Iron Man Finals, Game 1
Turn 4
US Reinforcements and Replacements
Reinforcements ASP level stays at 2 Hollandia: SWPAC, 1M Mar, 11LRB, Tarakan: (XIV corps), Aus 3 Lae: 13LRB, Koepang: CV Wasp, BB NC, 3NZ Dacca: BR15 Rangoon: BR33
Replacements flip XIV in Tarakan, build (XI) in Dutch Harbor, Allied air to full strength
Japan Reinforcements and Replacements
Reinforcements (27 Army) to Ominato, 7AD to Marcus, 27AF to Ponapae
Replacements (CVL Junyo) to Okinawa
Stragetic Warfare
US subs hit. Japan ASP to 5. US goes first with 7 cards; Japan draws 6 card + 1 pass.
Offensives Phase
US #1:1/Bataan Death March (EC)
PW increases to 7
Japan Pass
US #6:3/Doolittle Raid (EC)
PW increases to 8
Japan #41:3/Patrick Hurley (OC)
S HQ: Batavia and Bangka captured. KOR army to Miri and an army lands next to Medan.
US #23:2/PT Boats (EC)
US draws a card.
Japan #79:2/Tinian Raid (OC)
S HQ: (35 Army) attacks Medan but is repulsed. Another army reinforces Miri.
US #70:2/Slim's Burma Offensive (EC)
SEAC: Allies push forward into Siam.
Japan #44:3/Tokyo Express (EC)
CF HQ: Offensive in Burma against Ind 1B (6-4 unit) and an air raid against a stack of 3 ground units on the Burma border.
US Reaction #59:1/Ultra Information
The US reacts and the (19 LRB) is able to defend against the air raid. The Ind 1B is eliminated, Japan loses an elite air step, the US loses the 19LRB and a CA step.
US #40:3/Operation Dexterity (EC)
Allied forces move out from Tarakan towards Miri and put Makassar OOS. (CA Kent) and 11LRB transfer from DEI theater to Indian theater.
Japan #75:1/Submarine Attack
CA Kent sunk en route to Madras.
Japan #30:3/Flight Instructors (EC)
Japan banks 3 air steps
US Store FO
Japan Store FO
US #15:2/Heroic Repair (OC)
CV Wasp transfers from DEI to Guadalcanal. US raids Makassar and eliminates 25th AF for no loss.
Japan Reaction #27:1/Submarine Attack
CV Wasp eliminated en route to Guadalcanal.
Japan #18:1/Bridge on River Kwai (OC)
(35 Army) captures Medan. SEAC could have and should have reacted to stop this but I think we missed that this had to be an invasion (1OC).
US #75:3/Operation Detachment (EC)
(XI Corps) DH to Midway (1/2ASP) CV Enterprise DH to 4309, attack Marcus, A W Mar brigade Wake to Marcus (2/2ASP) BB Miss DH to Hollandia (strat move, avoids ZoI) 13LRB Lae to Morotai, attack Manila, B 7LRB Hilo to Wake, attack Eniwetok C 5LRB,10LRB Pearl to Wake, C CA Northampton, (CA N Orleans) Pearl to Eniwetok, C CV Lexington Pearl to 4413, C
US achieves surprise. BB Nagato eliminated, Japan also loses an air step and CA step. No losses to the US.US #41:2/WAR IN EUROPE: Minor (EC)
WiE +1 to -4.
End of turn: No conquests; Alaska occupied, -1PW to 7; PoW made: Marcus, Midway