Summer 1941

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Research Die Rolls

Russia tests:
Iron Blizzard 123-2
Soviet Fist 655 - 5

Western Allies test:
Anorak 653-5
Cold 234-3
Shamrock 344-4
Bangers 321-2

Japan tests

Cherry blossom 234-3

euro axis tests

Schreiender Adler 632-3
Los! 456=5
Rache 456=5
Zick zack 554=5

weather

Rule 34. WEATHER34.33 MONSOONS: Monsoons occur in summer in India, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand and French Indochina.

Rule 34. WEATHER34.24 MONSOONS: Operations in areas affected by monsoons are subject to the following restrictions. These restrictions apply to all ground units, including Japanese ground units, partisans and the Chindit.
A. MOVEMENT: Swamp, jungle and jungle/mountain hexes affected by monsoons may not be entered by ground units during the movement phase, including by sea and air transport.
B. COMBAT: Ground units in swamp, jungle and jungle/mountain hexes affected by monsoons may not participate in offensive operations, including embarking for sea or air transport, seaborne invasions or airdrops; ground units in other hexes may not attack into or enter swamp, jungle and jungle/mountain hexes affected by monsoons during the combat phase. Attrition combat is permitted, although swamp, jungle and jungle/mountain hexes affected by monsoons may not be selected for attrition occupation or retreat.
C. UNIT CONSTRUCTION AND REDEPLOYMENTS PERMITTED: Unit construction in and redeployments to, from and through swamp, jungle and jungle/mountain hexes affected by monsoons are permitted.

ULTRA/MAGIC

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1. Diplomatic Phase (simplified for PBEM)
---a. Moving player announces all diplomatic targets and reaction die rolls, including Russian demands on Finland and Rumania (Allied turn).
---b. Russia announces diplomatic target for subversion
---c. Player informed of opposing DPs in target and decides whether to play covert ops and counter-intel
---d. opposing player plays covert ops or counter intel
---e. GM makes diplomatic die rolls
---f. Placement of forces of newly activated minor allies and associated minor countries
---g. Minor allies surrender or switch sides
---h. USAT, USJT and RGT adjusted and mobilisations informed (Allied turn)

2. Oil and BRP adjustments
---a) place newly produced oil counters on oil centers
---b) move oil counters to oil reserves unless transports required
---c) use oil counters to offset air, naval and army oil effects and uninvert air and naval units
---d) add or subtract BRPs for transport levels, mobilisations, conquests, minor countries and restored key economic areas

3. Declarations of war
---a. declarations of war
---b. allied mining of norwegian waters (allied turn)
---c. placement of forces of newly attacked minor countries

Ribbentrop on special mission to Vichy

After a three day conference between Ribbentrop and Vichy leaders, Marshall Petain declares Vichy's full commitment to Germany.

Germany rolls a 4.
Axis DPs4
Allied DPs1
+1 for positive surrender level
+1 for control of Malta
+1 for control of Suez/alexandria

Total=10

Vichy activates as Axis minor ally. Germany gets the full 30 brps from Vichy (prorated to 22 since it's summer) and may control the units as Germany sees fit. The axis have full control over Vichy and Vichy colonial territory.

5 oil added to GErmany's reserves. Germany consumes 5 oil to offset all 5 service effects

Brps added to germany's level for conquest of Leningrad and the Baltic States

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Sequence of play

5. Movement phase

a. place airbase counters
b. staging of air units
c. announce and resolve counterar missions
d. air attacks on patrolling submarines
e. annonuce naval base changes, patrols and movement of naval units to and from SW boxes
f. resolve patrols
g. harbor attacks
h. resolve base changes and movement of units to and from SW boxes

i. initials supply determination
.....i. sea supply, assign transports to carry oil, designate convoy routes
....ii. resolve air and naval interactions
...iii. augment oil reserves from transports
....iv. use oil counters to offset air, naval and army oil effects
.....v. air supply
....vi. determine supply status

j. air and sea transport
.....i. movement of ground units to ports or airports
....ii. air and sea transports announced
...iii. resoution of air and naval interactions

k. ground unit movement and overruns, including completing movement of units already using air or sea transport
.....i. defensive air support for units being overrun
....ii. interception of defensive air support
...iii. air combat resolves


