@empireman:
@Gargantua:
If you can’t hit the sub, you can’t attack the sub.
Actually, that’s a bunch of crap.
There have been some extreme examples, that I’ve seen, where this has occured.
Namely, a Russian decided he’d board himself onto an allied transport (American) in the pacific. To spite the Russians the Americans then deliberately left their transport out as fodder for the Japanese air-force.
Then, to spite the Americans, the Japanese refused to sink the transport.
So the Americans sent it on a suicide no dice attack, which is technically legal, against a Japanese battleship and sub combo.
Ok i know this does not the topic but, thats really funny, to save a transport by loading a Russian onto a one, so japan wont sink cause they dont want to go to war! :lol:
The problem with this entire line of argument is that there is no reason for Japan to not declare war on Russia. There is no punishment for a state of war. There is only a punishment for attacking territories adjacent to Mongolia, but you aren’t required to attack them when you declare war. The only other reason that Japan wouldn’t want to declare war is to limit Allied units from moving into Russian territories or sharing transports, but if Russia wanted to do that, they’re free to declare war themselves.
Point is Russia can simply declare war themselves on R1 and open up their territories - again, there’s no punishment to a state of war, only if Russia attacks Manchuria, but they don’t have to do that when they declare war.
So, why would Russia ever not declare war on R1 if it means they are free to move through Pac boards and share space with Pac allies? That’s right, there’s no reason (besides historic romanticism). Russia screws over the allies more by not declaring war, as it changes absolutely nothing for the axis and only hinders Russia to be neutral on the Pac side of things.