@Oddbjoern:
Again, I dont understand why you wanna hit Spain with 8 inf and 5 art when you can use them to hit Turky r6?
Consider the R4 attack on Spain. 8 inf/5 art vs 7 inf/1art. You will hit (103 + 32)/6 = 6 units and Spain will hit 83/6 = 4 unis. R5 attack: 4inf/5art vs 1inf/1art; Hit: 4,5 (Spain dead), Lose: 1. Which means at the end of R5, US will have 3 inf/5 art in Spain and by R6 could place 4 extra IPC in US.
Total lose in IPC: 53 = 15 IPC, payback time: 15/4 = 4 turns to break even (by T9).
Im sorry but this a really poor strat as instead of bleeding Turky for IPC (much better since netwin is twice, since they lose IPC and you gain).
If Britain is doing its job by building everything in India, chances are the Ottomans will have to fall back to Constantinople soon anyway and your Americans might just force them back 1 turn early. Also, by just moving all your Americans forward US5, you’ll need to build up a bunch more transports just to get guys across. If you attack Spain, you can still move 6 or guys on 3 transports into Italy or Egypt or something, leaving a few guys behind to clean up with another transport coming across. The other 4 transports will go back to the US coast to pick up your US5 build That will put you at 24 income, enough to let you shuck 6 ground every turn with some extra money to gradually push it up to 8.
@ColonelKurtz:
As a strategy, can KTF always be used? That is my main question. I am thinking that if I have a CP opponent who tries KFF (Kill France First), that KTF would be the best counterstrategy. I am having difficulty making KTF work with a “CP all-out attack on Russia” or KRF.
Second Point: As to attacking Neutrals, I have moved to a completely No Attacking Neutrals Strategy, regardless of which side I am playing. Oddbjoern’s logic is correct. I don’t even attack Switzerland or Persia. They can both be bypassed (2 British transports from India plus the 2-space range of Fighters).
Yes, KTF can (and should) always be used. Although it’s not much of a Kill Turkey First; Britain should just spend all its money in India every turn, very few exceptions. The other allies have plenty of navy to clean up the German fleet unless they got really lucky, in which case you might need a British ship. Also you can build a transport or two once the German fleet is gone at Round 4 or 5, when you’ve got Britain solidly in Mesopotamia. The only power you have to oppose the Ottomans is Britain, and the only place for Britain to gain money (without interfering with an ally) is Turkey. There’s just no point in spending your money anywhere else unless France is in dire need of help, in which case Russia can help against the Ottos. If Russia plays its cards right, the best the CPs can do is have Austria get a not-too-terrible casualty ratio on a Round 5 Revolution.
Britain definitely needs Persia though, it pays itself back by Round 4 and four ground/turn will never kick the Ottomans out of Mesopotamia. Most other neutrals you should pass on though.