Farmboy (Axis) vs Elche (Allies + 18)

@farmboy J21.tsvg

Game History

Round: 21

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 1 artillery, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 9 infantry and 5 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 4 SuicideAttackTokens; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 destroyer moved from 33 Sea Zone to 49 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 33 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 33 Sea Zone to 31 Sea Zone
        4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 33 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone
        4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 33 Sea Zone to 49 Sea Zone
        4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 33 Sea Zone to 30 Sea Zone
        4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 33 Sea Zone to 31 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Caroline Islands to Solomon Islands
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Caroline Islands to 33 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 49 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 49 Sea Zone to Solomon Islands

    Combat - Japanese
        Battle in 46 Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 4 tactical_bombers
            ANZAC defend with 1 destroyer
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 46 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 destroyer in 46 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the ANZAC lost in 46 Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for ANZAC: 1 destroyer
        Battle in 31 Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 4 tactical_bombers
            Americans defend with 1 destroyer
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 31 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers in 31 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/8 hits, 4.67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer in 31 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the Americans lost in 31 Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
        Battle in 30 Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 4 tactical_bombers
            Americans defend with 1 carrier
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 30 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Americans
                Japanese roll dice for 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers in 30 Sea Zone, round 2 : 7/8 hits, 4.67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 carrier in 30 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 carrier owned by the Americans and 1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 30 Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine
            Casualties for Americans: 1 carrier
        Battle in 49 Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 4 tactical_bombers and 1 transport
            Americans defend with 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 transport
                Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 4 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 49 Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/9 hits, 5.00 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 49 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 49 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Americans, 1 destroyer owned by the Americans, 1 destroyer owned by the Japanese and 1 transport owned by the Americans lost in 49 Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 4 fighters, 4 tactical_bombers and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 13
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer
            Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and 1 transport
        Battle in Solomon Islands
            Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry
            Americans defend with 1 artillery
                Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry in Solomon Islands, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 artillery in Solomon Islands, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 artillery owned by the Americans lost in Solomon Islands
            Japanese win, taking Solomon Islands from ANZAC with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
            Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        1 bomber moved from Solomon Islands to New Britain
        4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 49 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 46 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 30 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from 31 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 33 Sea Zone to 30 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        3 submarines moved from 35 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        3 submarines moved from 36 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        1 carrier and 1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Japan to Caroline Islands
        1 infantry moved from Jehol to Manchuria
        1 aaGun moved from Anhwe to Jehol
        1 armour and 5 mech_infantrys moved from Kweichow to Jehol
        1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Szechwan
        3 artilleries moved from Szechwan to Yunnan
        1 infantry moved from Shan State to Yunnan
        4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Persia
        1 destroyer moved from 39 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from India to West India
        1 infantry moved from Burma to India
        1 infantry moved from New Guinea to Dutch New Guinea

    Place Units - Japanese
        1 submarine placed in 6 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 8 infantry placed in Japan
        1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Manchuria
        1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 37 Sea Zone
        3 submarines placed in 36 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 77 PUs; end with 77 PUs
        Objective Japanese 6 Home Islands: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 80 PUs
        Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 85 PUs
        Objective Japanese 3 Control Honolulu Or Sydney Or Calcutta Or Western United States: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 90 PUs
        Objective Japanese 2 Strategic Defense Perimeter: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 95 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : 0.83
Japanese regular : -1.67
ANZAC regular : -0.67

@farmboy Ita21.tsvg

Game History

Round: 21

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 airfield and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to 98 Sea Zone

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in 98 Sea Zone
            Italians attack with 1 bomber
            Americans defend with 2 transports
                2 transports owned by the Americans lost in 98 Sea Zone
            Italians win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
            Casualties for Americans: 2 transports

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        1 bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
        1 armour moved from Persia to Trans-Jordan
        1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy

    Place Units - Italians
        2 infantry placed in Southern Italy
        1 airfield placed in Northern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 6
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,6,3,5
        Italians collect 7 PUs (6 lost to blockades); end with 8 PUs
        Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 13 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

@elche I’ll get to this later, probably today. But I’ll assume max defense in Egypt. If the battle starts to look uncertain I’ll check in though.

I haven’t had a chance to calculate but I think even 10 flak hits won’t be enough. But we will see

@farmboy Ger22.tsvg

Your AA did well, but not well enough. I think this should be game unless you see an axis victory city in the European theatre that you can recapture on the next turn.

