FMERommel (X) vs ArtofWar1947 (L) BM3 19L

@FMErwinRommel

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@FMErwinRommel
Round 4: 19 hits
Left: 2CVs, 5 tipped CV, 1 DD, 5 Tacs, 1 CA, 39 Fighters and 1 tipped BB.

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: UK_Pacific round 50

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 50

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 airfield, 2 destroyers and 5 fighters; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 battleship, 24 carriers, 3 cruisers, 60 destroyers, 44 fighters, 23 submarines and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
        1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Queensland to 37 Sea Zone
        3 bombers and 20 fighters moved from Iraq to 37 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to 49 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Iraq to 37 Sea Zone

    Combat - Americans
        Americans creates battle in territory 97 Sea Zone
        Battle in 49 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 1 fighter
            Japanese defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 49 Sea Zone
            Americans win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport
        Battle in 37 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 1 battleship, 4 bombers, 24 carriers, 3 cruisers, 60 destroyers, 66 fighters, 23 submarines and 2 tactical_bombers
            Japanese defend with 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 22 carriers, 1 cruiser, 54 destroyers, 39 fighters, 5 infantry, 57 submarines, 5 tactical_bombers and 3 transports
                Americans roll dice for 23 submarines in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 : 6/23 hits, 7.67 expected hits
            Units damaged: 5 carriers owned by the Japanese and 1 battleship owned by the Japanese
                Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 4 bombers, 24 carriers, 3 cruisers, 60 destroyers, 66 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 : 50/136 hits, 59.17 expected hits
            Units damaged: 15 carriers owned by the Japanese
                Japanese roll dice for 57 submarines in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 : 14/57 hits, 9.50 expected hits
            Units damaged: 13 carriers owned by the Americans and 1 battleship owned by the Americans
                Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 22 carriers, 1 cruiser, 54 destroyers, 39 fighters, 5 tactical_bombers and 3 transports in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 : 52/122 hits, 55.00 expected hits
                19 submarines owned by the Americans, 35 submarines owned by the Japanese and 23 carriers owned by the Americans lost in 37 Sea Zone
                Americans roll dice for 4 submarines in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 4 bombers, 1 carrier, 3 cruisers, 60 destroyers, 66 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 : 59/136 hits, 59.17 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 22 submarines in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 : 2/22 hits, 3.67 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 22 carriers, 1 cruiser, 54 destroyers, 39 fighters, 5 tactical_bombers and 3 transports in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 : 59/122 hits, 55.00 expected hits
                4 submarines owned by the Americans, 55 destroyers owned by the Americans, 38 destroyers owned by the Japanese, 22 submarines owned by the Japanese and 1 carrier owned by the Americans lost in 37 Sea Zone
                Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 4 bombers, 3 cruisers, 5 destroyers, 66 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 37 Sea Zone, round 4 : 30/81 hits, 40.83 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 22 carriers, 1 cruiser, 16 destroyers, 39 fighters, 5 tactical_bombers and 3 transports in 37 Sea Zone, round 4 : 46/84 hits, 42.33 expected hits
                5 destroyers owned by the Americans, 15 carriers owned by the Japanese, 15 destroyers owned by the Japanese and 41 fighters owned by the Americans lost in 37 Sea Zone
                Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 4 bombers, 3 cruisers, 25 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 37 Sea Zone, round 5 : 19/35 hits, 18.67 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 7 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 39 fighters, 5 tactical_bombers and 3 transports in 37 Sea Zone, round 5 : 28/54 hits, 32.33 expected hits
                5 tactical_bombers owned by the Japanese, 11 fighters owned by the Japanese, 2 cruisers owned by the Americans, 2 carriers owned by the Japanese, 2 tactical_bombers owned by the Americans, 20 fighters owned by the Americans, 4 bombers owned by the Americans and 1 cruiser owned by the Japanese lost in 37 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser owned by the Americans and 1 battleship owned by the Americans retreated to 41 Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 1 destroyer, 28 fighters and 3 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is -491
            Casualties for Americans: 4 bombers, 24 carriers, 2 cruisers, 60 destroyers, 61 fighters, 23 submarines and 2 tactical_bombers
            Casualties for Japanese: 17 carriers, 1 cruiser, 53 destroyers, 11 fighters, 57 submarines and 5 tactical_bombers
            24 fighters owned by the Japanese forced to land in Malaya

