L20 PTV-first game! Surfer(L) vs. AndrewAAGamer(X)

As much as I would like to … nope. Gotta defend against the bigger German attack. Allies have been in a pinch the whole game. My hats off to you.

TripleA Turn Summary: ANZAC round 11

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 9 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria
        2 infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales
        2 aaGuns, 4 artilleries and 1 bomber moved from Queensland to South Australia
        3 fighters moved from Queensland to New South Wales
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        2 submarines moved from 64 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone

    Place Units - ANZAC
        3 infantry placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 19 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 22 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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TripleA Turn Summary: French round 11

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 9 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria
        2 infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales
        2 aaGuns, 4 artilleries and 1 bomber moved from Queensland to South Australia
        3 fighters moved from Queensland to New South Wales
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from Queensland to South Australia
        2 submarines moved from 64 Sea Zone to 63 Sea Zone

    Place Units - ANZAC
        3 infantry placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 19 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 22 PUs

    Combat Move - French

    Non Combat Move - French
        1 destroyer moved from 73 Sea Zone to 77 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - Russians
        Russians buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Russians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 32 Sea Zone: 1 battleship
            EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 27 Sea Zone: 1 battleship
            EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 32 Sea Zone: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 2 fighters
            EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 32 Sea Zone: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
            EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 27 Sea Zone: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 submarine
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from Marshall Islands: 1 bomber
            EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to Hawaiian Islands: 1 bomber
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 armour, 2 artilleries, 10 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Northern Sinkiang to Eastern Sinkiang
        5 infantry moved from Western Sinkiang to Eastern Sinkiang
        1 infantry moved from Buryatia to Sakha
              Russians take Sakha from Japanese
        1 armour moved from Stalingrad to Northern Caucasus
              Russians take Northern Caucasus from Germans
        1 armour moved from Northern Caucasus to Stalingrad
        1 armour moved from Stalingrad to Tambov
              Russians take Tambov from Germans
        1 armour moved from Tambov to Stalingrad

    Combat - Russians
        Battle in Eastern Sinkiang
            Russians attack with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 15 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
            Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 15 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in Eastern Sinkiang, round 2 : 4/20 hits, 4.50 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Eastern Sinkiang, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Eastern Sinkiang
            Russians win, taking Eastern Sinkiang from Japanese with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 15 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Russians

    Place Units - Russians
        3 infantry placed in Stalingrad
        7 infantry placed in Russia

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 25 PUs; end with 25 PUs
        Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 28 PUs
        Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 30 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians : -0.50
Japanese : -0.33

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: Americans round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry, 2 submarines and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 destroyer moved from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Malta to 94 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 18 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 18 Sea Zone to Iwo Jima

    Combat - Americans
        Battle in Iwo Jima
        Battle in 94 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
            Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 5/8 hits, 4.17 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the Italians, 1 destroyer owned by the Americans and 1 submarine owned by the Italians lost in 94 Sea Zone
            Americans win, taking Iwo Jima from Japanese with 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
            Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Libya from Italians to Italians
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Libya from Italians to Americans
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        4 fighters moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 109 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
        1 infantry moved from Tunisia to Libya
        1 artillery moved from Algeria to Morocco
        1 transport moved from 93 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern United States to 104 Sea Zone
        7 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 4 transports moved from 104 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Morocco
        1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 11 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone
        3 fighters moved from Western United States to 27 Sea Zone
        1 marine moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 marine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Americans
        1 transport placed in 104 Sea Zone
        1 carrier placed in 104 Sea Zone
        1 bomber, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Eastern United States
        2 submarines placed in 11 Sea Zone
        2 fighters placed in Western United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 7 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,3
        Americans collect 56 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 56 PUs
        Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 61 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 71 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 81 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians : 0.50
Americans : 0.83

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: Chinese round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
        Chinese buy 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Chinese

    Combat - Chinese

    Place Units - Chinese
        1 infantry placed in Eastern Sinkiang

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 2 PUs; end with 2 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry, 2 submarines and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 destroyer moved from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 93 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Malta to 94 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 18 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 18 Sea Zone to Iwo Jima

