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And finally the attack vs HQA Guderian.

Assault or Blitz?

Guderian is destroyed.

This was the main target for Ochit, failure would have been a big disappointment.

Rebase

CW Mosquito from Australia to NEI
FF by two hexes in France

Coming up US rebase and USSR reorg

45 JF i4 Allies (cont):
USA rebases FTR2 from Solomons toward Menado.

Zhukov reorgs 10 land units. The game on ACTS expired due to our slow pace. So I created another game but I can't find Peter's name on the list there. If you let me know how it appears I can add him to the game. Ty. On to Axis i7.

Jan/Feb '45
Impulse #7 (Axis)

Land: Germany, Japan, Italy
Combined:
Naval:

No Port Strikes. No Naval Air. No naval movement. No naval searches. No strategic bombing. No Ground Strikes. No rail movement.

Maybe, hopefully, there will be some action tomorrow. Otherwise I will begion to question why we didn't pass.

German land movement complete. Japanese, and Italian, will commence tomorrow.

Jan/Feb '45
Impulse #7 (Axis)

Japan makes minor corrections on most fronts.

Euro-Axis forces tries to hold in the West, and fall back in the East.
Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim orders a retreat, and the Finnish army orderly retreats to the next prepared defensive line. The German forces in Karelia, however, are not prepared for a retreat and most of them stay and defend their prepared positions. The VI Infantry Korps manage to retreat but gets disorganized by doing so,

Italian reserves are moved into attacking positions.

Pictures of Italian forces preparing to attack.

Jan/Feb '45
Impulse #7 (Axis)

Italy attacks the French partisan in Metz. Current odds is 20:1. No offensive support. France has a LND3 available for defensive support. Germany has at least 4 FTR2 and 3 FTR3 within intercept range (I didn't bother looking further). Will France provide defensive support?

No thanks. Even with support it would be 10:1, I don’t think weather will help us that much.

Need to consult with Germany for rebases. Hope to get our impulse complete late this evening (if we are not to tired). Or sometime tomorrow.

Mayhemizer_slith wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2025 5:59 pm No thanks. Even with support it would be 10:1, I don’t think weather will help us that much.

With defensive support I wonder if the final odds would +15. And with assault that is not a sure thing. Although, getting that bomber through surely is not sure either.

Jan/Feb '45
Impulse #7 (Axis)

The Italian attack is automatic.

Air Rebase:

Japan:
LND2 NE China -> S China
FTR2 Siam -> NE Hanoi

Germany:
FTR3 Rumania -> Transylvania
FTR2 Lithuania -> E Prussia
FTR2 Lithuania -> S Poland
LND2 Lithuania -> S Poland

Italy:
FTR2 Italy -> Transylvania

No reorganization.

Turn ends on a 1 (1 to end).

Need a break now, so I didn't roll for partisans. Save is on the way.

Should we post end of turn instructions as normal? If so, I hope to be able to do that tomorrow.

I will roll partisans and yes, we can proceed normally.

Nasty surprise, we really could have used impulse to unload everything from ships…

3 partisans to USSR. 1 north of Pripet marshes and 2 to Finnish front.

Revised plan for the Axis EoT: We've begun with it, and expect it to be completed tomorrow.

Losses for the turn.