Once again, this one revolves around Greece, and the fact that we'll take out all of France.
Look at this trade deal:
Greece
EXPORT: Dyes, Incense, Motorized Transport
IMPORT: 386gpt
Now, before you go buggy-eyed over MT (which is worth about 220gpt in itself), we are running low on funds. With Persia, we should be able to have enough cash reserves to support our army. Now, here's the thing. This is how far each civ is from Motorized Transportation:
England - 12 techs away
Russia - 11 techs away.
China - 7 techs away
Persia - 5 techs away
France - 1 tech away
Greece - 1 tech away
We can do this to prevent Greece from trading.
Greece - Peace Renegotiation
IMPORT: MPP, 386gpt, 969gold
EXPORT: MPP, Dyes, Incense, Motorized Transport
Because of the way the between turns are played, France attacks before greece. This will effectively cut off Greek trade due to the MPP. However, there is a strong chance that China will declare war on France. In our last war with America, China was also at war, but did not send any troops because of our Maginot Line. We can exploit this oppotunity.
True, Greece *WILL BUILD* tanks, but we have no plans to attack Greece in the near future, or even future for that matter. Other civs are too far away from MT, and too poor to afford them. France WILL TAKE more than just 1 turn chat, maybe 2. By then, we might have Mech Inf, and have ample defense against China, while researching the modern armor track.
To get a jump on France, we'd need to do a few things.
1 - pillage their only source of oil, just in case they DO research MT while we're at war.
2 - Beef up our defenses. They have numerous cav armies that have been seen roaming about last turn chat. Maybe, 4 infantry at the front. Fighting *WILL BE* fierce. We can even pre-empt France by shelling their troops while in our border, and attacking a good bulk of their forces. I wouldn't be surprised if all or most of their cav (and army or two) were in the north.
We have an ROP with France and Greece. Instead of doing this during the preturn to report (which will take forever), we could scout only along the rails and see their troop/worker locations.
Look at this trade deal:
Greece
EXPORT: Dyes, Incense, Motorized Transport
IMPORT: 386gpt
Now, before you go buggy-eyed over MT (which is worth about 220gpt in itself), we are running low on funds. With Persia, we should be able to have enough cash reserves to support our army. Now, here's the thing. This is how far each civ is from Motorized Transportation:
England - 12 techs away
Russia - 11 techs away.
China - 7 techs away
Persia - 5 techs away
France - 1 tech away
Greece - 1 tech away
We can do this to prevent Greece from trading.
Greece - Peace Renegotiation
IMPORT: MPP, 386gpt, 969gold
EXPORT: MPP, Dyes, Incense, Motorized Transport
Because of the way the between turns are played, France attacks before greece. This will effectively cut off Greek trade due to the MPP. However, there is a strong chance that China will declare war on France. In our last war with America, China was also at war, but did not send any troops because of our Maginot Line. We can exploit this oppotunity.
True, Greece *WILL BUILD* tanks, but we have no plans to attack Greece in the near future, or even future for that matter. Other civs are too far away from MT, and too poor to afford them. France WILL TAKE more than just 1 turn chat, maybe 2. By then, we might have Mech Inf, and have ample defense against China, while researching the modern armor track.
To get a jump on France, we'd need to do a few things.
1 - pillage their only source of oil, just in case they DO research MT while we're at war.
2 - Beef up our defenses. They have numerous cav armies that have been seen roaming about last turn chat. Maybe, 4 infantry at the front. Fighting *WILL BE* fierce. We can even pre-empt France by shelling their troops while in our border, and attacking a good bulk of their forces. I wouldn't be surprised if all or most of their cav (and army or two) were in the north.
We have an ROP with France and Greece. Instead of doing this during the preturn to report (which will take forever), we could scout only along the rails and see their troop/worker locations.
