ABH and Crockett36, (A+100) tutor game

[crockett36]

nope nope

[crockett36]

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[Arthur Bomber Harris]

@crockett36 you need a strong force in the Middle East or Greece to take Turkey if you are going to do a Neutral Crush. That land bridge is the weak spot for both countries.

Definitely not ready to attack Spain yet.

[crockett36]

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[Arthur Bomber Harris]

1. SZ 91 is a good place for the American fleet this turn. Having airbases in Morocco and/or Gibraltar will be a big help for keeping the navies safe next turn.

2. SZ35’s attack would require the American fleet to move closer to pick up the planes? I think they would be annihilated if moved too close to E Asia as all of the planes can reach.

3. SZ44 is slightly losing TUV, although not too bad if you feel lucky. Perhaps one destroyer + one sub would be more likely to have a slightly positive TUV

[surfer]

@crockett36 Sorry, but I’m out…work is taking all of my free time. Good luck. FWIW, I would trust @Arthur-Bomber-Harris 's suggestions, he is trying to provide reasonable assessments of the Allied moves.

[crockett36]

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I think this is what you are recommending.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

looks reasonable.

[crockett36]

@arthur-bomber-harris

Hey, so I know that you are concerned about TUV. However, given the position of 54 to 37, might you win in the Pacific? What I’m saying is that I can make good TUV decisions all day long and still lose.

So positionally, how might I get the edge? How might I win? I think I have to draw your planes into the waters.

Up til now I have been trying to get you to spend money on ships and not ground units. And secondarily to threaten a money island if I have the opportunity. Am I missing anything? Or am I thinking correctly?

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

Getting and holding a money island or Korea is a good way to weaken Japan. Alternatively you can get into a game of attrition, or a race in Naval forces.

Honestly, my Pacific Allies strategy isn’t very good. I usually hold off Japan from getting a final victory location while crushing Germany. After Germany is hurt, it is easy to pour more resources into the Pacific as long as Hawaii & Australia haven’t fallen.

[crockett36]

thanks for explaining.

[crockett36]

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[crockett36]

combat moves from UK. what do you think?

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

I don’t think it is worth retaking India with that many units as they will get killed the next turn by the Japanese, and the income will get handed over as your capitol gets sacked again. Losing 3 transports is also expensive for so little gain.

I think you are better off heading towards Persia and using that as a firewall to prevent German & Japanese advancement.

[crockett36]

@arthur-bomber-harris That’s surprising. I think about India (in this situation) as a deadzone. You can kill my guys but you can’t keep it. Draining Japanese resources. Further away from their supply chain. But Okay. I’ll give it a try.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

I get additional revenue from sacking India each round if I remember this OOB game correctly. I think they changed that to a one-time-only in the balance mods.

You will need a force in the Middle East to prevent expansion there as I can have 10-20 fast movers there on G5. They can blast in Egypt by G7 if you don’t have a firewall to slow them down.

[crockett36]

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The burma battle forces me to garrison w india. fairly even numbers, though not pips. I think it’s a risky battle for the Japanese. What is your advice?

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

Here’s the big issue:
I4/G5: Germany moves to Caucasus next turn.
UK5: India retreats main stack to E Persia
I5/G6: capture Persia, preventing allied aircraft from reinforcing this key territory, also move into Iraq
I6/G7: capture Egypt unless heavy sacrifices are made by the Allies

You need to get back to Persia one round faster than your current proposal if your 11 inf+2AA’s are going to be able to help hold the line.

[crockett36]

@arthur-bomber-harris I’ll take a look. I might want that. The IJN would be radically out of position. A large Russian force would surge forward and everyone would be in “new territory” with no blue print for success. The US navy could go into the Med and drop troops into Egypt in two turns. All of a sudden, we would have a wild west game that might be to my advantage.

In short, the bear grows strong, heading toward the Balkans. Or cutting the German salient off from returning to Europe.

[crockett36]

looking at this today. My wife has started meeting me for lunch. good for marriage, but …