15L Playoff Rd2: [4] JDOW (Axis) vs. [8] Gamerman01 (Allies +25)

Sir, I wanna put the 2 great southern German Mech to WGR. I Hope you don’t mind. Nothing to do with Russia.

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

Game History

Round: 18

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese repair damage of 6x factory_minor; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 54 PUs;
            Japanese buy 4 armour, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Greater Southern Germany: 2 mech_infantrys
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Western Germany: 2 mech_infantrys
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 infantry moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Shan State to 37 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            2 fighters moved from 37 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 44 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 artillery moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 36 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 artillery moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            2 tactical_bombers moved from 36 Sea Zone to Java
            4 fighters moved from 37 Sea Zone to Java
            2 bombers moved from Siam to Java
            1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Java
            1 armour moved from Yunnan to Burma
                  Japanese take Burma from UK_Pacific
            1 armour moved from Burma to Yunnan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Yenisey
                  Japanese take Yenisey from Russians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Sikang to Turkmenistan
                  Japanese take Turkmenistan from Russians
            1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Java

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Java
                Japanese attack with 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 6 fighters, 4 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                ANZAC defend with 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry; Americans defend with 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Java from ANZAC with 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 4 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 fighters and 1 infantry
            Battle in Sumatra
                Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry
                Americans defend with 1 artillery
                Japanese win, taking Sumatra from Americans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -9
                Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 fighter and 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            3 carriers moved from 37 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            4 fighters moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Java to Shan State
            1 artillery moved from Malaya to Shan State
            2 carriers moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Sumatra to 37 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Celebes to 37 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Siam to 37 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Kiangsu to 19 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Yunnan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Hunan to Szechwan
            1 armour moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            5 mech_infantrys moved from Shan State to Szechwan
            6 mech_infantrys moved from Siam to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Kwangsi
            1 mech_infantry moved from Kiangsu to Hunan
            1 infantry moved from Shensi to Sikang
            1 bomber moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Shan State
            1 bomber moved from Russia to Shan State
            1 fighter moved from Kazakhstan to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China
            1 armour moved from Sikang to Szechwan
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            1 armour moved from Shan State to Szechwan
            1 aaGun moved from Tsagaan Olom to Kansu
            1 aaGun and 2 artilleries moved from French Indo China to Shan State

Place Units - Japanese
            2 infantry placed in Kiangsu
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Malaya
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in French Indo China
            1 armour placed in French Indo China
            1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 6 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 70 PUs; end with 71 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs

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Give your Pacific AA gunners a medal after that game. 7/18. :oops:
And with Iraq and Sumatra you also had two 1-3% results this turn ;)
Japan paid their debts for Java!

They consider this even now on their all time money high,  :mrgreen:
Japan had a rough time but the willpower of the empire couldn’t be broken yet.

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

Game History

Round: 18

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese repair damage of 6x factory_minor; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 54 PUs;
            Japanese buy 4 armour, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Greater Southern Germany: 2 mech_infantrys
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Western Germany: 2 mech_infantrys
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 infantry moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Shan State to 37 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            2 fighters moved from 37 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 44 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 artillery moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 36 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 artillery moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            2 tactical_bombers moved from 36 Sea Zone to Java
            4 fighters moved from 37 Sea Zone to Java
            2 bombers moved from Siam to Java
            1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Java
            1 armour moved from Yunnan to Burma
                  Japanese take Burma from UK_Pacific
            1 armour moved from Burma to Yunnan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Yenisey
                  Japanese take Yenisey from Russians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Sikang to Turkmenistan
                  Japanese take Turkmenistan from Russians
            1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Java

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Java
                Japanese attack with 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 6 fighters, 4 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                ANZAC defend with 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry; Americans defend with 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Java from ANZAC with 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 4 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 fighters and 1 infantry
            Battle in Sumatra
                Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry
                Americans defend with 1 artillery
                Japanese win, taking Sumatra from Americans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -9
                Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 fighter and 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            3 carriers moved from 37 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            4 fighters moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Java to Shan State
            1 artillery moved from Malaya to Shan State
            2 carriers moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Sumatra to 37 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Celebes to 37 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Siam to 37 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Kiangsu to 19 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Yunnan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Hunan to Szechwan
            1 armour moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            5 mech_infantrys moved from Shan State to Szechwan
            6 mech_infantrys moved from Siam to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Kwangsi
            1 mech_infantry moved from Kiangsu to Hunan
            1 infantry moved from Shensi to Sikang
            1 bomber moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Shan State
            1 bomber moved from Russia to Shan State
            1 fighter moved from Kazakhstan to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China
            1 armour moved from Sikang to Szechwan
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            1 armour moved from Shan State to Szechwan
            1 aaGun moved from Tsagaan Olom to Kansu
            1 aaGun and 2 artilleries moved from French Indo China to Shan State

