G40 2nd Ed. 2xAxe v tinydictator (+9 Allies)

Hm, automatic posting doesn’t seem to work. US attached.

I reconsidered some of the Russian moves indeed, you were right that I was putting a little bit too much emphasis on defending Leningrad.

I also edited your transport in sz8 away which I forgot to take with my bomber from Hawaii (I missed my train yesterday so I took the one leaving at 6:20 this morning - I’m pleading the insanity defense…)

You’re doing some pretty interesting stuff in the med (I think, at least). And I admit you’re forcing the US to engage a bit more in the pacific than I’d actually like. Let’s see how this is all going to work out.

For your convenience:

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 2 bombers, 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to France
            EDIT: 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Bryansk
            EDIT: 1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Bryansk
            EDIT: 1 infantry moved from Belarus to Bryansk
            1 submarine moved from 43 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone

Combat - Americans
            Americans creates battle in territory 10 Sea Zone
            Strategic bombing raid in France
                Bombing raid in France rolls: 6 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in France causes 6 damage total.
            Battle in 41 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 submarine
                Japanese defend with 1 transport
                Americans win, taking 41 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport

Non Combat Move - Americans
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from 8 Sea Zone: 1 transport
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 bomber moved from France to United Kingdom
            1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 89 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 101 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 10 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Hawaiian Islands to Western United States
            1 fighter moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands
            2 submarines moved from 10 Sea Zone to 15 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from Western United States to Eastern United States
            1 infantry moved from 101 Sea Zone to Eastern United States
            1 infantry moved from 101 Sea Zone to Central United States
            1 armour moved from Western United States to Central United States
            1 mech_infantry moved from Southeast Mexico to Central United States

Place Units - Americans
            2 bombers and 1 infantry placed in Western United States
            1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 submarine and 1 transport placed in 10 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 10 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,2
            Americans collect 48 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 48 PUs total
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 53 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 63 PUs

And the Chinese (hope that the bloody mobile internet gets working again…)

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Chahar
                  Chinese take Chahar from Japanese

Combat - Chinese

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Shensi to Szechwan
            1 infantry moved from Shensi to Suiyuyan
            1 fighter moved from Shensi to Sikang

Place Units - Chinese
            4 infantry placed in Sikang
            1 infantry placed in Suiyuyan
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Chinese to Suiyuyan: 1 fighter
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Chinese from Sikang: 1 fighter
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 8 PUs; end with 8 PUs total

UK attached. I re-rolled the UK combat move once, as the first time the result was:

Iraq: 1 Inf, 1 ftr, 1 tac, 1 bmb vs 3 inf: 1 hit for me, 2 hits for Iraq after one round
Yunnan: 2 Inf, 1 Art, 1 Ftr vs 3 inf: 1 hit for me, 3 hits for Japan after 2 rounds

That was just more than I could take right now (in particular with you attacking Szwchuan and not loosing a single plane). The Iraq roll was the same on the second try (so I guess I’m still cooked) and I took one more Inf in Yunnan to bring my odds above 90% (which I guess also means I’m in deep trouble, spending my UK infantery like candy there).

Count it as a win for you if you want, but I want to see where this goes without two freak rolls in one turn.

The internet in the train didn’t really work…

Looking at the post again maybe I overreacted a bit by rerolling. I don’t know. Hope you are ok with it.

I agree that my US move was a mistake. I should either have moved the entire fleet there or I should have withheld the carrier. But anyway, by now the allies are pretty much ready to start operations in Europe, and once things in the american sector of the pacific are a bit more secure, all these bombers (or at least most of them) can fly over to Europe.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 2 fighters and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 destroyer moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales
            1 infantry moved from New South Wales to South Australia
            2 fighters moved from Hawaiian Islands to New Zealand

Place Units - ANZAC
            2 fighters and 1 mech_infantry placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 14 PUs total

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 3

Combat Move - French
            1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
                  French take 20 Sea Zone from Japanese
            3 infantry moved from Morocco to Algeria

Combat - French

Do you spend any kamikaze attacks to defend your trn against the French DD in sz19?

(I told you not to underestimate the French!  :-D)

to speed things up a bit, I’ll proceed on the assumption that your are not going to waste your kamikazes on this. If you do want to do it, just load the combat move file, do the kamikaze and edit the result for the fight in Algeria.

wooooot!!!

never, NEVER underestmate the French!!!

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 3

Combat Move - French
            1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
                  French take 20 Sea Zone from Japanese
            3 infantry moved from Morocco to Algeria

Combat - French
            Battle in 19 Sea Zone
                French attack with 1 destroyer
                Japanese defend with 1 transport
                French win, taking 19 Sea Zone from Japanese with 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport
            Battle in Algeria
                French attack with 3 infantry
                Italians defend with 2 infantry
                French win, taking Algeria from Italians with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for French: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - French
            1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to Anglo Egyptian Sudan

Turn Complete - French

I was indeed thinking about that. I thought that the defense treaty with Mongolia is only triggered/invalidated by moving into any territory adjacent to Mongolia?

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 1 artillery, 9 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            2 infantry moved from Bryansk to Ukraine
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Bryansk to Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Karelia
                  Russians take Karelia from Germans
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Novgorod to Baltic States
            2 armour moved from Bryansk to Baltic States
            1 armour moved from Bryansk to Baltic States

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Ukraine
                Russians attack with 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 1 factory_minor, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Russians win, taking Ukraine from Germans with 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in Baltic States
                Russians attack with 3 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Russians win, taking Baltic States from Germans with 3 armour and 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Germans: 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Ukraine to Russia
            1 aaGun moved from Novgorod to Baltic States
            1 infantry moved from Archangel to Belarus
            1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Archangel to Novgorod
            1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Caucasus
            1 artillery moved from Rostov to Caucasus
            1 armour moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
            6 infantry moved from Timguska to Novosibirsk
            1 aaGun and 6 infantry moved from Yenisey to Timguska
            3 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Yenisey
            1 infantry moved from Amur to Buryatia
            5 artilleries moved from Bryansk to Russia
            4 armour moved from Bryansk to Vologda
            1 mech_infantry moved from Bryansk to Vologda
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Russia to Vologda
            1 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk
            2 infantry moved from Russia to Vologda
            2 infantry moved from Bryansk to Tambov
            1 aaGun moved from Bryansk to Tambov
            2 aaGuns and 15 infantry moved from Bryansk to Russia

Place Units - Russians
            3 infantry placed in Novgorod
            1 mech_infantry placed in Volgograd
            1 artillery and 6 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 34 PUs; end with 34 PUs total

ok, well.

Here comes Russia. Featuring another chapter from “hit and run tactics gone wrong”.