Gsh34 (axis) vs. Axisplaya (allies) Alpha +3

I can really see your experience coming out in our game.  You switched your purchases to the European theater at exactly the right time.  If you had waited even one more round to place in the Atlantic with the USA, I think Italy and Germany would have had enough of a leg up that it would have almost been a foregone conclusion that Russia would fall.  As it stands, even without placing units in the Pacific, you will still be thwarting me for a few rounds at a minimum.  Man, you are good.

Well, I have no idea if this is the “right” move or not.  It sure doesn’t feel like it knowing what I am going to do, but, at least it buys me another round against your fleet even if I am just “treading water”.

Japan, round 7

Purchase: 65 ipc to spend

4DD (32)
2 TT (14)
6 inf (18)
save 1
total = 65

Combat:

to Sze: inf
inf, art Yun
sbr FIC (4 move remain)

to Kwe: (6 inf)
2 mech, 2 art, 2 tank Yun
tac, (2 move remain), sbr (4 move remain) FIC

to Bur: (walk in)
tank Yun blitzes into Bur and to Shn

to She: (walk in)
inf Kan

to z44: (DD)
SS, 9 fig, 3 tac z35

to z41: (TT)
2 CV, fig z20

to Sum: (2 inf)
inf, art Phi via TT z35 > z41
art FIC, inf Mal via TT from z20 > z41
tac Mal (1 move remain)

Combat:

z41 (Anzac transport) cwol

Per rules, amphibious assault if first.

Battl for Sum: (2 inf)

attacker: 2 inf, 2 art, tac
Rolls: 4@2 1@3; Total Hits: 04@2: (5, 6, 4, 6)1@3: (6)

defender: 2 inf
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 12@2: (1, 6)

Japan loses 1 inf

Battle for Sum, round 2

attacker: inf, 2 art, tac
Rolls: 3@2 1@3; Total Hits: 23@2: (2, 3, 1)1@3: (5)

defender: 2 inf
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 22@2: (1, 1)

Well, good thing I did bring both transports.

Sum twlo 2 inf, art

Battle for z44

attacker: SS, 9 fig, 3 tac
Rolls: 1@2 9@3 3@4; Total Hits: 51@2: (4)9@3: (4, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 5, 5, 5)3@4: (6, 5, 5)

defender: DD
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)

z44 cwlo SS

Battle for Sze

attacker: inf, art, sbr
Rolls: 2@2 1@4; Total Hits: 12@2: (3, 5)1@4: (1)

defender: inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)

Sze twol

Battle for Kwe:

attacker: 2 mech, 2 art, 2 tank, tac, sbr
Rolls: 4@2 2@3 2@4; Total Hits: 14@2: (5, 5, 5, 5)2@3: (4, 5)2@4: (3, 5)

defender: 6 inf
Rolls: 6@2; Total Hits: 26@2: (3, 1, 3, 4, 2, 6)

Battle for Kwe, round 2

attacker: 2 art, 2 tank, tac, sbr
Rolls: 2@2 2@3 2@4; Total Hits: 22@2: (6, 2)2@3: (6, 3)2@4: (5, 6)

defender: 5 inf
Rolls: 5@2; Total Hits: 25@2: (5, 3, 6, 1, 1)

Battle for Kwe, round 3

attacker: 2 tank, tac, sbr
Rolls: 2@3 2@4; Total Hits: 22@3: (4, 6)2@4: (4, 1)

defender: 3 inf
Rolls: 3@2; Total Hits: 13@2: (5, 1, 4)

Ah, the meat-grinder that China is doen’t disappoint! :|

Battle for Kwe, round 4

attacker: tank, tac, sbr
Rolls: 1@3 2@4; Total Hits: 11@3: (4)2@4: (4, 6)

defender: inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (1)

Kwe……cwlo 2 inf, 2 mech, 2 tank

Well, at that rate, I’ll never conquer China.  Also, dang it, I won’t have an attack on your remaining China stack.  :|

NCM

(note:  I miss typed a CM,  the plane that moved from z20 to z41 to sink your Anzac DD, it was a tactical bomber, not a fighter as I typed it.  I noticed that as I was trying to type out my NCMs a litter farther down.)

to z23:
DD z35

to z22:
DD z35

to z34:
DD z35

to z46:
DD z35

to z41:
tac Sum
2 fig z44
CA z35

to Shn:
2 inf Mal

to z36:
all ships in z35
6 fig, 3 tac z44
tac, Phi

to Hon:
tac Kwe

to Mal:
sbr Kwe
sbr Sze

Placement:
3DD z37
1 DD, 2 TT z36
2 inf, tank Hon
4 inf Japan

Collect Income:
62 territory + 5 ipc + 1 saved - 2 CRD = 66 ipc

In some of our earlier discussions you were wondering why I didn’t conquer China yet, well I point to the bloody battles you keep inflicting on me!!! :-D  Since I am away from Japan and I have limited unit placement, you are slaughtering my ground units which is crimping my style in the Pacific.  That original J1 Phi battle along with the Sum and Kwe battle this round is keeping me whittled down pretty good.  Combine that with my Italian attack on Sfa and my attempted strategic bombing raid on Moscow and you are doing a good job of making this guy a pretty gun shy player for the remainder of this game.  :-)

Well good friend, I await the Allied response.

gsh34_vs_axisplaya_7cJapan.AAM

@Axisplaya:

Those 6 dudes in Kwe have been fantastic.
Their sacrifice will be remembered as they may have bought one more turn for India !

:-D

Ugh!  Yeah, and just getting to the point of clearing and holding Yunnan was no walk in the park for me in this game either.  I’ll be drinking a cold frosty one once I send the final Chinese unit six feet under in this game! :lol: :lol: :lol: