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I think by the middle of a typical game, Russia should have 3 fighters going because they’ll need to trade three territories pretty routinely.
I am always amazed when I see people say they built an Industrial Complex in India and don’t follow up with saying worst idea ever. Who are these Japanese players NOT taking the complex on round 2, again on round 3, again on round 4, etc until the Allies give up or are unable to liberate it again?
You have the firepower! Round 2 you should have no less than 5 ground units and 5 fighters in range of India (compare to 4 or 5 ground units and an AA Gun and you can see how you have a significant advantage!). Round 3, KNOWING that England HAS a complex there, and forcing Russia to send tanks to India instead of against Germany, you should definitely have half a dozen ground units and the cruiser/battleship for a follow up (plus any fighters you have remaining.) From there it’s a matter of shuttling 4 to 6 ground units a round into FIC and then over to India to keep it from building units.
This shuttling should be a simple matter. You only need enough units in SZ 37 and SZ 62 to prevent America from killing your transports (assuming you don’t just put ICs in Burma and FIC like I do) so you can bring troops down. So what if America goes Pacific? Russia’s throwing away tanks keeping you from building in India! By the time America builds up, with Russia diverting 33-67% or more of it’s new builds to India, Germany should be just about into Moscow and looking to start a Sea Lion invasion fleet!
Yea, ok, I have a tendency to summarize the next 10-20 rounds, but I hope you guys can see where I am going. Normally, Japan has to worry about an American flotilla in the Pacific for financial sake. Normally Japan can’t even get into Moscow before round 5 and that’s assuming there’s nothing in the way! But in this case, Russia’s sending so much down into India to keep it from building Japanese units that Germany is virtually unopposed. (I’d also advocate, for the first time in my life, that Germany go for a tank dash if Russia’s sending so much down to India. May as well!)
