Elche +10 v Gamerman01 BM4

[gamerman01]

The bullying at Bryatia really cost me position, but of course it really helps Europe. I don’t remember having a situation like this with my Axis where I am so close to winning on either board. I can’t decide which one to go for, or to stay balanced. I guess I am staying balanced but Russia should be much easier to get than NSW or Hawaii

[gamerman01]

I love how feisty you were around Siberia, making me pay the whole game for attacking the 6 Russians on Amur you left. That was a huge decision you made to leave 6 there, and I went for it. It’s dictated much of the action the whole game

[gamerman01]

Play as long as you like, though, I don’t have much late game experience.

[gamerman01]

And this time so far I haven’t had to beg you for an edit in the Pacific for a blocker that couldn’t reach from Japan. 4 spaces, when I thought it was 3!!

[gamerman01]

I will say that sub in Hawaii was giving me a lot of trouble if you had submerged it. But I was prepared for you to submerge - it just made me stretch things a bit because of the way it threatens Z6 and Z33 at the same time

[gamerman01]

But you had it fight, and that is not a mistake. If I only score 1 hit in the first round and go a 2nd, your whole defense gets to fire another round.

[elche]

You are right with Hawaii and NSW but the russian will try everything to survive and they will never surrender :grinning:

[elche]

I wonder that it works in Sibiria and you was lucky in Amur, cost me 1 inf and 3 IPC

[elche]

Sorry 4 IPC

[gamerman01]

:relaxed: They are making 8 a turn on those Japanese aggression NO’s now. That’s going to slow things a lot.

[elche]

Will do my move now - its 11pm here

[gamerman01]

It’s a huge move - you don’t have to squeeze it in tonight.

I see the attack you refer to - 2 INF vs 1 INF on R11

Isn’t that 5 IPC’s? 4 + 1 for territory

[elche]

I try in local game and your subs had 1 hit

[elche]

Both wrong. 2 bonus and 1 for Amur is 3

[gamerman01]

Ah!! Yes, in that case holding the sub would be brilliant. I carefully considered how many to take in. They are then out of position. I had enough to get them in 2 rounds, but wanted it to be 1, of course. Then I barely had enough staying back in 33. I could have used just 1 more destroyer and 33 is totally safe, but I HATE using up destroyers as blockers. So I was able to save 1…

[gamerman01]

You get double bonus

[elche]

why double ?

[gamerman01]

Japan broke the pact on J1, same reason you get double for Arc and Persia

[elche]

I didnt know that and never saw 4 IPC bonus at the end of the turn ?

[gamerman01]

Oh, wow! You just got better! It’s a balanced mod rule, to make the Japan-Russia relations more fun.

If Russia declares war on Japan, Russia will never get the bonuses. But if Japan declares war on Russia, Russia gets 4 NO bonus for the 3 lend-lease routes instead of just 2. This is what I triggered on J1 in attacking your 6 infantry at the border