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

[Manstein]

i presume you will then lose the second destroyer and then two of the 6 aircraft

[Manstein]

of course, i’m happy to take my chances if you want to re-roll the second round

[boldfresh]

not sure what you’re talking about.  i can lose all subs because you have destroyers present, which make the subs eligible casualties for the aircraft.

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_09fUSA.AAM

[boldfresh]

the battle was appropriate as rolled.  i just can’t attack with the sub second round because subs can’t hit aircraft, and the sub is not eligible as a casualty for your planes because you have no destroyer present.

well you got above average defense in the battle, so i didn’t really pick up the ground i had hoped…  yes, i did do a little better than odds, but not a whole lot.  the way i see it, i came out with 1 more plane than expected.  taking out that additional bomber and my destroyers was big.  DANG IT.  so no, i do not see that as a balancing out.

z50 cwlo 6 subs, 2 des, bom

NC

z53 - 2 acc (z52), 4 ftr (z50), trn (z56)
haw - bom (z50), inf, arm (wca)
z18 - acc (z10), ftr (z22), ftr (bra)
eca - AA (wca)

place 3 inf, 3 arm (eus)
place 3 trn (z10)
place ftr (wus)

collect  53, has 53

even though it wasn’t a great result for me in that battle, i think it might be enough for me to claw back into this one.  knock on wood, as i cringe remembering the many thrashings that have happened so far…  :-P

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_09fUSA.AAM

[boldfresh]

@Manstein:

of course, i’m happy to take my chances if you want to re-roll the second round

yeah, trust me, everything done was proper.  if you have a defending sub present, the attacker can take subs as casualties for any fighter hits.  the battle went pretty much on odds, within one hit, so i guess you should consider yourself fortunate.  with my very good first round attack roll, it could have gone much worse for you…  :-)

[Manstein]

Germany 10

With 60, Germany buys 8 tanks (40), 2 fighters (20)

Combat Movement
France (1nf, art, 3 tanks) - 9 inf, 3 art (Ger), fgt (EPol)
Karelia (2 inf) - inf, art (Bel), 2 fgt (EPol)
Russia (2 art, 15 tanks) - inf, 2 art, 11 tanks (Cauc) + inf (EUk) + art (Bel) + tank (Arc) + 4 tanks (EPol)

[Manstein]

France
AA gun
Rolls: 1@1; Total Hits: 01@1: (4)

[Manstein]

France r1

9 inf, 3 art, fgt
Rolls: 6@1 6@2 1@3; Total Hits: 66@1: (2, 1, 3, 3, 6, 4)6@2: (1, 1, 1, 1, 6, 1)1@3: (4)

v inf, art, 3 tanks
Rolls: 2@2 3@3; Total Hits: 22@2: (3, 1)3@3: (3, 5, 5)

[Manstein]

France liberated for loss of 2 infantry

Karelia
inf, art, 2 fgt
Rolls: 2@2 2@3; Total Hits: 32@2: (6, 2)2@3: (1, 3)

v 2 inf
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (3, 3)

[Manstein]

Karelia twol

and now the big one…

Russia
2 inf, 3 art, 16 tanks
Rolls: 5@2 16@3; Total Hits: 85@2: (3, 4, 6, 2, 6)16@3: (2, 3, 6, 5, 5, 3, 3, 6, 6, 4, 4, 6, 1, 1, 3, 5)

v 2 art, 15 tanks
Rolls: 2@2 15@3; Total Hits: 102@2: (1, 6)15@3: (6, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 6, 1, 5, 6, 2, 1)

[Manstein]

Russia 2
11 tanks
Rolls: 11@3; Total Hits: 311@3: (3, 5, 4, 2, 4, 5, 6, 1, 5, 5, 6)

v 9 tanks
Rolls: 9@3; Total Hits: 69@3: (3, 2, 6, 5, 6, 3, 2, 1, 3)

[Manstein]

once again all the little battles go my way and you’re killing me in the one that matters

Russia 3
5 tanks
Rolls: 5@3; Total Hits: 35@3: (5, 6, 3, 2, 3)

v 6 tanks
Rolls: 6@3; Total Hits: 36@3: (1, 1, 6, 5, 2, 5)

[Manstein]

Russia 4
2 tanks
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 12@3: (5, 1)

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

[boldfresh]

The allies are digging in!!

[Manstein]

Russia holds with 2 tanks

Non Combat Movement
Fgt (Fra) lands Ger
2 Fgt (Kar) land E Poland

Mobilisation
8 tanks, 2 fgt in Germany

Germany collects 43+15=58

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_10aGer.AAM

[boldfresh]

with 12 russia buys 4 inf

CM

epl - 2 arm (rus)

combat:

epl - 2 arm vs. 2 ftr
atk:
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 12@3: (2, 4)
def:
Rolls: 2@4; Total Hits: 22@4: (4, 2)

[boldfresh]

1 ftr killed in epl.

NC

nwy - AA (fin)

collect 7, has 7

map.

sorry i didn’t state i was blitzing through belorussia…

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_10bRus.AAM

[boldfresh]

yeah the defense of russia against germany was an upper 5% result in my favor (finally!) but when you take into account the extra hits you got with the japs and the italians before attacking with the germans, it was probably about on odds as a whole for the three attacks…

[boldfresh]

map with correct income and turn marker.

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_10bRus.AAM

[Manstein]

Japan 10

with 73, Japan buys:
2 battleships (40), fighter (10), destroyer (8), transport (7), artillery, infantry (7)
save 1

Combat Movement
Belorussia (mt) - tank (cauc) blitz through euk
Russia (4 inf) - inf (ural), inf, 5 tanks (nov), 3 tanks (kaz)