FMERommel (Axis) vs Desert Admiral (Allies+16)

Except we are both just putting blocker inf into SE Asia and conserving our main force.  Same as with eastern front with Ger/Rus, except where the enemy can blitz a large force into a critical area.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0

Game History

Round: 5

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 artillery and 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 armour moved from Bessarabia to Bulgaria
            1 submarine moved from 97 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 97 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy

Place Units - Italians
            3 infantry placed in Southern Italy
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 17 PUs; end with 18 PUs

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Those French are busy little bees, moving around Russia and stinging me by India.  Don’t know why I left my sub there, it didn’t do any convoy damage.

How could I forget the French Foreign Legion. 
Listening to an audiobook titled “The Storm of War”, a history of WWII. Interesting so far.  Ger captured Nor in a day and just beat the Brit invasion force before it sailed.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0

Game History

Round: 6

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans repair damage of 5x factory_minor; Remaining resources: 51 PUs;
            Germans buy 4 artilleries, 7 mech_infantrys and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine
            1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Western Ukraine
            1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 bomber moved from Belarus to Smolensk
            1 bomber moved from Belarus to Western Ukraine
            1 fighter moved from Belarus to Western Ukraine
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Belarus to Ukraine
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Belarus to Smolensk

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Smolensk
                Germans attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 2 infantry
                British defend with 1 fighter; Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 2 infantry in Smolensk, round 2 :  3/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Smolensk, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 fighter owned by the British lost in Smolensk
                Germans win, taking Smolensk from Russians with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 13
                Casualties for British: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Ukraine
                Germans attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 1 armour; Russians defend with 1 factory_minor
                    Germans roll dice for 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Ukraine, round 2 :  2/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 armour in Ukraine, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 armour owned by the British lost in Ukraine
                Germans win, taking Ukraine from Russians with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 armour
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Germans attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Russians defend with 2 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 :  2/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Western Ukraine
                Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 bomber moved from Smolensk to Western Germany
            1 bomber moved from Western Ukraine to Western Germany
            1 fighter moved from Ukraine to Belarus
            1 fighter moved from Western Ukraine to Belarus
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Ukraine to Belarus
            1 infantry moved from Karelia to Novgorod
            1 infantry moved from Finland to Karelia
            1 transport moved from 115 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Poland to 114 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 119 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 112 Sea Zone to 119 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 115 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from France to Southern France
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from France to Northern Italy
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Slovakia Hungary
            4 armour and 6 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            4 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            1 infantry moved from Finland to Karelia
            1 aaGun moved from Poland to Baltic States
            1 armour moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 114 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from 113 Sea Zone to Norway

Place Units - Germans
            3 artilleries placed in Novgorod
            1 submarine placed in 112 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry placed in Western Germany
            6 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 49 PUs; end with 50 PUs
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 55 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 60 PUs

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 5 times
            2 was rolled 2 times
            3 was rolled 4 times
            5 was rolled 4 times
            6 was rolled 2 times
        Average roll : 3.118
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 1.312
        Standard Deviation : 1.146
        Total rolls : 17

Germans Combat
            1 was rolled 4 times
            2 was rolled 2 times
            3 was rolled 3 times
            5 was rolled 2 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 2.750
        Median : 2.500
        Variance : 0.909
        Standard Deviation : 0.953
        Total rolls : 12

Russians Combat
            1 was rolled 1 times
            3 was rolled 1 times
            5 was rolled 2 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 4.000
        Median : 5.000
        Variance : 1.750
        Standard Deviation : 1.323
        Total rolls : 5

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The Ger fought better than the Rus in Smolensk.  Altho I would have preferred saving bad Rus dice for a battle that wasn’t a lost cause anyway.  What, the Siberian army is retreating?  Didn’t like the thought of a massive Jpn invasion force?
Brit is ferrying ftrs from Egypt IC > Bry in one turn.  Brit is making too much money, but I can’t take away its N.O. on a long-term basis.  I’ve got to find a way to divert Brit attention, but its cheap.  Japan will have to invade where it doesn’t activate the Mongolian rule.

I meant to hold back a mech or 2 in E. Pol, but got carried away taking the entire force to Belarus.  I knew that I should have saved an inf in Bess, so that this wouldn’t have happened.

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0

Game History

Round: 6

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 2 armour, 1 artillery, 2 destroyers, 1 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens;

Politics - Japanese
            Japanese takes Political Action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Japanese and Russians from Neutrality to War
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Chinese from Neutrality to Allied
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Dutch from Neutrality to Friendly

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 transport moved from 20 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 5 Sea Zone to Soviet Far East
            1 infantry moved from Chahar to Suiyuyan
            2 fighters moved from Manchuria to Suiyuyan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Hopei to Shensi
            1 mech_infantry moved from Kweichow to Shensi
            1 armour moved from Szechwan to Shensi
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Jehol to Shensi
            3 bombers moved from Kwangsi to India
            2 fighters moved from Yunnan to India
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to Shensi
            1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to Burma
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from French Indo China to Shan State
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Kwangsi to Shan State
            1 submarine moved from 44 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 35 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone

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Intercept with 2 UKP ftrs in India?  Jpn bombing with 3 bombers and 2 escorts.

I assumed so considering the odds and I could take ftrs as hits.  Things went well for Japan, I feel better about the situation.  I suddenly have a major force in SE Asia.