Note: you do not need to escort them, during non combat you are fine, as subs do not make a sea zone hostile, they only prevent amphibious assaults in Alpha 2 when unescorted.
We’ll see about Russia, even if you land everything in Bal or Vyb, you are still 3 turns away from Moscow. We’ll see what happens :)
Besides, losing all 3 Russian cities does not end the game without either Egypt or London, Global is a strange beast, you can lose London or Moscow and still win with the allies, not saying its easy, but we shall see. :)
The allies have 9 air units within 3 turns of Moscow, plus 3 more builds, I typically see Russia fall on turn 9 or 10. That’s usually enough time to keep the game going for the other allies. If you grab both London and Moscow its over. I expect to add perhaps a dozen other allies to that fight by turn 6, we’ll see if I can keep my timetable.
I currently have 50 units in that theater as do you if we count all European Germans plus you have 7 air units, 3 turns from now expect 28 more or 78 units…That’s a lot to hold Moscow with and if it falls, then I shouldn’t have pulled 10 units out for China…We’ll see what happens, I haven’t faced a Romanian factory yet.
Depending on the Chinese theater, I may be able to recall the Far East task force. :)
This will be a fun and exciting game.