Things will not look any brighter for you as the game will continue.
JAPAN 6:
Buy (58):
6 Inf (18)
1 Tank (6)
7 Art (28)
1 sub (6)
Combat move:
SBR on India: 2 Bmb (Sum); 1 Ftr (sz42)
to Kor: 1 Inf (Man)
to Jeh: 1 Inf, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac (Man)
to sz19: 1 Trn (sz19) load 1 Inf, 1 Tank (Jap)
to Sha: 1 Inf, 1 Tank (sz19); 1 Tac (Ksu)
to Ksi: 2 Inf, 1 Art (Hon)
Scramble in India?
Correction: The mobile units (4 Tanks, 4 Mech) from SUkr go to EPl, not to Bes.
Non-combat move:
1 Bmb (CPr) lands in TrJ
2 AA (Bal) -> Nov
10 Inf, 4 Art, 4 Mech, 4 Tank, 1 AA (SUkr); 1 Bmb (WGer) -> Bes
4 Tank, 2 Mech (Bal); 1 Ftr, 1 Tac (WGer) -> EPl
1 Ftr (WGer) -> UK
1 Ftr (WGer) -> Alg
3 subs (sz93) -> sz92
Build:
Ger: 6 Inf, 4 Art
WGer: 2 Mech, 2 Tank
SFr: 1 Inf, 1 Art, 1 Trn (sz93)
Fra: 1 Inf
Collect: 58 + 15 + 2 = 75 IPC (yea baby!)
Army Group North rocks!
GERMANY 6:
Buy (73):
8 Inf (24)
5 Art (20)
2 Mech (8 )
2 Tank (12)
1 Trn (7)
save (2)
Combat move:
SBR 1 Bmb (Bes) to CPr
to sz115: 1 Crs, 1 BB, 5 Trn [load 6 Inf, 4 Art (Pol)]; 2 Trn [load 1 Inf, 1 Tank (Ger); 1 Tank (WGer); 1 Inf (Pol)]
to Nov: 1 Tank (Kar, via Vyb); 7 Inf, 4 Art, 2 Tank (sz115); 13 Inf, 9 Art, 2 Mech (Bal); 1 Tank (Pol)
SBR: 1 Bmb vs 1 AA
Rolls: 1@1; Total Hits: 01@1: (5)
Rolling 1d6:
(3)
Nov: 21 Inf, 13 Art, 2 Mech, 4 Tank, 1 Crs, 1 BB vs 1 Inf, 1 Art
Rolls: 10@1 26@2 5@3 1@4; Total Hits: 910@1: (5, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4)26@2: (5, 4, 1, 3, 6, 6, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 1, 5, 6, 2, 2, 5, 6, 4, 6, 3, 6)5@3: (3, 1, 5, 1, 4)1@4: (4)
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (4, 5)
Nah, but my point is that Italy and Germany together have some 115 IPC per turn. And approx. 80 IPC of those will be sent against Russia - every turn. All I need to do in the west is to place some more infantery in Gibraltar and the UK regularly, and those guys are cheap.
Listen, I’m going out now, so I’ll do my next turn probably only very late tonight or tomorrow. No need to wait in front of your PC. :-)
Collect: 24 + 17 + 2 = 43 IPC
NB that Italy ALONE now can outproduce Russia.
Non-combat move:
1 Bmb (Irq) lands in TrJ
1 Ftr (Alg) -> TrJ
1 Trn (sz98) loads 1 Inf, 1 Art (NIta) -> sz99, unload to Syr
1 sub, 1 DD (sz92) -> sz 98
2 Trn (sz92) load 2 Inf, 2 AA (SFr) -> sz92, unload to Gib
1 Trn (sz94) load 1 Inf, 1 Art (NIta) -> sz96, unload to Tob
2 Inf (NIta) -> SFr
1 Tank (Rom); 1 Inf (NUkr); 2 Inf, 1 Art (Bes) -> EPl)
Build:
1 Minor IC in Egy
NIta: 2 Inf, 1 Art, 1 Tank
SIta: 1 Tac
Convoy raid in sz80:
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 02@3: (4, 5)
And I just saw that I overlooked the sneaky blue-in-blue French cruiser! Would have been a nice opportunity to get rid off the little buggar. But then again, who cares about the French! :-)
ITALY 4:
Buy (41):
1 Minor IC (12)
2 Inf (6)
1 Art (4)
1 Tank (6)
1 Tac (11)
save (2)
Combat move:
to Bel: 1 Inf (EPl) - walk in
to Irq: 1 Inf, 1 Art (TrJ); 1 Bmb (Alg)
Irq: 1 Inf, 1 Art, 1 Bmb vs 1 Inf
Rolls: 2@2 1@4; Total Hits: 12@2: (6, 6)1@4: (3)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)
Actually, China gets a convoy raid on Kwa:
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 22@3: (2, 2)
Also, the US is in no position to fight both Japan and Europe. And Russia is certainly not able to hold out against Germany and Italy for long (I may remind you that they get outproduced 3:1)
I take the sub as casualty.