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        2 fighters moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
        3 fighters moved from 37 Sea Zone to Sumatra
        2 fighters moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
        3 carriers and 4 fighters moved from 41 Sea Zone to 74 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 49 Sea Zone to Queensland
        1 fighter moved from Hawaiian Islands to Queensland
        2 fighters moved from Aleutian Islands to Western United States
        1 fighter moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
        1 carrier and 2 destroyers moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Western United States to Morocco
        1 fighter moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Western United States to 91 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar
        1 bomber moved from Morocco to United Kingdom

    Place Units - Americans
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Sicily: 1 fighter
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Egypt: 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to Iraq: 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 74 Sea Zone: 1 carrier
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 41 Sea Zone: 1 carrier and 2 fighters
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Sumatra: 2 fighters
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        4 fighters placed in Eastern United States
        1 fighter placed in Western United States
        1 destroyer placed in 101 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer placed in 10 Sea Zone
        1 airfield placed in Sumatra

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 57 PUs; end with 58 PUs
        Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 63 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 73 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 78 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 83 PUs

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed

    Combat Move - Chinese

    Combat - Chinese

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 0 PUs; end with 1 PU

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 2 armour, 3 fighters and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 bomber and 11 fighters moved from Iraq to Persia

    Combat - British
        Air Battle in Persia
            British attacks with 12 units heading to Persia
            Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets
        Strategic bombing raid in Persia
                AA fire in Persia : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
            Bombing raid in Persia rolls: 7 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
            Bombing raid in Persia causes 6 damage total. 
        Cleaning up after air battles

    Non Combat Move - British
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 bomber and 11 fighters moved from Persia to Iraq
        3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 41 Sea Zone to Iraq
        3 mech_infantrys moved from Egypt to Iraq
        1 mech_infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Egypt
        3 transports moved from 41 Sea Zone to 74 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Quebec to 106 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
        1 infantry moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
        1 destroyer moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Gibraltar

    Place Units - British
        3 fighters placed in Iraq
        2 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Egypt

    Turn Complete - British
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 80 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,3
        British collect 36 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 37 PUs
        Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 40 PUs
        Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 43 PUs
        Objective British 2 Southern Europe Beach Head: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 46 PUs

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 91 Sea Zone: 2 destroyers
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 92 Sea Zone: 2 destroyers
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 71 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 80 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

AA fire in Persia : : -0.17
Americans : -21.83
Japanese : 3.17

Savegame

TripleA Move Summary: ANZAC round 50

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 50

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 fighter and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 5 destroyers, 1 fighter and 12 submarines moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
        4 fighters moved from Queensland to 37 Sea Zone

Savegame

@ArtofWar1947
Scramble to defend SZ 37?
OOL?

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 50

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 50

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 fighter and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 5 destroyers, 1 fighter and 12 submarines moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
        4 fighters moved from Queensland to 37 Sea Zone

    Combat - ANZAC
        Japanese scrambles 3 units out of Malaya to defend against the attack in 37 Sea Zone
        Battle in 37 Sea Zone
            ANZAC attack with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 5 destroyers, 5 fighters and 12 submarines
            Japanese defend with 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters, 5 infantry and 3 transports
                ANZAC roll dice for 12 submarines in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/12 hits, 4.00 expected hits
            Units damaged: 2 carriers owned by the Japanese
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 5 destroyers and 5 fighters in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/11 hits, 4.67 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters and 3 transports in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 : 5/14 hits, 7.33 expected hits
                1 carrier owned by the ANZAC, 3 destroyers owned by the ANZAC and 4 carriers owned by the Japanese lost in 37 Sea Zone
                ANZAC roll dice for 12 submarines in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 : 4/12 hits, 4.00 expected hits
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 5 fighters in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 : 5/8 hits, 3.67 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters and 3 transports in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 : 9/10 hits, 6.00 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese, 5 fighters owned by the Japanese, 1 artillery owned by the Japanese, 1 transport owned by the Japanese, 2 destroyers owned by the ANZAC, 1 carrier owned by the Japanese, 1 destroyer owned by the Japanese, 1 battleship owned by the Japanese and 7 submarines owned by the ANZAC lost in 37 Sea Zone
                ANZAC roll dice for 5 submarines in 37 Sea Zone, round 4 : 3/5 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                4 infantry owned by the Japanese and 2 transports owned by the Japanese lost in 37 Sea Zone
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 cruiser and 5 fighters in 37 Sea Zone, round 4 : 3/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters in 37 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                2 fighters owned by the Japanese and 1 cruiser owned by the ANZAC lost in 37 Sea Zone
            ANZAC win, taking 37 Sea Zone from Japanese with 5 fighters and 5 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 108
            Casualties for ANZAC: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 5 destroyers and 7 submarines
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters, 5 infantry and 3 transports

