ABH and crockett36, (A+69) tutor game

[crockett36]

@crockett36 So I propose we surge back into burma. we shouldn’t have left. Note to self: stay in burma until attacking calcutta is the only attack j can make.

I propose as many air forces as possible head to w china. we raid stray jap infantry units. Instead we could take all my US af and attack Amur. Instead of that we could sb Japan and take two figs in to escort. The strongest move is to move the US air force to Korea and bomb Japan into the stone age.

[crockett36]

The problem was that no one was even opening the files to look at them. They just read the Axis moves. So local didn’t seem to be getting any attention.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

@crockett36 One comment back to the original bid. If you are planning on holding onto Yunnan through J3, you should bid something like the following for units that all could be in Yunnan prior to Japan’s third turn:

Chinese artillery in Kweichow, Szechwan, Shenshi (12 PUs)
UK Burma artillery and India, mech in W India (12 PUs)
Russian tanks in Caucasus and Volgograd and Moscow (18 PUs);
maybe a Russian mech in Bryansk

That would add up to 42 of the bid, leaving a little for the European theater for things like a Scottish fighter and a Med sub, or another Russian fighter.

You could have seven Russian tanks/mechs in Yunnan that have Russian air support . Add in attack power from the India + China, and Japan will be struggling to defend their territories in Asia. The self sufficiency of India/China/ANZAC in the Pacific allow USA to focus 100% on kill Germany First.

With your heavy bid in the European side of the board, you could have spent more heavily in the Pacific on USA1, such as 3 carriers which can be sitting in Carolines on USA 3. That forces Japan to divert forces to protect the money islands and the homeland. Germany was not going to conquer Moscow anytime soon in this match.

[crockett36]

@arthur-bomber-harris
I believe you are correct that a pac build would nearly completely take care of the Pac for Americans.

There are so many ways to play the bid. Fascinating. The pressure from the community is to effect turn 1. People want cookie cutter. I don’t believe that is necessary. In oob, the stuff could all happen tragically like usual and a well placed bid could support the back 9 so to speak.

[crockett36]

I’ve slept on it. I want to confer with the commanders. Would you all like to go back to the “sample?”

[trulpen]

I think with a hefty bid like this, my suggestion of a fig in Moscow and Stalingrad respectively has high merit along with an inf in Yunnan and art in Szechwan. It makes JDOW1 very fishy, almost impossible, and seriously contests Yunnan from the bat. J can’t hope to gain control of it from the start and the chinese will be able to start pumping out art as well. This should quench the japanese expansion early on.

[crockett36]

commanders if you don’t want to reset to US 3, what do you suggest for US 4? I wonder about a raid on Amur and set up to fire bomb Japan US 5.

[trulpen]

What I saw the ruskijs should take Manchuria with the full force and US can attack the JN with all it got.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

@trulpen Americans are up now. This round there are only four units that can attack the IJN. I think the Russian units in Korea or Manchuria will be slaughtered next round even if they get reinforced by the Americans as they are in range of 12 infantry and around 18 japanese planes.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

@crockett36 I think your idea certainly is a reasonable option. If you are lucky, you will only lose a couple of planes.

[crockett36]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCqvCG6Ygjc

[crockett36]

@crockett36 I agree. Bombers could hit Japan from SFE.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

Fun youtube video. I didn’t realize you were my age (stealing my son’s A&A account).

[crockett36]

@arthur-bomber-harris 52! Glad to still be playing games and having fun

[crockett36]

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prep for Spain next turn. blocker so I can fire bomb next turn at least once. goal is to keep pressure in the n pac. Russia will withdraw into amur. I don’t want this skirmish to go away with a decisive battle

[crockett36]

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[Arthur Bomber Harris]

@crockett36 are you sure you are strong enough for an attack on neutral powers next turn? That does open up so many territories for the Axis. I usually have seen neutral crush strategies happen much later in a game.

[crockett36]

I will begin to muster for it. The big thing I see is actually opening up the Middle East for the Axis fast movers. That wouldn’t be good. And would open up Africa and the economic win. So I agree. I’ll assume the traditional move toward the channel.

[crockett36]

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This looks good to me. Northern Asia will demand attention. Mustering for Dday. More RAF and more transports.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

I agree that Turkey would be the big issue from an attack on the Neutrals as you would have yet another front to defend and it will be tough as America needs to put most of her resources into the Pacific. Maybe the Spain plan will make more sense on later turns.