1940.2 - Witt & PP Axis vs Colt & FMErwinRommel Allies (+25)

[Private-Panic]

@FMErwinRommel:

I solved the posting error message that I used to get by closing my internet browser before posting my turn.  Interesting game, Japan and Italy getting stalled, while Germany cruises thru Russia and allies try to plug the border.  Can Germany save its allies with the cash windfall from sacking Moscow?

It is in the balance! But at least the capture of Moscow has given the axis a realistic chance.

Plus I will enjoy spending G’s 100 income next turn enormously! :-D

[FMErwinRommel]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 3 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from Samara to Russia
            1 bomber moved from Western United States to Korea

Combat - Americans
            Strategic bombing raid in Russia
                    AA fire in Russia :  0/1 hits
                Bombing raid in Russia rolls: 8 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Russia causes 6 damage total.
            Battle in Korea
                Americans attack with 1 bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                    Americans roll dice for 1 bomber in Korea, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Korea, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Korea
                Americans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from Korea to Amur
            1 mech_infantry moved from Midway to 25 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries moved from Midway to 25 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from Midway to 25 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 3 transports moved from 25 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 5 Sea Zone to Amur
            4 fighters moved from 25 Sea Zone to Amur
            1 fighter moved from Midway to Amur
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Midway to Amur
            1 destroyer moved from 25 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 16 Sea Zone to 4 Sea Zone
            3 submarines moved from 25 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 battleship and 2 carriers moved from 25 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
            1 submarine moved from 25 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from 109 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter moved from 109 Sea Zone to 123 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Eastern United States to 123 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 101 Sea Zone to 123 Sea Zone
            3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Morocco to Algeria
            1 mech_infantry moved from Ontario to New Brunswick Nova Scotia
            1 bomber moved from Russia to Caucasus
            4 fighters moved from Samara to Caucasus

Place Units - Americans
            1 fighter placed in Western United States
            1 destroyer placed in 10 Sea Zone
            1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 infantry placed in Eastern United States
            3 submarines placed in 101 Sea Zone
            Americans undo move 1.
            1 fighter placed in 10 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 62 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs

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[Colt45554]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 3 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from Samara to Russia
            1 bomber moved from Western United States to Korea

Combat - Americans
            Strategic bombing raid in Russia
                    AA fire in Russia :  0/1 hits
                Bombing raid in Russia rolls: 8 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Russia causes 6 damage total.
            Battle in Korea
                Americans attack with 1 bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                    Americans roll dice for 1 bomber in Korea, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Korea, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Korea
                Americans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from Korea to Amur
            1 mech_infantry moved from Midway to 25 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries moved from Midway to 25 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from Midway to 25 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 3 transports moved from 25 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 5 Sea Zone to Amur
            4 fighters moved from 25 Sea Zone to Amur
            1 fighter moved from Midway to Amur
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Midway to Amur
            1 destroyer moved from 25 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 16 Sea Zone to 4 Sea Zone
            3 submarines moved from 25 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 battleship and 2 carriers moved from 25 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
            1 submarine moved from 25 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from 109 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter moved from 109 Sea Zone to 123 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Eastern United States to 123 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 101 Sea Zone to 123 Sea Zone
            3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Morocco to Algeria
            1 mech_infantry moved from Ontario to New Brunswick Nova Scotia
            1 bomber moved from Russia to Caucasus
            4 fighters moved from Samara to Caucasus

Place Units - Americans
            1 fighter placed in Western United States
            1 destroyer placed in 10 Sea Zone
            1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 infantry placed in Eastern United States
            3 submarines placed in 101 Sea Zone
            Americans undo move 1.
            1 fighter placed in 10 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 62 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
            Chinese buy 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Chahar to Jehol
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Kiangsi
            1 fighter moved from Kweichow to Kiangsi

Combat - Chinese
            Battle in Jehol
                Chinese attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Jehol, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Jehol, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Jehol
                Chinese win, taking Jehol from Japanese with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Kiangsi
                Chinese attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 artillery
                    Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Kiangsi, round 2 :  2/3 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Kiangsi, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Kiangsi
                Chinese win, taking Kiangsi from Japanese with 1 artillery and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            1 fighter moved from Kiangsi to Anhwe
            1 artillery moved from Chahar to Anhwe
            2 artilleries moved from Hopei to Anhwe
            1 artillery moved from Kweichow to Anhwe
            1 infantry moved from Hunan to Anhwe

