Sealion
G1
Purchase: 2 Bombers, save 6
SZ 106: 2 Subs (87%)
SZ 110: 3 fighters, 3 tactical bombers, 1 bomber, 2 subs (100% - 91%)
SZ 111: 1 fighter, 1 tactical bomber, 1 bomber, 1 sub, 1 battleship (98% - 81%)
• Try to retreat the battleship if only their battleship is left. Most of the time UK will scramble in Scotland
Yugo: 6 infantry, 2 tanks, 2 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 tactical bomber (100%)
France: 7 infantry, 6 tanks, 3 artillery, 4 mech (100%)
UK 1: If UK buys either 6 infantry and fighter or 9 infantry then I would not follow through with operation Sealion. UK must have less than 10 infantry and 2 fighters in their capital for this to work. Germany will bomb UK with 4 Bombers which almost always maxes the damage to the facility.
I1:
Purchase: 1 fighter.
SZ 93: 1 Sub, 2 fighters, 1 bomber (99%, note - DO NOT scramble the Italian planes)
Gibraltar: 1 Tank, 1 infantry, 1 CA (DD follows CA)
Southern France: 2 Infantry, 2 Artillery (96%)
Clear the French ships and move Navy to Gib. Try to take with a tank and infantry. Send 1 fighter and 1 bomber to West Germany.
G2
Purchase: 9 Transports, 1 Destroyer, 1 infantry (74 total, remember you saved 6 on turn 1)
Bomb London: bombers, 2 tactical bombers. (The tactical bombers are to hit the airbase and to be taken as casualties instead of the bombers if AA fire succeeds.
Clear any ships that may be left over from round 1
Greece: 1 Fighter and Tactical bomber (from S. Italy), 6 inf (99%)
Normandy: 3 Artillery, 1 fighter (98%)
Build ships in 113 unless the allies have no ships or planes that can hit your transports. You should have a Cruiser, Destroyer and 10 Transports. Move 9 tanks, 10 inf and 1 artillery in range to transport. Italy will bomb the airbase again if UK decided to repair it. If there are no planes to scramble then abort the bombing. Italy can also be used to remove blockers that may have escaped Germany’s planes.
UK will have between 30 – 35 to spend and 20 will go to repair the IC. That means they can only build 5 infantry. Assuming UK did not reinforce the capital and has 6 infantry, 5 AAA guns, 2 fighters, 1 mech. They can transport the tank and infantry from Quebec and possibly fly another fighter or two back. The total that should be defending
• 12 infantry (5 purchased, 6 initial, 1 transported)
• 5 AAA guns
• 4 fighters
• 1 mech
• 1 tank
Germany attacks (100%, avg 14 units remaining)
• 10 infantry
• 9 tanks
• 1 artillery
• 2 fighters
• 4 tactical bombers
• 4 bombers
Sealion is situational and depends on how well London is defended. The numbers above are assuming that UK knows Sealion is coming. Lets suppose UK decided to move the TT from London down to South America. This means 1 less infantry and 1 less tank. If you can manage to take London with 9 tanks surviving and 9 planes(losing only 1 to AA) then the attack is success. You can block US for a turn or two and move your tanks back to the mainland. Russia is the immediate concern after a Sealion and if they are in position to stack Poland then don’t buy the transports. US will take back London but Egypt should fall to Italy and Japan should be FAT from the oil and rubber in the DEI.