A global war

[lomyrin]

Here are the reinforcements for Mar/Apr 41

[lomyrin]

Jan /Feb 41 production

Ge 25 HQA, Arm, Ftr, Ftr3, Lnd2, Pilot, Gar
IT 10 BB2, SUBrep, Inf, Pilot, 1BPsave
Jap 18 CV1, BB1, Amph2, TRS2, HQI, Pilot, CVP
Ch 2 Gar
CW 16 TRS2, CV2, Ftr3, Pilot, Inf, Mil
USA 11 2CV1, NAV3, Pilot, 2CVP
RUS 15 2Inf, Gar, Arm, 1BPsave

[lomyrin]

Mar/April 41 starts with Axis initiative but winter weather is still there.

Italy sends SUB's from La Rochelle to N Atlantic but they fail to find the CW convoys there.

Germany sends more troops and planes to the East front but they are not yet at sufficient strength to break the pact and attack Russia

Japan attacks in South China and knocks out 1 more Nationalist unit nut loses a Gun and 3 disorganized units. By this time they are beginning to have to consider their prime troops locations and how to get them to the cost in time for expanding moves into the Pacific. Japan now is near the target of the southern China resource.

[Wuffer]

noob question
there seemed to be an astonishing amount of successful, 'undisturbed' strat bombing from both sides.
Is it so hard to intercept the bombers or are just not enough fighters available jet?

[lomyrin]

There are not enough fighters spread to spresd so they cover all possible stratbomb targets. Germany actually just reached the point where all their factories were covered by a fighter, but that fighter had to cover more than one possible target and during the very last turn some of the fighters in Germany rebased to the East front to increase the garrison number there

[lomyrin]

Mar/April 41 Allies impulse 1 ( impulse # 3) Winter is still there.

CW Divisions continue their marching into Vichy overseas areas. Fr Guyana, Togo, and French Guinea were overrun and will be returned to the Free French.

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Mar/April 41 Axis 2 ( impulse 5) Weather is much better, spring is here.

German port attack on Plymouth fails did not see any good targets in port.

Italy invades Cyprus. japan finally gotthe weeather they need in China, one attack on Communists knocked out a Mil with no Jap losses.

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Mar/APril 41 Allies impulse 2 ( impulse 7 )

CW sets out the convoy escorts and has a naval fight in B Biscay. 2 German cruisers damaged and aborted, 2 CW light cruisers sunk.

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MAr/April 41 AXis impulse 3 ( impulse 9 )

Winter weather again with storms and rain everywhere.

Germany sends out SUBs to B Biscay and to N Atlantic. They barely miss the convoys in N atlantic and also miss in B Biscay.

Turn ends on a 3, Partisans in France and in Yugoslavia.
US imposes a freeze on Japanese assets.

[lomyrin]

The reinforcements for May/Jun 41

[lomyrin]

Production at end of Mar/April turn 41

Germany 24 2Ftr, Lnd2, Lnd3, 2pilot, Mech, 2Inf
Italy 12 BB2, Pilot, Ftr, Mtn, Gar Receiving substantial aid from Germany.
Japan 18 Inf, Div, BB1, CV2, 2Pilot, Ftr, 3convoy.
China 2 Gar lost 1 pp strat
CW 22 BB2, 2Pilot, NAV3, Ftr, MAR, Mot, Div
USA 10 3CV1, SUB, Pilot, CVP
RUS 16 HQI. Mech, Div, 2Mot, 1BPsave

[lomyrin]

May/Jun 41 started with fine weather everywhere. Axis rerolled the initiative roll to go first and won the reroll.

Here is the European status at the start of the turn. Germany has DoW'd Russia and aligned Finland. US got another chit and will gear up this turn. Russia saw that the garrison could not beheld during last turn and began backing off troops during the Mar/Apr turn.

[lomyrin]

Start of May/Jun turn in China. China has held out and looks safe since Japan has only 2, possibly 3 turns until they must have troops in position on the coast to begin their campaign against the CW first and then the US. Low US entry is helping the Japanese timetable a bit. Some games would surrender China to cause Japan to become Neutral and only be able to take combined actions and have many of their troops go to reserve status. Such action would impair the Start of Japan's CW campaign. This game will not surrender China.

[lomyrin]

AXis first impulse with surprise on Russia

Germany groundstruck Minsk, Brest, Cernauti, and Chisinau, all with 5 factor bombers. all suffered 1 or 2 units disorganized out of three units in the cities.

This is the list of attacks he Russians had only weak units as speed bumps.

[lomyrin]

A successful German impulse, All attacks worked well, Germany did lose a Mech Div and a couple of units disorganized

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japan attacked and took out a Communist and shattered nationalists in two attacks, 1 Jap HQ and 3 units were disorganized.

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May/Jun 41 Allied first impulse

CW realigns their sea presence and convoy support. In E Med an Italian NAV damaged a CW SUB, the Italian convoy is still there.
CW stratbomb of Hamburg gets a 2pp hit there.

Russia and China retreat a little and improve their defence lines.

[Zorachus99]

I would consider a Chinese surrender a *huge* advantage.

1) All your RES appear in useful places, often magically transported to Japan. Land moves are so restricted, that the teleport allows you to pivot to the US and CW.
2) You can Garrison China pretty well to prevent partisans with junk units. Remember all those 1 pt tactical air?

The bad side, it that the US gets damn angry and declares war on you.

At least you will be in a situation to fight the pacific without worrying about those Chinese leaking around your troops while fighting the US.

[lomyrin]

Yes, some players would surrender China in this situation. I think the main problem for the Japanese if this occurs is the difficulty with getting into position to attack the CW when only combined impulses can be taken. That would force the use of the Japanese O-chit to take a supercombined action when they DoW the CW. I like to have that O-chit available later on.

[lomyrin]

Axis impulse 3, their second impulse sees a short return to winter, Rain in the Arctic and storm in the north Monsoon, this will slow down both the German and the Japanese operations severely.

Germany land, Italy and Japan combined action.

Italy tried to engage the CW fleet in W Med with air power but did not find them.

Only 2 attacks by Germany on the Russians, no German losses but two armor units disorganized, two Russian Inf lost.

Japan begins sending Divisions to areas from which they can later move out for invasions.