Pipeline through the Middle East.

Hi, I created a strategy that I have called “The pipeline through the Middle East”. It can only be played following the Russia Restricted rule. Which means Russia cannot attack on the first turn, but they can still buy, do non combat movement, and place units. If you follow this strategy the Axis will create a pipeline through the Middle East, using an IC in Egypt and one in India. In some cases it is advisable that you do not follow this strategy to strictly, be a little adaptive to your opponents.

Post your thoughts, suggestions or comments on this strategy. I will be happy to read them.
By the way is this a great forum or what?

Germany Turn 1 (G1):
Buy: 1 Transport, 8 Infantry

Attacks:

• • attack Karelia
    3 Infantry and 1 Tank from Finland
    3 Infantry and 2 Tanks from Ukraine
    3 Infantry and 1 Tank from Eastern Europe
    1 Tank from Southern Europe
    2 Infantry (Use the Transport before the coast of Germany) and 2 Tanks from Germany
• • attack Western Mediterranean
    1 submarine from NE Atlantic
    1 Fighter from Western Europe
• • attack Eastern Mediterranean
    1 Battleship from Central Mediterranean
• • attack Egypt
    2 Infantry (Use the Transport in the Central Mediterranean) from Southern Europe
    1 Infantry and 1 Tank from Libya
    1 Fighter from Eastern Europe
    1 Fighter from Ukraine
• • attack North Sea
    1 submarine (Before the coast of Germany)
    1 Fighter and 1 Bomber from Germany
    1 Fighter from Finland
• • attack French Western Africa
    1 Infantry from Algeria

Non-Combat:

• • move to Libya
    2 Fighters from Egypt
    1 Fighters from Western Mediterranean
• • move to Eastern Europe
    2 Infantry from Germany
    2 Tanks from Western Europe
• • move to Western Europe
    2 Fighters from North Sea
• • move to Germany
    1 Bomber from North Sea

Deploying bought units:

• deploy 1 Transport in the Central Mediterranean
• deploy 4 Infantry in Southern Europe
• deploy 4 Infantry in Germany

Japan Turn 1 (J1):
Buy: 2 Transports, 3 Infantry

Attacks:

• • attack China
    1 Fighter and 1 Bomber from Japan
    2 Infantry from Kwangtung
    3 Infantry from Manchuria
• • attack India
    1 Fighter from Manchuria
    2 Infantry and 1 Fighter from Kwangtung
    3 Infantry from Manchuria
    2 Infantry and 1 Fighter from French Indo-China
    2 Infantry (Use the Transport in the Philippine Sea) from Philippines
• • attack Central Pacific
    1 Fighter from Philippines
    1 Battleship from Sea of Japan
    1 Fighter, 1 Battleship and 1 Aircraft carrier from Caroline Pacific
    1 submarine from Solomons

Non-Combat:

• • move to French Indo-China
    2 Fighters from India
    1 Fighter and 1 Bomber from China
    2 Infantry (Use the Transport in the Sea of Japan) from Japan

Deploying bought units:

• deploy 2 Transports in the Sea of Japan
• deploy 3 Infantry in Japan

Total Germany IPC: +/- 38
Total Japan IPC: +/- 30
A total of plus 11 IPC.

Germany Turn 2 (G2):
Buy: 1 IC, 5 Infantry

Attacks:

• • attack Caucasus
    7 Tanks from Karelia
    2 Tanks from Eastern Europe
• • attack North Sea
    2 Fighters from Western Europe
    1 Bomber from Germany
• • attack Syria-Iraq
    3 Fighters from Libya
    4 Infantry (Use the 2 Transports in the Mediterranean) from Southern Europe
    1 Battleship from Mediterranean
• • attack French Equatorial Africa
    1 Infantry from French Western Africa
• • attack South Africa
    1 Tank from Egypt

Non-Combat:

• • move to Western Europe
    2 Fighters from North Sea
    1 Bomber from North Sea
• • move to Karelia
    2 Infantry from Eastern Europe
• • move to Eastern Europe
    4 Infantry from Germany
• • move to Eastern Europe
    4 Infantry from Germany
• • move to Egypt
    3 Fighters from Syria-Iraq

Deploying bought units:

• deploy 1 IC in Egypt
• deploy 2 Infantry in Southern Europe
• deploy 3 Infantry in Germany

Japan Turn 2 (J2):
Buy: 3 Tanks, 5 Infantry

Attacks:

• • attack Sinkiang
    4 Infantry from India
    4 Infantry from China
    3 Fighters from French Indo-China
• • attack Soviet Far East
    4 Infantry (Use the Transports in the Sea of Japan) from Japan
    1 Bomber from French Indo-China
• • attack Persia and Italian East Africa
    2 Infantry (Use the Transports in the Southern Chinese Sea) French Indo-China

Non-Combat:

• • move to India
    3 Fighters from Sinkiang
• • move to Japan
    1 Bomber from Soviet Far East
• • move to Southern Chinese Sea
    1 Transport from the coast of India

Deploying bought units:

• deploy 3 Tanks in India (Special note: this is only possible if Britain has bought a IC and placed it
  in India, if this is not the case buy one)
• deploy 5 Infantry in Japan

Total Germany IPC: +/- 44
Total Japan IPC: +/- 36
A total of plus 23 IPC.
4 IPC from Magic 84.

