It appears Marti is intent on making things hard for an attacker.
Game History
Round: 1 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 1 marine and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Italians 1 armour moved from Tobruk to Alexandria Italians take Alexandria from British 1 armour moved from Alexandria to Tobruk 1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Albania to Greece 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 99 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to 99 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 99 Sea Zone to Greece 1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to Greece 2 infantry moved from Southern Italy to 97 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 97 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Gibraltar 1 cruiser and 1 submarine moved from 97 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone Combat - Italians Battle in Gibraltar Battle in Greece Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 3 infantry Neutral_Allies defend with 4 infantry Italians roll dice for 1 cruiser in Greece, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 3 infantry in Greece, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 2.00 expected hits Neutral_Allies roll dice for 4 infantry in Greece, round 2 : 0/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits 3 infantry owned by the Neutral_Allies lost in Greece Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 3 infantry in Greece, round 3 : 0/6 hits, 2.00 expected hits Neutral_Allies roll dice for 1 infantry in Greece, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Greece Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 2 infantry in Greece, round 4 : 0/5 hits, 1.83 expected hits Neutral_Allies roll dice for 1 infantry in Greece, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 2 infantry in Greece, round 5 : 2/5 hits, 1.83 expected hits Neutral_Allies roll dice for 1 infantry in Greece, round 5 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Neutral_Allies lost in Greece Italians win, taking Gibraltar from British, taking Greece from Neutral_Allies with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9 Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 4 infantry Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Italians Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Changing ownership of Kenya from British to Italians EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Ethiopia: 1 artillery and 2 infantry EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Italian Somaliland: 1 infantry EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Kenya: 1 artillery and 3 infantry EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 1 bomber moved from Greece to Southern Italy 1 destroyer moved from 98 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 97 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Libya to Tobruk 1 armour moved from Northern Italy to Slovakia Hungary 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia 2 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy Place Units - Italians 1 mech_infantry placed in Northern Italy 1 marine placed in Southern Italy Turn Complete - Italians Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 74 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3 Italians collect 12 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 12 PUsCombat Hit Differential Summary :
Italians regular : -3.17 Neutral_Allies regular : -1.33