DM (Allies) vs. Innohub (Axis) 42 2E Game 2

[innohub]

I’m excited! :-D

[innohub]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v5 1942 Second Edition, version: 1.9

Game History

Round: 20

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 3 armour, 2 artilleries and 11 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            6 armour, 21 artilleries and 53 infantry moved from West Russia to Russia
            6 armour and 5 fighters moved from Belorussia to Russia
            1 armour, 3 artilleries and 15 infantry moved from Caucasus to Russia
            4 bombers moved from Germany to Russia
            1 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Russia
            1 artillery and 11 infantry moved from Germany to France
            1 infantry moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Finland
                  Germans take Finland from British

Combat - Germans
            Battle in France
                Germans attack with 1 artillery and 11 infantry
                British defend with 8 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery and 11 infantry in France, round 2 :  0/12 hits
                    British roll dice for 8 infantry in France, round 2 :  5/8 hits
                    5 infantry owned by the Germans lost in France
                6 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 artillery owned by the Germans retreated to Germany
                British win with 8 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -15
                Casualties for Germans: 5 infantry
            Battle in Russia
                Germans attack with 13 armour, 24 artilleries, 4 bombers, 5 fighters and 69 infantry
                British defend with 1 aaGun and 11 fighters; Russians defend with 2 aaGuns, 12 armour, 8 artilleries, 1 factory, 2 fighters and 46 infantry; Americans defend with 3 bombers and 13 fighters
                    AA fire in Russia :  1/9 hits
                    1 fighter owned by the Germans lost in Russia
                    Germans roll dice for 13 armour, 24 artilleries, 4 bombers, 4 fighters and 69 infantry in Russia, round 2 :  37/114 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 3 aaGuns, 12 armour, 8 artilleries, 3 bombers, 26 fighters and 46 infantry in Russia, round 2 :  40/95 hits
                    34 infantry owned by the Russians, 40 infantry owned by the Germans, 2 aaGuns owned by the Russians and 1 aaGun owned by the British lost in Russia
                    Germans roll dice for 13 armour, 24 artilleries, 4 bombers, 4 fighters and 29 infantry in Russia, round 3 :  24/74 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 12 armour, 8 artilleries, 3 bombers, 26 fighters and 12 infantry in Russia, round 3 :  30/61 hits
                    12 infantry owned by the Russians, 1 armour owned by the Russians, 29 infantry owned by the Germans, 8 artilleries owned by the Russians, 3 bombers owned by the Americans and 1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in Russia
                    Germans roll dice for 13 armour, 23 artilleries, 4 bombers and 4 fighters in Russia, round 4 :  14/44 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 11 armour and 26 fighters in Russia, round 4 :  22/37 hits
                    11 armour owned by the Russians, 2 fighters owned by the Russians, 1 fighter owned by the British and 22 artilleries owned by the Germans lost in Russia
                    Germans roll dice for 13 armour, 1 artillery, 4 bombers and 4 fighters in Russia, round 5 :  16/22 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 23 fighters in Russia, round 5 :  13/23 hits
                    6 fighters owned by the Americans, 12 armour owned by the Germans, 10 fighters owned by the British and 1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in Russia
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 4 bombers and 4 fighters in Russia, round 6 :  5/9 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 7 fighters in Russia, round 6 :  5/7 hits
                    5 fighters owned by the Americans, 1 bomber owned by the Germans and 4 fighters owned by the Germans lost in Russia
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 3 bombers in Russia, round 7 :  2/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 fighters in Russia, round 7 :  1/2 hits
                    2 fighters owned by the Americans and 1 bomber owned by the Germans lost in Russia
                Germans captures 8PUs while taking Russians capital
                Germans win, taking Russia from Russians with 1 armour and 2 bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 104
                Casualties for Germans: 12 armour, 24 artilleries, 2 bombers, 5 fighters and 69 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 aaGuns, 12 armour, 8 artilleries, 2 fighters and 46 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 aaGun and 11 fighters
                Casualties for Americans: 3 bombers and 13 fighters

