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

[boldfresh]

retreat to russia, lose 4 inf.  10 german infantry killed.

NC

ura - AA (rus)

place 5 inf (rus)

collect 12, has 12

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_09bRus.AAM

[Manstein]

Japan 9

with 69, Japan buys:
Bomber (12), 2 fighters (20), 3 tanks (15)
ACC (14), 1 infantry, 1 artillery (7)
save 1

Combat Movement
Brazil (mt) - inf via tran sz27=> sz22
Urals (AA) - inf (evenki)
Novosibirsk (inf) - 3 tanks (evenki), inf, 2 tanks (ching)
Kazakh (inf) - 3 tanks (ning)
Philippines (inf) - Fleet sz39=> sz 50.  DDs destroy transport. invasion force 2 art (aus), fgt (sz39), BB bombard
and….
Russia (17 inf, 2 art, 15 arm) - 9 tanks, 3 inf (caucasus)
time to **** or get off the pot

[Manstein]

Novosibirsk
inf, 5 tanks
Rolls: 1@1 5@3; Total Hits: 21@1: (6)5@3: (5, 3, 4, 1, 5)

v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)

[Manstein]

Novosibirsk twol

Kazakh
3 tanks
Rolls: 3@3; Total Hits: 03@3: (4, 6, 6)

v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

[Manstein]

Kazark r 2
3 tanks
Rolls: 3@3; Total Hits: 23@3: (3, 4, 2)

v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)

[Manstein]

kazakh twol

Philippines
2 art, fgt, BB bombard
Rolls: 2@2 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 12@2: (3, 3)1@3: (3)1@4: (5)

v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)

[Manstein]

Philippines twol

well that’s all gone very smoothly
which probably means Moscow will be a disaster

Russia
3 inf, 9 tanks
Rolls: 3@1 9@3; Total Hits: 73@1: (1, 2, 3)9@3: (1, 1, 5, 6, 3, 6, 1, 2, 1)

v 17 inf, 2 art, 15 tanks
Rolls: 19@2 15@3; Total Hits: 1419@2: (1, 2, 6, 4, 2, 4, 6, 3, 3, 6, 5, 6, 3, 4, 6, 5, 1, 4, 2)15@3: (1, 6, 5, 2, 6, 4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 5, 3)

[Manstein]

the bloodbath begins

Russia holds for loss of 7 infantry

Non Combat Movement
all fleet to sz50
fighter (phi) lands sz 50
2 tanks in India => Caucasus
3 fighters in japan => sz50

[boldfresh]

@Manstein:

the bloodbath begins

Russia holds for loss of 7 infantry

Non Combat Movement
all fleet to sz50
fighter (phi) lands sz 50
2 tanks in India => Caucasus
3 fighters in japan => sz50

nothing changes as you hit three hits above in Moscow… :|

[Manstein]

Mobilisation
inf, art, bomber, 1 fgt - Japan
3 tanks - India
ACC, 1 fgt - SZ38

Japan collects 57+15=72 +1 saved, has 73

map

and now for the British megabuy
these next 6-7 goes should decide the game

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_09cJap.AAM

[Manstein]

AA calc had me at 60% for 5 or better hits
which calculator are you using? we seem to get very different percentages

[boldfresh]

with 89 the UK buys 4 inf, 4 arm, IC (47), save 42

CM

fra (5 inf) - 4 inf, art, 3 arm (UK)
kar (2 arm) - 2 inf (fin), 2 ftr (z5)

combat:

france - 4 inf, art, 3 arm vs. 5 inf
Rolls: 3@1 2@2 3@3; Total Hits: 33@1: (4, 6, 3)2@2: (4, 2)3@3: (4, 2, 3)
Rolls: 5@2; Total Hits: 15@2: (1, 4, 6, 4, 6)

[boldfresh]

fra 2
Rolls: 2@1 2@2 3@3; Total Hits: 22@1: (6, 3)2@2: (5, 2)3@3: (5, 2, 6)
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (5, 5)

[boldfresh]

now we are talking…

fra cwlo inf

now i we can just pull karelia off…

kar - 2 inf, 2 ftr vs. 2 arm
Rolls: 2@1 2@3; Total Hits: 22@1: (1, 4)2@3: (4, 3)
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 02@3: (4, 5)

[boldfresh]

YES!  the allies are charging back!!

kar cwol

NC

z7 - 2 ftr (kar), des, 2 acc (z5)

place 4 inf, 4 arm (gbr)
place IC (nwy)

collect 34, has 76

as you know, you can’t hold the Brits down forever…  :-P

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_09dUK.AAM

[Manstein]

well that stunk

[boldfresh]

@Manstein:

AA calc had me at 60% for 5 or better hits
which calculator are you using? we seem to get very different percentages

i’m using the best calculator there is for this game.

[boldfresh]

yes, you had a 57% chance for 5 hits or more.  you were only 2 hits above expected, sorry.

[boldfresh]

i think there must be something very wrong with your fleet calculator though, unless you are again inviting me to sink your jap fleet…?

[Manstein]

don’t see what else i could do with it but huddle together and hope you wound yourself
perhaps when this is over you can give me some tips. i’m clueless in the pacific. america can always spend more on fleet if japan wants to help germans

my reasoning was that you can’t take japan and kill both fleets