Game History

Round: 22

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 3 armour, 7 fighters, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        31 armour, 23 artilleries, 2 infantry and 29 mech_infantrys moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
        6 tactical_bombers moved from Persia to Egypt
        9 armour and 9 mech_infantrys moved from Iraq to Egypt
        5 fighters and 7 tactical_bombers moved from Southern Italy to Egypt
        4 bombers, 7 fighters and 7 tactical_bombers moved from Northern Italy to Egypt
        3 bombers moved from Western Germany to Egypt

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in Egypt
            Germans attack with 40 armour, 23 artilleries, 7 bombers, 12 fighters, 2 infantry, 38 mech_infantrys and 20 tactical_bombers
            British defend with 3 aaGuns, 20 armour, 6 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 10 fighters, 1 harbour, 5 infantry and 6 mech_infantrys; Americans defend with 1 aaGun, 1 artillery, 7 fighters and 2 infantry; Russians defend with 2 aaGuns, 4 armour, 5 artilleries, 2 fighters, 18 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
                Russians roll AA dice in Egypt : 4/18 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                4 fighters owned by the Germans lost in Egypt
                Germans roll dice for 40 armour, 23 artilleries, 7 bombers, 8 fighters, 2 infantry, 38 mech_infantrys and 20 tactical_bombers in Egypt, round 2 : 56/138 hits, 60.17 expected hits
                British roll dice for 6 aaGuns, 24 armour, 12 artilleries, 19 fighters, 25 infantry and 9 mech_infantrys in Egypt, round 2 : 41/89 hits, 40.00 expected hits
                3 mech_infantrys owned by the Russians, 18 infantry owned by the Russians, 6 mech_infantrys owned by the British, 3 aaGuns owned by the British, 1 aaGun owned by the Americans, 2 infantry owned by the Germans, 2 infantry owned by the Americans, 1 artillery owned by the Americans, 6 artilleries owned by the British, 5 infantry owned by the British, 4 armour owned by the British, 5 artilleries owned by the Russians, 12 artilleries owned by the Germans, 2 aaGuns owned by the Russians and 27 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans lost in Egypt
                Germans roll dice for 40 armour, 11 artilleries, 7 bombers, 8 fighters, 11 mech_infantrys and 20 tactical_bombers in Egypt, round 3 : 54/97 hits, 49.33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 20 armour and 19 fighters in Egypt, round 3 : 22/39 hits, 22.67 expected hits
                2 fighters owned by the Russians, 4 armour owned by the Russians, 11 artilleries owned by the Germans, 7 fighters owned by the Americans, 11 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans, 10 fighters owned by the British and 16 armour owned by the British lost in Egypt
            Germans win, taking Egypt from British with 40 armour, 7 bombers, 8 fighters and 20 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 233
            Casualties for Germans: 23 artilleries, 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 38 mech_infantrys
            Casualties for Americans: 1 aaGun, 1 artillery, 7 fighters and 2 infantry
            Casualties for British: 3 aaGuns, 20 armour, 6 artilleries, 10 fighters, 5 infantry and 6 mech_infantrys
            Casualties for Russians: 2 aaGuns, 4 armour, 5 artilleries, 2 fighters, 18 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        8 fighters and 20 tactical_bombers moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
        7 bombers moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
        1 mech_infantry moved from Persia to Trans-Jordan
        1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Iraq
        1 submarine moved from 124 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 125 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 2 marines moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 battleship, 4 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 infantry, 2 marines, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Southern France to Normandy Bordeaux
        3 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
        6 infantry moved from Northern Italy to France
        2 armour and 6 mech_infantrys moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy
        2 armour and 9 mech_infantrys moved from Bulgaria to Yugoslavia
        2 armour and 9 mech_infantrys moved from Yugoslavia to Northern Italy
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Turkmenistan to Eastern Persia

    Place Units - Germans
        3 armour placed in Iraq
        3 mech_infantrys placed in Persia
        3 fighters placed in 110 Sea Zone
        4 fighters and 1 infantry placed in Western Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 7
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 80 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,6
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,5,3,3
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 105 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,1
        Germans collect 71 PUs (7 lost to blockades); end with 72 PUs
        Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 77 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 82 PUs
        Objective Germans 6 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 88 PUs
        Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 93 PUs
        Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 15 PUs; end with 108 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 0.50
British regular : 0.33
Russians AA : 1.00

Gute Partie!

Ich bin mir sicher, dass ich in ein paar Monaten wieder spielen kann.

Wenn Sie einige Vorschläge wollen, ich habe ein paar. Es war ein langes Spiel, daher erinnere ich mich vielleicht nicht gut an einige der früheren Runden.