airbase

an airbase is placed on g45, the forward forested hex

staging

4 german, 1 Finnish AAF stage to Leningrad
5german AAF stage to g45

4AAF stage to Kiev
Rumanians stage to Kishinev

In the west

Italian 2AAF stage to Constantine, algeria
Vichy 3AAF stage to Algiers
German 2AAF stage to Marseilles

in the levant

Italian 1AAF stages to Aleppo, syria

Counterair attacks

The luftwaffe make repeated counterair strikes all along the Russia front

The nat mod for germany is +2, for Russia -2

3AAF from G45 to attack 3AAF in Moscow

4AAF from Kiev to strike 4AAF in Kharkov

3AAF from Odessa to strike 3AAF in Dnepropetrovsk

2AAF from Odessa to strike 2AAF in Sevastopol

Moscow

Germany rolls: 3 mod 5 - a 1/1 result
RUssia rolls: 6 mod 4 - a 1/1 result

Kharkov

Germany rolls: 6 mod 8 - 2/2
Russia rolls: 3 mod 1 - 1/1

Dnepropetrovsk

Germany rolls: 8 mod 10 - 2/2
Russia rolls: 3 mod 1 - 1/0

Sevastopol

Germany rolls: 9 mod 11 - 1/3
Russia rolls: 6 mod 4 - 1/0

There is a second round of combat in Moscow

2AAF vs 2AAF
Germany rolls: 7mod 9 - a 1/2
Russia rolls: 3 mod 1 -0/1

This has not been Russia's day for the airforce - perhaps Stalin was too hasty in purging the Air force leadership last spring..

Total losses from air combat:

Germany 4AAF shot down
Russia 7AAF shot down

All surviving Russian AAF inverted except for the 4AAF in Gorki

Ground movement

in the middle east, Axis ground units move towards Mosul, capturing Amman, Transjordan, on the way.

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Russia

German forces move forward in Russia

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6. Combat phase

a.attacker announces landbased air and naval missions
b. resolve magic interceptions
c. resolve counterair missions announced during the combat phase
d.resolve land based air attacks on naval units in port
e. defender announces air and naval interceptions, defensive air support and opposition to enemy bombing
f. attacker announces land based air interception of defensive air support
g. resolve air and naval interactions
h. attacker announces all carrier air missions and resolves carrier-based air attacks on enemy bases
i. resolve air combat between bombing and defending air units
j. resolve raiders and SW combat
k. announce and resolve airdrops
l. resolve ground combat, including seaborne invasions. for each attack
.....i. designate attacking and defending ground units
....ii. attacker announces tactical atomic attacks
...iii. defender announces tactical atomic attacks
....iv. combat die roll
.....v. remove ground combat losses
....vi. resolve any additional rounds of combat
...vii. advance units after combat
..viii. place bridgehead and breakthrough counters

m. all naval units at sea return to port
n. Exploitation
.....i. use oil counters to enable armor units to breakthrough
....ii. exploiting armor units placed on breakthrough hexes
...iii. exploitation movement and overruns
....iv. ground support, defensive air support and resolution of resulting air combat
.....v. air drops
....vi. resolve exploitation combat

o. Resolve attrition combat
.....i. announce front for which attrition combat is being resolved
....ii. make attrition die roll
...iii. defender removes attrition losses
....iv. attacker selects hexes for occupation
.....v. defender retreats from selected hexes
....vi. attrition advance

There is no naval combat other than Strategic Warfare with submarines

6 U-boats attack 6 transports

Defending forces are 5 British ASW and 1 American ASW

Modifiers

Germany

Onoz! German torpedo scientists have had another breakthrough. Now magnetic pistols are functioning correctly, electric eels have longer range, and some torpedoes are running search patterns!

Torpedoes +2
French bases +2
Nationality mod+4
U-boat card +1
Total=+ 9

Allies

Donnerwetter! British aviation engineers have organised a longer range ASW air component reaching into the Bay of Biscay, as well as developing improved ASDIC and ASW doctrine

Air Range +1
ASW research +1
Nationality mod +3
ASW card +1
Total +6

Net mod: +3 for Germany, -3 for the allies

For Germany i roll a 7! mod 10 a 1/4 result
For the allies i roll an 8! mod 5 a 1/3 result

1 transport sunk, 4 damaged
1 U-boat factor sunk, 3 prevented from doing additional damage

Additional damage

2 U-boat factors get through, with mod +3= 5 transports sunk, but as there is only 1 transport remaining, the surplus damage goes nowhere.