Non-combat move:
1 Bmb (sz39) lands in Sum
1 Ftr, 1 Tac (Cha) land in Man
1 AC (sz41); 1 DD, 1 Crs (sz46) -> sz42
1 Tac (sz39), 1 Ftr (Kwa) land in sz42
1 Tac (Kwa) lands in Ksu
1 sub (sz63) -> sz62
1 Bmb (Car) -> Sum
1 Trn (sz16) loads 1 Inf, 1 Art (Jap) -> sz19, unloads to Ksu
1 AA (Ksi) -> Ksu
2 Trn, 1 AC, 2 Ftr (sz26) -> sz6
1 Crs (sz26) -> sz63
1 DD, 1 AC, 2 Ftr (sz26) -> sz33
1 sub (sz25) -> sz6
1 sub (sz6) -> sz36
1 Tac (Wak) -> Jap
Build:
1 Minor IC in Man
Hon: 2 Inf, 1 Art
Jap: 4 Inf, 1 Tank
Collect: 47 + 10 +1 = 58 IPC!
You know, if you were Japanese your generals would consider harakiri now.
Darn! That went not too bad for you: 3 hits out of 3 units in sz39, and the probably most annoying thing is that I actually got into Yunnan! That was supposed to be a hit-and-run operation…
I take the 2 Ftrs and the Tac from Sze as casualty.
Round 2:
Kwa: 1 Inf, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac vs 1 Inf
Rolls: 1@1 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@1: (2)1@3: (3)1@4: (6)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (1)
sz39: 1 sub, 1 Tac, 1 Bmb vs 1 BB (damaged)
Rolls: 1@2 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@2: (5)1@3: (6)1@4: (2)
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 11@4: (1)
ok here we go!
Round 1:
Nze: 1 Inf, 1 Art, 2 BB vs 1 Inf
Rolls: 2@2 2@4; Total Hits: 32@2: (2, 3)2@4: (2, 4)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)
sz39: 1 sub, 2 Ftr, 2 Tac, 1 Bmb vs 1 DD, 1 Crs, 1 BB
Rolls: 1@2 2@3 3@4; Total Hits: 31@2: (2)2@3: (2, 4)3@4: (5, 3, 5)
Rolls: 1@2 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 31@2: (2)1@3: (3)1@4: (3)
Kwa: 2 Inf, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac vs 2 Inf
Rolls: 2@1 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 12@1: (4, 5)1@3: (1)1@4: (5)
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 12@2: (6, 1)
Cha: 1 Inf, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac vs 1 Inf
Rolls: 1@1 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@1: (2)1@3: (6)1@4: (4)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)
Yun: 3 Inf, 1 Mech, 3 Art vs 4 Inf
Rolls: 1@1 6@2; Total Hits: 41@1: (1)6@2: (1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3)
Rolls: 4@2; Total Hits: 14@2: (2, 6, 4, 6)
JAPAN 5:
Buy (41):
6 Inf (18)
1 Art (4)
1 Tank (6)
1 Minor (12)
save (1)
Repair 1 BB (sz26)
Combat move:
to sz63: 1 Trn [load 1 Inf, 1 Art (NGu)] (sz46); 2 BB (sz26)
to Nze: 1 Inf, 1 Art (sz63); 2 BB
to sz42: 1 Trn [load 1 Inf (Sum)] (sz41)
to Jav: 1 Inf (sz41)
to sz44: 1 Trn [load 1 Inf (Hon)] (sz20)
to Cel: 1 Inf (sz44)
to sz39: 1 Ftr, 1 Tac, 1 Bmb (Sze); 1 Ftr, 1 Tac (sz41); 1 sub (sz37)
to Kwa: 2 Inf, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac (Hon)
to Cha: 1 Inf (Jeh); 1 Ftr, 1 Tac (Man)
to Yun: 3 Inf, 3 Art, 1 Mech (Sze)
Do you scramble in sz39? Also, does your sub dive? OOL?
