@crockett36 All of the British battles posted above by me are above or at 90 percent. I can take one guy out of the iraq invasion, but I am not buzzing without an infantry. Those battles are also commited. The positioning of the fleet off London is debatable. I welcome your input.
I will take one more day on the British turn. Does the Yunnan stack work without the Brit figs? I will not use them defensively this early in the game. The problem with the dead zone is that if he sticks to the coast the Chinese must make for Hong Kong asap.
In OOB it’s 6 IPC extra to China for controlling the Burma road. 2 inf each turn. I’d say this is a big priority regarding countering japanese expansion. Right now it will be rather easy to control it, mainly because of the lucky outcome of the battle in Yunnan. Use it.
I don’t agree with z54 being a waste. It’s an outpost. The fleet pressures the DEI, which is an extremely important objective for J (20 IPC income), but also Philly, Paulau, Guam, Carolines and Marines. It’s not worth much in itself, but is a great positional square, reaching for other aims.
Anyhow, at this point I think Hawaii is the first outpost. We simply don’t want to lose Hawaii. An alternative is to block with a des, but then z54 would be a bit shaky, which is why I think consolidating the navy in z26 is a good move, which then also pressures z6/Korea.
I reiterate, US should focus most of its efforts in the Pac right now. Don’t leave the Pac.
I’m very conservative about building bases. It’s 15 IPC that won’t go into fighting units. What I see the nb in Mexico is a waste. It does not provide near enough advantages for what it costs (more or less 1 carrier).
There’s no need to rush things, but the Allies need to consolidate and prepare for counters.
With UK I’d go for Ethiopia instead of Tobruk, boost z97 and take Persia instead of Iraq. That’s my 2c.
You are of course the high commander, so the final decision is yours. I just try and provide thoughts, perspective and advice.
I will consider not doing Tobruk for this reason. If the Luftwaffe tries to sink a robust fleet it will spell doom for Germany so Italy must do it. In this event I can keep the sub and convoy all game.
54 is out of the question. To attack a fatal front is foolish to never use the ships but"threaten" is worse. Either I fortify Sidney or I do north lock. There will be no taking of worthless but strategically important islands.
I am open to build suggestions.
@crockett36 said in ABH and crockett36, (A+69) tutor game:
I am open to build suggestions.
If you crush the italians it’s sweet to have a mIC in Cairo immediately. We just don’t want to risk losing it.
Okay so let’s play musical jobs: the British home fleet will now be task Force ginger, steaming to oppose the ijn in the 39. The US will build task Force Olive to go to 91 and then either into med or project force over the Channel. It will have one transport with it. I will build two cvs and a destroyer.
The air in hono go Australia as does the transport with two infantry. The rest of the pack fleet go north and support an amphibious land into Kam. Here in the north Pacific we will have naval and air superiorityy. From here we combine with the Russian and drive towards a vc
@crockett36 said in ABH and crockett36, (A+69) tutor game:
I will consider not doing Tobruk for this reason. If the Luftwaffe tries to sink a robust fleet it will spell doom for Germany so Italy must do it. In this event I can keep the sub and convoy all game.
Yes, and Italy has the french fleet by Toulon to take care of as well. Might very well be worth it to sacrifice air in order to keep the fleet intact for maximum defense power. There is a surplus of air anyway in the area.
Shutting Italy out down like that will have a great impact on the continuation.
@crockett36 said in ABH and crockett36, (A+69) tutor game:
Okay so let’s play musical jobs: the British home fleet will now be task Force ginger, steaming to oppose the ijn in the 39. The US will build task Force Olive to go to 91 and then either into med or project force over the Channel. It will have one transport with it. I will build two cvs and a destroyer.
The air in hono go Australia as does the transport with two infantry. The rest of the pack fleet go north and support an amphibious land into Kam. Here in the north Pacific we will have naval and air superiorityy. From here we combine with the Russian and drive towards a vc
Feel free to try that strategy. I’ve never done it. Seems a bit cumbersome logistically to transfer all that fleet east instead of keeping pressure where they are. Will be interesting.
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0.0
Game History
Round: 1
Purchase Units - Americans
Americans buy 1 carrier, 2 destroyers and 2 fighters; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Politics - Americans
Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Eastern United States
Trigger Americans War Production Central: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Central United States
Trigger Americans War Production Western: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Western United States
Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Eastern United States
Trigger Americans War Production Central: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Central United States
Trigger Americans War Production Western: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Western United States
Combat Move - Americans
Trigger Americans Unrestricted Movement: Setting movementRestrictionTerritories cleared for rulesAttachment attached to Americans
1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 4 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Western United States to 4 Sea Zone
2 fighters moved from Hawaiian Islands to 4 Sea Zone
1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
1 bomber moved from Central United States to Alaska
1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
1 submarine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 24 Sea Zone
1 cruiser moved from 26 Sea Zone to 15 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Central United States to Western United States
3 mech_infantrys moved from Central United States to British Columbia
1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar
1 artillery moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 101 Sea Zone to 86 Sea Zone
1 armour moved from Central United States to Eastern United States
1 cruiser moved from 15 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
Non Combat Move - Americans
2 fighters moved from 4 Sea Zone to Soviet Far East
1 mech_infantry moved from 4 Sea Zone to Soviet Far East
1 infantry moved from 4 Sea Zone to Soviet Far East
1 tactical_bomber moved from 4 Sea Zone to Soviet Far East
1 artillery moved from 86 Sea Zone to Brazil
Americans take Brazil from Neutral_Allies
Place Units - Americans
1 carrier and 2 destroyers placed in 101 Sea Zone
2 fighters placed in 101 Sea Zone
Turn Complete - Americans
Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs
Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 62 PUs
Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Calling this Operation Endzone. Task force Vodka is set to completely dominate sz 6. Should buy Calcutta a turn or two. Will present to ABH before I leave for work at 8am. Comments are welcome.