Place Units - Chinese
            7 infantry placed in Anhwe

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 14 PUs; end with 14 PUs
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 20 PUs

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 armour, 1 factory_minor, 1 mech_infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Tobruk
                  British take Tobruk from Italians
            4 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 109 Sea Zone
            4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 109 Sea Zone to 123 Sea Zone
            4 infantry moved from 123 Sea Zone to Iceland
            1 fighter moved from Scotland to Iceland
            4 infantry moved from Caucasus to Rostov
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Caucasus to Bessarabia
            1 fighter moved from Caucasus to Rostov
            1 infantry moved from French Indo China to Kwangsi
            1 mech_infantry moved from Shan State to Kwangsi
            2 bombers moved from India to Kwangsi
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Malta to 97 Sea Zone

Combat - British
            Battle in Iceland
                British attack with 1 fighter and 4 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 airfield and 1 infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 fighter and 4 infantry in Iceland, round 2 :  3/5 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Iceland, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Iceland
                British win, taking Iceland from Germans with 1 fighter and 4 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in Rostov
                British attack with 1 fighter and 4 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 mech_infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 fighter and 4 infantry in Rostov, round 2 :  1/5 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Rostov, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Rostov
                British win, taking Rostov from Germans with 1 fighter and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Battle in Bessarabia
                British attack with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
                Italians defend with 1 mech_infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in Bessarabia, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Bessarabia, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Italians lost in Bessarabia
                British win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Italians: 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                British attack with 4 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber
                Italians defend with 1 destroyer
                    British roll dice for 4 submarines in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/4 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the British lost in 97 Sea Zone
                    British roll dice for 3 submarines in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 :  0/3 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Italians and 1 submarine owned by the British lost in 97 Sea Zone
                British win with 2 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -4
                Casualties for British: 2 submarines
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Kwangsi
                British attack with 2 bombers, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                    British roll dice for 2 bombers, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Kwangsi, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Kwangsi, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Kwangsi
                    British roll dice for 2 bombers and 1 mech_infantry in Kwangsi, round 3 :  1/3 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Kwangsi, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Japanese lost in Kwangsi
                British win, taking Kwangsi from Japanese with 2 bombers and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 fighter moved from Malta to Egypt
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Malta
            1 aaGun and 1 artillery moved from Hunan to Anhwe
            1 mech_infantry moved from Yunnan to Hunan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Malaya to Yunnan
            2 bombers moved from Kwangsi to India
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Northwest Persia
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia
            1 armour moved from Iraq to Caucasus
            1 fighter moved from Rostov to Cyprus
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Bessarabia to Caucasus
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Egypt to Iraq
            2 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
            1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 81 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 71 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 71 Sea Zone to 73 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 73 Sea Zone to 74 Sea Zone
            1 battleship, 1 destroyer and 1 transport moved from 80 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia
            3 infantry moved from India to West India
            1 infantry moved from India to Burma
            2 aaGuns moved from Burma to India
            1 fighter moved from Burma to India
            1 fighter moved from Iceland to 123 Sea Zone

Place Units - British
            1 factory_minor placed in Iraq
            1 submarine placed in 98 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Egypt

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 34 PUs; end with 36 PUs
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 41 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 mech_infantrys placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 37 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,1
            UK_Pacific collect 12 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 12 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 2 mech_infantrys

Territory Summary for Americans, British, Chinese and UK_Pacific :

