The main action these days is the Russian front. The Japanese army is trying to extract itself from Central Manchuria and form a cohesive line. I think we will succeed in getting the bulk of the North front army out safely at this point. About 4-5 divisions worth of troops were destroyed or abandoned along the long march from the Chita front. Almost all of these simply evaporated due to B-29 attack - almost none of the losses were due to enemy ground action which has been sporadic.
Jzanes is the exact opposite of greyjoy. Whereas greyjoy is direct, Jzanes is indirect. Both are highly competent and dangerous opponents. Playing both at the same time makes it hard to anticipate how they will act and react.
Total Japanese strength in Manchuria/Korea is around 15,000 AV. Russian strength is likely higher, maybe 20,000.
A bombs in less than a month... anyone know the exact date? I'm kind of curious to see what they do.
Less than a year to go in the game, but since our hopes of lasting that long have long since evaporated, the Japanese high command is defining new "victory conditions" for itself. (These are personal goals more than actual victory conditions, which of course are hard coded.)
If we last past August 15 (should do so), we're going to consider than a draw.
If we last past Christmas, we're going to consider that a minor victory.
Anything after that is gravy [8D]
