PBEM - HOF 'Blitz'

EUROPE
Roads destroyed South of Narvik.
Lost 1 Sub and sunk 1 U-boat.
Destroyed some improvements in France. Lost 1 Dive Bomber.


ITALY\MED
Commands killed one unit in Sicily after Naval bombardement.
Naval Bombardement of Tripoli produces little effect.


AUSTRALIA
Militia unit conquers an empty airfield near Perth.
 
North Africa
- Tripoli liberated! Two bombers struck the city, followed by the Sherman Tank Corp and Infantry Corp from earlier, capturing the city without futher loss.

Sherman 4/6 vs Flak 3/3; Sherman 4/6, Flak 0/3
Infantry 1/5 vs Foreign Legion 2/3; Infantry 1/5, Foreign Legion 0/3

Pacific
- A massive IJN fleet was sighted at the mouth of Panama! The defenders scrambled their airforce and scored several hits. 7 planes caused 8 points of damage, spread across 4 ships, including the massive BB Yamoto. American destroyers also shelled the fleet, but were unable to penetrate the Japanese armour.

China
- Chinese Militia south of Hanoi, trapped between two Japanese Infantry Divisions, went on the attack!

Militia 1/2 vs NI 2/2; Militia 1/2, NI 0/2! Rubber colony destroyed!
 
botman said:
- Chinese Militia south of Hanoi, trapped between two Japanese Infantry Divisions, went on the attack!

Militia 1/2 vs NI 2/2; Militia 1/2, NI 0/2! Rubber colony destroyed!
:eek:

Well done! Long live the Chinese!!! The only ones capable of victories vs the Japanese.
 
Luthor_Saxburg said:
EUROPE
Roads destroyed South of Narvik.
Lost 1 Sub and sunk 1 U-boat.
Destroyed some improvements in France. Lost 1 Dive Bomber.

Would you guys knock it off! It is hard enough making wine without you bombing it out all the time.
 
GPS to Russia

Japan Summary:
- IJA forces march into Vladovostok. 1 Russian inf div destroyed.
- NI corp kills guerilla near Mukden
- NI kills militia near Hanoi
- IJAF hammers Calcutta with no less than 9 squadrons of bombers. 5 planes destroyed on the ground.
- IJAF bomb roads in mid-India
- IJN marines capture Wellington, New Zealand
- IJN BB sinks CW ASW DD near Java
- IJN attack Panama squadron. All USN DDs sunk. No losses for IJN.
- IJN marines attack Panama. 1 militia killed. Road bombed E of Panama
 
The Russian in the east continue to flee in horror

Meanwhile, the German Launches yet another offensive. at a city south of Stalingrad, a T-34 Div meets the attack but is beaten to death......no damage occured
but the last of the Russian Airforces attacks the invasion force with some result.

Near Helsinki, Russian forces penerated another bunkers with 2 Fortress Div.


HAVEN"T GERMAN READ THE HISTORY??? YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO ATTACK STALINGRAD!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Baku - killed Inf and conscript on way to capturing Baku. Captured Hvy Art outside it. Bombed approaching troops.

Axis - lost destroyer to sub off Sicily.
 
EUROPE
Some damage in Germany from the usual air raids.
Sub sinks U-boat not far from Kiel.

ITALY\MED
Sicily falls to British forces after naval bombardement.
Marines kill infantry South of Naples after naval bombardement.
Due to the bad quality of wine arriving to Brazil, the Minor Allied Navy decided to destroy some viniards near Rome.

PACIFIC
Davao conquered by Minor Allies.

INDIA
Naval bombardement of Karachi does minor damage.

AUSTRALIA
Militia re-conquers Perth. The city has 25% of it's population against the hostile take over done by the Commonwealth.
2 Jap BB'S sunk south of Surabaya. 1 Australian BB lost in the fight.

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Panama

- 18 USAF planes attacked the IJN fleet at Panama. BB Yamoto and a second BB are sunk by torpedo bombers, the remainng 7 Japanese capital ships were red-lined. One torpedo bomber was shot down.

- USN ships steamed through the canal to attack the crippled IJN fleet!

ASW DD 3/3 vs IJN BB 1/3; ASW DD 2/3, IJN BB 0/3.
ASW DD 4/4 vs IJN BB 1/4; ASW DD 3/4, IJN BB 0/4.
BB Washington 3/3 vs BB Fuso 1/4; BB Washington 3/3, BB Fuso 0/4.
BB Arkansas 2/2 vs BB Nagato 1/4; BB Arkansas 0/2, BB Nagato 1/4.
BB New Mexico 2/2 vs BB Nagato 1/4; BB New Mexico 2/3 (promoted), BB Nagato 0/4.
DD 4/4 vs CA 1/4; DD 4/4, CA 0/4.
DD 3/4 vs CA 1/4; DD 0/4, CA 1/4.
US Submarine 3/3 vs CA Tone 1/4; US Submarine 2/3, CA Tone 0/4.
US Submarine 3/3 vs CA Aoba 1/4; US Submarine 2/3, CA Aoba 0/4.
US Submarine 3/3 vs IJN Destroyer-Transport 3/3; US Submarine 2/4 (promoted), IJN Destroyer-Transport 0/3.