The Atlantic is yet again pwnd by the U-boats

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Rotsturm Phase 2

O40
The 2nd Fallschirmjaeger regiment makes an airdrop on O40, on the east side of the Dnieper river, opposite Kiev

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This airdrop eliminates the river defense advantage, so the defensive value of the defending hex is 6. No AAF in range

The attackers are

1m3
3-3
3-3
4o6
ukrainian 2-3

Total strength=13

5AAF from Minsk raise it to 18, a 3:1 attack

GErmany rolls a 6! A textbook Blitzkrieg. No losses to germany and a breakthrough is placed on O40

Q39

On this hex opposite Dnepropetovsk
an attack by three 3-3 and a 4o6 against 6 factors

2 AAF fly support to make it 2.5:1

Germany rolls a 5! a d! result. Half the defending factors are eliminated, but since it's only 1 unit, the fight is over.

Another breakthrough is placed on the hex.

But there is only 1 spare armor unit available for exploitation in the south

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In the North

U36 is attacked

Defending strength = 6
4 AAF fly DAS from Gorki

4AAF fly from Minsk to cut DAS

The air battle is +2 to germany

GErmany rolls 6! mod 8, a 2/2 result
Russia rolls a 12! mod 10, a 2/4 result

Both sides have 2AAF shot down, but no russian DAS gets through.

7 Ground factors +5AAF make a 2:1 attack

GErmany rolls a 5! Lucky! again this eliminates the defender. Again a breakthrough is added

I43

Attack on I43, the forested hex adjacent to Smolensk

Defensive strength=6

Attackers=

1m3
3-3
3-3
3-3
3-3
4o6
=17
1AAF makes a 3:1 attack

Germany rolls a 1! An Ex result. Germany takes 6 factors loss, but is in control of the hex and another breakthrough is made

movement of armor onto breakthrough hexes

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Exploitation

German armor focus for exploitation from the northern breakthrough

Infantry defending in the open get a -1DM against exploiting armor

two 4o6 and 1 AAF attack a 3-3 inf

3:1 Germany rolls a 6! no losses to Germany

a 4o6 and 1 AAF attack the 1-3 next to Moscow

5:1. Germany rolls a 3! no losses to germany

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War in China

the battered communist chinese get another attrition. Japan rolls a 6 on the 11+ column = 2 counters. The communist Communist Chinese have lost control of Yenan!

21+ Japanese factors attrition the nationalists at +1 mod

a 6 again! mod 7. 4 counters and 1 hex taken by the japanese

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Post Combat Phase

germany loses 2 brps for loss of control of moscow

Unit Construction

Germany's UCL=52, and Kiel has 3 SBPs

Kiel

Launch BB4 Bismark=3 brps
relaunch the BC3 Scharnhorst=0brps
max. 2 U-boats= 6 brps

Forcepool

three 3-3=9brps
6AAF=18 brps
1NAS=1brp
1 interceptor=3brps
2 flak=4brps

Total for the lot=44brps, easily affordable


Italy

UCL=20, SBPs=2
Launch DD2 =0brps
Advance BB4 Impero=3brps
Advance BB4 Roma= 3brps

Total= 6 brps

Japan

UCL=35, SBPs=3+1 production shipbuilding increase=4

Japan launches DD2 (0brps)
Launches CV3 Zuikaku (3 brps)
Lays keel for CV3 Taiho (3 brps)
Lays keels for DD2 (6brps)
Builds 3 NAS (3 brps)

Total cost: 15 brps

Redeployment

Germany's TF1 returns to Kiel and picks up the newly launched Bismark, Graf Spee and Shcarnhorst and relocates in Casablanca. This cannot be intercepted by Britain because of the oil crisis (normal intercept a base change= 2 dice. Intercepts under oil effect = - 2 dice, so 0 dice. Assuming max ULTRA advntage = 1 dice, Germany can make the entire route more than 7 hexes from a british port, excepting Gibraltar. The route only goes 1 hex from gibraltar.

