on the US BB. Proceed with naval air and that should do the trick and sink the SUB regardless (or make it sit out the war in the repair pool).

Of course...

Demoralized, the Japanese player doesn't bother with any further searches.

We expect to finish our impulse tomorrow.

I apparently have messed up the save I got from peskpesk, so I was not able to complete out impulse. I hope to get a new save soon.