One Sided Miniature Wargaming Discourse: Don't Mention The War

Friday, March 18, 2022

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AUSGAME 2022

NEW GAME – OH HAPPY DAYS AS GERMAN ADVANCES UNDER SUNNY SKIES

S/O Axis 1st Impulse. Germany sets up heavily for Poland – Polish forces surround their capital hoping for the weather to turn on the next roll. The two Polish Ftrs set up in NE ready to fly into Russia and internment. The GS against Warsaw and Lodz by two Stukas are average but the Polish HQ survives being inverted. Germany makes three land attacks all TOTT clearing Polish Corps from the Lodz adjacent hexes. Italy takes a no cost combined (NCC) and sails a Tpt to the Red Sea and embarks a 3.3 Inf from Italian Eretria.

In the Far-East the Chinese have set up in the mountains in a conservative defence. Japan takes a land and advances along their front occupying the city of Chang Sha which is of little interest to the US Senate (no Chit) and then launches two attacks destroying the 2.2 Kunming Mil in Changhow – ill-discipline gives the US Senate a chit as their atrocities are reported in the New York Papers. In the mountains of the North the Nationalist 2 Cav is eliminated on a handy roll breaking the line at its weakest point.

Allied 1st Impulse the CW declares ‘none shall pass’ and shuts the Suez Canal trapping the Italian loaded Tpt and its 3.3 Inf cargo – the US Senate is displeased with this action and lose a chit. The CW takes a Land so that the aligned Poles can manoeuvre and allow their HQ to reinvert two Corps at the end of the impulse – the 5.3 polish WP Corps heads East towards the Russian border and sanctuary – ‘fool of a took’ (second and last ref to LOTR). France takes a combined and ships a valuable 5 Inf from Syria to Marseilles and promptly rails it to Paris, Res are placed, and two ‘surprise ‘GS fail to invert any German units on the French border. China takes a land and with the threat building in the North move’s forces North and steps back towards the mountains of Lan Chow. USA – shifts some stuff.

Axis 2nd Impulse – weather 3 – Clear – not what the Poles were hoping for, Germany declares a land placing its Res adjacent to France and Belgium. In Poland they assault Lodz led by Von Leeb taking the city with a TOTT roll – no losses. Some Acft and units head West and the German Res are reinverted by Guderian (Ed: Rundstedt) and an ATR. Japan advances West occupying the hexes that the Chinese units have withdrawn from, no attacks as some units are inverted and the Japanese starts to shift units South noting that the weather will soon become poor in the temperate. Italy ponders the British decision to close the Suez – halving the Italians Tpt capacity – Mussolini is somewhat displeased, although the British action cost the US a chit.

Allied 2nd Impulse the CW takes a Naval and ships the first elements of the BEF into Calais as Gort is landed, he reinverts the Tpt. The rest of the RN sails to Conv escort duties, a WP 7.3 Inf arrives in Malta to protect the strategically important island and Wavell is sailed into Gibraltar. The bulk of the Home Fleet sails into the North Sea to provide a reassuring presence to the BEF. France takes a Land and send its units to the front line and uses both its HQ’s to reinvert his Res. China resets its line having withdrawn in the North and the South to establish a secondary defensive line. The US moved some stuff.

Axis 3rd Impulse – weather 6 – Clear in the Temp – another clear turn, and Germany declares another Land launching an assault against Warsaw led by Von Beck – rolling a 6! for only a 20 they suffer their first loss, their Eng and half the units are inverted BUT Warsaw falls and Hitler’s plan proceeds unhindered. In a surprise action the Army in the West, not wanting to let these sunny days pass DOW on the Netherlands and invade the country overwhelming the defenders, so surprised were the Dutch that the German Army captured a Dutch sub and 2 x CA’s as their crews must have been asleep or drunk or both - 3 x 1’s rolled! The US Senate sent letters of encouragement to the Dutch Government as it fled to Dutch Guiana and gained a chit.

Allies’ 3rd Impulse – CW takes a Combined and sends a tpt to the North Sea embarking the 7.6 Mech for the BEF, destination Calais. To slow the German, advance the Fairy Battles from airfields in the UK attempt to GS the lead German columns on the Belgium border, escorted by the Gloster Gladiators from the CV HMAS Furious, they are overwhelmed by mass ME109’s that promptly roll 16 destroying the Gladiator and its pilot – first points in the air war to the German. The French manoeuvre units on their front line to prepare for their German visitors – they now have a front line. China does little as the bad weather stops all operations and the US moved some stuff. An attempted to roll the EOT – 1 needed fails as the French player rolls an 8.

Axis 4th Impulse weather 8 finally some bad weather, rain and storm. Axis 4th impulse next week after an excellent start with the turn yet to end! Three clear weather impulses almost always guarantee early success for the German and they are now poised to assault Belgium and France, especially if there is fine weather in the N/D 39 impulse – it could be a disaster for the Allies and the BEF are feeling more than a little nervous.

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