Canoerebel
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Joined: 12/14/2002 From: Northwestern Georgia, USA Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Flicker CR, thanks for the pictures of the backwaters; you have been busy. In another AAR you mentioned that you like for Port Moresby to have 'broad shoulders'; any plans for Terapo? Other backwater basa? I'm excited by the prospect of early Soviet activation. Can you provide some of your thoughts on how an amphibious assault might play out - targets, forces available, enemy resistance? Any further invasions in the Coral Sea/Solomons theater would pretty much require Death Star to be present. It's unlikely that circumstances will exist in which there is more to be gained by having DS in that theater than somewhere else, much closer to Japan (or Singapore). On the outside chance that Victory Points really become an issue, I have an Aussie division at Port Moresby prepping for Rabaul. If I were to seriously consider triggering that invasion, I'd likely scrounge around to find other troops to take nearby, lightly held or vacant bases. As for amphibious ops, there are possibilities out there:' 1. Patani, on the Malaya coast. This would unhinge John's defenses in Malaya and expedite a move on points-rich Singapore. The troops are ready. The assaults ships are abundantly ready and nearby. The only question I have is whether it's worth the time to diver DS down that way. There's so much more to be done around the Home Islands. 2. Korea: Possibly. Troops are prepped. Assault ships are abundantly available. But do I need to fiddle with an invasion if John's defenses collapse, so that a ground campaign is just as effective and efficient? I don't know that's the case, yet, but it's what I'm monitoring. 3. Hokkaido: Remotely possible. Troops are prepped. Assault ships are abundantly available. But I just don't foresee a need to go that far to do something. I can probably better use those troops in China, Manchuria and Korea. But the option is available if circumstances change. 4. Balikpapan/Kendari/Java/etc. The troops are prepped. But the same thinking applies: hard to justify diverting DS down here when it's currently doing so much against the Home Islands.
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