Next rounds:
Germany:
Russia has now two remaining options:

1. Russia tries to take out the Tank force located in the Caucasus. If this is the case begin to
   reinforce Karelia with the bought units and with the 4 Infantry from Eastern Europe.
2. Russia fears that Germany will begin to build up a major force in Karelia that will threaten Moscow and therefore attacks. Immediately try to counter attack by using the Tank force located in the Caucasus.

Threaten Russia by conquering Kazakhstan try to accomplish this by using the base in Egypt, keep reinforcing this base by two tanks every turn.

By now the Americans and British will have a powerful fleet ready in the North Sea. This of course becomes a dangerous situation for Germany. But this fleet can pretty much be destroyed by attacking with all your Fighters and Bomber, after the attack begin to use Western Europe as a airbase.

Because there remains a possibility that American or British troops will invade Western Europe try to move each turn 2 Infantry to Western Europe.

Japan:
Your first objective is to put pressure on Moscow the easiest way to do this is by conquering Novosbirsk. Use for this the 7 Infantry from Sinkiang, 3 Tanks and 3 Fighters from India.

Another important thing is that you begin to make America nervous do this by invading Alaska. Use the Transports that are in the region and the Infantry from Japan.

A few rounds further Magic 84 will be reached and the Axis will win.

yeah the attack on karelia is pure suicide.

Russia has a weak southern part your right about that. But i dont think its really wise to build an ic in egypt. It will help secure africa and maybe southern asia as well but imo you can save some IPC’s by building an additional transport ship in southern europe as well. Southern europe is close to the middle east so troops can be sent to the middle east quite easily.

However the pressure that the axis can produce in southern russia for the first few turns can easily be countered by few russian infantry. It will only become really vulnerable if you do it later on when the japs have captured sinkiang and russia needing every piece of infantry to defend karelia and moscow.

In reaction to the errors discovered by bossk. If you count right you will have to come to the conclusion that there are 7 Tanks. About the use of the Infantry twice, that is true. My fault, therefore beneath the right attack:

Japan Turn 1 (J1):

Attacks:

• • attack China
    1 Fighter and 1 Bomber from Japan
    2 Infantry from Kwangtung
    3 Infantry from Manchuria
• • attack India
    1 Fighter from Manchuria
    1 Fighter from Kwangtung
    2 Infantry and 1 Fighter from French Indo-China
    2 Infantry (Use the Transport in the Philippine Sea) from Philippines

Also I want to say that I have changed my mind about the attack by Germany Turn 1 (G1) on Karelia. I think it is better to use the following strategy:

Germany Turn 1 (G1):
Buy: 2 Transport, 5 Infantry

Attacks:

• • attack Western Mediterranean
    1 submarine from NE Atlantic
    1 Bomber from Western Europe
• • attack Eastern Mediterranean
    1 Battleship from Central Mediterranean
• • attack Egypt
    2 Infantry (Use the Transport in the Central Mediterranean) from Southern Europe
    1 Infantry and 1 Tank (blitz) from Libya
• • attack North Sea
    1 submarine (Before the coast of Germany)
    1 Fighter from Germany
    1 Fighter from Finland
    1 Fighter from Eastern Europe
• • attack French Western Africa
    1 Infantry from Algeria

Non-Combat:

• • move to Libya
    2 Fighters from Egypt
• • move to Western Europe
    3 Fighters from North Sea
• • move to Eastern Europe
    4 Infantry from Germany
• • move to Southern Europe
    2 Tanks from Germany
• • move to Southern Europe
    2 Tanks from Western Europe
• • move to Germany
    1 Bomber from North Sea
• • move to Eastern Europe
    2 Infantry (Use the Transport before the coast of Germany) from Finland
• • move to Eastern Europe
    3 Infantry from Ukraine
• • move to Southern Europe
    2 Tanks from Ukraine

Deploying bought units:

• deploy 2 Transport in the Central Mediterranean
• deploy 5 Infantry in Germany

Also my opinion about the IC in Egypt has changed, as greensleeves_16 already stated use Transports. Transport each time three Tanks to Syria-Iraq and try to build up a Tank force there, threatening Russia from the weaker south. If you want to do this you have to occasionally buy 1 Tank to reinforce the Tank force located in Southern Europe. The rest of the coming rounds I advice you to mainly buy Infantry. Move the main force of the bought units to Eastern Europe but do not forget to reinforce Western Europe. I suggest about 2 Infantry each time. So that you can build up a defensive force that is strong enough to with hold an English or American invasion. This is also the case for Eastern Europe (Russian invasion). By now you will probably think has he also changed his mind about the strategy to use for Japan. No, I still think it is the best tactic to use in this case.

But anyway give me your thoughts, suggestions or comments on this new strategy. I will be happy to read them.