@jsp4563:
Has anybody come up with a viable strategy for keeping the UK Indian Ocean and Aussie fleets intact?
Yes.
Ignore the Jap Kwa trn and move everything to Sz 30 (including 2 inf from Aus), so you have: 1 sub, 2 trns, 1 dd, 1 ac, 1 ftr (2 inf)
Very, very, very deadly position when combined with a UK retreat from Ind to Per and a trj to Per. And a UK/US landing in Alg.
Add in the UK bom to Cauc, ftrs to Wrus, with a UK heavy air purchase on UK 1 and look out!
@tcnance:
about the only think i can see, is if g1 fails to take anglo-egypt, you can choose to combine the fleets in sz30 and move the anglo fig to the carrier, this force will help take down some jap sea units if they attack, another option is to move the aussie tranny and sub toward s america
It works even if G takes Egy, you can position yourself for some pretty good attacks on UK 2.
@jsp4563:
Assuming a successfull attack on Egypt in G1, is it worthwhile to combine the UK & Aussie fleets? I got away with this once but whenever I tried it after that, Japan was all over me. It seems like the only option for these fleets is to do as much damage UK1 and then write them off. The last couple of times I took out the Jap transport with my destroyer, landed troops in Borneo (AC & tranny w/fighter support) and New Guinea (tranny) and attacked the Jap sub in the Solomons (aussie sub). Any thoughts?
Sz 30 works.
@ncscswitch:
You can keep your fleets a few rounds IF…
- you combine them in one of the SZ’s west of Australis
- you sacrifice Africa to Germany
- you sacrifice India to Japan.
- you let the US defend China on their own.
I don;t think those units are worth any ONE of those, let alone all 4.
1) Sz 30. Again. :-P :-D
2) No, you don’t. Sz 30 can reach multiple spots in Afr AND the MidE, if Ger isn’t careful their entire Afr army has the potential to be wiped out in one swift move.
3) Nope. Not of concern. You can counter with extreme force and really set Japan back. I’d aregue India is overrated to begin with, but that is a different thread.
4) China is a lost cause and should have no bearing on the UK move. I’d also argue you should pull out of Sin as well, again that is for another thread.
@jsp4563:
If you’re going to consolidate the UK Indian/Aussie fleets, do it in sz30 instead of sz38. This puts the fleet out of range of the Jap Caroline Island fleet. I learned that one the hard way.
Yep. :-D