J1 attack very tough on allies

@Uncle_Joe:

Yeah, I’ve become a fan of the ANZAC ‘suicide runs’ into the DEI. In fact, anything that would me when I’m playing the Japanese I make sure to try and do while playing the Allies. :)

I had a game last night where I played as Allies (I wanted J to try this strat but i lost the rolling to pick sides) and I simply loved playing as ANZAC in a suicidal way. My opponent was always complaining about them :)

Just tried J1 attack for the first time and it worked.

I attacked Phillipines and landed on Celebes, sunk UK BB and TRNs on J1, bought 3 transports. The Allies lose all initiative on the sea for a couple of turns.
Asia proved to be tough to crack but I held and bought ICs on J2, J4 and J5, placing them on Shangtung, Malaysia and FIC. After the 3rd IC I matched the Allies production on the continent and I slowly started to push back. When the game ended I was about to conquer India. You don’t need to get rid of the Chinese first, if you can take Burma from the British then you close the route and Allies get less 2 units, giving you the chance to overtake them on units.
I chose not to go for major ICs because of the naval war. My buys were always of 2 DDs and 2/3 subs every turn. On J2 I landed on Wake and on J4-5 used it to hit the US fleet on Hawaii. After J3 ANZAC had to send all planes to Hawaii to defend it from Jap invasion. Meanwhile the US was buying lots of subs but on J6 I landed on New Britain and Solomon (I already had all of New Guinea) and got the additional NO. US and ANZAC spent their time countering those landings and trying to go for Korea but my defense prevented them.
US made some bad moves, like moving the big fleet to help retake Wake. He had a lot of subs but I only send planes and they sank 2 ACs, 4 ftrs (2 ANZAC landed on Midway), 2 tac, 1 CA and 2 DDs with 7 fighters, 6 tac and 1 bomber.

please tell me you put the 1st MIC in FIC on j2. :)

@MaherC:

please tell me you put the 1st MIC in FIC on j2. :)

Kwangtung, otherwise the China front would crumble for the Japanese, the FIC one was the last. And I only bought minor ICs.

I could spare to China/India the minimum required to contain the Chinese/UK and to establish those strongholds. Nearly all of my transports were busy carrying units to New Guinea, Malaysia, DEI and Wake and I build some 10 destroyers and 12 subs during the entire game plus fighters because of the losses while killing US fleets.

never had that problem.  next time put a minor in FIC and then a major in Malaya.  Game over.

If you can afford to spring for a Major IC in Malaya, the game is ALREADY over.

Not true, Japan starts out with a huge advantage in the sea, they can afford a major IC and to build ground units there for a few turns before US can rival them.  And if the US ignores the north and wants to play in the south, Malaya is a perfect location for an IC.

Again, I think things are tight enough economically that if Japan has the disposable income to blow 30 IPCs on an IC in Malaya, then chances are the Allies have already lost their shot at winning. The Allies have to keep the pressure on Japan early on and a 30 IPC splurge on J3 or so should be a luxury they can’t afford IMO.

come on TripleA!

@MaherC:

come on TripleA!

It will take a while (if ever) before there’s a playable version of Pacific because of all the rule changes. But let us hope a little longer…

Buying a major IC by J3 is risky (like everything else) because you need to spend at least 30 IPCs for turn to fully use it otherwise J is wasting production capacity. And Japan needs destroyers, destroyers and destroyers to take hits and deal with subs.