Question regarding 18 inf Russian stack

[Daedelus]

Dooming moscow is not a gamebreaker in this edition
It opens the possibility of getting france back in the game, if the Allies can push past normandy

At 17 if it controls all but FIC, it is a power that is near Russia's IPC stockpile when it fell.

Basically losing Moscow is dooming the allies in this edition.  If Moscow falls, Germany (or maybe Italy) gets all of the Russian income and there are no allies which can take back the Russian Capital.  For the Axis to win they must take Moscow unless they are planing to invade U.S.A. for victory cities. 

Once the Axis have consolidated and linked up it's good night for the Allies.  It's been that way in every edition.  It is that way now.  Germany just has to neuter the U.K. fleet in the Atlantic.  I think that a sub in the Balitic wil also help them fight the U.K. economically.

The lesson here is to not lose Moscow because if you do, Germany's Attention is now 100% on U.K.!  Game over.

[calvinhobbesliker]

Ozeta, is this what your "redeploy the railroad plan" looks like:
R1:Move 1 inf from Buryatia-Yakut, while stacking 17 inf in Buryatia. Move 1 or 2 inf Moscow-Samara
R2: infs Samara-Novosibirsk
infs Moscow-Samara
inf Yakut-Yenisey
inf Bury-Yakut
R3:
infs Moscow-Samara
infs Samara-Novosib
infs Novosib-Tim

Then, it looks like this:

[calvinhobbesliker]

Of course, i assume forces in Bury counter any small ��� force in the North with a few inf? Should Russia send mechs, tanks, or planes to the East?

After R3, R4 and R5 will add 2 inf to Buryatia and each subsequent turn will add 2 inf.

I have to ask, why move 2 inf west from Bury if they're just going to return?

[WILD BILL]

Dooming moscow is not a gamebreaker in this edition
It opens the possibility of getting france back in the game, if the Allies can push past normandy

At 17 if it controls all but FIC, it is a power that is near Russia's IPC stockpile when it fell.

This is interesting, trade Russia for France (at some point). The axis strengthen would be way out of range unless most of it was lost in the battle for Moscow (make them pay). The US swoops in to destroy Italy and you now have 3 allies all in western Europe (knocking at Germany's front door), instead of two coming from the west, and Russia in the east. If Italy does fall the 3 allied powers will have back to back turns (ooch).