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        4 fighters moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 37 Sea Zone to Sumatra
        1 fighter moved from 41 Sea Zone to Iraq
        4 fighters moved from 74 Sea Zone to Iraq
        1 submarine moved from 62 Sea Zone to 57 Sea Zone
        2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Queensland to New South Wales

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 fighter placed in Queensland
        2 infantry placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs

    Combat Move - French

    Combat - French

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

ANZAC : -0.00
Japanese : 0.33

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 50

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 50

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 fighter and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 5 destroyers, 1 fighter and 12 submarines moved from 41 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
        4 fighters moved from Queensland to 37 Sea Zone

    Combat - ANZAC
        Japanese scrambles 3 units out of Malaya to defend against the attack in 37 Sea Zone
        Battle in 37 Sea Zone
            ANZAC attack with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 5 destroyers, 5 fighters and 12 submarines
            Japanese defend with 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters, 5 infantry and 3 transports
                ANZAC roll dice for 12 submarines in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/12 hits, 4.00 expected hits
            Units damaged: 2 carriers owned by the Japanese
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 5 destroyers and 5 fighters in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/11 hits, 4.67 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters and 3 transports in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 : 5/14 hits, 7.33 expected hits
                1 carrier owned by the ANZAC, 3 destroyers owned by the ANZAC and 4 carriers owned by the Japanese lost in 37 Sea Zone
                ANZAC roll dice for 12 submarines in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 : 4/12 hits, 4.00 expected hits
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 5 fighters in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 : 5/8 hits, 3.67 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters and 3 transports in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 : 9/10 hits, 6.00 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese, 5 fighters owned by the Japanese, 1 artillery owned by the Japanese, 1 transport owned by the Japanese, 2 destroyers owned by the ANZAC, 1 carrier owned by the Japanese, 1 destroyer owned by the Japanese, 1 battleship owned by the Japanese and 7 submarines owned by the ANZAC lost in 37 Sea Zone
                ANZAC roll dice for 5 submarines in 37 Sea Zone, round 4 : 3/5 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                4 infantry owned by the Japanese and 2 transports owned by the Japanese lost in 37 Sea Zone
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 cruiser and 5 fighters in 37 Sea Zone, round 4 : 3/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters in 37 Sea Zone, round 4 : 1/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                2 fighters owned by the Japanese and 1 cruiser owned by the ANZAC lost in 37 Sea Zone
            ANZAC win, taking 37 Sea Zone from Japanese with 5 fighters and 5 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 108
            Casualties for ANZAC: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 5 destroyers and 7 submarines
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 5 carriers, 1 destroyer, 7 fighters, 5 infantry and 3 transports

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        4 fighters moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 37 Sea Zone to Sumatra
        1 fighter moved from 41 Sea Zone to Iraq
        4 fighters moved from 74 Sea Zone to Iraq
        1 submarine moved from 62 Sea Zone to 57 Sea Zone
        2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Queensland to New South Wales

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 fighter placed in Queensland
        2 infantry placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs

    Combat Move - French

    Combat - French

    Turn Complete - French
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 41 Sea Zone: 2 transports
        EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 74 Sea Zone: 2 transports
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

ANZAC : -0.00
Japanese : 0.33

Savegame

@FMErwinRommel

After the US’s epic fail in SZ 37, I see little point in continuing the struggle. There was a 76% chance of a US win. The plan was for the US to take out as much as possible without actually winning, retreat to SZ 41, and let ANZAC subs and fighters finish the job. But Marti had radically other ideas. I am not sure a victory would have change the final outcome, but it would certainly have kept things interesting for the short haul.

l will submit your victory tomorrow morning after I get some sleep.

If you are interested, I propose the following plan: As neither of us has had any luck as the Allies, I propose we play a 2-game set with Allies+12. I’ll go first as the Allies and then you can take a crack at it.

@FMErwinRommel
Exactly. This is why a victory in the SZ 37 battle was crucial. If the dice held true, I figured the US would come out of battle with 22 fighters, 2 tacs, and 4 bombers; 26 fighters if I sacrificed the 6 bombers; or possibly as many as 32 if the bombers and the attacking ships were sacrificed. This would have provided enough to protect the remaining fleet in SZ 41 against a German air strike from India. I built the airfield on Sumartra so that the great bulk of the US fighters could return to protect Iraq. But alas…

I check through my AA posts and apparently the game just completed was our first game. Thought for sure it was our second. I will set up the rematch probably tomorrow morning with me as the Axis. After that we can decide what to do–flip to decide sides for a third game or not.