Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: PresterJohn

Nice AAR.

In my game vs the AI i seemed to have been able to march into Russia along the main road SE of Yenki and kick off the war that way. I didn't withdraw any units
from the region. The trans siberian rail look easy to chop up and stop the russians moving units around easily.

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ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Great AAR , just joined in the audience.

Good Luck

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ORIGINAL: seydlitz

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ORIGINAL: PresterJohn

Nice AAR.

In my game vs the AI i seemed to have been able to march into Russia along the main road SE of Yenki and kick off the war that way. I didn't withdraw any units
from the region. The trans siberian rail look easy to chop up and stop the russians moving units around easily.

I thought about doing this but I was having trouble getting the Soviets to activate and my units diverted along the road to the north. All told though, the current plan with me hooking through the valley should reduce the benefit of terrain on his defense and will hopefully herd his troops southwards into Vladivostok instead of north or east.

My opponent is very good at ground tactics and I fully expect him to try some stuff on me.

For what it's worth, I finally figured out how to trigger Soviet activation without moving any troops out. To do this, all you need to do is have about 4500 AV worth of troops swap to strategic mode at the same time. That should trigger them.

" Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. " President Muffley

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ORIGINAL: stuman

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ORIGINAL: seydlitz


I thought about doing this but I was having trouble getting the Soviets to activate and my units diverted along the road to the north. For what it's worth, I finally figured out how to trigger Soviet activation without moving any troops out. To do this, all you need to do is have about 4500 AV worth of troops swap to strategic mode at the same time. That should trigger them.

That is very interesting. I have never seen anyone mention that before. Seems like it would help a lot to not actually have to move forces away, then back.

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ORIGINAL: Smeulders

Good job on the sub warfare, give the I-162 commander a medal, sinking a cruiser with a sub isn't something you'll see every day. You're opponent should be paying a bit more attention to his subs though, leaving the S-boats in Manilla should be a capital offence, they might not be the best subs, but at least there'll be a 'boom' instead of the so frustrating 'thud' from time to time. (Can you tell I'm playing allies ?)

Now for something I always wondered, do you think it is feasible/worth the risk to infiltrate a small surface force between Alaska and PH and then 'hook' it across the line between PH and SF ? Seems like an awfully long trip, but it seems his convoys there are nearly unguarded and a good surface attack can do much more damage then subs.

His bombardments in the Koutou/Bikin area are to be expected, it is a vital area. Further North the railway is flanked by Major Road, so he can set up counterattacks, but if Bikin falls, returning there will be a long journey for him. Maybe you can try the trick of splitting larger units in Kotou to give the impression that more units are moving that way, if his recon isn't good enough to see manpower totals, then this might draw even more attention/troops. You might also see a local offensive there.