In my humble opinion I have never seen an American player build an IC in China Sinkang. You risk Japanese take over in T2, a Japanese take over of the IC would result in a dagger poised at the heart of Russia, and it does take a huge chunk of change to defend (i fully expect a purchase of 1 maybe 2 ftrs) which combined measures to 39 IPCs. I would much rather spend those IPCs on transports and inf.
Now time for my response on a British IC in India. First, I have no idea how you would manage to evact troops in Australia. Uk only has one transport near the Pacific which is desperately needed to transport the inf. from Syria to India. This of course makes the transport an easy target for Jap planes.
Also the number of 4 tanks and 5 Infantry confuses me. How did you manage to procure this number. By the beginning of T3 Britain’s own forces should have 3 ARM (purchased), 1 ftr, 3 inf which were already in India. Do you think that the German would not attack Egypt on T1?
Of course if UK does intend to build an IC in India T1, then T1 will probably be the turn that Japan usually goes after it, not T2. Now what can Japan do T1? 1 ftr from Manchuria, 2 inf and 1 ftr from Burma, 2 inf from trans. in Philippines, 1 bomber from Japan. This is a total of 4 inf., 1 ftr (the other will most likely go to attack the UK trans in the india sea), and 1 bomber? Results? Over 45 percent of the time Japan will win with 1-2 inf. remaining in India. About 25 percent of the time India will not be taken, with the other 30 percent a Japan victory.
Now what about a T2 attack? Even a T1 attack on India can be blunted if USSR transports 2 ftrs. from the motherland to India (though you risk losing a great defense against Germany T1 if RR.
UK should probably have the 1 ftr., 3 ARM, 5 Inf (2 from US inf from Sinkang to India) if you want to purchase 3 ARM. Hoever, Japan is by no means ill prepared. It can muster 6 inf. (4 from Burma, 2 from Kwangtung). 3 ftrs and 1 bomber (this is if you decide to bring the other 2 ftrs. to Pearl Harbor T1. Results? Once again we see a Japan victory 66% of the time. 34% percent of the time, Japan’s Air Force will be completely intact. Don’t like these odds. What you could do instead is send another 2 inf. from Japan via transport. This increases to odds at 90% victory for Japan. 56% of the time Japanese airforce will still be left intact. Of course by invading India, it hurts German in the short run as Russia still remains intact. However, with India, China completely cleared Japan can act like a true juggernaut going after Soviet Far East,the MiddleEast, and/or Sinkang T2. T3 leaves even great possibilities for Japan by adding Australia, Africa, and South Russia all to the list with Japan’s new factory in India.
