Yaab
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Take the following with the grain of salt, since I always restart, I was not able to test my tactics.
(EDIT: Since I house-rule myself and cannot use non-US supply to boost US units on Luzon, I tend to ship resources to Manila to produce supplies in Manila as long as I can. If you play normally, you can ship lots of supplies to Luzon making the defence of Manila easier, since now you have supplies to flesh out PI units defending Manila)
In my games against Jap AI, the Japs arrive in Manila on 7 January 1942.
I put my best LCUs in Bataan, including the two tank battalions. You need to check the reinforcemnt queue and see which units arrive in Bataan, and do the math, how to put them together. The Command HQ also goes to Bataan to attract supplies. Manila is defended by Phillipines units, because it is adjacent to Bataan and, since both locations have ports, they can share supplies by abstracted small ships as per manual. I defend Manil because I need its LI to produce supplies as long as possible. To produce supplies there you need to ships as many resources as you can ASAP, best by 8130 capacity xAK from Kolaka (sp?) on Celebes. You need also to defend Atimoan (S of Manila) which has most Res centers on Luzon after Manila. You cna probably bring extra 10,000 resources to Manila this way.
Sequence of events
Japs take Clark Field. Units from Calrk Field retreat to Manila. Manila falls, troops from Manila will not retreat to Bataan because Calrk Field is in Japs hands, they should retreat south or die in Manila. Manila is in Japanese hand, however Bataan still controls the Manila Bay access.
My notes:
Bataan can only hold 32,000 supplies without spoilage, Manila can hold 197,000 supplies without spoilage
You start with around 60,000 supplies on Luzon (scen001).
Some units are already prepped for Bataan, and there are several new units that arrive in Bataan in the next 20 to 40 days.
You have two corps HQs and the commnad HQ to boost AV
Bataan CD unit (Fort Drum ) has 42 x 3inch AA guns - guns ceiling is 27,000 feet!
Do not take any repalcmenst in Bataan,especially in the Fort Drum unit!!! It will add not only PI infantry squads, but also support squads. You will overstack the Bataan hex in the end.
Batan composition (troop load coast)
18,000 troop capacity already taken at start (Bataan can have max 45,000 troop capacity before overstacking) of which 10,000 capacity is taken by CD Fort Drum unit.
Unit moving to Bataan:
2 x 50 tanks (2800 troop load cost) = 20,800
2 x regt battalions (total 1600) 22,400
command HQ(for supplies) (4320 cost) 26,750
two regt prepped for Bataan 3400 and 2500 = 34,750
+803rd eng Unit from Clark (for fort building) 800 = 35,400
+AA Clark Field unit(we will not have fighter cover so we need AA guns) 1000 =36,400
+north Luzon Corps (prepped 52 for Bataan) = 360 total 37,000
+reinforcemnt arrivals in Bataan (total arrivals 7 unit, with stacking cost of 10,560) = total 47,500 (among arrivals Prov Arty unit with M3 halftracks ---great anti-soft value!)
of course there will be losses due to fighting, so we are OK
We just need to remember to evac the units from Clark Field to Manila in COMBAT mode before Japs come to Clark, because once Clark Field falls the code will retreat the units into Bataan which you don't want.
Supply cost: (Bataan base gathers x 3, max supply limit 32,000 before spoilage, command HQ attracts 20k supplies, so max additional 12,000 supplies in units, total by unit 4000 x 3=12,000)
Supply need:
units already in Bataan: 1100 supplies
two tank units: 200
two REGT battalions: 150
command HQ: 300
two prepped REGTs: 500
ENG+AA units: 200
NorthLuzon HQ; 30
Total: 2500
Arrivals: 7 units, counted manually in Ground Reinforcemnt queue = total 500 supplies
Total: 3000 need x 3 base gathering = 9000 supplies
HQ has 20k at all times, this is added to the 9000 supplies what base holds
Total:29,000 supplies (under the 32,000 supply spoilage limit)
The supply use will shoot up during fighting, but you will not be able to attract any supplies once Manila falls other than by supply runs by subs, thus you will be under supply spoilage limit still.
Basically , you should have your best units (2 x tanks, GMC halftracks, lots of AA, Marines) in Bataan under the supply spoilage limit and under the troop capacity overstacking limit. Good luck!
< Message edited by Yaab -- 10/28/2021 6:46:21 PM >
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