@crockett36 Minor note: Placing the 2 ftrs on land rather than sea allows for flexibility in response. Still cover same water territories, but can go East/West as well.
TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0.0
Game History
Round: 1
Purchase Units - Americans
Americans buy 1 carrier, 2 destroyers and 2 fighters; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Politics - Americans
Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Eastern United States
Trigger Americans War Production Central: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Central United States
Trigger Americans War Production Western: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Americans in Western United States
Trigger Americans War Production Eastern: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Eastern United States
Trigger Americans War Production Central: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Central United States
Trigger Americans War Production Western: Americans has 1 factory_major placed in Western United States
Combat Move - Americans
Trigger Americans Unrestricted Movement: Setting movementRestrictionTerritories cleared for rulesAttachment attached to Americans
1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 4 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Western United States to 4 Sea Zone
2 fighters moved from Hawaiian Islands to 4 Sea Zone
1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
1 bomber moved from Central United States to Alaska
1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
1 submarine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 24 Sea Zone
1 cruiser moved from 26 Sea Zone to 15 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Central United States to Western United States
3 mech_infantrys moved from Central United States to British Columbia
1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar
1 artillery moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 101 Sea Zone to 86 Sea Zone
1 armour moved from Central United States to Eastern United States
1 cruiser moved from 15 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
Non Combat Move - Americans
2 fighters moved from 4 Sea Zone to Soviet Far East
1 mech_infantry moved from 4 Sea Zone to Soviet Far East
1 infantry moved from 4 Sea Zone to Soviet Far East
1 tactical_bomber moved from 4 Sea Zone to Soviet Far East
1 artillery moved from 86 Sea Zone to Brazil
Americans take Brazil from Neutral_Allies
Place Units - Americans
1 carrier and 2 destroyers placed in 101 Sea Zone
2 fighters placed in 101 Sea Zone
Turn Complete - Americans
Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs
Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 62 PUs
Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 67 PUs
Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 72 PUs
Turning on Edit Mode
EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 101 Sea Zone: 1 carrier and 2 fighters
EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 101 Sea Zone: 1 carrier
EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to Eastern United States: 2 fighters
EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
@crockett36 ABH this is the official US turn.
TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0.0
Game History
Round: 1
Purchase Units - Chinese
Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
Chinese buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;
Combat Move - Chinese
1 artillery, 1 fighter and 6 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan
1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Kweichow to Yunnan
2 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Shensi
1 infantry moved from Shensi to Szechwan
Combat - Chinese
Battle in Yunnan
Chinese attack with 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 8 infantry
Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
Chinese roll dice for 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 8 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 5/11 hits, 2.83 expected hits
Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
1 infantry owned by the Japanese, 1 artillery owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 7 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
Non Combat Move - Chinese
1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Burma
Place Units - Chinese
4 infantry placed in Yunnan
Turn Complete - Chinese
Chinese collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 16 PUs
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
Chinese regular : 2.17
Japanese regular : 0.33
@crockett36 official Chinese turn. I did the stack instead of making Yunnan a dead zone. get the bonus either way…
TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0.0
Game History
Round: 1
Combat Move - British
2 fighters moved from Scotland to 97 Sea Zone
1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
1 cruiser and 1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
2 fighters moved from Malta to 97 Sea Zone
1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 96 Sea Zone
1 artillery moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
1 cruiser moved from 39 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 71 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 71 Sea Zone
2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 71 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
1 destroyer moved from 71 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 76 Sea Zone to Ethiopia
1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Ethiopia
1 cruiser moved from 80 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
1 mech_infantry moved from Egypt to Ethiopia
1 armour moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
1 infantry moved from Alexandria to 98 Sea Zone
1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 76 Sea Zone
1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 76 Sea Zone to Ethiopia
2 artilleries moved from Alexandria to Egypt
1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 97 Sea Zone
3 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State
2 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
1 fighter moved from Burma to Yunnan
1 fighter moved from India to Yunnan
5 infantry moved from India to Burma
1 artillery moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
1 infantry moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
Combat Hit Differential Summary :
@crockett36 This is my Brit. Caved on not doing Tobruk and doing Ethiopia.
@crockett36 I will ask ABH for scramble orders tonight. Let me know what you think.
@crockett36 no scramble if that is you have that amount of forces in SZ97
