Botider (Axis) vs EM (Allies) G40A2 +NO -Tech Gm2

@Emperor:

Stalin, infuriated by Hitler’s treachery, summons the General Staff to the Kremlin.

Comrade Generals, the filthy Hun have declared war, destroyed the Baltic Fleet and are even now at the outskirts of Leningrad.  What do you have to say for yourselves?  I thought as much.

Shots ring out…Stalin’s aid rushes into the room to find the Generalissimo standing over the dead bodies of the Soviet General Staff.

Comrade General Secretary, shall I take out the trash?
No, leave them and bring me Foreign Minister Molotov.

that’s hysterical…  :lol:

what was i to do? this is like, my 3rd game playing axis, and i have never seen anyone build a russian navy, so i really had no idea how to react. the dice were awfully kind, so it seemed to work out. but we’ll see in the long run. it’s still a looooooooong ways to moscow.

nice counter-attack… i thought i had you toward the end, but you finished with a flourish… nicely done. and it took guts… that was about 50-50 battle, and if goes sour, russia is dead.

now let’s see what the yellow horde has in store…

japan 2

purchase
2 inf, rtl, cv, dd, sub… spend $40

combat
hopei ( )
2 inf, rtl chahar

kweichow ( )
inf anhwe

yunnan (4 inf)
3 inf, rtl hunan
3 ftr, 2 tbmb, 2 sbmb kwangsi

yunnan
2 inf @ 1, inf/rtl @ 2, 3 ftr @ 3, 2 tbmb/2 sbmb @ 4
Rolls: 2@1 2@2 3@3 4@4; Total Hits: 22@1: (6, 4)2@2: (4, 2)3@3: (6, 6, 6)4@4: (5, 5, 4, 5)
vs
4 inf @ 2
Rolls: 4@2; Total Hits: 04@2: (3, 6, 3, 6)

be some pilots courtmarshalled after that performance…

yunnan
2 inf @ 1, inf/rtl @ 2, 3 ftr @ 3, 2 tbmb/2 sbmb @ 4
Rolls: 2@1 2@2 3@3 4@4; Total Hits: 82@1: (1, 1)2@2: (1, 6)3@3: (5, 3, 3)4@4: (4, 5, 1, 3)
vs
2 inf @ 2
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (6, 5)

now they find the range… of course, it’s easy to hit dead bodies. they don’t move.
yunnan taken w/out loss. defenders don’t seem to do well in that territory so far…

noncombat
2 ftr, 2 tbmb yunnan > hunan
ftr, 2 sbmb yunnan > kwangsi
inf anhwe > hopei
4 inf, 2 rtl anhwe > hunan
6 inf, rtl, mech, aa jehol > chahar
2 inf, rtl kwangtung > anhwe
arm kwangtung > kwangsi
4 inf manchuria > kwangsi via 2 trn sz19 > sz36
bb, dd, sub, ca sz19 > sz36
cv sz6 > sz36
ftr, tbmb shantung > sz36
2 ftr shantung > sz33
tbmb shantung > kwangsi
2 ftr sz33 > caroline is
2 inf korea > manchuria
3 inf, rtl japan > korea via 2 trn sz6
ss, dd sz6 > sz33

deployment
2 inf, rtl > kwangtung
cv, dd, sub > sz6

collect
$32 + $10 (peace w/ us) = $42

EMvBotider_G40A2_Gm2_02Cjapan.AAM

you got guts, i’ll give you that. i would have stopped after one round of that near-disaster in yunnan. but the white hats pulled it out… nicely done.

italy 2

purchase
4 inf… spend $12, save $2

combat
alexandria (inf)
4 inf, 2 rtl, arm tobruk
2 inf, 2 rtl northern italy via 2 trn sz97 > sz98
2 inf southern italy via trn sz97 > sz98

sz98 (dd)
ss sz93
2 ca, bb, 2 dd sz97

congo (inf)
2 inf, rtl kenya

sz98
sub/2 dd @ 2, 2 ca @ 3, bb @ 4
Rolls: 3@2 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 33@2: (2, 5, 6)2@3: (3, 5)1@4: (2)
vs
dd @ 2
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)

alexandria (provided the british dd doesn’t hold sz98…)
4 inf @ 1, 4 inf/4 rtl @ 2, arm @ 3
Rolls: 4@1 8@2 1@3; Total Hits: 54@1: (3, 5, 6, 6)8@2: (2, 4, 5, 2, 5, 2, 4, 1)1@3: (1)
vs
inf @ 2
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)

congo
inf @ 1, inf/rtl @ 2
Rolls: 1@1 2@2; Total Hits: 21@1: (6)2@2: (2, 2)
vs
inf @ 2
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

sz98 cleared w/out loss
alexandria taken w/ loss of inf
congo taken w/out loss

noncombat
arm western france > northern italy
mech tobruk > alexandria

deployment
4 inf > northern italy

collect
$16 - $1 + $5 (no warships in med) + $2 saved = $22

EMvBotider_G40A2_Gm2_02Hitaly.AAM