NCS, I think you’ll find much of Asia irrelevant to the Allies. Barring KJF, Japan always takes Ind, Sfe, Yak, Sin and Chi, it makes little difference if they get these in rd 2 or 3, But what is important is that the Russian troops don’t get killed. Retreat, retreat, retreat…then whn J tries to move to Novo you attack with at least 7-10 inf, 5-7 arm, 2 ftrs. You can do 2 rds of strafe and severly hurt Japan.Â
Remember our game, granted there was no bid to Asia, but the principal is still the same.
Russia (and the Allies) do not need to engage the Japanese till they approach Novo, which won’t be till rd 3.
Which means Russia needs to take on Germany for the first 3-4 rds then can start to turn its attention to Japan because UK and US troops will now be arriving in Kar.
Once Germany is boxed in in Europe, Russia can hold off Japan indefinitely.
UK can easily trade Ind for kicking out Ger in Egy (and Afr), and if you can do it with out any extra shipments Germany is going to be trouble.
I just did my turn against AS, and I easily traded my 3 inf, 1 ftr, 1 bom for his 4 inf, 1 arm in egy, and he placed 4 inf there to start. 2 extra inf in Lib, will not be enough to scare the Allies.
J will get the added boost of Ind, but it still takes newly purchased units 2-3 turns to hit the front. I’m betting I can hold down Ger enough, before these troops really have an effect.