    Combat - Americans
        Battle in Iwo Jima
        Battle in 94 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
            Italians defend with 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 5/8 hits, 4.17 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer in 94 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the Italians, 1 destroyer owned by the Americans and 1 submarine owned by the Italians lost in 94 Sea Zone
            Americans win, taking Iwo Jima from Japanese with 5 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
            Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Libya from Italians to Italians
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Libya from Italians to Americans
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        4 fighters moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 109 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 94 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
        1 infantry moved from Tunisia to Libya
        1 artillery moved from Algeria to Morocco
        1 transport moved from 93 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern United States to 104 Sea Zone
        7 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 4 transports moved from 104 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        7 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 93 Sea Zone to Morocco
        1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 11 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone
        3 fighters moved from Western United States to 27 Sea Zone
        1 marine moved from Midway to 26 Sea Zone
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 1 marine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Americans
        1 transport placed in 104 Sea Zone
        1 carrier placed in 104 Sea Zone
        1 bomber, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Eastern United States
        2 submarines placed in 11 Sea Zone
        2 fighters placed in Western United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 7 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,3
        Americans collect 56 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 56 PUs
        Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 61 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 71 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 81 PUs

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
        Chinese buy 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Chinese

    Combat - Chinese

    Place Units - Chinese
        1 infantry placed in Eastern Sinkiang

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 2 PUs; end with 2 PUs

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 1 artillery, 1 destroyer and 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific buy 1 destroyer; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 transport moved from 78 Sea Zone to 83 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Egypt to 83 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 83 Sea Zone to 100 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 100 Sea Zone to Crete
        1 bomber moved from Egypt to Crete
        3 fighters moved from Malta to Crete
        1 infantry moved from Alexandria to Tobruk
              British take Tobruk from Italians

    Combat - British
        Battle in Crete
            British attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 1 infantry
            Italians defend with 2 infantry
                British roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 1 infantry in Crete, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 2.67 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 2 infantry in Crete, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Crete
            British win, taking Crete from Italians with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 3 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Italians: 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - British
        3 fighters moved from Crete to Egypt
        1 bomber moved from Crete to Egypt
        1 armour moved from Alexandria to Trans-Jordan
        1 armour moved from Alexandria to Trans-Jordan
        4 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Alexandria to Egypt
        1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Northeast Persia
              British take Northeast Persia from Neutral_Allies
        3 infantry moved from Central India to Eastern India
        2 infantry moved from Baluchistan to Central India
        2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Southern Persia to Baluchistan
        1 carrier and 1 fighter moved from 109 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 77 Sea Zone to 40 Sea Zone

    Place Units - British
        3 infantry placed in Iraq
        3 infantry placed in Southern Persia
        1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in United Kingdom
        1 destroyer placed in 109 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 34 PUs; end with 34 PUs
        Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 37 PUs
        Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 40 PUs

    Place Units - UK_Pacific
        1 destroyer placed in 40 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 40 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,1
        UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 8 PUs
        Trigger UK Pacific 4 No Enemy Submarines: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 11 PUs
        Some Units in 40 Sea Zone change ownership: 1 destroyer

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians : 0.83
British : -0.67
Americans : 0.83

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: ANZAC round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 bomber and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 submarine moved from 63 Sea Zone to 58 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 63 Sea Zone to 58 Sea Zone

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 bomber and 1 fighter placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 13 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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TripleA Turn Summary: French round 12

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 12

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 bomber and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 submarine moved from 63 Sea Zone to 58 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 63 Sea Zone to 58 Sea Zone

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 bomber and 1 fighter placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 13 PUs

    Combat Move - French
        1 destroyer moved from 77 Sea Zone to 40 Sea Zone

    Combat - French
        Battle in 40 Sea Zone
            British loiter and taunt; French attack with 1 destroyer
            Japanese defend with 1 submarine
                French roll dice for 1 destroyer in 40 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 40 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 destroyer in 40 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 40 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 40 Sea Zone
            French win, taking 40 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine

    Non Combat Move - French

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French : 0.33
Japanese : -0.33

Savegame

No. I agree with you!! Especially the Japanese war. Sure, I messed up with the Chinese, but honestly I thought I could slow you down with the vast space of territory China had. But as you mentioned, after J3 you were making more than the US!! I had to ignore Germany most of the first 8 turns just to keep up with Japan, much less take it down a notch–I don’t see that I’ll ever be in a position to do that.