And as with every monster, some good guys will come and kill it. Or, in this case, some bad guys. :evil:
Honestly, your stack in Bryansk is impressive, but I’ll still be able to take and hold Leningrad. All I need to do is retreat in the south and possibly send some reinforcements (you can’t pursue too far or you’ll leave Moscow undefended). And if you haven’t noted, there will be no US-invasion anywhere anytime soon. Btw unless I get very unlucky, your remaining forces in the Pacific will be crushed now.
The idea to place a factory in Iran is nice - I had the same idea for Egypt anyway.
But now, Japan!
Non-combat move:
1 Ftr, 1 Tac (sz104) land in UK
1 Bmb (sz104); 1 Ftr, 1 Tac (sz114) land in WGer
1 Bmb (Rus) land in Bes
1 AA (Bes) -> SUkr
1 AA (EPol) -> Bes
2 AA (EPol) -> Bal
1 Inf (Ger); 1 Tank (WGer) -> Pol
1 Ftr, 1 Tac (WGer) -> Alg
1 sub (sz110) -> sz92
1 Trn (sz110) loads 1 Tank (Eir) -> sz112 unload to WGer
5 Trn (sz112) load 6 Inf, 4 Art (WGer) -> sz114 unload to Pol
Build:
UK: 2 Inf
WGer: 1 Inf, 2 Ftr, 1 DD (sz112)
SFr: 3 subs (sz93)
Ger: 1 Tank
Collect: 60 + 15 = 75 IPC
I’ll assume sub, DD, Crs - at least that’s what I would do.
I take 1 sub, 1 DD.
Round 2: 1 sub, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac, 1 Bmb vs 1 DD, 2 Crs
Rolls: 1@2 1@3 2@4; Total Hits: 31@2: (2)1@3: (6)2@4: (3, 3)
Rolls: 1@2 2@3; Total Hits: 11@2: (3)2@3: (1, 5)
GERMANY 5:
Build (61):
3 Inf (9)
3 subs (18)
1 DD (8 )
2 Ftr (20)
1 Tank (Ger)
Combat move:
SBR on Moscow: 2 Bmb (EPol) to Rus
to sz104: 2 subs, 1 DD (sz112); 1 Ftr, 1 Tac, 1 Bmb (WGer)
to sz114: 1 Crs, 1 BB (sz110); 1 Ftr, 1 Tac (EPol)
to sz127: 1 Trn [load 2 Inf (WGer)] (sz112)
to Nov: 2 Inf (sz127)
to Kar via Fin: 1 Tank (Nor)
to Bal: 13 Inf, 2 Tank (EPl); 9 Art (Pol); 4 Mech, 2 Tank (Ger)
to SUkr: 9 Inf, 4 Art, 2 Tank (Bes); 4 Mech, 2 Tank (EPol)
to NUkr: 1 Inf (Bes) (* If I could still change that, I would actually prefer taking NUkr with the one Italian Inf that was (and is) in Bes. If thats ok the German Inf would go to SUkr as well. *)
Round 1:
SBR: 2 AA vs 2 Bmb (first roll on first bmb)
Rolls: 2@1; Total Hits: 12@1: (1, 3)
Rolling 2d6:
(2, 3)
Bal: 13 Inf, 4 Mech, 9 Art, 4 Tank vs 2 Inf
Rolls: 8@1 18@2 4@3; Total Hits: 98@1: (5, 2, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5, 4)18@2: (1, 5, 1, 6, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1, 4, 5, 3, 2, 2, 6, 5, 5, 3)4@3: (1, 6, 5, 2)
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (3, 4)
sz114: 1 Crs, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac, 1 BB vs 1 Crs
Rolls: 2@3 2@4; Total Hits: 32@3: (3, 6)2@4: (2, 2)
Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 01@3: (5)
sz104: 2 subs, 1 DD, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac, 1 Bmb vs 1 sub, 1 DD, 2 Crs
Rolls: 3@2 1@3 2@4; Total Hits: 13@2: (1, 6, 6)1@3: (5)2@4: (6, 6)
Rolls: 1@1 1@2 2@3; Total Hits: 21@1: (6)1@2: (2)2@3: (3, 6)
ouch, that was some convoy raiding! Did I mention that the golden time for ANZAC is over? :evil:
And I thought the point of building that naval base was mainly to enable your subs to strike at my Italian navy! If you did that only to enable your DD to block my subs, it was truly a waste of IPC.