Sobald ich sowohl Indien als auch Moskau bekommen habe, ist es für die Alliierten so gut wie unmöglich, zurückzukommen, es sei denn, Sie haben bereits in Europa Fuß gefasst oder konnten die Inseln von Japan bekommen.
Ich hätte mir keine Sorgen gemacht, Italien zu nehmen. Es lohnt sich nur, wenn es billig ist und wenn es Ihnen einen (vorzugsweise amerikanischen) Halt in Europa ermöglicht, der nicht verdrängt werden kann. Sonst bringt es Deutschland nicht viel. Das hat Sie viel gekostet, und ich konnte es ziemlich leicht zurückbekommen. Es ist eine gute Idee, einen Konvoi zu bilden, aber normalerweise sind U-Boote dafür besser geeignet. Ich hätte diese Flotte stattdessen dazu benutzt, den Druck auf die Deutschen im Atlantik aufrechtzuerhalten (oder, wie ich unten sage, eine Landung in Griechenland zu unterstützen). Im Atlantik hat mich Ihre Flotte vielleicht gezwungen, den Nordatlantik (und dann wahrscheinlich Norwegen) aufzugeben oder noch mehr Flotten aufzubauen, die Moskau vielleicht etwas länger am Leben erhalten hätten.

Ich habe es geschafft, Sie davon abzuhalten, in Frankreich Fuß zu fassen. Um das zu umgehen, setze ich mich oft für Griechenland als Verbündete ein. Ich nehme es mit den Amerikanern und unterstütze es dann mit den Briten. Es ist am weitesten von deutschen Fabriken entfernt und daher für die Achse normalerweise am schwierigsten zu schützen, und Sie können dann eine US-Fabrik bauen und britische Einheiten aus Ägypten transportieren. Es macht es auch ziemlich einfach, Italien anzugreifen, und die Luft in Griechenland kann Deutschland und die deutsche Marine in 112/113 bedrohen und Moskau erreichen, um bei der Verteidigung zu helfen.
Wenn ich Ihnen Griechenland verweigern könnte, dann sollten die Alliierten überlegen, nach Spanien zu gehen. Wenn Moskau fällt, ist es wirklich wichtig, dass die Verbündeten zuerst irgendwo auf den Kontinent kommen, selbst wenn dies bedeutet, den Neutralen den Krieg zu erklären.

Auf der pazifischen Seite haben Sie meiner Meinung nach zu viele Blocker verwendet. Manchmal sind diese notwendig, sollten aber wirklich nur verwendet werden, wenn Sie sich dadurch einen Positionsvorteil gegenüber dem Gegner sichern wollen. Sie verlieren sonst zu viele Einheiten zu billig. Es ist oft besser, sich einfach zurückzuziehen, bis Sie stärker zurückkommen können, oder tatsächlich zu spielen und sie angreifen zu lassen. Seeschlachten sind selbst bei sehr guten Chancen riskante Unternehmungen. Der Rechner geht davon aus, dass man alle Träger beschädigt, bevor stärkere Einheiten Schaden erleiden. Wenn meine Luft also keinen alternativen Landeplatz hat, gehen diese guten Chancen davon aus, dass meine gesamte überlebende Luft auf See verloren geht, weil ich zuerst die Träger beschädigen musste. Weil ich wusste, dass ich mit Deutschland gewinnen würde, würde ich die US-Flotte nicht einmal mit einer Quote von fast 100 % angreifen, weil es dieses Risiko einfach nicht wert war. Mein Punkt hier ist, dass Sie diese Einheiten wahrscheinlich besser konservieren und sich dem Risiko eines Angriffs aussetzen sollten. (Wegen der Blocker habe ich die Quoten zwar nicht überprüft, glaube aber nicht, dass ich bei 100% gewesen wäre und ich hätte es sonst nicht versucht.
Die andere Sache auf der pazifischen Seite ist, dass Sie wertvollere Einheiten zu billig gehandelt haben, um sich Landungen zu sichern. Ich würde keinen Kreuzer opfern, um eine Insel einzunehmen, es sei denn, es ist Teil einer Strategie, die Japan dauerhaft eine der Geldinseln verweigert. Dies machte Ihre Flotte schwächer und somit für Japan einfacher, sie außen vor zu halten.

Wenn ich Verbündete spiele, versuche ich, sowohl US- als auch ANZAC-Transporter zu benutzen, um die Inseln zu erobern. Ein Ziel ist es, die US-NOs zu schnappen. Eine andere besteht darin, Japan zu zwingen, seine Transporter gegen Verbündete einzutauschen, weil es dann nicht für Flotten ausgibt, um mit den USA zu konkurrieren, oder für Landeinheiten, um Indien zu bedrohen. Ich verwende dafür besonders gerne ANZAC. Die USA sind letztendlich die größte Bedrohung für Japan im Pazifik, also möchte ich diese Einheiten nach Möglichkeit bewahren und Anzac (oder britische Einheiten) ausgeben, um Japan zu schwächen. Ein anderer ist positionell. Ich versuche, die Karolinen zu halten (und oft werde ich mich später für Marianen entscheiden, was, wenn es sicher ist und einen Marinestützpunkt hat, noch besser ist), weil eine Flotte dort sowohl mehrere japanische Gebiete von Japan selbst als auch die Küstengebiete von Korea bis FIC bedroht alle Inseln. Wenn Japan seine Flotte nach Süden verlegt, um seine Inseln zu schützen, kann es in Japan keine weitere Flotte aufbauen und muss sich um Landungen in Korea und der Mandschurei sorgen. Befindet sich die Flotte in Japan, erschließt sie die Inseln im Süden. Ich benutze andere Transportmittel (insbesondere die von ANZAC), um die Geldinseln zu erreichen (insbesondere Java, weil es nicht aus der Luft angegriffen werden kann, es sei denn, es werden auch Träger auf den Philippinen hinzugezogen). Um sie sicher zurückzuerobern, muss Japan normalerweise Träger verlegen und dann die gesamte Flotte verlegen oder Blocker begehen. Sie sind dann für mich out of position wenn ich irgendwo drücke.

I put the German translation below but just in case there were errors in it, here is the English.

Good game!

I’m sure I will be up to play in a couple of months.

If you want some suggestions, I have a couple. It’s been a long game so I may not remember some of the earlier turns well.

Once I got both India and Moscow, it is pretty much impossible for the Allies to come back unless you already have a foothold in Europe or have been able to get the islands from Japan.
I wouldn’t have worried about taking Italy. It I s only worth doing if it is cheap, and if allows you a (American preferably) foothold on Europe that can’t be dislodged. Otherwise it doesn’t do much to Germany. This cost you a lot, and I was able to get it back fairly easily. It’s a good idea to convoy, but usually subs are better for that. I would have instead used that fleet to keep the pressure on the Germans in the Atlantic (or as I say below, support a landing in Greece). In the Atlantic your fleet may have forced me to concede the North Atlantic (and then likely Norway) or build yet more fleet which might have kept Moscow alive a bit longer.

I managed to keep you from getting a foothold in France. To get around that I often go for Greece as Allies. I take it with the Americans and then support it with the British. It’s the farthest away from German factories and so is usually the hardest one for the axis to protect and you can then build a US factory and ferry uk units from Egypt. It also makes attacking Italy pretty easy and air in Greece can threaten Germanies, the German navy in 112/113, and reach Moscow to help in the defense.
If I was able to deny you Greece, than the Allies should consider going for Spain. If Moscow is going to fall, its really important that the allies can get on the continent somewhere first even if means declaring war on neutrals.
On the pacific side, I think you used too many blockers. Sometimes these are necessary but really should only be used when it means you are going to secure a positional advantage over the opponent. You lose too many units too cheaply otherwise. Its often better to just retreat until you can come back stronger or actually to gamble and let them attack. Naval battles even with very good odds are risky propositions. The calculator assumes that one damages all the carriers before taking damage to stronger units. So unless my air has an alternative place to land, those good odds assume all my surviving air are lost at sea because I had to damage the carriers first. Because I knew I was going to win with Germany, I wasn’t going to attack the US fleet even with odds close to a 100% because it simply wasn’t worth that risk. My point here is that you were probably better to conserve those units and open yourself up to the risk of attack. (because of the blockers I didn’t check the odds though but don’t think I would have been at 100% and I wouldn’t have gone for it otherwise.
The other thing on the pacific side is that you traded more valuable units too cheaply to secure landings. I wouldn’t sacrifice a cruiser to take an island unless it is part of a strategy that will permanently deny one of the money islands to Japan. This made your fleet weaker and thus easier for Japan to keep it on the outside.
When I play allies I try to use both US and ANZAC transports to grab the islands. One goal is to grab the US NOs. Another is to force Japan to trade its transports for allied ones because it is then not spending on fleet to compete with the US or land units to threaten India. I especially like to use ANZAC ones for this. The US is ultimately the major threat to Japan in the pacific so where possible I want to conserve those units and spend anzac (or UK ones) to weaken Japan. Another is positional. I try to hold Caroline Islands (and often later I will go for Marianas which, if safe and with a naval base, is even better) because a fleet there both threatens multiple Japanese territories from Japan itself, the coastal territories from Korea to FIC and all the islands. If Japan commits its fleet south to protect its islands, it can’t safely build more fleet in Japan, and has to worry about landings in Korea and Manchuria. If the fleet is in Japan, it opens up the islands in the South. I use other transports (especially ANZAC ones) to grab the money islands (especially Java because it can’t be attacked by air unless carriers are brought in as well). In order to safely retake them, Japan usually needs to move carriers and then they need to move the whole fleet or commit blockers. They are then out of position for me when I push somewhere.

I realized I had a few errors in the English (which might impact on the German translation) Hopefully it is clear enough.