Round Eight: Ausro-Hungarian Empire builds B.B., sub., tank, &, fighter. Sends 2 troopers from Trieste to reinforce Venice, &, 2 troopers from Vienna to Trieste. Also from capital 2 troopers to Bohemia, &, trooper & gun to Tryrolia(if Munich falls, the Allies will be bordering the western part of the empire). Finally a trooper from the capital to Galicia, while a trooper from Bulgaria moves to Romania, &, another trooper moves from Greece to Bulgaria.
Cruiser leaves home port, attacks Allied fleet of U.S. damaged B.B., C, 2 transports, and, Fr. transports. Losses a C each side(those transports were too tempting).
Battle more to contest, than actually occupy, 3 troopers and fighter from capital, enter Uk., versus, 3 Russian troopers. Losses 2 troopers & fighter, &, Russian 2 troopers, Uk. Is contested. From Rumania 2 troopers & gun, enter Sevastopol defended by 5 Russian troopers. Losses only a Axis trooper, Sevastopol is contested. For now the Empire has brought some breathing space, at the end of the round, will it be of any worth?
Russian Empire builds gun & 4 troopers. From capital 2 troopers enter Uk. & the trooper already there enter Sevastopol. In contested Uk. 2 troopers versus invading AH trooper, both sides lose a trooper, Uk. is uncontested. In Sevastopol 2 troopers leave & enter Mesopotamia, the remaining 3 troopers, versus, invading AH trooper & gun. Losses all Axis, Sevastopol is uncontested.
Meanwhile from capital 3 troopers & gun enter Belarus, occupied by GE. 2 troopers & gun, losses 2 troopers & none Axis, Belarus is contested.
GE. builds B.B., sub., tank, &, gun. Hanover garrison goes to contested Munich of 2 troopers & gun(with fighter from capital),versus, British gun & trooper. Losses all British, Hanover is no longer
contested. Three troopers move from capital to Hanover, while the remaining four enter & try to contest Kiel, versus, British 5 troopers & tank. Losses each side losses a trooper, the tank absorb a hit for the British.
Meanwhile for the Eastern Front, 2 troopers from Prussia go to Berlin, while trooper & gun from Poland move back to Prussia(the threat from seaborn landings is too great). In Belarus 3 troopers & gun(a trooper from Poland), versus, Russian trooper & gun. Loses a trooper, &, all Allies, Belarus is back in Axis hands. Also a trooper from Livonia goes back to Poland, while the remaining trooper & gun abandon Livonia, and, take undefended Karelia(more to annoy the Russians, as they cannot even adequately defend 4 territories in Russia, with just 4 troopers & 2 guns so spread out).
The Germans are hoping to foil any sea landings on the north coast, even still the Western Allies broadfront push on the Western Front cannot be stopped for long. While the Eastern Front is already lost, with no reinforcements going there.
Fr. builds a gun, trooper, fighter, sub., &, B.B.(naval units for Macellies). Transport takes a trooper from Piedmont & Sardina, and, lands them onto Sicily, defended by A.H. trooper. Both sides lose a trooper, Sicily is taken. From Marceilles a C goes to off the Gold Coast, while a transport off Wales heads for East Coast.
Meanwhile 2 troopers, gun, &, fighter, from Piedmont invade Venice(defended by It. 2 troopers & AH 3 troopers & gun). Losses a trooper, &, It. trooper, and, 2 AH troopers, Venice is contested. Earlier from Burgundy to Piedmont moves 4 troopers & gun.
On Western Front Paris garrison of 4 troopers & gun move to Burgundy(fighter flies to Lorraine). From Alsace to Hanover 6 troopers, gun, and, tank, invade Munich protected by AH tank & trooper, and, GE. 2 troopers, gun, &, fighter. Losses both sides had a tank that absorb a hit, Fr. lose 2 troopers and, AH a trooper & GE. a trooper & gun. Munich is contested.
British Empire builds U.K. a transport, B.B., fighter, &, trooper, and, in India, 2 fighters, trooper, &, gun.
With this second half of players, the Brits. are the last heavy hitting Allied player left, let us see what trouble they can cause for the Axis Powers.
Trooper moves from Sudan to Egypt, transport off India brings tank to Mesopotamia & trooper to Arabia(fighter flies into latter). Three transport off Kiel go to off London, picks up four troopers, gun, &, fighter flying in to join just one defending trooper in Kiel, versus, 3 GE. troopers. Losses 1 trooper, &, all Axis forces, Kiel is retained. Meanwhile trooper & gun from the Ruhr, and, the rest of the garrison from Kiel of 2 troopers & tank, enter Hanover defended by 3 GE. troopers. Losses a hit absorbed by tank, &, all Axis forces, Hanover falls.