Universion

Germany uninverts air to a total of 25 factors this turn, in order to conserve oil

Here ends the axis summer 1941 turn

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Allied turn

1. Diplomatic Phase (simplified for PBEM)
---a. Moving player announces all diplomatic targets and reaction die rolls, including Russian demands on Finland and Rumania (Allied turn).
---b. Russia announces diplomatic target for subversion
---c. Player informed of opposing DPs in target and decides whether to play covert ops and counter-intel
---d. opposing player plays covert ops or counter intel
---e. GM makes diplomatic die rolls
---f. Placement of forces of newly activated minor allies and associated minor countries
---g. Minor allies surrender or switch sides
---h. USAT, USJT and RGT adjusted and mobilisations informed (Allied turn)

2. Oil and BRP adjustments
---a) place newly produced oil counters on oil centers
---b) move oil counters to oil reserves unless transports required
---c) use oil counters to offset air, naval and army oil effects and uninvert air and naval units
---d) add or subtract BRPs for transport levels, mobilisations, conquests, minor countries and restored key economic areas

3. Declarations of war
---a. declarations of war
---b. allied mining of norwegian waters (allied turn)
---c. placement of forces of newly attacked minor countries
Tensions

USAT

USAT raised to 46, but random mod increases to 48. War next turn is almost an inevitability. Another Atlantic mobilisation signed by Congress

USJT

USJT rises to 25.

20----Military aid to China authorized. A second Flying Tiger AAF is added to the Chinese force pool. The U.S. may deploy one air transport factor from the U.S. to India. The U.S. mobilizes 20 BRPs of units. The U.S. may impose an oil embargo on Japan.

US announces oil embargo on Japan

Oil and BRPs

BRitain uses up it's final oil reserve to fuel it's economy. British oil reserve is now zero

Britain loses 31 BRPS in the U-boat war

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British TF in Sw box moves back to Glasgow as do TFs in Scapa Flow and NAS around Britain

Russians make no significant movement

British in Iraq

British units use their movement and redeployment to throw up this defense in Iraq

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Combat Phase

Soviet Union attritions the Wehrmacht

51 factors attrition the Germans at mod -1. The Red army rolls a 1! mod 0. Still reeling from the effect of repeated purges, and somewhat overconfident regarding the increased forces, the Red Army underperforms in this attrition

3 Counters/2 hexes result

nationalist chinese against the japanese

21+ factors at -1 CTL. I roll a 3! mod 2. Japan loses 2 counters

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Isolated Russian units are eliminated
Gibraltar is now isolated for 1 turn


Great Britain

Britain pays for the following construction in Glasgow

BB4 HMS King George is launched -3brps
3 transports=9brps
Total=12 brps

Britain pays for the following in Australia

1 transport: 3 brps

total for Britain: 15 brps

In addition, repairs are begun on BB3 Valiant
BC3 Reknown and BC3 Revenge are relaunched

United States

mobilisation

US Pacific mobilisation: 1 ship building increase (current 4)
three 3-4 and 2AAF (to arrive Su42)
US Atlantic mobilisation: 1 shipbuilding increase (current 6)
1 5o6 (Win 42) and 5NAS (su42)

Construction

US constructs a 2-3 infantry(2), and a Canadian 3-4 and 4o5 (11 brps - deducted from grant to britain)

shipbuilding

Atlantic
3 transports (9)
Advance BB5 Ohio and BB4 Massachusetts, lays keel to CV3 Hornet (9)
Pacific
2 transports (6)
Advance BB4 Alabama, lay keel to CV3 Essex (6)

Total construction cost to USA: 43brps

USA converts DD3 to ASW

Soviet Union

Soviet Union undergoes it's final mobilisation

a new IC is placed on Omsk, 15 brps added to Russian economy

Russia mobilises four 3-3 infantry (winter 41) and a 4o5 (winter 42)

Current Russian UCL=64

construction

russia constructs 63 brps of units, including a fortress in moscow

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Great Britain redeploys the reformed Task Forces 1 and 2 to the Atlantic SW box

In addition, a massive surge of Atlantic transportation is sent out in an attempt to force open the Atlantic trading lanes again

19 transports go out.
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