Strafe 37

[Robson]

Hello guys, coming back to 42 2nd edition after playing Global War 36 for a nice little BBQ, Beer and Axis and Allies event tomorrow with some good old friends. I might play UK this game and I wanted to know if the attack on sz37 with all available is still the preferred action for turn 1 as this might be the only chance for the UK to take out japaneses capital ships Another possibillity would be to just strafe the japanese fleet in SZ37 and retreat all units to the SZ 35 or 31. Retreating to 35 is more risky as more japanese air and naval units have enough range to attack. Retreating to SZ 31 should be pretty safe (don´t have the board in front of me to crosscheck).
Any thoughts on this? My first buys with UK would be 2 Bombers to India 1st turn (good for counter attacking the japanese fleet if they decides to attack the rest of the UK fleet) Also the bomber which landed in Kazahk first turn can be used for that counter attack. Turn 2 I would buy 3 Fighters for India to hold it. Of course Germany would not threaten London in this szenario.

[aardvarkpepper]

@Robson Eh, I’m late I know.

But when was sz371 standard? Using bid? LHTR or OOB setup?

[The Mink]

OOB any attack on sz. 37 seems ill advised even if it is tempting. You are basically trading your entire Pacific fleet for 2 capital ships that Japan doesn’t strictly need. Also, the fleet in sz. 35 can hit one of two Japanese transports in sz. 61. This slows the Japanese way down in Asia and I consider it worth more than the capital ship

[PGsquig]

@Robson I enjoy doing the attack on SZ 37. Alternatively, you can have all the boats from India and Australia meet up in SZ 30 near Antarctica. That way, if Japan wants to go after them they must come far out of position. You can then send the boats wherever you need them most.
I generally enjoy riskier attacks on round 1. Winning in 37 with a full carrier alive is just so fun.

[vodot]

@aardvarkpepper I think we’re talking about LH/3.0 setup with the 2-bomber india strat.