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Reliable 1941 Axis Strategy

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@Argothair said in Reliable 1941 Axis Strategy:

@cheezhead1252 You’re welcome!

No, I think it is counterproductive to worry about attacking Egypt on G1 – especially with NOs off, it is just not that important, and you need every plane in the German air force to win 2 naval battles + 3 land battles on turn 1 at reasonable odds.

If you want to go heavy in the Med, you can get excellent odds on taking Egypt turn 2 by instead using the German med transport to shuffle another inf + tank to Libya on G1, where it will be protected by the Italian navy for a turn. Italy will do the same, shuffling another 2 units to Libya on I1. If you pre-position another 2 units in Italy / the Balkans on G1, then on G2 you can ferry them to Egypt with your transport, allowing you to attack with ~8 land units, plus the German bomber, which can now be spared from anti-British-navy duties, plus also a German fighter that should have landed in Morocco. This is far more than anything the Allies can bring to the region, and if you somehow roll poorly, the Italians are there to follow up with an equally hard punch (~7 units, 1 plane, and 2 naval bombards).

Italy can build any land units it wants for the eastern front; it’s just a style preference. Tanks allow you to threaten a ‘can opener’ for Germany in a larger number of territories, but they tend to be a one-and-done attack, since Italy doesn’t have enough cash to build many tanks; sooner or later Russia will call your bluff and force you to either attack with the Italian tanks into a stack of 2-3 Russian infantry, or else retreat. If you send in the tanks and Germany can’t take Moscow that turn or stack up with the survivors, then you’ll lose the surviving tanks next turn to a Russian counterattack, and you won’t be able to replace them anytime soon. But, if you build all infantry, then it takes longer to become relevant, and Russia can clearly see where it’s headed. There are pros and cons. I usually build a mix.

Good luck against your old man!

I took the advice from your first post and applied to a game of triple A hard AI before you posted this response. I ended up coming to the same conclusions as above, so it is good to confirm I’m on the right track haha.

I agree that the juice in Egypt isn’t really worth the squeeze. I strafed them in G1 to kill some units. And they end up running to Persia once you pressure India anyways. So the French tank and an Inf got shipped to the Eastern front via Med transport and I did the same with Italian units too.

Also, the tip for transports to pressure India was money, getting it a round earlier than I had been was huge. Was able to rush in some planes to help defend Germany on J2 or maybe it was J3.

Was the first time I beat the AI without No’s, it felt great crushing Russia, not going to lie hehe. It’s a slog on the eastern front and you have to be extremely careful and concentrate your forces at the right spot at the right time or you’re fooked.

Thanks again for the great advice and I look forward to kicking some allied booty, cheers!
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2024 Playoff OOB Round 1 farmboy (L+45) vs booper (X)

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@Booper reposted with an ncm change (the bomber from London to Gibraltar)
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L24 PTV MikawaGunichi (X+7) vs Wizmark Game#2

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TripleA Turn Summary: French round 10
TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

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Round: 10 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC Combat - ANZAC Non Combat Move - ANZAC 1 fighter moved from Southern Persia to Eastern India 1 fighter moved from Queensland to Hawaiian Islands Place Units - ANZAC 1 fighter placed in Queensland Turn Complete - ANZAC Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 55 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,2 ANZAC collect 10 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 11 PUs Combat Move - French Turn Complete - French
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NML 1914 team game 15

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I also agree with 2 CP and 4 Entente.
And no tech bid bonus or other bid bonus for any power, same as last game.
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Daaras vs MikG test2

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TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: French round 4
TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

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Round: 4 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 3 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC Non Combat Move - ANZAC 1 submarine moved from 56 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber moved from New South Wales to Queensland 1 cruiser moved from 52 Sea Zone to 65 Sea Zone Place Units - ANZAC 3 submarines placed in 64 Sea Zone Turn Complete - ANZAC ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 13 PUs Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 16 PUs Combat Move - French 1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to Belgian Congo British take Belgian Congo from Italians 1 infantry moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan British take Trans-Jordan from Italians Combat - French Non Combat Move - French Turn Complete - French
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Wiz (X+10) vs Max334 (L) PTV G1 2024

