Thank you for your input and play tests. Thinking for the money I might just drop troops and planes and start marching lol. If I could just get a few tanks behind Russia or into the middle east it would make for some entertainment.
I use this strategy every time I play Russia. In additon I build Mech Inf. in Calcutta so as to link up with Chinese and Russian forces as quick as possible.
If they hold up the gaps, they are defensive in a sense. I like them to get back from the coast, consolidate and crawl back to Moscow or threaten Japanese gains in the north. I don’t like a straight run back unless Germany skips sea lion for a pure barbarossa