Place Units - Japanese
            2 infantry placed in Kiangsu
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Malaya
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in French Indo China
            1 armour placed in French Indo China
            1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 6 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 70 PUs; end with 71 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Yunnan: 1 fighter
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Northwest Persia: 1 fighter
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

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

Game History

Round: 18

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese repair damage of 6x factory_minor; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 54 PUs;
            Japanese buy 4 armour, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Greater Southern Germany: 2 mech_infantrys
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Western Germany: 2 mech_infantrys
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 infantry moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Shan State to 37 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            2 fighters moved from 37 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Celebes to 44 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 44 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 artillery moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 36 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 artillery moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            2 tactical_bombers moved from 36 Sea Zone to Java
            4 fighters moved from 37 Sea Zone to Java
            2 bombers moved from Siam to Java
            1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Java
            1 armour moved from Yunnan to Burma
                  Japanese take Burma from UK_Pacific
            1 armour moved from Burma to Yunnan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Yenisey
                  Japanese take Yenisey from Russians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Sikang to Turkmenistan
                  Japanese take Turkmenistan from Russians
            1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Java

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Java
                Japanese attack with 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 6 fighters, 4 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                ANZAC defend with 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry; Americans defend with 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Java from ANZAC with 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 4 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 fighters and 1 infantry
            Battle in Sumatra
                Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry
                Americans defend with 1 artillery
                Japanese win, taking Sumatra from Americans with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -9
                Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 fighter and 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            3 carriers moved from 37 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            4 fighters moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Java to Shan State
            1 artillery moved from Malaya to Shan State
            2 carriers moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Sumatra to 37 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Celebes to 37 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Siam to 37 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Kiangsu to 19 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Yunnan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Hunan to Szechwan
            1 armour moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            5 mech_infantrys moved from Shan State to Szechwan
            6 mech_infantrys moved from Siam to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Kwangsi
            1 mech_infantry moved from Kiangsu to Hunan
            1 infantry moved from Shensi to Sikang
            1 bomber moved from Buyant-Uhaa to Shan State
            1 bomber moved from Russia to Shan State
            1 fighter moved from Kazakhstan to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China
            1 armour moved from Sikang to Szechwan
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
            1 armour moved from Shan State to Szechwan
            1 aaGun moved from Tsagaan Olom to Kansu
            1 aaGun and 2 artilleries moved from French Indo China to Shan State

Place Units - Japanese
            2 infantry placed in Kiangsu
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Malaya
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in French Indo China
            1 armour placed in French Indo China
            1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 6 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 70 PUs; end with 71 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Yunnan: 1 fighter
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Northwest Persia: 1 fighter
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Shan State: 2 bombers
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Borneo: 2 bombers
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

triplea_37262_Jap18.tsvg

Wow. My initial statement is: I learned from the best! That made me patient enough to understand the whole dynamics of the game and that an Axis win is NOT a race against the clock as many players think.

I said during the match: In case I lose I cannot blame the dice. And it would be ridiculous to believe I could just beat the back to back league champion without any support of the dice with a 25 bid which is the highest you ever got if I remember correctly.
Although the dice evened out through the whole match (which somehow supported to prolong the misery you mentioned) I admit that the early great German dice made the dice axis-friendly alltogether.

It is a bit ironic because you said after UK1 that the G1 dice are forgotten because your UK dice were stunning, too, so were almost all UK turns and most US turns! But great dice in UK1 even backfired given the G2 dice as a regular UK1 would have been less costly for you as you take air down in order to keep as much in 97 as possible.

With this advantage I was very comfortable after 5 turns to turn the position into an economic victory but I did not experience yet at this point what the best Allies Player in the league is capable of.
In hindsight I would have pushed more towards India but I was sure that my J11ish plan to stack Burma with the Caro troops would work and I got surprised by your big defense move, although it had a price, too. I was wondering where the game would have gone without that Caro-thing that went great for the Allies but that still might not have been horrible for Japan compared to a non-battle situation.