Matrix Games Forums

Picture from Nov/Dec '40 Impulse #3 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Nov/Dec '40 Impulse #3 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Nov/Dec '40 Impulse #3 (Axis) - DOW

Nov/Dec '40
Impulse #3 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land: Germany, Japan
Combined: Italy
Naval:

No Port Strikes.

Naval Air:
Italy:
FTR2 -> ItC 2-box

Naval Movement:
Italy:
2 TRS + BB + CA -> ItC 2-box - embark 2 Ge INF from Greece.

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail Movement:

Italy:
MOT -> Rouen

Germany:
INF France -> Poland
2 INF Div Italy -> Poland/E Prussia

Land Moves:

Japan:
Major retreat in Manchuria, and the defence of Harbin is abandoned.
One TERR advance towards the Lesser Khingan mountains in NE Manchuria.
Minor adjustments in China.

Italy:
GARR -> Brussels

Germany:
A couple of units advance into Poland.
Major adjustments of the forces in Poland.

Debark:

Italy:
INF Div -> La Spezia

Germany:
2 INF -> Trieste

Air Rebase:

Italy:
FTR2 N Germany -> E Berlin
LND3 Sicily -> Rotterdam

Japan:
FTR2 61,153 -> Kyoto
FTR2 Changchun -> SW

Germany:
FTR2 Italy -> E Karlsruhe
FTR2 France -> SE Hamburg
LND2 NE Italy -> Poland
LND2 Germany -> Poland

No reorganization.

Back to Allies, with mostly winter weather in the north.
5thJMPBJ 067 ND 40 Allied 5

Picture from Nov/Dec '40 Impulse #5 (Allies) - DOW

Picture from Nov/Dec '40 Impulse #5 (Allies) - DOW

Picture from Nov/Dec '40 Impulse #5 (Allies) - DOW

Nov/Dec '40
Impulse #5 (Allies)

Land: USSR, China, CW
Combined: US
Naval: French
Pass:

No port attacks or Naval air.

Naval Movement: None.

Strategic bombing: Sapporo - Miss.

Ground strikes: USSR 122mm precision artillery hits the Manchuria Territorial hiding in the Great Khingan Mountains

Rail Movement: Zhukov recalled west. CW HQ and inf to Mombassa.

Land Movement: CW advances in Ethiopia. Chinese reinforcements arriving near Kunming. Chitcoms advance on jap cavalry. USSR prepares for attach in Manchuria.

Air transport: Harrow transport Uganda 1-4 div to Kenya coast.
n
Attacks: Manchuria attack [58, 150] was automatic with winter units regardless of Japanese air support. Picture shown is what the hypothetical result would have been with the +2 from air support added on. Air support was not used in the actual combat resolution.

Air Rebase: CW Blenheim rebases from Djibouti to Port Sudan.

No reorganisation.

Over to Axis.

Nov/Dec '40
Impulse #8 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Germanu aligns Hungary. No US reaction (9).

Land: Japan
Combined: Germany, Italy
Naval:

No Port Strikes. No Naval Air.

Naval Movement:

Germany:
8 CP Memel -> Baltic Sea

Italy:
SUB -> BoB 2-box

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail Movement:

Germany:
INF Trieste -> SW Warsaw

Italy:
TERR Tunis -> Gabes

Japan:
INF China -> Manchuria

Land Movement:

Germany:
Minor reorganization of forces in Poland.

Italy:
IND -> NW Athens
TERR -> E Addis Ababa

Japan:
AG Terauchi concentrate on the Soviet 12th Army in Manchuria.
Minor movement in S China.

Japan makes one attack in central Manchuria (61,152). Current odds is 46:4, or +19. Japan has one winterized unit that might add +1 to the attack.

Will USSR add any defensive air? Japan has two FTR2 available.
DefGroundSupport

Orm wrote: Sat Feb 28, 2026 10:56 pm Japan makes one attack in central Manchuria (61,152). Current odds is 46:4, or +19. Japan has one winterized unit that might add +1 to the attack.

Will USSR add any defensive air? Japan has two FTR2 available.

DefGroundSupport.zip
DefGroundSupport
0361.jpg

No support.

Final odds.

The Japanese counter succeeds.

Nov/Dec '40
Impulse #8 (Axis)

Air Rebase:

Japan:
FTR2 Manchuria -> NE China
FTR2 Japan -> Manchuria

Italy:
ATR3 Brest -> Prussia
LND3 Rotterdam -> Poland
NAv2 W Sicily -> Prussia

Germany:
FTR3 + 2 LND2 relocated within Prussia/Poland
LND2 Germany -> Poland
2 LND3 France/Belgium -> Poland

No reorganization.

Back to Allies (turn continues on a 9).
5thJMPBJ 069 ND 40 Allied 11

Mild weather arrives.

I forgot to mention that the Japanese Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF) retreated from the advancing Chinese further into the mountains.

Picture from Nov/Dec '40 Impulse #11 (Allies) - DOW

Stalin is concerned about the German troop build up on the Polish border and would like to know if Adolf intends to honor the Molotov-Ribbentrop 10 year non agression treaty.