I was playing a game as the allies the other day and a friend of mine was the axis. I went the the traditional KGF. He held Moscow with Japan as was over extended leaving his capital fairly easy to get to.
Here came the hard part for the allies. As most players will do they leave at least one INF unit per teritory but he adapted it to the Navy. His navy was mostly subs and transports. He fanned out his subs to occupy most of the pacific and could have moved to India if he needed to.
I never gave it much thought before but most players (at least the ones I have played) never defend from a navy blitz.
It took forever to get to his capital I had to clear every sea zone on the way. Then he would move subs from out lying areas to fill back in the empty areas as they became open.
Needless to say this gave him ample time to shuttle troops back from the mainland to his capital.
I was wondering if any one had come across this before. I don’t ever remember reading about it.
LT
I think I would go heavy air to try to clear them out faster than he could replace them.
That’s what I had to end up doing. I would send FTR’s to do the dirty work and on the non-combat move I would move the rest of the fleet to the recently cleared SZ.
Now riddle me this. If the US navy is in SZ55. 1 JPN SUB is in SZ56 and a 2nd sub in SZ 57.
The FTR’s can fly over enemy held spaces without a problem. So lets say I send 2 FTR’s to SZ 56 and two more to SZ57. The FTR’s clear both SZ’s. on the non-combat move can the US Navy move through one recently cleared SZ (SZ56) into another (SZ57)?
LT
A clear sea zone can always be entered on a non-combat movement phase.
I agree, there’s nothing there to stop you. It’s the same on land with armor. Say you attack Karelia and Archangel from West Russa and capture them both. Then you have a nice fat stack of tanks in Eastern Europe. You can now Non combat move them through Karelia to Archangel.
It wasn’t so much getting there that was an issue I gained ground but then he would replace his subs from stock so if I needed to get a second wave I had to have the navy escort the transports back.
Also if the FTR’s didn’t hit the sub he would have them submerge.
I’m not saying this is the best strategy it was just a simple and fairly inexpensive (as far a navy’s go) way to buy time before you have enemy troops setting up beach heads on your door step.
@LT04:
As most players will do they leave at least one INF unit per teritory
Who are these “most players” of which you speak? This isn’t Risk. Why would you leave infs in each territory unless they’re marching their way to a front where they can do some good.
@LT04:
It wasn’t so much getting there that was an issue I gained ground but then he would replace his subs from stock so if I needed to get a second wave I had to have the navy escort the transports back.
Also if the FTR’s didn’t hit the sub he would have them submerge.
I’m not saying this is the best strategy it was just a simple and fairly inexpensive (as far a navy’s go) way to buy time before you have enemy troops setting up beach heads on your door step.
If subs submerge, you can still move your fleet through or into those zones as if there were no units, so if it’s just subs and you have enough of a fleet to withstand an attack from them, you can plow through at full speed as if they weren’t there by just sending one plane to each territory - they’ll either sink or submerge and you can move your fleet 2 spaces every time. (However you may not want to leave those subs hanging around your supply lines to your main fleet, but that’s another story.)
Who are these “most players” of which you speak? This isn’t Risk. Why would you leave infs in each territory unless they’re marching their way to a front where they can do some good.
Well think about it. How many times have you been Japan and been able to blitz almost all the way to Moscow becuase there is nothing in the way after they staged an Alamo defense.
This is a basic Don Rahe concept.
Not really, I think, if I remember right, he advocated a slowly withdrawing screen.
As far as I knoes, Don never wrote anything recommending 1 inf per territory.
But u knoes, 1 inf per territory makes a lotta sense if u think about all teh lonely ladiez in teh territoriez.
I’ve been assigned to Moscow, imma gonna get my babushka on. o ya baby dont u worry about that soldja boy’s heah now. 8-)
I think leaving one INF per space would also work well in Africa. Most players have a task force sent that is massed into two groups the ARM and every thing slower then the ARM.
Eventually you sprint from one end to the other and move those troops to forward areas since nothing is going on. Then the other players do the same thing.
Africa may not be the best example because it isn’t worth much unless you have the whole continent, but I think you can see the point.
LT
There’s a good reason why you don’t scatter your forces.
Take this simple war game. A soldier fires a light gun, on a flip coin “heads” he hits a target, on a “tails” he misses.
Now let’s say you have 100 guys and I have 100 guys. If I send my 100 guys at your 100 guys and they all shoot, then the outcome’s pretty easy.