Only a lone red-lined IJN DD is left, trapped in the shallow waters of Panama.

Total Japan losses: 6 BB's, 3 CA's and 1 Destroyer-Transport (carrying a marine).

American losses: 1 Torpedo Bomber, 1 BB and 5 DD's (1 this turn, 4 previous).

Pearl Harbor

- An ASW DD depth charged an advanced IJN submarine.
ASW DD 4/4 vs IJN Advanced Sub 3/3; ASW DD 3/4, IJN Advanced Sub 0/3.

- A second IJN Advanced Sub was sighted by a different ASW DD.
BB Colorado 2/4 vs IJN Advanced Sub; BB Colorado 0/4, IJN Advanced Sub 4/4.
US Sub 4/4 vs IJN Advanced Sub; US Sub 1/4; IJN Advanced Sub 0/4.

China

Nothing to report.
 
GPS to Russia

Japan Summary:
- killed 1 russian inf div N of Vladovostok with NI army
- killed 2 chin inf in Chungking with NI army
- urumachi captured, killed 1 chin inf and 1 miltia.
- planes bombed all tiles near Calcutta
- CW army in India redlined by planes
- airfield N of Wellington captured by marines
- militia killed near Mukden with NI corp. Got a MGL.
- chin inf killed near Hanoi with NI div, lost 1 NI div
 
Bombed Russian troops at Baku

Killed parachute div and T34 corp, lost 2 panther divisions and a lt tank corp. Came within 1 hit of taking out army but missed.
 
EUROPE
Air strikes over Germany continue. Allied forces lose 1 British Medium Bomber.
Marines kill one Flak unit south of Naples. 1 DB shot down by Italian fighters.


INDIA
Airfield N of Mandaly captured. 1 Zero shot down near it.
Karachi bombed by Air&Sea. 1 ship and 2 planes destroyed. Lost 1 DB to fighters.


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Pearl Harbor liberated! American marines storm the beaches of Pearl Harbor!

US Marines were met with heavy artillery, taking 2 damage.
US Marine 3/5 vs IJN Marine 5/5; US Marine 0/5, IJN Marine 3/5.
US Marine 5/5 vs IJN Marine 3/5; US Marine 3/6 (promoted), IJN Marine 0/5.

US spies on the island report the IJN carrier fleet was in harbor and scuttled during the attack!

If true, Japan has lost all her capital ships in a period of just two weeks!

Panama
- Allied torpedo bomber sunk the remaining IJN DD trapped in Panama.

North Africa
- 2 heavy bombers failed to destory the last road into Rome. One bomber shot down an interceptor and landed 1/4.

China
- Chinese artillery shelled an elite Jap Inf near Hanoi, doing 2 damage.
- Chinese Inf attacked the same Jap unit.
Chinese Inf 2/5 vs Jap Inf 2/5; Chinese Inf 1/5, Jap Inf 0/5.

Edit: I've attached a somewhat blurry screenshot showing the path my units took to reach Pearl Harbor (I stopped on each x). It was pretty nerve-wracking cutting so close to the island. The dotted line shows what I believed was the furthest the Japanese could see (plane range + 2 tiles).
 

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GPS to Russia

- killed Russian arty on Siberian road with NI army
- redlined Indian army and paras with planes near Calcutta
- killed 2 inf in Calcutta with NI army, some inf are redlined by planes
- shot down 1 fighter near Calcutta with zero
- all planes in Chungking destroyed. Lost 1 dive bmb.
- bombarded Chungking with arty. Units damaged.
- bombed road between Karachi and New Delhi with planes
 
In Finnland, Russian army bombard and advances on Helsinki with lost of 1 T-34 Div, as well as several damanged Inf. but the results are 1 Inf Corp, 1 Inf Div and 1 Fortress Div KIA

In the effort to retake Baku, Russian T-34 advances despite being heavily damanged by repeated airriads on to the defender at Baku, T-34 engages Panzers Tanks result in the lost of 1 T-34 Div against 1 Panzer Crop and 3 Panzer Div and the City of Baku is liberated.

However 3 Inf Corp and 2 Panzer Div is sighted just off Baku and Several Russian Inf Corp and Cavalry Interpose to Slow down the advance.
 
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