Japan - where to now?

[unmerged(9240)]

Playing a stony road game as Japan and I have annexed both China's, Sianking, Phillipines, Siam, Netherlands, Nepal, Manchuko and I have taken full control of India and French Indochine.

I also accepted to make peace with USSR (A stony road event after Germany DOW's USSR).

Where should I go from here? I have a full count of all resources and I generate an IC of roughly 800.

The US have been fairly quiet in the pacific, they keep trying to take Kwateniok which is heavily defended.

My entire navy will be docked for the next couple of months with extensive repairs after a recent victory (100 ships v 100 US ships).

Should I go for Australia, the US or help out try to help out Germany who is losing badly in France (they never took enough control for the vichy event to fire) and also USSR?

I don't have the naval power to simply ship units to Germany. Maybe I could DOW Persia and Turkey but that would make me have to defend the whole Asian coast from invasion

 

[Bandit109]

Personally I would go after Australia as the US is a long ways away and going through Persia to help Germany will probably take too long. Plus getting rid of Australia/New Zealand will make you the supreme controller of your side of the Pacific.

 

[unmerged(26982)]

Id attack Australia and then island hop my way towards America. I think this will be of the most benefit. o

 

[danoh]

Playing as Japan can be frustraiting because you can do everything right and still loose because A.I. Germany is a moron that will fail to accomplish the simplest objectives (like conquering France, in your case.)

For Germany to be secure, Russia must fall, so the Japanese strategy must focus on helping Germany beat the Soviets.

Japan has two ways of helping Germany:

1) Indrectly by taking everything from New Zealand to Persia, and

2) Directly by joining in the German attack on Russia.

Since the first is easy and guaranteed and the second requires a big army and secure base, you should first conquer everything from India to New Zealand.

Then you should DoW the Soviets after Germany attacks and draw as many troops off Russia's European front as you can. I usually build no Japanese tanks or motorized inf/mechs and instead concentrate on arty-brigaded mountain infantry. They take forever to build and cost a ton of I.C.s but once you have 12-24 you'll kick the Soviets out of any province you attack in the Far East.

And tech-share with Germany as often as you can. Once you are ready to attack the Soviets, join the Axis and the Axis nations will techshare a lot of useful stuff with you.

After the Soviets are beaten down and Germany is secure, you'll have the freedom to plan an invasion of North America. Conservative play starts with annexing Panama via seaborne invasion and crucial Battleship shore bombardment support to overcome the supply penalty and gain a forward logistics base.

 

[Sir Humphrey]

Australia and New Zealand 1st
Mexico 2nd
Yanks 3rd (coming from West and South through Mexico)

 

[unmerged(35322)]

Surrender to China! hehehe

Screw Germany, if Geramany gets wipped then all those allied armies will start comming your way and you will actually have an intresting game (maybe, if the AI is awake). Try to do what Japan wanted and just hold out in all you current positions, a Greater Asian Co Prospherty Spher, Then after you play with the allies for a while, go on the offensive, Take down the ANZACs and Invade the USA. As Yamamotto said, "The only way to make the US surrender is to march down washington ave", or something like that.

 

[Lortto]

Australia first of course and New Zealand second. There's some nice jungle in New Guinea if you haven't invaded it already.

Russia should come second and it'll help a lot if the Gerries get bitter peace.

 

[unmerged(9240)]

For Germany to be secure, Russia must fall, so the Japanese strategy must focus on helping Germany beat the Soviets.

I took your advice and DOW'ed the Ruskies but unfortunately they have over 14 infantry in each of the bordering provinces and have moved behind my border through a small gap between Afghanistan and Sianking (into he province that Sianking used to border with the former India. . It was only 20 inftrastrustucture so I couldn't keep a garrison their but they have moved about 48 division in to it and are spreading like crazy. Not even my 36 tactical bomber sqaudrons are hurting them. I have managed to to take Vladivostok and all other provinces up to the first river but we have hit a stalemate on the border.

I have infantry moving there now to counter attack but I'll think I'll try to cut them off and go for the starvation tactic. I am also building the largest paratroop force ever seen and I am going to drop in every province throughout siberia in the hope they'll spread out their line a little bit more for me to move my main strike force.

 

[Kyril]

In games against the AI I find it helping the Germs to DOW Russia after you have prepared suitable defenses. There is not much IC or resources to capture from Russia, so I don't find taking anything beyond Vladivostok and that province behind the Tannu Tova and Mogolia (both have VP's) worth it, but Russia will put more divisions to your front, that way relieving pressure from the German front. With the position you described, you should be able to do that, and get Ausie and N-Zealand (plus Africa? Jumping from India?) from the allies.