leehunt27@bloomberg.net
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hi, Any thoughts, recommendations on the best mix of units to defend each Japanese island as the Allies turn to the offensive in 1943? Against say, one USMC division, supported by Seabees and a battalion of tanks on average? I know conditions can vary widely based on Allied bombardments, island sizes, air bombing, prepping etc, but all other things being equal, what do you feel you really need to make an island near bloody untakeable? Obviously we'd all like to have 2 divisions, 2 tank brigades and a host of arty and engineers fortified at level 6 every island to stop the USMC cold on the beaches, but that's not realistic. I can make a few strongpoints like that, but there's probably a dozen islands i'd like to defend reasonably well with limited resources. Let's say you have Guam at Fortification level 6, with 1 base unit, 1 construction engineer. How much Japanese AV fully prepped do you need to stop a 1 division amphibious landing? 2 division landing? What do you feel comfortable with given you still want to defend the other Marianas? What makes your opponent squeamish or decide to bypass? I found out the hard way that a Japanese regiment (AV 116) recently landed on Canton Island, fully prepped at 100, but with fortifcation at only level 1- was easily steamrolled by a USMC division with a detachment of combat engineers. After only 2-3 days of bombardments. So anyway, what do you deploy on your 6,000 max size island? Your 30,000 max size? On the unlimited islands? And what would you consider a sufficient "roadblock" force that will not survive but at least slow the Allies down, versus a nearly invincible defense? Thanks! (p.s. that's Mt Suribachi)
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