But let’s say you have 100 guys, and you take your 100 guys and spread them out in 100 different places. Now, when my 100 guys fire, only one of your guys fires back at a time.
I have overwhelming odds. Every time I fire, I obliterate one of your guys with excellent probability. On the other hand, each time one of your guys fires, he has 1/2 a chance of hitting one of my guys.
What’s this work out to?
You’re left with nothing, and I’m left with 50 guys.
Hey, man, spread your guys out if you want. I’m tellin you that if you CAN avoid it, you probably should.
Pickets are good when you are RETREATING. They suck, and sap your strength when advancing.
STACKS win the game (as a general rule), not lone units.
@ncscswitch:
Pickets are good when you are RETREATING. They suck, and sap your strength when advancing.
STACKS win the game (as a general rule), not lone units.
I disagree that pickets are “good” when you are retreating.
Let’s say you’re Russia, and you have a fat load of German infantry and tanks coming up on you. Next round they are gonna march into territory X, and you can’t stop them.
Do you:
A. Leave an infantry there (1/3 chance of inflicting a 3 IPC casualty on the enemy causing some logistics problems as the Germans try to get more units to the front)?
B. Totally pull out?
I say B. If Germany blitzes, great, they didn’t move in their fat stack, and you blitz right back. Huzzah. If Germany moves in their fat stack, you just saved yourself an infantry. If Germany moves in a few dudes, then you can attack or stay put.
@Bunnies:
Let’s say you’re Russia, and you have a fat load of German infantry and tanks coming up on you. Next round they are gonna march into territory X, and you can’t stop them.
Do you:
A. Leave an infantry there (1/3 chance of inflicting a 3 IPC casualty on the enemy causing some logistics problems as the Germans try to get more units to the front)?
B. Totally pull out?
I say B. If Germany blitzes, great, they didn’t move in their fat stack, and you blitz right back. Huzzah. If Germany moves in their fat stack, you just saved yourself an infantry. If Germany moves in a few dudes, then you can attack or stay put.
100% yes to B if it is a one or two IPC country. But what if it is a three or more country like UKR? Shouldn’t I better leave one INF inside to prevent a single INF walk in?
If enemy will advance the main mass there, then leave it empty, (or if it’s enemy controlled now, blitz it with a tank and back and leave it empty).
If it will be swapped, it depends who has superior airforce. Germans usually leave 1-2-3 inf. Russia leave it empty.
If Allies do KGF with multi-attacker disadvantage (vs Germany, redundant to say), then leave 1-2-3 inf. Germany leave empty (since equal attrition is disadvantageous). Except if wanting to prevent a deeper penetration, then leave a tactical block.
If enemy will advance the main mass there, then leave it empty, (or if it’s enemy controlled now, blitz it with a tank and back and leave it empty).
If it will be swapped, it depends who has superior airforce. Germans usually leave 1-2-3 inf. Russia leave it empty.
If Allies do KGF with multi-attacker disadvantage (vs Germany, redundant to say), then leave 1-2-3 inf. Germany leave empty (since equal attrition is disadvantageous). Except if wanting to prevent a deeper penetration, then leave a tactical block.
(grunts) 'im good post. Wat he said, Croggyl re: 3+ IPC territory.
It doesn’t matter if the territory is 1 IPC or 3 IPC. If you have a fat load of troops that’s gonna walk in, a single infantry is not going to even make the attacker blink. If anything, the attacker is glad that the defender’s splitting forces.
It seems an exception would be if that big fat german stack has enough tanks to open a can o’ whoopass* on your retreating forces (and you’re not in position to return the favor on the remaining tanks) or if they can blitz through the territory to attack a location of strategic importance.
@Bunnies:
(grunts) 'im good post. Wat he said, Croggyl re: 3+ IPC territory.
It doesn’t matter if the territory is 1 IPC or 3 IPC. If you have a fat load of troops that’s gonna walk in, a single infantry is not going to even make the attacker blink. If anything, the attacker is glad that the defender’s splitting forces.
Yep, reasonable, if a fat load of troops walk in and can’t be counterattacked.
I should have read the original post better. :(
What I had in mind was the situation when a country was deadzoned and traded between two factions, for instance UKR from EEU and CAU, and the german attack failed, and the russians survive with one russian INF.
Should I move back that INF to CAU and leave UKR empty or should that INF hold position?
Until now I prefer to let that INF hold the line (2+ IPC) and move out otherwise, but perhaps I have to overthink this approach …
