Jim D Burns -> RE: Advice - allies on Andrew's extended map (2/1/2008 3:00:47 AM)
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ORIGINAL: olorin42 Is it best to bring the stuff in to Karachi and let it get distributed by Rail or should Calcutta and maybe Bombay / Madras get deliveries by ship too? I wouldn’t try to ship stuff further than Madras once Burma falls. Japanese naval air will own the Indian Ocean and then there is always the threat of KB showing up and sending everything in the Indian Ocean to the bottom. It’s much better to ship to Bombay or Karachi and lose some supply for the rail transfer than it is to lose a bunch of shipping. Especially since India is so dependent on imports from Aden. quote:
ORIGINAL: olorin42 Do i need to deliver oil / resources to keep the heavy industry operational? It looks like I do. Also, same question as #1 for the oil / resources - to Karachi or spread it out? I did a calculation of India’s industry for the allies in scenario 158. These are the numbers I came up with: Daily allotment supply per turn……..1,745 Supply at resource centers…………… 4,040 Resources per turn………………….……. 5,050 Oil per turn……………………………….….......540 Fuel per turn………………………………..........90 Daily allotment fuel per turn………....1,000 Heavy Industry…………………………...….2.250 Manpower………………………………............171 So there is a daily shortage of 1,710 oil a day in India. I didn’t add Burmese production as it is eventually lost. So you need to ship in pretty much all the oil you can from Aden if you want India to be able to produce max supplies and fuel. But even without any outside oil coming into India, it will produce 6,325 supplies a day on its own. This is not enough supply to launch any kind of offensive operations for sure, but it’s probably enough to sustain defensive operations. Even if you keep its industry humming along at full capacity though, India still only produces 8,035 supplies a day, so you’re going to need to ship a lot of supplies in from Aden before you can begin to launch a serious offensive. quote:
ORIGINAL: olorin42 Same question (#2) about Australia - it looks like it needs resources / oil, am I right? (from the US presumably). Spread it out or to one port (Sydney/Brisbane) and let the rail distribute it? Australia is in a lot worse shape than India supply wise. It is pretty much totally dependent on the US for supplies. And given that load capacities of ships have been reduced even more in CHS than in stock, you’re going to need a very large percentage of your available AK fleet dedicated to doing nothing else but shipping supplies and fuel to Australia. I sent all of my long legged AK’s from India to the US at the very beginning of my game, and I’m still short AK’s. At first I’d send nothing but fuel instead of oil because Australia starts the game very dry. Once you’ve gotten fuel stocks up to decent levels, then switch about half your tankers to shipping in oil instead as it gives both supply and fuel once it gets produced. Send most of your supplies to Sydney and Melbourne. Keep your long legged AK’s moving between Australia and the US, don’t waste time trying to supply outlying bases with them. Use the shorter legged AK’s (less than 13,000 endurance) to ship it to bases further north or west from there. Jim P.S. India has a surplus of resources, Aden needs all of them, so make sure your AK's do double duty and bring back the resources to Aden.
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