Storm Clouds Gathering (4-player game)

[NatRapsEno]

Land actions for Germany and Japan, combined for Italy.

Naval Air - Germany flies He 100 to the two box of East Med. Italy flies Sparviero from Palermo to the 2 box of East Med and Gabby from Sicily to the 3 box of East Med.

Naval move - Italy moves 5 BB and two cruisers, one loaded with a German infantry division, into the 4 box of Italian Coast.

Italy searches East Med. Support?

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[Orm]

Just the FTR2 from Egypt to the 0-box. Thank you.

[NatRapsEno]

Axis find 1-6, chose surface, and destroyed CP. Second round Axis find 4-4 and avoid combat.

[NatRapsEno]

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[NatRapsEno]

Germany advances units to the East and some to the South to Hungary. Italy moves Graziani and the territorial further East into Egypt. Japan advances units further East toward Russian border in Manchuria.

Germany rebases fighter from Munich to Italy and bomber in Libya into Egypt. Italy rebases fighter into Egypt.

Turn sent.

[Orm]

Mar/Apr '41
Impulse #5 (Allied)

No declarations of war.

Land: China
Combined: USSR, USA
Naval: Free France, CW

No Port Strikes.

Naval Air:
CW:
FTR2 Gibraltar -> West Med

Naval Movement:

US:
3 BB -> PH

CW + Free France:
3 CV + 3 BB + 2 CA -> It C 3-box
7 BB -> East Med 0-box
2 SUB -> It C 3-box
CP -> East Med
CP -> West Med
CP -> Persian Gulf
Minor CP changes in the Indian Ocean
TRS + FTR2 Liverpool -> CSV
Liner Suez -> Mozambique Channel - embark INF
2 TRS + MECH + MOT Seychelles -> Red Sea
Plenty of convoy escorts leave port
Edit: TRS + HQI Freetown -> Cape Basin

[Orm]

Mar/Apr '41
Impulse #5 (Allied)

CW search in the Italian Coast. No Allied air added. Will Axis add any air?

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[NatRapsEno]

No support Italian Coast. Search East Med, flip an Italian ship in the 0 box.

[NatRapsEno]

Let's see what happens in Italian coast before support decision for East Med

[Orm]

Mar/Apr '41
Impulse #5 (Allied)

Axis finds in the Italian Coast (9-3),

How to proceed?

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[NatRapsEno]

avoid

[NatRapsEno]

For East Med search, fly the Gabbiano from Sicily to the 2 box. That's it.

[Orm]

CW reinforce the East Med 0-box with 6-strength FTR2, and LND2, from Greece.

[Orm]

No combat in the East Med (Axis 10, Allies 1).

[Orm]

Forgot to report that a CW TRS with Gort moved as well (TRS + HQI Freetown -> Cape Basin). I edited it in now.

[Orm]

Mar/Apr '41
Impulse #5 (Allied)

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail movement:
USSR:
5-1 GARR Leningrad -> Minsk

Land movement:

USSR:
4-3 INF 37, 54 -> 36, 55
3-5 CAV Kaunas -> 45, 46

Ch Com
HQI 6(3)3 -> NE
MIL 4-2 -> NE
INF 5-3 -> NE,E

CH Nat
CAV DIV 1-5 -> E,E,SE

Air rebase:
CW:
FTR2 CSV -> Gibraltar
FTR2 Greece -> Egypt

No reorganization.

Save sent.

[NatRapsEno]

Land actions for Italy and Japan. Combined for Germany.

Naval Air - Germany flies the He 112 to the two box of East Med. They fly the Hs 123 to the two box of West Med.

Naval Move. Germany moves a sub from Tripoli to three box of East Med and one to the 4 box of West Med.

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Germany will search West Med first, support?

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[GeneralAdvance]

NAV2 to 0-box.

[NatRapsEno]

Miss.

Now East Med. Support?

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[GeneralAdvance]

No support.