G40 BM2  Rommel X vs Colt L "Third times a charm"

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 fighter and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 artillery moved from Tunisia to Libya
                  Italians take Libya from British

Combat - Italians

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Eastern Poland
            1 armour moved from Northern Italy to Romania
            1 fighter moved from 95 Sea Zone to Eastern Poland

Place Units - Italians
            2 mech_infantrys placed in Northern Italy
            1 fighter placed in Southern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 13 PUs; end with 14 PUs total
            Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 19 PUs

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I don’t know why the USA built more carriers than planes in the Atl.  You have more planes on the way, but they won’t be available offensively for 2 turns.  Are you trying to psych me out or is there a method to your madness that will only become apparent when it’s too late for me to respond?  And the only ships in Haw and WC US were subs, until your latest builds.  The air and naval bases in Phil are handy and centrally located.  I garrisoned 3 planes there for scrambling, which makes it very formidable.  But it ties up lots of assets.  India’s cash can be squeezed, but 2 of ANZAC’s N.O.s are too far away for Japan to even try to disrupt.  Bummer that the Ger sub was sunk before it could take away an N.O. from U.K. Pac for even one turn.

I went out for 6.8 mile run and now headed out to eat.  I know what I want to do with Ger.  I think I can make progress vs Rus, a turn or two behind ABH’s timetable.  The ANZAC fascination with Java is really upsetting the Emperor.  We’re running out of tt’s.

I didn’t combat move my main army to Bel before doing combat.  How do you do the forum dice roll?

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod, version: 2.1

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Germans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by French from French Equatorial Africa: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by French to French West Africa: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Germans buy 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 1 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            4 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Baltic States
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Karelia to Baltic States
            1 bomber moved from Karelia to Novgorod
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Ukraine
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Romania to Bessarabia
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Bessarabia
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine

Combat - Germans
            Strategic bombing raid in Novgorod
                Bombing raid in Novgorod rolls: 3 and causes: 3 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Novgorod causes 3 damage total.
            Strategic bombing raid in Ukraine
                Bombing raid in Ukraine rolls: 4 and causes: 4 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Ukraine causes 4 damage total.
            Battle in Bessarabia
                Germans attack with 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                Russians defend with 2 infantry
                Germans win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Germans attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 2 infantry
                Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
            Battle in Baltic States
                Germans attack with 4 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 aaGun and 2 infantry
                Germans win, taking Baltic States from Russians with 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 2 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Russians: 1 aaGun and 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Russians from Belarus: 2 infantry
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Russians from Belarus: 1 aaGun
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Belarus from Russians to Germans
            EDIT: Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Baltic States to Eastern Poland
            1 bomber moved from Novgorod to Eastern Poland
            1 bomber moved from Ukraine to Eastern Poland
            1 fighter moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
            EDIT: 2 aaGuns, 15 armour, 11 artilleries, 20 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            1 aaGun and 2 artilleries moved from Romania to Eastern Poland
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Karelia to Eastern Poland

Place Units - Germans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Eastern Poland: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Romania
            1 submarine placed in 105 Sea Zone
            1 transport placed in 112 Sea Zone
            2 bombers placed in Western Germany
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 51 PUs; end with 52 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 57 PUs
            Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 59 PUs

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I opened a second copy of G5 and made the move and combat to Bel and used the Marti die roll results for the first G5.  Then I edited the taking of Bel and removed the Rus troops and the 1 Ger casualty.

Ger strat bomb raid didn’t show die rolls, just said my bombers rolled a 3 and a 4.  So I couldn’t tell if the AI added the 2 hit points to the die roll for each bomber.  Did it roll a 1 and added 2 to make 3?  Or did it roll 3 and not add the extra 2 points?  My rolls were low, but at least all the AA missed.

Yes

I should have bombed them earlier.  Thought that you still might try to build there.  You might have built in Novg to prevent Ger from blitz into Karelia.  But Ger built the tt to allow an amphib landing in Kar.  I’ve been agonizing over whether Japan should try a low odds attack on Java or just sink the dd & tt.  Here’s where you make up for the loss of your BB.  It’s doubtful I can regain it this turn.  So ANZAC gets 4 PU and Japan loses 9 including the loss of a N.O.  Makes it worth a suicide attack by Japan.