Of course, I made mistakes that a better player would avoid. China and recently the Russian Siberian army are good examples, but I feel that 2 aspects of the game are essentially forcing the game towards the Axis:
a) carriers and lesser extent airfields controlling much larger areas in PtV
b) mech inf = 5 IPCs!

A lot of talk has been said on carriers, and not much to add except this–the Axis start the game with many more aircraft than the Allies, and buffs like these are just that much more important in the early game when you are trying to build your forces.

The mech inf is probably the single biggest reason (besides the size of Russia) in my mind the Axis don’t just wipe the Allies. The added expense is just about always too much to justify, and forces each side to slow down their expansion. Since the Axis are doing most of that expansion, this disproportionately affects them. It is also probably a big contributor to why the Axis did not just overwhelm the Allies early on and why this game is still “competitive” this late in the game. Where competitive = Allies TUV > Axis TUV and production approximately equal. Of course the result of building more inf vice mechs is that the front lines are more static with the Allies having more difficulty because they have to transport their forces into these front lines. And need more than usual because the number of forces involved. Your German transports being a particular counter-example, but since I can’t build in the Atlantic essentially they become fast movers for your already superior numbers of land troops.

This actually isn’t much different than the normal games with the exception that I cannot see how to defeat Japan. The long supply lines for the Atlantic are counterbalanced by the spread of battlefields to attack. And they aren’t that long 2 moves to attack sometimes just 1. The Pacific is ridiculous. The interior lines of communication afford the Japanese the ability to hold everything. The added territory of China gives added $$s and Japan can just play a slow game and develop. That is not how the Pacific war has been fought previously. The last thing Japan wanted to do was build slowly because the Allies could build faster. They can still do so as the UK Pacific + ANZAC help the US. But in this game, it requires almost all of the US build since UK is minimally producing–just to match Japan, which of course means the Germans will roll. This is offset by the Russian horde so the game is not completely out of balance.

There is also this feature of the game: Since few land mobile units are produced and the land map is larger–Russian and China, the front lines are more separated from each other. No ability to move fighters from one front to help the other. Not sure how this changes the Axis / Allied balance, but I would think it helps the Axis since it is a large part of my previous Allied defense to use fighters as quick reaction forces. However, it does force the Axis to truly separate their units up without easy re-enforcement. Makes defending easier.

This got so long I’ll distill my comments to
a) There needs to be some adjustment to Japan’s ability to grow – perhaps the changes in CV scramble and defense will help. Maybe a 2 IPC increase in cost?
b) The only reason this game is not over is that no one has enough mobility to just push through.

Cheers,

TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 13

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory, version: 1.0

Game History

Round: 13

    Purchase Units - Russians
        Russians buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Russians
        1 infantry moved from Sakha to Amur
              Russians take Amur from Japanese
        1 infantry moved from Russia to Gorky
              Russians take Gorky from Germans

    Combat - Russians

    Non Combat Move - Russians
        3 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Stalingrad to Russia
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Stalingrad to Russia
        1 mech_infantry moved from Stalingrad to Russia
        2 aaGuns, 9 artilleries and 45 infantry moved from Stalingrad to Samara
        1 armour, 2 artilleries, 15 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Sinkiang to Western Sinkiang
        1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Western Sinkiang to Urals

    Place Units - Russians
        3 infantry placed in Urals
        7 infantry placed in Russia

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 23 PUs; end with 23 PUs
        Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 26 PUs
        Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 28 PUs
        Trigger Russians 3 Siberia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 30 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

Yep, after 13 rds – an eternity in any previous game. The Russians are now dead. No one came to help and they are too far to help. But 13 rounds of mostly Pacific buys did not put the Japanese on notice or even make them uncomfortable.

the point is that yep 100% Pacific is possible for a long time, but Russia will go down with a whimper and no significant Allied forces are then present to stop the resulting German hordes. Nothing has been built to stop that due to Pacific focus.