11L '41 - Manstein (axis) v BoldFresh (Allies) Bid 6, +NOs, No Tech

[boldfresh]

Germany starts with 4 fighters - 1 in nwe, 1 in norway, 1 inf germany, 1 in poland.  none of your battles that went more than one round resulted in any hits by me in the second round, so not using the fighter in G1 did not hurt you at all.  plus you have the opportunity now to noncom the fighter with its full movement points from poland.

i’ll await your fighter placement to continue.

[Manstein]

sorry about that
I’ll leave it in Poland
thanks

[boldfresh]

retreat to bel - one russian inf lost, germans lose inf, 2 art, arm - pretty lucky there.

NC

bel - AA (kar), 2 inf (arc), 2 inf (rus)
cau - 2 inf (kaz), inf, art (rus)
rus - 2 inf (nov)
ura - inf (eve)
eve - inf (yak)
bry - 2 inf (far), 2 inf (stc)
z2 - sub (z4)

place inf (kar)
place 4 inf (cau)
place 3 arm (rus)

collect 31, has 31

see how i named the file?  use that method _01aGer, 01bRus, 01cJap, etc.  this keeps the files in order of turn.

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_01bRus.AAM

[boldfresh]

sorry i didn’t post the right map.  use this one.

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_01bRus.AAM

[Manstein]

thanks for the map tip
luck balances out a bit
let’s see how J1 goes. Need to update my board with your far east ncms and then it should follow fairly quickly.

[Manstein]

also I have just noticed that I did not place my bomber and artillery for Germany on the map. Apologies. Don’t think it changes anything. Here’s the updated map.
J1 coming soon

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_01bRus.AAM

[Manstein]

Japan 1

With 17 IPCs Japan buys
2 transports, 1 Infantry

Combat Movement
Borneo (mt)
2 Inf (Car) via Tran (SZ51)

East Indies (mt)
1 Inf (Car) via Tran (SZ51)

SZ56 (DD, Tran)
2 Ftrs (SZ57)

SZ53 (BB)
2Ftrs (SZ57)
Destroyer (SZ51)

SZ35 (DD, Tran)
2Ftrs (SZ61)

SZ50 (DD, Tran)
Battleship (SZ61)
Cruiser (SZ61)

Burma (1Inf)
1 Inf, 1 Art via Tran (SZ61)
2 Inf via Tran (SZ61)

Yunnan (Inf, Fgt)
3 Inf (FIC)
Fgt (For)
Fgt (Man)

Suiyan (Inf)
3 Inf (Man)
Fgt (Jap)

Fukien (Inf)
2 Inf (Kiangsu)
1 Inf, 1 Tank (Jap) via Tran (SZ62)

[Manstein]

SZ56
2 fighters
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 12@3: (6, 2)

v DD, trans
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

[Manstein]

SZ56 cleared - no loss

SZ53
2 fighters, 1 DD
Rolls: 1@2 2@3; Total Hits: 11@2: (6)2@3: (5, 1)

v battleship
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 11@4: (1)

[Manstein]

DD dies, BB damaged

2 fighters
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 12@3: (5, 2)

v damaged Battleship
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 01@4: (6)

[Manstein]

US battleship dies
Japs clear SZ53 with loss of DD

SZ50
battleship & cruiser
Rolls: 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@3: (3)1@4: (6)

v DD & tran
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

[Manstein]

SZ50 cleared with no loss

SZ35
2 fighters
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 02@3: (6, 5)

v DD & tran
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

[Manstein]

SZ35 - round 2
2 fighters
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 12@3: (5, 2)

v DD, trans
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

[boldfresh]

looks like a great J1 going.

[Manstein]

SZ35 cleared - no loss

SUIYUAN
3 inf, i fgt
Rolls: 3@1 1@3; Total Hits: 03@1: (2, 4, 6)1@3: (5)

v 1 inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)

[Manstein]

so far…

suiyuan - round 2
3inf 1fgt
Rolls: 3@1 1@3; Total Hits: 03@1: (2, 3, 6)1@3: (6)

v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (1)

[Manstein]

one jap dies

suiyuan - r3
2inf, 1fgt
Rolls: 2@1 1@3; Total Hits: 22@1: (1, 5)1@3: (2)

v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)

[Manstein]

Japan takes Suiyuan with 1 infantry 1 fighter alive

FUKIEN
3 inf, 1 arm
Rolls: 3@1 1@3; Total Hits: 13@1: (6, 5, 3)1@3: (3)

v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

[Manstein]

fukien falls for no loss to 3inf, 1arm

now for the biggies

YUNNAN
3 inf, 2fgt
Rolls: 3@1 2@3; Total Hits: 03@1: (4, 6, 4)2@3: (5, 5)

v inf, fgt
Rolls: 1@2 1@4; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)1@4: (6)

[Manstein]

Jap land forces not shooting as straight as their naval counterparts

Yunnan - r2
3inf, 2fgt
Rolls: 3@1 2@3; Total Hits: 13@1: (1, 5, 3)2@3: (5, 5)

v inf, fgt
Rolls: 1@2 1@4; Total Hits: 11@2: (3)1@4: (4)