GLOBAL WAR COUNTER-FACTUAL (W1/Wilhelm vs rkr1958/jp)

[jesperpehrson]

There was a dieroll about Belgium that I do not understand.
What does it mean?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: jesperpehrson

There was a dieroll about Belgium that I do not understand.
What does it mean?

I can take this one. Ignore it.

This roll is for our 4-player game when Germany DOW Belgium and warspite1 should have put in our French players email but accidently (apparently) put in your email there instead.

So wrong player and wrong game.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: Courtenay

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 9 (Axis)

Land Combat:
Germany

On behalf of the CW I choose Assault as there is nowhere to retreat to.

Yes, there was a retreat path: Onto the units to the southeast, for an over stack, and then one more hex southeast. Of course, since the die roll was a 23, it makes no difference which table was chosen.

The assault and no retreat comment was for the German attack on Belgium. And the Poles had nowhere to go.

[jesperpehrson]

Gotcha, i was very confused and had to look at the map several times to see what I had missed [:)]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Courtenay

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 9 (Axis)

Land Combat:
Germany

On behalf of the CW I choose Assault as there is nowhere to retreat to.

Yes, there was a retreat path: Onto the units to the southeast, for an over stack, and then one more hex southeast. Of course, since the die roll was a 23, it makes no difference which table was chosen.

warspite1

Did I read the rules wrong? If units are totally and completely surrounded are they able to leapfrog over the enemy to safety?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Courtenay

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 9 (Axis)

Land Combat:
Germany

On behalf of the CW I choose Assault as there is nowhere to retreat to.

Yes, there was a retreat path: Onto the units to the southeast, for an over stack, and then one more hex southeast. Of course, since the die roll was a 23, it makes no difference which table was chosen.

warspite1

Did I read the rules wrong? If units are totally and completely surrounded are they able to leapfrog over the enemy to safety?

No, you are correct.

I think that there is a misunderstanding here. Courtenay is talking about the Chinese assault where a retreat path was available. While warspite1 correctly concluded that the Poles had no retreat path.

[rkr1958]

Ki-27 (Nate) has been overrun (in Tungkwan, China) and forced to rebase. Where?

[rkr1958]

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #10, EOI. Northern/Central China.

The Nationalist liberate Tungkwan and force the Ki-27 IJA fighter group there to high tail to evacuate to the safety of Kaifeng, China.

[rkr1958]

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #10, EOI. Southern China.

[rkr1958]

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #10, EOI. Mongolian-Manchurian Border.

[rkr1958]

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #10, EOI. The Future Eastern Front.

[jesperpehrson]

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #10

Quick impulse. Basically all we did was some landmoves and some airrebases. Ronnie has already posted the USSR and Chinese moves.
The only naval action was the US that reinforced Honolulu with Nimitz and a gun.
The CW moved their Blenheim to Gibraltar.

The CW moved closer to the Italians around Tobruk



Honolulu reinforced!



The turn did not end, we rolled an 8. It had to be 4 or less to end.
Over to the Axis.

[WILHELM_slith]

Weather roll 1. Clear skies everywhere.
Land move for Japan.
Strategic bombing from the Shanghai naval on Changsha. Return to Hangchow.
Rail move 6-3 marines to Kaifeng. Rail 4-4 marines to Hangchow.
Awaiting file for movement.

[warspite1]

Okay I'll pick this up tomorrow.

[warspite1]

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 11 (Axis)

Declarations of War and Alignments: None

Japan: Land
Germany: Land
Italy: Combined

Naval Air: None

Naval Movement:
Italy

A Convoy moves to the Italian Coast

Strategic Bombing:
Japan

A 5 was thrown. The bombs miss.

[warspite1]

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 9 (Axis)

Ground Strike: None

Rail Movement:
Germany

Two infantry corps and an ART head for the West Wall and environs

Japan

Two Marine units are railed from Korea - The 4-4 to Hangchow and the 6-3 to Kaifeng

Land Movement:
Italy

The Italian forces in savoy push west

Germany

German forces move east (with some moving on Krakow)

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1


Germany

German forces move east (with some moving on Krakow)

Do they plan to invade Eastern Poland, or are they in fact moving westwards?

[WILHELM_slith]

The Japs destroyed the Chinese 2nd cav. Roll 19 and moved into hex.

[WILHELM_slith]

File back to Axis in Europe to finish impuls.
The japs have no rebase or HQ reorganisation.

[warspite1]

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 11 (Axis)

The attack on Krakow removes the last of the poles (a 7 is thrown)