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ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

Wrong place for that question [;)]

Bound to happen at some point with 4 threads on the go [:)]

Yeah, I always check many many times I don't write my plans to AAR [:D]

CW used HQ to reorganize unit in Tangier. 150 mm artillery ground strikes Tangier.

105 mm artillery ground strikes Santander.

Good night, I do my land moves tomorrow.

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

CW used HQ to reorganize unit in Tangier. 150 mm artillery ground strikes Tangier.

105 mm artillery ground strikes Santander.

Good night, I do my land moves tomorrow.

Actually, if Morocco is in supply, don't use 150 mm artillery. CW has ATR ready and they can reorganize MIL. If turn continues, I can use artillery next impulse if Morocco goes OOS.

ORIGINAL: AllenK
Now the two Italian units in Africa are ready to move on Algiers, I'm tempted to move the CA at La Spezia to West Med for shore bombardment. If Stuka ground strike works, attack would be 5:2. 2:1, with 50% chance of 3:1. Even at 2:1 chance of success is 60% (20% chance of disaster).

Note that if Morocco is in supply, CW has planes in range to support Algiers by 2 points of ground support.

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

ORIGINAL: AllenK
Now the two Italian units in Africa are ready to move on Algiers, I'm tempted to move the CA at La Spezia to West Med for shore bombardment. If Stuka ground strike works, attack would be 5:2. 2:1, with 50% chance of 3:1. Even at 2:1 chance of success is 60% (20% chance of disaster).

Note that if Morocco is in supply, CW has planes in range to support Algiers by 2 points of ground support.

Good point. No attack this impulse but I'll still try the ground-strike.

If turn continues, I say we should send German 7-4 INF to Algeria.

Also we should place Italian ATR so that it can transport German Para, it arrives next turn.

I'm not sure about the INF now the ground-strike has failed. Agree on the ATR. Where do you suggest, Seville?

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

CW used HQ to reorganize unit in Tangier. 150 mm artillery ground strikes Tangier.

105 mm artillery ground strikes Santander.

Good night, I do my land moves tomorrow.

Actually, if Morocco is in supply, don't use 150 mm artillery. CW has ATR ready and they can reorganize MIL. If turn continues, I can use artillery next impulse if Morocco goes OOS.

Sorry, missed this post and did the ground-strike.

I check place when I do land moves.

You need that INF next turn.

No biggie that ground strike.

We need to take Algiers first, or put Morocco OOS.

I'm starting to think that we should put all our air units to Norhern Spain. We need push them to sea during the winter or Barbarossa is late or Germany doesn't have enough units in east.

Germany sends hungarian fighter to CSV, one (or two) NAV should stay there do that we can try to put Morocco OOS. We can fight in North Africa long time, but Spain should be cleared first. Germany sends next turn brand new FW190 (range 6, strength 7) to BoB.

If we get another impulse, Germany will ground strike Bayonne with two fighters (2x factor 2). If we hit anything, I would test our luck and attack to another hex adjacent to last factory city. Germany will also send sub to CSV.

If we ever get Morocco, I think Italian ARM HQ should lead attack to Egypt. Germany has ARM div to join that operation. Also German MAR and PARA are free to use in any operations. Germany can also leave/send one or two IND divisions for invasions.

MAR, PARA and 2x div have total strength 11,5.

Yes, the ARM HQ and the better Mech/Mot units.

Any gains should be made in the Med. Also: consider building forts and white print MTN and a MTN division to defend Gib with. It makes the place very difficult for the Allies to take back. Even out of supply and disorganised two white print MTN and a MTN division defend GIB with a horrendous 21 factors. And if the Allies are halved too due to forts present there it really makes the place a fortress...

Concentrate on Spain, Morocco and Egypt. Barbarossa is still far, far away with the Allies in Spain, Egypt and Tangiers...

Germany builds all MTN units. Do you mean forts towards Spain, Morocco or both?

Forts at Gib? I think I'll build one in our game as Allies. Our instinct is the Axis are going for Spain then Gib. If they don't it hasn't been too much of an outlay.

Do you mean forts towards Spain, Morocco or both?

I think Centuur meant all the way around.

Our instinct is the Axis are going for Spain then Gib.

This is pertaining to your reverse game. I'm wondering why you think so? If the Axis want an effective Med/Spain/Gib strategy they have to feed Italy BP's to get its useful tools. What are they waiting for vis-à-vis Italy entering the war? To me, this points to Barb more than Med. Of course we are looking at the earliest and flimsiest clues.

As for USSR in Bulgaria, Germany can very easily cut supply in the Black Sea...so I would only have white print unit(s?), and cheap ones.

ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14

Our instinct is the Axis are going for Spain then Gib.

This is pertaining to your reverse game. I'm wondering why you think so? If the Axis want an effective Med/Spain/Gib strategy they have to feed Italy BP's to get its useful tools. What are they waiting for vis-à-vis Italy entering the war? To me, this points to Barb more than Med. Of course we are looking at the earliest and flimsiest clues.

As for USSR in Bulgaria, Germany can very easily cut supply in the Black Sea...so I would only have white print unit(s?), and cheap ones.

We could well be wrong. It was mostly based on the strong Italian set-up on the French border and moving out of Africa, rather than reinforcing. The lack of lending from Germany to Italy is starting to count against the theory. It may well be the Italians are simply tying down French units on the border, so there are less to defend against the main German effort and conserving strength for Barb.