Anyway the trick was to concentrate on Russia as much as possible while trying to holdthe westerm powers at arms lenght. I played many games against Joerock, and has he took many pages from my playbook, i also did take pages from his (research, planning, economy of force). Combined with my agressive way of playing, it is a fearsome way of playing. Thanks Joe!
So my goal was to get early naval and air research so i could get the better of my opponent in these 2 categories. Also build bombers to blitz London and lower the english revenue. All the while i was preparing the most fearsome Barbarossa i ever did, putting 100% of my revenus on making sure the first 3 turns would b a big punch.
I also wanted a big landing in the north near LEningrad, in the hopes it would open the front and that i could exploit the north.
So the first turn was a complete disaster for the Russians, Riga, Brest, Vilna and Chisinau fell to the germans. On the third turn i was on the Dniepr and on the 4th turn i had crossed it in 5 places.
My opponent then committed the error of wanting to outmanoever me in clear hexes between Smolensk and Kharkov. He got 10+ INF losses and a big encirclement of another 6-7 units,. After that the russian army backbone was broken for 1941. I left intentionnally Moscow alone and went to get my center objective, while the Soviet were scrambling to protect Moscow since they tought i was going to attack there. So while my opponent was busy reienforcing a double line of defense in front of Smolensk, i was at ease to push to Voronezh, Tambov and Rostov. I even got to 2 hexes of Stalingrad before severe winter hits.
1942 my goal was to take Moscow by manoeuver and get as fast as possible to the heart of Siberia. So i assembled a fearsome punch near Tambov during the winter months, railing them there. Came spring time, i had 6 ARM, 4 MECH and 6 INF in the area... 1 part went north to gorki, while the other went and took Saratov. Then my opponent decided to counter-attack me again! In Saratov he sent a menacing forces and i was able to defeat it and encircle it from north and south. All the while his siberian armor, added with the british armor and planes, hit me hard in and around gorki. Again this was brushed aside.
All the while my infantry was pushing towards Moscow in a slow grind... My only problem is that ive got only 15 oil left and producing 55 per turn. But the problems isnt big, the Russian are at the bottom of the tank in term of fighting power. I expanded all my oil, but it was while i was in the process of destroying the russian army
So now here we are, Mscow is encircled with 90% of the Russian army, and i am just 1 turn away from overtaking Omsk. Russia is, in my opinion, finished. So have a look at the results:
