don’t see what else i could do with it but huddle together and hope you wound yourself
perhaps when this is over you can give me some tips. i’m clueless in the pacific. america can always spend more on fleet if japan wants to help germans
my reasoning was that you can’t take japan and kill both fleets
AA calc had me at 60% for 5 or better hits
which calculator are you using? we seem to get very different percentages
Mobilisation
inf, art, bomber, 1 fgt - Japan
3 tanks - India
ACC, 1 fgt - SZ38
Japan collects 57+15=72 +1 saved, has 73
map
and now for the British megabuy
these next 6-7 goes should decide the game
the bloodbath begins
Russia holds for loss of 7 infantry
Non Combat Movement
all fleet to sz50
fighter (phi) lands sz 50
2 tanks in India => Caucasus
3 fighters in japan => sz50
Philippines twol
well that’s all gone very smoothly
which probably means Moscow will be a disaster
Russia
3 inf, 9 tanks
Rolls: 3@1 9@3; Total Hits: 73@1: (1, 2, 3)9@3: (1, 1, 5, 6, 3, 6, 1, 2, 1)
v 17 inf, 2 art, 15 tanks
Rolls: 19@2 15@3; Total Hits: 1419@2: (1, 2, 6, 4, 2, 4, 6, 3, 3, 6, 5, 6, 3, 4, 6, 5, 1, 4, 2)15@3: (1, 6, 5, 2, 6, 4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 5, 3)
kazakh twol
Philippines
2 art, fgt, BB bombard
Rolls: 2@2 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 12@2: (3, 3)1@3: (3)1@4: (5)
v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)
Kazark r 2
3 tanks
Rolls: 3@3; Total Hits: 23@3: (3, 4, 2)
v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)
Novosibirsk twol
Kazakh
3 tanks
Rolls: 3@3; Total Hits: 03@3: (4, 6, 6)
v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)
Novosibirsk
inf, 5 tanks
Rolls: 1@1 5@3; Total Hits: 21@1: (6)5@3: (5, 3, 4, 1, 5)
v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)
Japan 9
with 69, Japan buys:
Bomber (12), 2 fighters (20), 3 tanks (15)
ACC (14), 1 infantry, 1 artillery (7)
save 1
Combat Movement
Brazil (mt) - inf via tran sz27=> sz22
Urals (AA) - inf (evenki)
Novosibirsk (inf) - 3 tanks (evenki), inf, 2 tanks (ching)
Kazakh (inf) - 3 tanks (ning)
Philippines (inf) - Fleet sz39=> sz 50. DDs destroy transport. invasion force 2 art (aus), fgt (sz39), BB bombard
and….
Russia (17 inf, 2 art, 15 arm) - 9 tanks, 3 inf (caucasus)
time to **** or get off the pot
slight tweak
3 german fighters in caucasus will fly to east poland
new map
Karelia falls for loss of tank, 2 arm holding
Non Combat Movement
2 tanks (Ukr) => E Poland
1 inf (Ukr) => E Ukraine
1 inf, 2 art (Ukr) => Caucasus
5 inf (France) => Germany
4 inf, 3 art (Pol) => Germany
Mobilisation
nada
Germany collects 45+15=60, has 60
Karelia
3 arm
Rolls: 3@3; Total Hits: 13@3: (3, 6, 6)
v inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)
yep, tis very nicely poised now
Germany 9
With nothing, germany buys … diddly squat
Combat Movement
Belorussia (mt) - 11 inf, 2 art (E Pol)
Archangel (mt) - tank (EUkr) blitzes
Karelia (inf) - 3 tanks (E Pol) blitz via Baltics, taking that
germany liberated. shame you don’t have to give me the money back!
Non Combat Movement
3 inf (italy) => france
3 inf, art (Bul) => poland
2 tanks (Ukr) => caucasus
Mobilisation
4 tanks - caucasus
3 infantry - italy
Italy collects 29, has 29
Germany
inf, art, tank
Rolls: 2@2 1@3; Total Hits: 22@2: (2, 5)1@3: (2)
v tank
Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 01@3: (5)
well that’s a valuable lesson
and i’m not confident of taking moscow either
guess i’ve got to hold my nerve, here
Italy 8
with 29, italy buys 4 tanks, 3 infantry
Combat Movement
Germany (arm) - inf, art (france), tank (bul)