@Gewehr:
Exilent idea. But what if an IC is sorounded? Like in AAE if Stalin/Leningrad, N Italy, ect? can you no longer produce there or what?
Presumably if Germany had the ability to break through to their own lines then they would.
You would have to have W. Europe, SZ 5, S. Europe, Balkans and E. Europe so heavily stacked that Germany could not open up the path to the rest of their army somehow. Kind of unrealistic to think there’s a large army out there so far away that the line of supply is too weak to reopen.
I, honestly, think this would hit 2 or 3 units per game, tops. But it would require you to be able to supply your advanced armies.
And yes, Cyan. If Germany encircled a bunch of soviet units, they would try to break out. If they did, they would live. If not, they would die. Same with Japan. That’s the point!
Again, if a nation put 20 infantry, 10 tanks, 3 fighters and an AA gun in Belorussia, you’d have to have a very large army to surround them all to a level they cannot break out and re-establish lines of supply.
Remember, just having a flag there isn’t enough to end the line of supply. You’d actually have to have armies between him and ALL (yes, ALL) avenues possible back to their own capitol. If there’s even one empty line anywhere, then that’s how they get their supplies. (Empty could be controlled but unoccupied, friendly, uncontrolled (aka sea zone with no ships in it) or your nation’s own land.)
It’s gunna be EXTREMELY difficult to starve out units like this. But the option being there could be fun! Never know when Germany or Russia may get half a dozen units stuck too far from home. :P
Also a good way to clear islands if Japan’s navy is sunk. If Japan has a navy/air force then odds are you cannot possess all the sea zones neighboring the sea zone the island complex is in.