You know, maybe you’re right. My countering Japan strategy is mostly a throwback to the old version. But now it may be a better choice to have Russia go all out against Germany, since I think I have a good chance of pulling it off.
There have been many times that I could have secured Poland if I had enough tanks…
Put some allied (UK/USA) fighters with that stack of forward Russian troops and you should be able to safely get to/hold Eastern Poland. That territory is a key piece in the theatre of war. Whoever controls that (Germany/allies) can effectively dead zone 6 territories that it borders. Also, those allied fighters are not out of play based in EPL. In conjunction with the a/c strategy that Argothair posted for an allied navy, the ftrs can even hit france.