Tinydictator: First Blood (Axis)

[tinydictator]

And as with every monster, some good guys will come and kill it. Or, in this case, some bad guys. :evil:

Honestly, your stack in Bryansk is impressive, but I’ll still be able to take and hold Leningrad. All I need to do is retreat in the south and possibly send some reinforcements (you can’t pursue too far or you’ll leave Moscow undefended). And if you haven’t noted, there will be no US-invasion anywhere anytime soon. Btw unless I get very unlucky, your remaining forces in the Pacific will be crushed now.

The idea to place a factory in Iran is nice - I had the same idea for Egypt anyway.

But now, Japan!

[tinydictator]

JAPAN 5:

Buy (41):
6 Inf (18)
1 Art (4)
1 Tank (6)
1 Minor (12)
save (1)

Repair 1 BB (sz26)

Combat move:

to sz63: 1 Trn [load 1 Inf, 1 Art (NGu)] (sz46); 2 BB (sz26)
to Nze: 1 Inf, 1 Art (sz63); 2 BB

to sz42: 1 Trn [load 1 Inf (Sum)] (sz41)
to Jav: 1 Inf (sz41)

to sz44: 1 Trn [load 1 Inf (Hon)] (sz20)
to Cel: 1 Inf (sz44)

to sz39: 1 Ftr, 1 Tac, 1 Bmb (Sze); 1 Ftr, 1 Tac (sz41); 1 sub (sz37)
to Kwa: 2 Inf, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac (Hon)
to Cha: 1 Inf (Jeh); 1 Ftr, 1 Tac (Man)
to Yun: 3 Inf, 3 Art, 1 Mech (Sze)

Do you scramble in sz39? Also, does your sub dive? OOL?

[Pakitho]

no scramble, sub dives, ool dd, cc, bb

[tinydictator]

ok here we go!

Round 1:

Nze: 1 Inf, 1 Art, 2 BB vs 1 Inf
Rolls: 2@2 2@4; Total Hits: 32@2: (2, 3)2@4: (2, 4)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)

sz39: 1 sub, 2 Ftr, 2 Tac, 1 Bmb vs 1 DD, 1 Crs, 1 BB
Rolls: 1@2 2@3 3@4; Total Hits: 31@2: (2)2@3: (2, 4)3@4: (5, 3, 5)
Rolls: 1@2 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 31@2: (2)1@3: (3)1@4: (3)

Kwa: 2 Inf, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac vs 2 Inf
Rolls: 2@1 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 12@1: (4, 5)1@3: (1)1@4: (5)
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 12@2: (6, 1)

Cha: 1 Inf, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac vs 1 Inf
Rolls: 1@1 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@1: (2)1@3: (6)1@4: (4)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

Yun: 3 Inf, 1 Mech, 3 Art vs 4 Inf
Rolls: 1@1 6@2; Total Hits: 41@1: (1)6@2: (1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3)
Rolls: 4@2; Total Hits: 14@2: (2, 6, 4, 6)

[tinydictator]

Darn! That went not too bad for you: 3 hits out of 3 units in sz39, and the probably most annoying thing is that I actually got into Yunnan! That was supposed to be a hit-and-run operation…

I take the 2 Ftrs and the Tac from Sze as casualty.

Round 2:

Kwa: 1 Inf, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac vs 1 Inf
Rolls: 1@1 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@1: (2)1@3: (3)1@4: (6)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (1)

sz39: 1 sub, 1 Tac, 1 Bmb vs 1 BB (damaged)
Rolls: 1@2 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@2: (5)1@3: (6)1@4: (2)
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 11@4: (1)

[tinydictator]

I take the sub as casualty.

Non-combat move:

1 Bmb (sz39) lands in Sum
1 Ftr, 1 Tac (Cha) land in Man
1 AC (sz41); 1 DD, 1 Crs (sz46) -> sz42
1 Tac (sz39), 1 Ftr (Kwa) land in sz42
1 Tac (Kwa) lands in Ksu

1 sub (sz63) -> sz62
1 Bmb (Car) -> Sum
1 Trn (sz16) loads 1 Inf, 1 Art (Jap) -> sz19, unloads to Ksu
1 AA (Ksi) -> Ksu
2 Trn, 1 AC, 2 Ftr (sz26) -> sz6
1 Crs (sz26) -> sz63
1 DD, 1 AC, 2 Ftr (sz26) -> sz33
1 sub (sz25) -> sz6
1 sub (sz6) -> sz36
1 Tac (Wak) -> Jap

Build:
1 Minor IC in Man
Hon: 2 Inf, 1 Art
Jap: 4 Inf, 1 Tank

Collect: 47 + 10 +1 = 58 IPC!

You know, if you were Japanese your generals would consider harakiri now.

First Blood (Japan5).AAM

[Pakitho]

Your Japan turns alternate between the lucky and unlucky… I think you might look back at this as the nail in the Pacific. The DEI money and the ICs have come on a little too late. You really thought I was giving up on the Pacific?

