How about making Len a dead zone, grabbing Northern Europe, giving up Ind, overpowering the Italian Navy, and stacking inf in Cau?
For instance:
R1: purchases: 5 inf 3 arm, combat: 5 inf 1 rtl Len -> Swe (+maybe sub exchange) non-combat: 1 inf Bel -> Arc, 3 inf 1 rtl Mos -> Arc, 2 inf Kaz -> Cau, 2 inf Nov -> Mos, rest inf -> west. reinforcements: 3 arm -> Mos, 1 inf -> Len, 4 inf -> Cau.
UK1: purchases: 1 AC, 2 DD, 1 trn, 2 inf combat: invade France with 1 arm 1 inf (gain 6IPC+10 NO), kill with air rest of German fleet non-combat: air lands in Swe, 1 ftr from Egy -> CHA (where the AC+DD’s+trn will be build. The Eus ftr will join too), Middle East pulls back to Per (to help defend Cau in round 2)
Result:
Short term: 16 Russians ready to take back what 10 Germans can take in Len at G2, back-up of 4 British land + 4 British air on UK2 in Len to defend vs G3, 10 inf in Cau defending the first wave of German attackers, 7 British land units to defend vs the wave of Italian at Cau, a very strong Brit which will make 40+ IPC’s the next 2/3 turns (without NO’s calculated in)
Long term: Nwy and Swe will be allied forever (no German fleet), the British fleet is building up to kill the Italian navy, while also keeping control of Northern Europe (cheap DD’s to defend against ftrs, plus a few subs for hits and punch, et voila, arrivederci Mussolini, add some trns + inf and Len is Allied forever). Loss of Africa trying to counter by killing Italian fleet, from that moment, Cau is much safer and Africa ready to reclaim :)
Of course, Ind is lost, Chi will have a very hard time, and Jpn will grow like hell (though it will take longer than in Revised)… But that’s for the Americans to clean up 8)
I’m just trying to say: If USSR and UK really want, they can defend both Len and Cau against G2+I2, and probably later too, because after the 5 arm purchase, Ger will lack enough infantry on mid-term, giving some breathing room for Moskva till the Siberian forces arrive.
What do you think, IL?
Edit: an alternative to the 2 DD’s are 1 AC, but that leaves Swe a bit more vulnerable, whilst having to keep more ftrs dedicated to fleet service instead of defending Len. The good part is the fleet is completely safe from German Luftwaffe, whilst with 2 DD’s it’s “quite safe”.