Also another fighter from London flies to the Ruhr, with damaged B.B. off Kiel, goes to GE. Waters off Berlin, to join cruiser already there, versus, GE. BB & cruiser. Losses all but damaged GE. BB, still even with the lost of the fleet off Berlin, Germany only controls three of its eight home provinces.
Ottoman Empire builds sub., &, 4 troopers. Moves 2 troopers from Smyrna to reinforce Jordan, with 2 troopers from capital to Symrna(while a trooper from Jordan reinforces Syria). Finally from capital trooper sent to reinforce Bulgaria, &, 2 troopers & gun sent to Ankara.
Syria & Ankara garrisons of 3 troopers, 2 guns, tank, &, fighter try to retake Mesopotamia(facing Russian 2 troopers, and, British trooper, gun, tank, &, fighter). Losses a fighter(lost in air duel), both sides have tanks that absorbed a hit, Ottoman lose 2 troopers & gun, &, Russians 2 troopers. Mesopotamia is contested!
Finally sub. submerges off coast of Nigeria, as it cannot pass by Fr. Cruiser off Togoland, or, cannot go through the Suez Canal.
Italy builds a gun, &, 2 troopers. This New Roman Empire once controlled all of N. Africa, Southern France & contested Central France. Now it is to the Axis, what Russia is to the Allies, the Power with the most lost territories.
Sends from Tuscany( trooper & 2 guns), to help AH forces trying to defend Venice from French forces of trooper, gun, &, fighter. Losses a gun & Fr. all, Venice is uncontested! Again from Tuscany sends a trooper to Rome, one stays in Tuscany, &, 2 troopers try to contest Piedmont(occupied by Fr. 3 troopers & gun). Losses 2 troopers & Fr. a trooper.
Finally from Rome 2 trooper, tank, &, fighter try to take back Naples, help by U.S. forces of trooper & gun. The fighter flies back to Rome. Losses tank absorbs a hit, &, U.S. a gun. Naples is contested!
U.S. builds B.B., transport, &, tank. From East Coast escort C & 2 transport(with 2 troopers, gun, &, tank) arrive off Morocco, while fighter flies in. Also 2 transports off Morocco arrive off the East Coast.
Using 2 transports off Egypt, they pick up 2 troopers & tank, and, land them to reinforce the trooper in Naples, versus, It. 2 troopers & tank. Losses each side absorbs a hit cause of their tanks, and, It. Trooper destroyed by damaged B.B. shelling.
Finally trooper arrives in Sudan, moving from East Africa, and, …
…Peace breaks out. Losses troopers Axis 207, &, Allies 182, guns 63 & 52, tanks 1 & 3, fighters 12 & 11, transports 2 & 4, subs. 12 & 10, cruisers 9 & 10, BB 6 & 7. Total IPCs left Axis 91, &, Allies 123.
Units left on board troopers Axis 38, &, Allies 43. Guns 10 & 10. Tanks 4 & 4. Fighters 4 & 7. Transports Allies only 12. Subs. 2 & 2. Cruisers Allies only of 3. Battleships 2 & 4.
Finally only A.H. Empire is still intact, and, for the Allies Russia is the only power with territories control by the Axis powers. In Arica all six Axis colonies are occupied, in Asia Minor the Ottomans have Mesopotamia contested. Meanwhile in the Mediterranean Area Italy has lost 2 territories and has two contested, while in the Balkans Allied Greece, Serbia, &, Romania are occupied.
For the Eastern Front Russia has four territories occupied, and, the Western Front GE. has lost 4 provinces and one contested.
Moderate Allied Victory, with Prussia and Poland as independent nations, and, buffers tween Germany and Russia. Mesopotamia split between the Allies for its oil fields economical use(still administered by Turkey). U.S. keeps Togoland and the Italian colonies and prepares them for nationhood((thus annoying the heck out of Italy), while the three former GE. colonies are split
between the remaining Allies(with Russia selling theirs for big bucks back to Germany & AH).
Of course the Axis can continue the war, but, with Germany and Italy on its last legs, Russia making a comback, France and British steamrolling on the Western Front, U.S. making inroads in the Mediterranean area, Austria-Hungary Empire and Ottomn Empire cannot save the day for the Axis Powers.
Finally Axis Empires convert to constitional monarch system like the British, Allied naval fleets can dock and have bases in Kiel and Trieste. Lower Trieste, and, Albania, and, Serbia form a new nation. Everybody joins the new League of Nations, thus avoiding a Second World War.
Rolls: 1@2 6@3; Total Hits: 31@2: (1)6@3: (4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 1)
