FMERommel (X) vs ArtofWar1947 (L+16) BM3

[FMErwinRommel]

That was an ordeal. I should always check that I’m online before combat. Online result took 2 hits instead of 1 on Sumatra. But that’s the way it goes, not that bad. Had to retake DEI this turn for the cash and since you have no transports left to take them back on your turn. Previously, I was able to make Yun too strong for India to take and China wasn’t adjacent yet. So Chinese army could be destroyed if it tried for Yun. But I didn’t want to put all my troops from Japan into northern China without a NB. Feels like Napoleon forced marching across Europe to individually defeat his enemies. With 4 opponents in all directions, Japan has to race around, trying to keep you at bay and making hard choices. Japan can’t protect every part of the empire all at once.

[ArtofWar1947]

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Americans round 7

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4.0

Game History

Round: 7

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 destroyer, 4 infantry, 5 submarines and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 95 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
        2 bombers moved from Gibraltar to 97 Sea Zone

    Combat - Americans

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

[ArtofWar1947]

@ArtofWar1947
Scramble Italian fighters to SZ 97?
If so, OOL?

[FMErwinRommel]

yes scramble all 3, bat calc says you would lose 5 extra units. Also, Italy could still defeat a UK invasion

[FMErwinRommel]

OOL BB tilt, 3 subs, 1 DD let me know how many hits

[FMErwinRommel]

CA if sixth hit

[FMErwinRommel]

Tell me how many hits before I choose the 6th hit

[FMErwinRommel]

Tough choice, if I take the last DD, then your surviving subs have first strike on round 2. But your subs can absorb my fighter hits if I keep the DD, but not if I sink my last DD. So I hope you only give 5 hits or less.

[ArtofWar1947]

@ArtofWar1947
5 hits: Tip BB, 3 Subs, DD?

[FMErwinRommel]

yes please

[FMErwinRommel]

only 3 hits, not good

[ArtofWar1947]

@FMErwinRommel
I meant to go to SZ 96 first in case I need to retreat there.

[FMErwinRommel]

okay that’s fine

[ArtofWar1947]

@FMErwinRommel
2 hits by US subs. OOL/

[FMErwinRommel]

DD and CA

[FMErwinRommel]

I needed some lucky dice there and didn’t get them. But why waste lucky dice on a losing game?

[FMErwinRommel]

Since I knew that I couldn’t defend the Italian fleet or outrun the Allied fleet, I should have taken Malta on Italy’s turn.

[ArtofWar1947]

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 7

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4.0

Game History

Round: 7

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 destroyer, 4 infantry, 5 submarines and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 95 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
        2 bombers moved from Gibraltar to 97 Sea Zone

    Combat - Americans
        Italians scrambles 3 units out of Southern Italy to defend against the attack in 97 Sea Zone
        Battle in 97 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 2 bombers, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter, 4 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber
            Germans defend with 1 submarine; Italians defend with 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 3 fighters, 2 submarines and 1 transport
                Americans roll dice for 4 submarines in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 2 bombers, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 5/8 hits, 4.00 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                Italians roll dice for 3 submarines in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 3 fighters and 1 transport in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/8 hits, 4.33 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the Italians, 1 submarine owned by the Germans, 1 destroyer owned by the Americans, 1 carrier owned by the Americans and 2 submarines owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
                Americans roll dice for 4 submarines in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 2 bombers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 : 5/7 hits, 3.67 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 3 fighters and 1 transport in 97 Sea Zone, round 3 : 4/7 hits, 4.00 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Americans, 1 destroyer owned by the Italians, 1 cruiser owned by the Americans, 2 cruisers owned by the Italians, 2 destroyers owned by the Americans, 3 fighters owned by the Italians and 1 battleship owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
                1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
            Americans win, taking 97 Sea Zone from Neutral with 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 3 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 57
            Casualties for Americans: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers and 1 submarine
            Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
            Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 3 fighters, 2 submarines and 1 transport

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        2 bombers moved from 97 Sea Zone to Egypt
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Sicily
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Sardinia to 95 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Egypt
        2 transports moved from 95 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
        3 destroyers moved from 91 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar
        1 bomber moved from Eastern United States to United Kingdom
        1 destroyer moved from 101 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
        2 destroyers moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        1 carrier and 2 destroyers moved from 54 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Queensland to India
        1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 6 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 54 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands

    Place Units - Americans
        1 destroyer and 2 submarines placed in 101 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries and 2 infantry placed in Central United States
        1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Western United States
        3 submarines and 2 transports placed in 10 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 54 PUs; end with 55 PUs
        Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 60 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 70 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 75 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 80 PUs
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from 41 Sea Zone: 2 transports
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
        Chinese buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Chinese
        1 infantry moved from Chahar to Jehol
              Chinese take Jehol from Japanese

    Combat - Chinese

    Non Combat Move - Chinese
        15 infantry moved from Chahar to Suiyuyan

    Place Units - Chinese
        2 infantry placed in Suiyuyan

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 6 PUs; end with 8 PUs

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 1 artillery, 1 destroyer, 4 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific buy 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        2 artilleries, 2 fighters, 29 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Burma
        1 bomber moved from Gibraltar to Southern Italy

    Combat - British
        Strategic bombing raid in Southern Italy
                Italians roll AA dice in Southern Italy : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
            Bombing raid in Southern Italy rolls: 6 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
            Bombing raid in Southern Italy causes 6 damage total. 
        Battle in Burma
            British attack with 2 artilleries, 2 fighters, 29 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                British roll dice for 2 artilleries, 2 fighters, 29 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Burma, round 2 : 4/34 hits, 7.50 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Burma, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Burma
            British win, taking Burma from Japanese with 2 artilleries, 2 fighters, 29 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - British
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Burma to India
        3 mech_infantrys moved from India to Burma
        3 aaGuns moved from India to Burma
        1 destroyer and 1 transport moved from 76 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
        1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Sardinia to 95 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 2 transports moved from 95 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
        1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Egypt
        1 mech_infantry moved from West India to Burma
        1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Persia to West India
        5 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia
        2 mech_infantrys moved from Egypt to Iraq
        1 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
        1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Sicily

    Place Units - British
        1 destroyer placed in 98 Sea Zone
        2 infantry placed in Egypt
        1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Iraq
        3 mech_infantrys placed in Persia

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 33 PUs; end with 33 PUs
        Objective British 2 Southern Europe Beach Head: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 36 PUs

    Place Units - UK_Pacific
        1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in India

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs; end with 6 PUs
        Some Units in India change ownership: 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Egypt: 2 infantry
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Trans-Jordan: 2 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : 1.67
Japanese regular : -0.33
Italians regular : -1.83
British regular : -3.50
Italians AA : -0.17

Savegame

[ArtofWar1947]

@ArtofWar1947
Please put the UK sub now in SZ 98 in SZ 97 where it will do some good. Thanks.

[FMErwinRommel]

Okay after you post