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ORIGINAL: micheljq

If USSR DOWs Persia, Japan should align Persia and go take the oil fields on the coastline.

That is our plan in the next game as the Axis. In the six games of WiF i have played, I'm surprised no one had done it so far.

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ORIGINAL: Froonp

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ORIGINAL: micheljq

If USSR DOWs Persia, Japan should align Persia and go take the oil fields on the coastline.

That is our plan in the next game as the Axis. In the six games of WiF i have played, I'm surprised no one had done it so far.

Yes, but as soon as Persia is conquered, Units not at war with USSR must be teleported in the next hex where they can stack, so unless you DoW USSR, you'll have the oil for a short time only.

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ORIGINAL: micheljq

Forgot that little detail, but for that oil, it may be worth declaring war on USSR.

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Remember if you are a Neutral major power your limited to how many ships you can build per production phase

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Remember if you are a Neutral major power your limited to how many ships you can build per production phase.

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The original CWiF setup shows:

5 CP in the Japanese Coast for the Japan-US trade agreement

3 CP in the South China Sea for Chinese resources (68, 141 to Soul) (73, 146 to Hiroshima) (79, 147 to Osaka)
2 CP in the South China Sea for the Netherlands trade agreement (Balikpapan to Shanghai) (Tarakan to Canton)
1 CP in the South China Sea for Manchurian resources to Fukuoka
1 CP in the South China Sea for Hainan resources to Koyto

2 CP in the China Sea for the Netherlands trade agreement (Balikpapan to Shanghai) (Tarakan to Canton)
1 CP in the China Sea for the Hainan resources to Koyto

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1 CP in the China Sea for Pyongyang Korea resources to Koyto

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Remember if you are a Neutral major power your limited to how many ships you can build per production phase.

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ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

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Remember if you are a Neutral major power your limited to how many ships you can build per production phase

never seen japan as a neutral major power

the only one that is never neutral ...

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ORIGINAL: Froonp

And Japan is never neutral, unless China has surrendered, or Japan have conquered China.

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But you can do this

6. Enter hexes controlled by each other outside their major power home countries. You may of course only enter territory controlled by another major power on your side if that major power agrees.

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With out being able to get permission to move into ports it’s going to be hard to get USSR CP’s (Tankers) to Persia.

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But you can do this

6. Enter hexes controlled by each other outside their major power home countries. You may of course only enter territory controlled by another major power on your side if that major power agrees.

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ORIGINAL: composer99

You will pardon my bluntness, I'm sure: what 'ally' would refuse the USSR such basing rights for cps? I wouldn't want to play on the same side as anyone who could be quite that territorial.

At any rate, it is customary for the Western Allies, once the USSR is active, to provide the cps required for the USSR to ship the 2 Persian oil that cannot be railed.

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ORIGINAL: brian brian

If I were planning a Japanese move to the Middle East I wouldn't set up the convoys across the Bay of Bengal, I would move them out later. A Japanese adventure like that is best in 1940 when the US entry chits are lowest.

I no longer consider an attack on Persia as the Russians. A Russian DoW on Persia is just too much of a gimme for the Japanese in my opinion. As Japan I like to keep enough long-range naval assets and infantry reserves in Canton to intervene at any time. I don't keep a lot in Manchuria. If the Russians go in to Persia, I just have Japan declare war on them the next impulse, regardless of the fact that I have few units in place for such a war. All you need is to land a few units on the Persian oil hexes and the rest of the campaign can develop later. It is also handy to leave the two TERRitorial units in the Force Pool, available to build immediately in the event of war with Russia. Same thing goes for the Harbin MIL should that one become one of the last in the force pool; I take that as a loss in China whenever I can. (You probably don't want to be in my Manchurian army).

The Russians can best get Persia in combination with the British if they can spare some forces, but that is not always the case. Also the British can help limit Japanese deployments by taking the ports in Italian East Africa if they can.

It will be fascinating to see how the new map plays out during a Japanese<>Russian conflict. Japan could easily cut the Trans-Siberian at the northern edge of Manchuria, which would soon end military activity beyond the point it was cut, in reality. But in World in Flames, there are three cities along that rail line, and in MWiF there is a new fourth one. For Japan to ever truly secure any resources they can take from the Russians, they would need to take all four. Given the new distances involved, this would be very difficult to accomplish.

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Hmm, with the new errata on the forced peace between USSR and Japan, how would that look on the enlarged maps?
Japan demands peace they loose Manchuria. The USSR force peace, they loose the Pacific Map.
What I’m wondering is, supposed USSR DoW Persia, Japan DoW USSR and move units into southern oil fields in Persia, while taking Vladivostok.
Would it be preferable for USSR to just force peace ASAP, or play along in Siberia for some time?

