I am know in a pretty tough war campaign against the fellow japanese.
THE SITUATION:
1) in the civpowergraph we are both over the top, though i my civ is higher
2) deity level
3) 1.3 patch installed => heavy armor + dive bombers included
4) my largest city - 15; their largest city - 23
5) my population 17 mil; their 19 mil;
6) i'm a little ahead in domestic tech, both equal in military tech
7) my advantage #1 - the navy (they have no ships, neither do they build coastal fortresses)
8) my advantage #2 - i have many (10) very productive cities, which produce heavy armor in 3 turns or less.
9) their advantage #1 - i have the smallest army, almost no defence
10) their advantage #2 - they have mountains and hills on the front line, i have plains.
11) their advantage #3 - they are allied with everyone almost else, war means world war.
THE WAR (1934-1963):
I used a few diplomacy tricks, a few peace treaty tricks (i have the UN) and captured two of their coastal cities. I guess i pissed them off after a while, coz they broke the peace and came down the mountains with marines and armor. I held them off, but they got Armor Design, and recaptured the two coastal cities. In the northern front, I could not attack the advancing units, because of the terrain. The war turned out to be quite stressing, for i had to turn most of my industry towards unit production. After a while their offensicve dried out, and i took the hills one by one with my Heavy Armor. I thought that the battle would be over, but the japs wouldnt give up and defended quite well. I new i had to capture at least one of their cities and keep it as a strong point, but their defence was just to tough. So, i used my battleships to blow a hole in the front, my armor passed a few cities and caputered the recently battleship bombed out town of Osaka (19). The japs are still giving me a hard time, but i'm in hold of Osaka and plan to drive foward to another coastal town.
THE WORLD:
The Incas came to my side, and started a war with japanese-friendly russia, which also threw some troops into my-jap front. The English stay as yet neutral, though the inca-russo war takes place mostly by their territory.
The Incas captured a few russian towns, but the russians were a bit stronger and took them back.
For me, this is a great war campaign, because the AI proved to be a bit more strategic than i thought.
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