Japanese IC in Persia

Thanks guys. 😊

6 is correct, as “Total damage to an industrial complex can’t exceed 20 for major and 6 for minor industrial complexes.”

If the idea is to control southern USSR and let northern USSR alone with a IC Romania then you should really debate about going after Persia and then decide to go east to India or west to Egypt.

@taamvan:

Just played Game 103, not feeling Malaya.   Its not usually taken on J2, more likely J3 and then only placing factory on J4 and units J5, too slow.   J2-J3 anywhere else.

Japan and UK money is perfectly balanced so that if they are running an MiC (or 2) they don’t have $$ for the other stuff they want and need.

Actually just tried it for the first time. I had only one IC, in FIC and needed more troops to take down India but no more for China. Seems to be working in this case.

@regularkid:

If I get a bid of 12 or more for allies, i definitely think an IC in Egypt is worthwhile.

I think bids are far outside the scope of this specific conversation, but since you mentioned it, I think that the way you use bids by adding extra units to the initial set up, ruin the game balance in earnest and are both moot and lame. At the same time. In a slightly derogatory way. Now if you play against real men, they will probably offer the US NO bid, which gives US extra NO money, distributed each and every turn. This money will not come to effect before Turn 3 or 4, so they will not ruin the first Turn set up balance. IMHO anyway, not alway but sure in Norway.

And in this case, the Persian factory is more worthwhile

Here are some of my early posts on a matter close to this: (since you started out asking if anyone has done this)
I have not updated plans for Alpha 2 my focus has been elsewhere.

Below was for OOB I believe not Alpha 2.
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=20342.msg685203#msg685203

here is a link for OOB: operation Penta-gone.
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=20342.msg685806#msg685806

This is a link to a plan that got the entire Japanese air force OOB to the Atlantic by turn 5.
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=20342.msg685806#msg685806

(by the way, I coined the term Operation Hollywood for revised 2004 back in the day)
here is a link talking about the origin of the name: Credited by Iron-Chef post: 08-09-2004, 05:41 PM
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=20342.msg685806#msg685806

From play experience, what it does is allow the germans a viable southern campaign, and also - the Russians, the ability to fight a souther campaign, instead of the traditional - Germany to moscow from Novisibirsk approach.

My strategy for when I play russia (I’m almost always italy or japan) I leave token defense on the border nations w germany and rally my armies in leningrad, belarus, west ukraine and ukraine. The added ic will prob help out since I now have two places where I can pump out infantry and fast units to the frontline. With the new NOs I can use the stalingrad ic to reinforce the caucasus and use moscow to send units to help out china