US 5

Buy (66):

2 subs (12)
1 dd (8)
1 tra (7)
1 tac (11)
1 cc (12)
1 ac (16)

NCM:

Sz 10: 3 sub (Sz89)
Sz 12: 1 ac, 1 tac (Sz89); 1 fig (W.US); 1 dd Sz 10
Sz 85: 1 tra (Sz89)
Sz 89: 2 dd, 3 tra (Sz101); 1 tac (B.Gu); 1 ac, 2 tra, 1 fig (Sz91)
E.US: 1 fig (Sz91)
Bra: 1 art (S.Me, via tra Sz89)
S.Me: 1 inf (C.US); 3 inf, 1 tan, 1 AA (via tra Sz101)

Build:

W.US: 2 sub, 1 dd, 1 tra, 1 tac, 1 cc, 1 ac

Collect:

51 + 15 (66)

[Pakitho]

China 4

Buy (16):

5 inf (15)
save 1

Combat:

Sze: 1 inf (She) - walk-in
Ksi: 1 inf (Hun) - walk-in
Sha: 1 inf (Anh) - walk-in
Jeh: 1 inf (Anh) - walk-in
Cha: 1 inf (Anh); 1 inf, 1 fig (Hop)

Cha:
2 inf, 1 fig v 1 inf
Rolls: 2@1 1@3; Total Hits: 12@1: (1, 3)1@3: (5)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

[Pakitho]

NCM:

She: 1 fig (land Cha)

Build:

Kaw: 1 inf
Hun: 3 inf
Anh: 1 inf

Collect:

16 + 1 (17)

[tinydictator]

Actually, China gets a convoy raid on Kwa:

Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 22@3: (2, 2)

Also, the US is in no position to fight both Japan and Europe. And Russia is certainly not able to hold out against Germany and Italy for long (I may remind you that they get outproduced 3:1)

[Pakitho]

Correct China income (down to 16).

UK 5

Buy (9):

1 inf (3)
1 art (4)
save 2

Combat:

Yun: 2 inf (Sha); 3 art, 4 inf (Bur); 1 fig (Ind)

Yun
6 inf, 3 art, 1 fig v 2 inf, 3 art,1 me
Rolls: 3@1 6@2 1@3; Total Hits: 43@1: (5, 1, 2)6@2: (3, 5, 2, 5, 1, 2)1@3: (6)
Rolls: 6@2; Total Hits: 26@2: (3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 4)

[Pakitho]

5 inf, 3 art, 1 fig v 1 art, 1 mec
Rolls: 2@1 6@2 1@3; Total Hits: 22@1: (6, 5)6@2: (1, 5, 6, 4, 4, 1)1@3: (4)
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 22@2: (1, 1)

[Pakitho]

Actually I should have rolled with 1@1 (4 inf), but since neither hit we can let the combat stand. Yunnan taken with 2 inf, 3 art.

NCM:

Ind: 1 fig (lands Yun); 3 inf, 1 AA (Bur)
Sz89: 1 bb (Sz91)
Sz80: 1 sub
Sz71: 1 tra

Convoy raid FIC:
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 22@3: (3, 2)

[Pakitho]

Build:

1 inf, 1 art

Collect:

12 + 2 - 2 (12)

First Blood (US,China&UK5).AAM

[Pakitho]

Russia can hold out for a long, long time…  8-) And the US can re-deploy into the Atlantic in an instant.

[Pakitho]

Sorry, I meant to move the US forces to Sz12, not Sz27. New map attached.

First Blood (US,China&UK5).AAM

[tinydictator]

ITALY 4:

Buy (41):

1 Minor IC (12)
2 Inf (6)
1 Art (4)
1 Tank (6)
1 Tac (11)
save (2)

Combat move:

to Bel: 1 Inf (EPl) - walk in
to Irq: 1 Inf, 1 Art (TrJ); 1 Bmb (Alg)

Irq: 1 Inf, 1 Art, 1 Bmb vs 1 Inf
Rolls: 2@2 1@4; Total Hits: 12@2: (6, 6)1@4: (3)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)

[tinydictator]

Non-combat move:

1 Bmb (Irq) lands in TrJ
1 Ftr (Alg) -> TrJ

1 Trn (sz98) loads 1 Inf, 1 Art (NIta) -> sz99, unload to Syr
1 sub, 1 DD (sz92) -> sz 98
2 Trn (sz92) load 2 Inf, 2 AA (SFr) -> sz92, unload to Gib
1 Trn (sz94) load 1 Inf, 1 Art (NIta) -> sz96, unload to Tob
2 Inf (NIta) -> SFr
1 Tank (Rom); 1 Inf (NUkr); 2 Inf, 1 Art (Bes) -> EPl)

Build:
1 Minor IC in Egy
NIta: 2 Inf, 1 Art, 1 Tank
SIta: 1 Tac

Convoy raid in sz80:
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 02@3: (4, 5)

And I just saw that I overlooked the sneaky blue-in-blue French cruiser! Would have been a nice opportunity to get rid off the little buggar. But then again, who cares about the French! :-)

[tinydictator]

Collect: 24 + 17 + 2 = 43 IPC

NB that Italy ALONE now can outproduce Russia.

First Blood (Italy5).AAM

[Pakitho]

Looks like that French camouflage paint paid off!

ANZAC 5

Save 13

NCM:

Ind: 1 inf (Bur)

Convoy raid Que:
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 22@3: (2, 1)

Convoy raid NSW/Vic
Rolls: 4@3; Total Hits: 04@3: (6, 6, 5, 6)