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map below is only for the Kwangtung battle. I had forgotten that you had a scramble option
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Submarine & Fighter attack, Fighter DD defense - Retreat Rules

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@morvill said in Submarine & Fighter attack, Fighter DD defense - Retreat Rules:

To me, it seems like because the 2 defending fighters have a valid target, that being the 1 attacking fighter, this condition is not met. And it does not specify “All units of a particular type”, so we can’t say the destroyer was “all units” in any sense. I don’t think I’ll see any disagreement on that. Thus, another round of combat will ensue unless the attacker chooses to retreat. The submarines cannot submerge at any other point than step 2 of the General Combat Sequence, thus for the subs to remain in the sea zone, another round of combat must persist, otherwise they must retreat “with” (the fighters remain the sea zone as part of their retreat) the fighter. Yet, if the attacker chooses to press, the subs do not have any valid targets for the next round of combat. Again, they could choose to submerge, but you could also surprise strike at “no units”, which to my knowledge is neither allowed nor disallowed by the rules, at least in this context.

Correct. It doesn’t matter whether or not all units on both sides have a valid target, only that at least one on each side does. If the attacker decides to press, all units will remain in the sea zone, even those that don’t have a valid target (the subs). If the attacker decides to retreat, all attacking units must retreat. As you say, the subs can submerge in the next combat round, but the only reason for them to do so would be so that they can remain in the sea zone if the attacker decides to retreat at the end of that round, as they are effectively out of the fight anyway.

Not sure if this is relevant, but per the rules:

Sea zones are either friendly or hostile. Friendly sea zones contain no surface warships (this doesn’t include submarines and transports) belonging to a power with which you are at war. Hostile sea zones contain surface warships belonging to a power with which you are at war. (The presence of a surface warship
belonging to a power on the other side with which you are not yet at war doesn’t make
a sea zone hostile.) pg. 8

The friendly/hostile state of the sea zone has no bearing on combat. That is relevant only to movement.
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L24 BM4 fasthard (X) vs Adam514 (L+22)

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TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 12
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History
Round: 12 Research Technology - Germans Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 2 aaGuns and 20 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 2 infantry moved from France to Southern France 1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Southern France 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Southern France 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Southern France 1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Southern France 1 mech_infantry moved from Caucasus to Iraq 1 mech_infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Iraq 2 bombers moved from Caucasus to Iraq 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Southern France 2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Southern France 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Southern France 1 infantry moved from Urals to Nenetsia Germans take Nenetsia from Russians Combat - Germans Battle in Iraq Germans attack with 2 bombers and 2 mech_infantrys British defend with 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 2 bombers and 2 mech_infantrys in Iraq, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1,67 expected hits British roll dice for 1 infantry in Iraq, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Iraq Germans win, taking Iraq from British with 2 bombers and 2 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Battle in Southern France Germans attack with 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers Americans defend with 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers in Southern France, round 2 : 4/10 hits, 5,00 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 infantry in Southern France, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Southern France Germans win, taking Southern France from Americans with 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans 1 fighter moved from Southern France to Western Germany 13 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to Germany 3 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from Southern France to Germany 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Bryansk to Germany 1 fighter moved from Caucasus to Germany 3 infantry moved from Belarus to Bryansk 3 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus 1 aaGun moved from Rostov to Caucasus 4 armour and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Rostov to Northwest Persia 1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Tambov 1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Samara 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Caucasus 1 aaGun, 1 armour and 3 infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia 2 bombers moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia 3 armour and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Bryansk to Caucasus 3 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to France 3 infantry moved from France to Western Germany 1 aaGun moved from Northern Italy to France Place Units - Germans 2 aaGuns and 8 infantry placed in Western Germany 2 infantry placed in France 10 infantry placed in Germany Turn Complete - Germans Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 6 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 80 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,2,3 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,6,5,1,2,2,4,2,6,6 Germans collect 51 PUs (6 lost to blockades); end with 51 PUs Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 53 PUs Objective Germans 6 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 4 PUs; end with 57 PUs Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 62 PUs Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 72 PUs
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Americans regular : -0,33 Germans regular : -0,67 British regular : -0,33
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