Non Combat Move - Germans
            3 infantry moved from Belorussia to West Russia
            1 aaGun moved from Belorussia to West Russia
            2 aaGuns moved from Caucasus to Russia
            2 infantry moved from Poland to Belorussia
            2 bombers moved from Russia to Caucasus

Place Units - Germans
            3 armour placed in Caucasus
            2 artilleries and 8 infantry placed in Germany
            3 infantry placed in Italy

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 55 PUs; end with 63 PUs total

Territory Summary for Germans :

Belorussia : 2 infantry
    Caucasus : 1 flag, 3 armour, 2 bombers and 1 factory
    Evenki National Okrug : 1 flag
    Finland : 1 infantry
    Germany : 3 artilleries, 1 factory and 14 infantry
    Italian East Africa : 1 flag
    Italy : 1 factory and 3 infantry
    Karelia S.S.R. : 1 flag, 1 factory
    Kazakh S.S.R. : 1 flag
    Novosibirsk : 1 flag
    Rhodesia : 1 flag
    Russia : 1 flag, 2 aaGuns, 1 armour and 1 factory
    Union of South Africa : 1 flag
    Vologda : 1 flag
    West Russia : 1 aaGun and 3 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Russians : 0 / 0
    Germans : 55 / 63
    British : 30 / 27
    Japanese : 13 / 0
    Americans : 70 / 70

[innohub]

Conquer Russia at last!  Too late though.

Well played!  The match was lot of fun and unexpected moment.  I feel there is chance but the trapping of Japan Navy kicked me out of the game.

[DarthMaximus]

Where did all of our units go!  :-D

Good game and well played too!  That was a fun game.  :-)
Yeah, if Japan stayed in a little longer or if Russia fell a bit sooner the Axis had a chance. 
Lucky for me I was able to get to Japan and get the US rolling.

[innohub]

You did some great moves!  I didn’t foresee your moves on tracking my Japan Navy down, and that’s my key mistake.  Well done and I learned out of it :-D

I guess you are pretty busy in Tournament - let me know when you like to have rematch again :-D I will be there

[DarthMaximus]

Thanks!  And thanks for the games!  It is good to know some US strategies from Revised or AA50 might carry over.  :)

That is the hardest part, trying to limit Japan’s moves to where you can predict where they are going to go.  It gets a little easier if you force them back up north.  And depending on the situation the US can put reinforcements off of the West Coast and you can try and trap the IJN that way.  Your pressure on Russia was too good so I had to keep my main fleet close to the Asian coast so I could get ftrs to Mos, but if you can take a few islands and have Ftrs + Carriers you start to get an incredible range in the Pacific with the US.

Sometimes the J navy will escape to the Med or Atlantic which can be good for Germany, but without the ships near Japan the US can then start landing on Man or bombarding Japan to wear them down.  You can also use SBRs to limit J’s income if you have them boxed in and go after Germany if Russia is in trouble.

Yeah I’d be up for another, but I might not do a turn until the weekend.
I’ve been the Allies in the first 2 so I’m open to either side.  I’m open to a bid or if we want to do a Russian bomber game or even another straight up game.  I guess it depends on which side do you want to be, should we go third game same sides maybe add the Russian bomber or should we switch up sides?

[innohub]

You are totally right.  Once US takes the island and keep it,  it becomes an incredibly hard game for Japan.
I could do either way, depending on which sides you like to practice more for Tournament :-)  Let me know and I will suggest with a bid (if it is allies).

[DarthMaximus]

Sounds good.  Let me think about it.

[DarthMaximus]

I was thinking about it and I wouldn’t mind giving the Allies another go if you still have time for another game.

[innohub]

Sure - please go ahead with your desired bid.

:-D

[DarthMaximus]

Sounds good.

I was thinking maybe 9.

2 Inf to Kar  (for added fodder to protect against an extra German hit or two in Wrus)
1 Inf to Egy  (to try and keep the UK ftr around)

If this looks good I can start up a new thread and then get R1 up either tonight or tomorrow.

[innohub]

Sure - please go ahead.