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Centuur -> RE: AllenK vs Mayhemizer III: Oil be back. (2/21/2016 11:58:06 AM)
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If I look at the map, I conclude that this game is far from an Axis victory. The CW has complete control of the Med. The Italian fleet seems to be lying on the bottom of the Med. Even with the losses in Albania (which the CW can replace), things are looking pretty good for the Allies there. Sure, the US can't DoW the Euroaxis, but the moment they can, Italy is gone...
Japan is a complete mess. It is going to lose mainland Asia to the Chinese. The Nationalists should think about moving into Indo China and further towards Siam and ultimately Singapore. The Commies can take out Korea and start moving to Vlad. Use half the Chinese buildpoints to go to the USSR in trade and use the other half to start building the Chinese airforce. Nothing better than the Soviet Lend leased Chinese TB-3 bomber flying to bomb Japan out of Korea. Japan needs at east 4 FTR's to be able to cover all their precious factories...
The perimeter on the US side of Japan seems to be in good order, but due to the Chinese/Soviet expanse on mainland Asia, they can't replace losses fast enough. Their economy lies already in shambles. I expect the Japanese to be conquered end of 1943, if the US goes all out for Japan (and they should do so, since the conquest of Japan means that the USSR gets saved).
The only Axis power which does somewhat allright is Germany. I say somewhat on purpose. If you look at the map, the German army approaching the Urals hasn't got any aircraft and is almost equal in size to the combined Soviet units in the region already. That's not a force which can succesfully engage the Soviets.
The Turks are still not in the game (but they will be). The way to proceed with the USSR is to withdraw the Caucasian army towards Baku (so that the Turks cannot take the place if they enter the war) and make Germany fight for those four oilfields. Baku itself is a very good defendable hex, since it can only be attacked out of one other hex. All USSR reinforcements should go to the Urals. Build FTR's, since it will take the Germans a long time to get their airforce to the Urals. The only thing I can't see if the Soviets have saved oil (they should have a small stockpile somewhere), which they need to keep their FTR's flying.
Personally, I've seen the Soviet come back out of Siberia, after losing the oil fields at Baku to Germany, because of the fast demise of Japan. This game seems to be going that way too.
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