Kwangsi : 1 mech_infantry
    Kiangsi : 1 artillery
    Jehol : 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Siam : 1 flag
    Yunnan : 1 mech_infantry
    Hunan : 1 mech_infantry
    Anhwe : 1 aaGun, 8 artilleries, 1 fighter and 17 infantry
    Burma : 1 infantry
    India : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 2 bombers, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 2 mech_infantrys
    Malaya : 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Guam : 1 airfield
    Wake Island : 1 airfield
    Western United States : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 1 harbour and 1 mech_infantry
    Hawaiian Islands : 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 3 infantry
    Midway : 1 airfield and 1 harbour
    Amur : 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 5 fighters, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
    French Indo China : 1 flag
    Java : 2 infantry
    39 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 1 destroyer and 1 transport
    26 Sea Zone : 3 submarines
    10 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
    4 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    5 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer and 3 transports
    Central United States : 1 factory_major
    Eastern United States : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 bomber, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    West India : 3 infantry
    Iceland : 1 airfield and 4 infantry
    Quebec : 1 factory_minor
    Trans-Jordan : 2 infantry
    Gibraltar : 1 harbour
    New Brunswick Nova Scotia : 1 harbour and 1 mech_infantry
    Egypt : 1 airfield, 1 armour, 1 factory_minor, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 1 mech_infantry
    Union of South Africa : 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Cyprus : 1 fighter
    Ontario : 1 factory_minor
    Scotland : 1 airfield
    Malta : 1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    United Kingdom : 5 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 3 fighters, 1 harbour, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Algeria : 1 armour, 1 artillery, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Tobruk : 1 flag, 1 mech_infantry
    Rostov : 1 flag, 3 infantry
    Caucasus : 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 5 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    123 Sea Zone : 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 4 fighters and 2 transports
    106 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 transport
    74 Sea Zone : 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport
    93 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    Eire : 1 flag
    97 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 2 submarines
    Iraq : 1 flag, 1 armour, 1 factory_minor and 2 mech_infantrys
    Eastern Persia : 1 flag, 3 infantry
    101 Sea Zone : 3 submarines
    Brazil : 1 flag
    Northwest Persia : 2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Persia : 1 flag
    98 Sea Zone : 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
    91 Sea Zone : 1 submarine

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[Colt45554]

SZ 97 looked like a clear no scramble to me but in hindsight I see that’s not the case. If you would have scrambled, let me know how we can resolve that  :|

[Private-Panic]

Hi Colt. I think I would have scrambled as it is 1 plane at 4 defending against 1 plane at 3. This i9s what I see from the battle:

Round 1:

British roll dice for 4 submarines in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/4 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the British lost in 97 Sea Zone

So round 1 I need to throw for my fig -Rolling 1 d6:
()

[Private-Panic]

Eh? What does than mean? Trying again -Rolling 1d6:
(5)

[Private-Panic]

Round 2:

British roll dice for 3 submarines in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 :  0/3 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/1 hits

And the fig -Rolling 1d6:
(1)

[Private-Panic]

So that hits your TB. Battle over.

But perhaps all of this is unfair and you should start the battle from scratch? That would waste my good luck in triple A though!

I don’t know! What do you want to do Colt?

[Colt45554]

Whoa dont you have a destroyer present he round your fig hits? Id kill another sub

[Colt45554]

And after your dd dies i submerge subs and retreat TB. Is that combo possible?

[Witt]

No. The Subs have to retreat from the battle as well as the Tac.

[Colt45554]

i stay until battle is resolved

[FMErwinRommel]

Correct Colt.  Italian DD means Brit sub can take the hit.  And the only purpose of the battle was to sink the dd.  So you would have retired from the battle regardless, once the DD was sunk.  Terrible dice, 5 Brit dice with attack of 11 all missed and sole defender hits twice.  3 subs miss on second round.  That’s 7 dice with attack of 14 and no hits.  Adam, would you really have scrambled knowing that the subs would take the hits and kill the dd, leaving your ftr to take a hit from the Brit TB?  I’d say be happy with your lucky Italian dice and forgot it.  But then, I’m biased and it’s not my call.

[Witt]

Good choice .
So is it Adam’s choice if casualty : DD or Ft?

[Witt]

I would havr  scrambled. And I would have had three Fts. I am the one insisting on the DD purchase every round.

[FMErwinRommel]

you only have 1 ftr in Italy

[FMErwinRommel]

If Italy takes dd as hit, then subs can no longer participate as they can’t hit the ftr, so they should be able to submerge and the TB retreat.  I tried to replicate the battle, but the Brits scored hits every time.  See no reason for Italy to take ftr as hit and leave DD with lower defense and that can still be hit by subs.

[Witt]

I meant I would have had three. I keep Italy fighting for its convoy, if it stilln has 8 to spend.

The rule is all retreat or none retreat. The subs cannot submerge. You need to stay and lose the Tac or win with it, then they are still in the SZ.

[FMErwinRommel]

Colt and Adam need to decide whether to redo the battle or whatever.

[Colt45554]

I said i wont retreat. He can keep doing the rolls if hes available