AllenK vs Mayhemizer III: Oil be back.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

I would like to keep INF div. I should not have wrote anything about kill order in first post as I did not know about result. Thank you and sorry for the trouble.

Edit: Just read your last edit. In the future I try not to be too clever and give instructions in advance.

[AllenK]

CW advance into Tunis and on a 1 capture the CL Taranto.

Units involved in China.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Blitz please.

[AllenK]

The results are fairly inconclusive.

[AllenK]

I suspect a Blitz might be called here.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Yes sir! Blitz it is. Japan takes little risk and hopes that Zhukov leads attack to a trap...

[AllenK]

Zhukov leads the Soviet forces but not into the hoped for trap. Who do the Japs wish to shatter?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Artillery

[AllenK]

Artillery is shattered.

No air rebases or reorgs.

Turn ends on a 2.

No partisans appear.

USSR puts a marker to defence. Where do the Germans wish to put theirs?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Both offence and highest from defence to offence.

[AllenK]

Axis put 2 markers to offence and move a 4 pointer from defence to offence.

US adds 1 chit to the Jap pool. They choose occupy Greenland and Iceland, which on a 7 shifts a chit to the tension pool. Also chosen is to freeze Japanese assets. Tension further escalates on a 1. This leaves Ge/It: 4 chits in entry and 2 in tension; Jap: 4 chits in entry and 1 in tension.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

I wanted to do a well prepared 1940 Barbarossa but it is not going to happen at the start of M/J. I need to choose between early Barbarossa or well prepared Barbarossa. I hope bad weather so that I'm forced to well prepared Barbarossa and I don't have to choose [&:]

[Barbuesque]

Do you have a screenshot with the situation in Poland?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

I will post analysis of how much Germany has troops in eastern front how much is still running to east with pictures later today.

[Jagdtiger14]

What about considering a Med strategy? Not sure if you have the builds in place for that though. If you did, you could put a crushing on the CW and protect your southern flank over the long haul.

I've conducted a M/A'40 Barb (first fair weather Axis impulse), and was no where near 'well prepared', and still had quite good success. I got prepared on the way and over time. The Russians were pre-occupied in Finland when Barbarossa began to their surprise...so its not completely dis-similar. Don't worry about perfection, if you wait, your Soviet opponent will be more difficult than he is now.

Looking forward to the map...

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Taking Gibraltar was my original plan, but now I will go for Barbarossa 1940 for three main reasons:

1) Japs need help.
2) Most German units are in east now.
3) USSR will get stronger and stronger every year, they get resourses from Manchuria and they can build their militia.

I know how I am going do this, it all depends on weather. Just like all major operations.

[AlbertN]

Well - this is why in MWiF we House-Rule that Soviets cannot DoW Japan.

The map change has such a heavy impact there, that Japanese has no way to resist the Soviets in my experience.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

ORIGINAL: Cohen

Well - this is why in MWiF we House-Rule that Soviets cannot DoW Japan.

The map change has such a heavy impact there, that Japanese has no way to resist the Soviets in my experience.

Sounds rational. Or as USSR player, use advantage and always DoW on Japan.

[AlbertN]

The main reasoning behind that House Rule is that me and my opponent agree that the Axis - early in the war - should decide the "Grand Strategy" and how to setup their expansion, and not have their rhythm dictated by the W.Allies.

In Europe all is good - after all IF the UK wants to DoW Italy or press against it - that is how the map is designed.
But since I understand for coding reasons MWiF map is on a single scale (Otherwise movements and stuff would have required -double- coding for the different maps on different scale) the moment the unit density is the same, whoever can mass more units is at advantage.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Germany has in eastern front (ready to attack, Poland garrison is not counted):
ARM HQ
2x INF HQ
2x ARM + ARM div
MECH (another one in eastern Germany)
9x INF + INF div (reinforcements in Königsberg are counted)
MIL
MOT div (another one in western Poland)
PARA + Ju52
3x LND
3x FTR (reinforcements in Königsberg are counted)

Germany wanted to bring to Eastern front also:
3x INF + 3x INF div
MTN
MIL
ENG div
2x MOT + 2x MOT div
LND
FTR
2x artillery, tank destroyer, anti-tank