BotA R2 DeadTom v. AlexGreat

@leemorrison You’re being polite. Yes I got my bomber and some air shot down during the first two turns but I overextended very badly with Japan, mostly because I underestimated the value the tanks would give you in terms of exploiting openings in my positions.

@elche

Game History

Round: 22 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 4 armour and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 4 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Soviet Far East 8 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Manchuria 4 armour moved from Novosibirsk to Soviet Far East 2 fighters moved from Sinkiang to Manchuria Combat - Russians Battle in Manchuria Russians attack with 2 fighters and 8 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 2 fighters and 8 infantry in Manchuria, round 2 : 4/10 hits, 2.33 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Manchuria, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Manchuria 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Manchuria Russians win, taking Manchuria from Japanese with 2 fighters and 7 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Soviet Far East Russians attack with 4 armour and 4 infantry Japanese defend with 2 infantry Russians roll dice for 4 armour and 4 infantry in Soviet Far East, round 2 : 2/8 hits, 2.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Soviet Far East, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Soviet Far East Russians win, taking Soviet Far East from Japanese with 4 armour and 4 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 2 fighters moved from Manchuria to Sinkiang 3 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Yakut S.S.R. 1 armour and 9 infantry moved from Russia to Novosibirsk 1 armour moved from Novosibirsk to Sinkiang 3 armour moved from Novosibirsk to Yakut S.S.R. 6 armour moved from Novosibirsk to Sinkiang 1 armour moved from Novosibirsk to Sinkiang 1 armour moved from Novosibirsk to Sinkiang Place Units - Russians 4 armour and 3 infantry placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 29 PUs; end with 29 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : 0.00 Russians regular : 1.00

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@VictoryFirst said in 2025 Classic tournament round 1 Gamerman01 v VictoryFirst (Axis):

in the end it worked out beautifully.

I had lucky results in China J1, and again against the Japanese battleships and loaded carrier off French Indo China

The Japanese fleet was more important than normal because only one factory was built

Very gracious, thank you!

@Martin Yes the “miss” on my part was using Japan’s bomber offensively when it could have at least NCM’d from Manchuria -> Germany to give one more HP to the units there. That might have made some level of difference in the final fight but in hindsight, once the UK air got as many kills as it did it was unlikely that Germany was going to survive.

Good luck to you as well!

@VictoryFirst Thank you, done!

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