@ncscswitch:
You are wrong on your Russian totals (probably by assuming that Russia attacks Eastern or Ukraine)
Russia can have… UP TO 36 INF IN KARELIA for G3! Plus 3-4 armor, plus 2 figs. Plus allied forces. Remember, US CAN have INF on the ground in Karelia by US2 if they choose.
You are also playing Japan in a manner that makes them VERY vulnerable. By taking India and China, you leave an open slice from Sinkiang to Burma to Kwangtung. Against the Yakut Stack (which could be augmented by Russian AF), you have only at most 5 figs, a bomber, and 4 INF (assuming all other land forces used for the China and India strikes). And I am going to be honest… you leave Japan’s fleet THAT exposed, I am coming after it as the US in US1, sinking your fleet, and making Japan have to delay their main push in Asia ANOTHER round befor ethey get tranny back-up for their 3 unit Manchuria factory. While my sub, carrier and fig (perhaps a second fig also) sink your Japan fleet, my BB and Tranny start the southern island hopping I posted about elsewhere, quickly reaching your soft under-belly: Burma.
Fine Point: In your Africa Strategy as posted, you failed to blitz French Equatorial for an extra IPC (and more importantly removing 1 IPC from UK)
Also, you are putting too much faith in Germany’s Air Force. You WILL lose a number of aircraft to the UK fleet on G1, probably 2-3. So you have HALF of the initial AF to support your Karelia attack.
Let’s look at the revised numbers in Karelia:
Russia: 36 +/- INF, 3 tanks (leave 1 in Yakut), 2 figs. Total 41 pieces with a defensive point value of 86
Above includes NO allied forces, not even UK figs.
Germany: Now this is the ABSOLUTE maximum you can have. It assumes NO forces lost prior to your attack on G3
INF: 27 INF; 15 tanks; 5 figs; 1 bmb. That is it, that is your builds plus ALL starting units that could reach (exception of the 1 tank you specified went to Libya).
Total 48 pieces with an attack value of 91.
Even assuming a BEST POSSIBLE scenario for Germany, this is a CLOSE fight. In reality, with half your AF laying at the bottom of the UK sea zone, loses from your assault on Ukraine, etc. this is a fight that decimates Germany in the move immediately preceeding UK being able to land forces with the navy they re-built in UK2, and that the US has a full tranny fleet ready to unload as well.
Even if you win, Germany loses so much territory, and will have lost so many forces, that they will never recover. And they won;t have anywhere near enough forces to press their hard-won advantage (IF they win) against Russia’s build of 8 INF in R4.
I realize I may be off with the Russian totals a little, but let’s figure this out:
Turn 1: build 8 inf, move 4 inf from each of Caucasus and Russia, start with 3 inf, that’s 19 inf (with 1 inf on Cau).
Turn 2: build 8 inf, total 27 inf.
Turn 3: build 8 inf, total 35 inf.
Oops you were right
Anyway, in regard to leaving the Japanese trns vulnerable, I should have put this in, but I was assuming that Pearl was hit with everything that was not in the mainland attacks i.e. the 2 battleships, the sub, and the ftr from the AC in the Carolinas (which would later land on the AC in the Japanese SZ to protect the trns).
Come on, blitzing FEA is a no-brainer. I figured that went without saying. In this strat, I should clarify that the German forces in Africa are taking as much territory as possible.
Even if Burma was taken by the US inf in Sinkang, the remaining Japanese ground forces in India and China can take them out.
Also, since the game is RR, Germany will have its whole navy at the start, which, if well played, can take out the British navy and PROBABLY only lose subs and the Baltic trn.
But do you see that this strat would be a good way to whittle down the Russians and make Japan’s job easier?
