13L G40 MrRoboto(allies+6) vs seththenewb(axis) Rematch

[seth4god]

Italy will just sit tight, so you can skip Italy and go ahead and try the Aussies. If I don’t win this turn, I doubt I win.

[seth4god]

No scramble in sz81 against the Aussies.

[MrRoboto]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 16

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 4 artilleries, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 2 bombers; Remaining resources: 4 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 113 Sea Zone
            2 battleships, 1 cruiser and 3 destroyers moved from 110 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone
            3 artilleries, 7 infantry and 5 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            3 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Germany
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Germany
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Germany
            1 infantry moved from Iraq to Syria
                  British take Syria from Japanese
            4 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan
                  British take Trans-Jordan from Germans
            2 bombers moved from India to Egypt
            2 fighters moved from Persia to Egypt
            1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Caucasus
                  British take Caucasus from Germans
            2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Caucasus

Combat - British
            Germans scrambles 3 units out of Western Germany to defend against the attack in 113 Sea Zone
            Air Battle in Egypt
                British attacks with 4 units heading to Egypt
                Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets
            Strategic bombing raid in Egypt
                Bombing raid in Egypt rolls: 8 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Egypt rolls: 8 and causes: 6 damage to unit: airfield
                Bombing raid in Egypt causes 12 damage total.  Damaged units is as follows: factory_minor = 6, airfield = 6
            Battle in 113 Sea Zone
                British attack with 2 battleships, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 7 transports
                Germans defend with 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 6 fighters and 6 submarines
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Germans
                Units damaged: 2 battleships owned by the British
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Germans
                2 transports owned by the British retreated to 112 Sea Zone
                Germans win with 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 6 fighters and 4 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is -119
                Casualties for Germans: 2 submarines
                Casualties for British: 2 battleships, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters and 5 transports
            Moving scrambled unit from 113 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Western Germany
            Moving scrambled unit from 113 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Western Germany
            Moving scrambled unit from 113 Sea Zone back to originating territory: Western Germany
            Cleaning up after air battles
                3 fighters owned by the Germans forced to land in Western Germany

Non Combat Move - British
            2 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Persia to Iraq
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to 80 Sea Zone
            2 bombers and 2 fighters moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 transport moved from 80 Sea Zone to 71 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 80 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from 81 Sea Zone to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            3 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Persia

Place Units - British
            1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Union of South Africa
            3 artilleries placed in Iraq
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Persia

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 37 PUs; end with 39 PUs total

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            2 bombers placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 18 PUs; end with 22 PUs total
            Objective UK Pacific 2 Kwangtung And Malaya: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 27 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 2 bombers

[MrRoboto]

That’s it!

A pity, I could have won that game so easily =(
Congratulation. If your G1 would have been properly, this hard mech strategy for moscow seems really strong. Too strong, even.

[seth4god]

GG Roboto . .  and yes the mistakes early on with Germany slowed me down. And I learned NOT to try out new strats in league games. My Japan will take Egypt plan didn’t quite work out as planned.  :wink:

And yes, I think you did play yourself out of the win. I immediately felt better about my position once US started landing in Europe, I figured US in Europe means less D in Egypt. Maybe you hadn’t realized how much Germany could get to Egypt. Still, it was a VERY close thing and I should have left more air in TrJ that one turn. Your strafe almost did me in and probably should have had you taken it.

As far as the Russian sub. I was delaying Japan until you weighed in to give you an opportunity to move it. It was scary in my mind as a potential can opener to kill a German dd. Probably would have cost me Norway several turns ago had you moved him earlier. It would have taken him a couple turns to get in position. But once he did, Germany would’ve had to retreat to the Baltic sooner. Anywho, GG.

[MagicQ]

Impressive strategy! Japan went straight for Egypt. Never seen anything like that.

[seth4god]

I dunno about impressive. Different yes, but the whole purpose of the strat was a failure. I still got the win, but that was more in spite of the strat than because of it.