Tutor game: trulpen (X) vs Avner [and everyone else] (A+23) BM3

Des are a good buy for ANZAC, although I think sub and air are the primary units for them, with the occasional tr in order to threaten amphis. Buying carriers is a bit of a waste, something which US instead should take responsibility for. Aussie air on US carriers makes a pretty strong threat.

Tutor trulpen vs Avner (+23) BM3.tsvg

Game History

Round: 4

   Research Technology - Germans



   Purchase Units - Germans

       Germans buy 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 8 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 



   Combat Move - Germans

       1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine

             Germans take Ukraine from Russians

       1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine

       1 infantry moved from Finland to 127 Sea Zone

       1 infantry moved from Karelia to 127 Sea Zone

       2 infantry moved from 127 Sea Zone to Archangel

       6 infantry moved from Karelia to Novgorod

       1 infantry moved from Vyborg to Novgorod

       19 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus

       5 artilleries moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus

       2 infantry moved from Baltic States to Belarus

       1 mech_infantry moved from Baltic States to Belarus

       1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Baltic States to Western Ukraine

       1 bomber moved from Greece to Novgorod

       1 bomber moved from Greece to Novgorod

       3 mech_infantrys moved from Poland to Belarus

       3 armour moved from Romania to Belarus

       1 tactical_bomber moved from Baltic States to Western Ukraine



   Combat - Germans

       Battle in Archangel

       Battle in Novgorod

           Germans attack with 2 bombers and 7 infantry

           Russians defend with 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 2 infantry

               Germans roll dice for 2 bombers and 7 infantry in Novgorod, round 2 : 3/9 hits, 2,50 expected hits

               Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Novgorod, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits

               2 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Novgorod

           Germans win, taking Archangel from Russians, taking Novgorod from Russians with 2 bombers and 7 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6

           Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry

       Battle in Western Ukraine

           Germans attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers

           Russians defend with 1 infantry

               Germans roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1,83 expected hits

               Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits

               1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Western Ukraine

           Germans win with 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0

           Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry

           Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry

       Battle in Belarus

           Germans attack with 3 armour, 5 artilleries, 21 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys

           Russians defend with 1 infantry

               Germans roll dice for 3 armour, 5 artilleries, 21 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys in Belarus, round 2 : 9/33 hits, 8,17 expected hits

               Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Belarus, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits

               1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Belarus

           Germans win, taking Belarus from Russians with 3 armour, 5 artilleries, 21 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3

           Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry



   Non Combat Move - Germans

       1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Archangel

       1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Archangel

       5 armour and 13 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus

       1 aaGun moved from Baltic States to Belarus

       1 aaGun moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus

       1 aaGun moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine

       2 aaGuns moved from Germany to Western Germany

       9 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland

       1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland

       2 bombers moved from Novgorod to Eastern Poland

       1 aaGun moved from Karelia to Novgorod

       2 submarines moved from 110 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone

       3 fighters moved from Greece to Gibraltar

       1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Alexandria to Gibraltar

       3 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Romania

       1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone



   Place Units - Germans

       2 fighters placed in Western Germany

       2 mech_infantrys placed in Western Germany

       2 infantry placed in France

       2 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

       2 mech_infantrys placed in Western Germany

       2 mech_infantrys placed in Germany



   Turn Complete - Germans

       Germans collect 48 PUs; end with 48 PUs

       Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 53 PUs

       Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 2 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

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians regular : -0,33

Germans regular : 1,50

Getting solid control over Leningrad, Archangel and Belarus. From the latter a serious invasion of Moscow is threatened with 19 mech, 10 tank, 1 fig, 2 tac, 2 sb. The problem for Russia is that blocking Smolensk will be costly, but it’s the only alternative from evacuating Bryansk.

Now the sub is no longer needed in z125. Would love to put it in the Atlantic to deny UK it’s NO, but consider it to be mostly wasteful at this moment. Keep it safe in z113 instead. The other 2 subs scurry down to z92 in order to help out with the defence of the italian tr.

Landing 4 fig, 2 tac in Gibraltar, counting on it to hold against an allied onslaught. It’s also a reason for building 2 fig in WG instead of only mechs and 1-2 inf. Also now preparing for the defence of the western front having 2 inf, 4 mech and a lot of air ready to strike.

Barbarossa still needs some love, so aim to send more mechs over there. Mechs are Germany’s golden unit (quote from @axis-dominion).

Also, it might seen like a waste to go in with an expensive aa in Ukraine. They are mainly defensive units, but here they actually work on the offence. The point is that Russia will either have to use some more land units, including art, which will likely be dead next turn, or risk it’s valuable and hard to replace air-force.

With Germany having a greater income than Russia, attrition is benificial.

Another point I should make, which I believe I’ve already mentioned, is that we can now see the advantage of taking the northern route over Belarus. If the german stack had moved south in order to secure control over Ukraine and the factory, Russia would have a much easier task of stacking Bryansk. Now with the threat on Moscow, staying in Bryansk should be rather difficult.

If Russia decides to stack Smolensk with enough to be safe against the italian can-opener of 1 tank, 2 fig, 1 sb, then Germany can easily crush it with it’s full force and stack in Smolensk instead. As long as the stack is strong enough to hold against a counter-attack, of course.

This would delay claiming Bryansk for one turn, but atleast to a likely big cost for Russia, so it’s still a win-win.

Tough for Russia to lose a fig.

No problem. You can change it if you want to.