The allied air campaign began. Escorts rolled and with only 11 dice hit 7 times!. It's a good thing those weren't Eastern Front rolls. The end result was a -1 to my WERPs but the near end of my fighters.
It was a good thing I had one last trick up my sleeve. My commitment to Africa was a big risk as I was relying on a land supply path that at best I figured would last until March/April of 1944. I had to move fast or retreat. Marshall must have figured the same thing so he reinforced, using SA's to get the blocks into Alexandria.
That is just what I wanted him to do.
Notice the two Italian units that for some odd reason never moved into Alexandria? One was the Italian Airborne which I promptly used to jump to El Alamein. Then using a combination of German strat moves and SA's, I moved German units out of Alexandria and into El Alamein to stop any efforts to re-open the supply line. Then I moved more Germans into Alexandria (that had been strat moved to Sinai) so that an American assault would fail as well.
The Allies responded by invading Upper Egypt which I had left open. Bonehead on my part but I had it covered because there were so many units in Alexandria they covered both spaces. I had no idea it was an invasion site. Doh!
In Russia, the Allies made a desperate attempt to cut my supply. I anticipated this a fortified both Don River and Stalingrad. When the attack came to Stalingrad I simply reinforced.
To begin March/April the Allies bombed again. This time the escorts hit 7 times with only 9 dice! Amazing rolls, just not at a critical time.
Before I could send the email with my purchases, the Allies conceeded the game granting an operational victory to the Axis.
The question is, should they have conceded? Looking at the photos, you tell us. We'd love to know if the game was a lost cause.
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