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ORIGINAL:  brian brian

It is a good idea for the Russians to request CW assistance in an attack on Persia so the CW can occupy some of the oil hexes that the Russians can't reach, before Japanese troops arrive.

For Japan to use a few units in Persia in exchange for 1-3 oil resources is very much worth using up some units. That is the whole point of Japan's war aims - to secure access to oil. Also Japan need not go on a unilateral campaign by attacking Persia, they can take the Saudi resource instead and await developments, but then that might discourage the Russians from ever entering Persia. It is not easy for the Japanese to set-up the logistics required but with a multi-turn, multi-impulse plan one can accomplish this. The AI would need a dedicated script I would think.

A Japan<>Russia war does not increase Russia's production, nor does it call out their general reserves, only 5 units. It does let the Russians build out it's MIL pool though, making it a lot easier for them to stuff the border and prevent a German DoW in 1941, but without leaving very many units to face the Japanese. That can be really frustrating for the Germans, but if they break the garrison, it is easy to roll over the weak Russian MIL units wherever they are found.

I'm not sure if the newest rules language for Optional #50 will be part of MWiF, or even how that option works now. I have seen such strange interpretations of the newest version that we just dropped playing with it altogether, and stick to the "any terms mutually acceptable" process to end any such war. I'm not sure the AI would want to negotiate with a human player, but I guess it would have to be part of the programming for players who chose not to use Option 50. Either that or #50 would have to be mandatory in an AI game.

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Option 50: (USSR-Japan compulsory peace) If Japan controls Vladivostok during the first war between Japan and the USSR, the Japanese player must agree to a peace if the Soviet player wants one. Similarly, if the USSR controls 3 or more resources that were
Japanese controlled at the start of the war, the Soviet player must agree to a peace if the Japanese player wants one.

In either case, the new Russo-Japanese border is established by the hexes each controls. Any pocket of non-coastal hexes wholly surrounded by hexes controlled by the other major power becomes controlled by the major power whose hexes surround them.

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ORIGINAL: Froonp

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ORIGINAL: micheljq

If USSR DOWs Persia, Japan should align Persia and go take the oil fields on the coastline.

That is our plan in the next game as the Axis. In the six games of WiF i have played, I'm surprised no one had done it so far.

Yes, but as soon as Persia is conquered, Units not at war with USSR must be teleported in the next hex where they can stack, so unless you DoW USSR, you'll have the oil for a short time only.

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ORIGINAL: coregames

It may be worth the DoW. Something's gotta give. If the Russians did not set up for demanding Bessarabia, they may be able to defend against a Japanese attack and take Persia, but if they try for too much it's definitely worth it for Japan to attack if the Germans are going for Barbarossa, which is our plan.

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ORIGINAL: coregames

It may be worth the DoW. Something's gotta give. If the Russians did not set up for demanding Bessarabia, they may be able to defend against a Japanese attack and take Persia, but if they try for too much it's definitely worth it for Japan to attack if the Germans are going for Barbarossa, which is our plan.

With my plan nothing has been removed from the European front.

I can do Bessarabia on the same impulse if the US doesn't draw an entry chit for Persia.

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With my plan nothing has been removed from the European front.

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Persia has a 3-4 Cav defending the capital, in a mountain hex.
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Teheran is a clear hex in MWIF.

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Teheran is a clear hex in MWIF.

Well, that is obviously a bit embarrassing :p
But it doesn't really change the point, unless I'm horribly mistaken on other issues as well. And I have been known to be horribly wrong before.
Unless USSR dows Persia off the bat, the troop buildups should be fairly evident for JPN to have peacekeepers ready, if they wish. And unless USSR have a 5 mover Corps east of Tabriz AND spends 2-3 turns getting a unit ready in the swamp north of Bandar Shah, peacekeepers can easily be in Teheran by the time the russians get there.

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ORIGINAL: sajbalk

How about starting a para corps or para div on the first turn with the intent to drop in on the port hex at the rail head. This could be done on turn 5, or M/J 1940. This would prevent Japan from frsikiness, even if it was prepared unless it is ready to DOW the USSR.

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"2-3 turns getting a unit ready in the swamp north of Bandar Shah" ?

They would start the game set up in the swamp. Its on the Asia/Pacific map.

1 – 5 1st Cavalry (1933)
2 – 5 2nd Cavalry (1935)

Since the USSR gets 3 Cavalry they will get one of these on the Asia/Pacific map. There is your 5 movement Corps size unit.

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(PiF) The Persian Royal Cavalry unit upgrades in 1940 from a 3 - 4 to a 4 - 4.