vettim89 -> RE: Can Rangoon be defended? (5/12/2008 8:03:04 AM)
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ORIGINAL: vettim89 I have a question for readers: can Rangoon be defended. It is now almost March. Larry has one unit - 55th Div in theatre. I have already moved up tons of supplies to Rangoon (88k). SHould I move some combat units from India? How much Assault Value do you have there. The Jap 55th Div alone will be worth more than 300 Ass Val, and you can rest assured it won't come a callin' just by itself. The problem with defending Rangoon in strength is that if you fail to hold he will quickly capture the Burma bases because either (a) he cuts off your escape route from Rangoon, or (b) he will use the pursue order (particularly if he has an armour unit doing the pursuing) and being on railway lines, allow no time to recover disablements before you are pushed out to the next position. Rather than passively defending Rangoon, there are at least 2 other options you could consider: (1) if you have a static fortress unit located in Rangoon, a fortification level of 5 will double its Ass Val. That may be sufficient to act as a road block. If so, consider moving most of your mobile units out of Rangoon and via use of the railway lines, once the Japanese enter Rangoon, swiftly move the mobile Kampfgruppe behind the Japanese besiegers to cut off their LOC. (2) move most of your units (particularly those with engineers) back to Mandalay. Wrecking the local resources at Mandalay is more harmful to the Japanese than similarly wrecking Rangoon's resources. Alfred As always, Alfred, thanks for the advice. The exposed nature of Rangoons position has me concerned. That said my opponent has thus far shown an inability to multitask. Since he took Singapore, he has moved on Midway, but no where else. He seems to only attack where he can bring overwhelming force. WHile I understand that is the way to win in this game, at this point in time, I think he is being too cautious. He has precious few months to accomplish a lot. We are now just 65 days until I can start upgrading British air units. If he doesn't strike Burma soon, it will be a tough row to hoe. I think I will keep my original Ledo to Mandaly defensive line until I see Larry make a move. If he isn't in Burma by May 1, I will reconsider. I am moving SE Asia HQ to the furthest SE base in India prepping for Rangoon. This hex is exactly 9 hexes from Rangoon and at least will help with its command bonus. 24 February Update Larry has 5 units on Midway. CD has been very harsh on him with 3 DD, an AK, and 3 MSW already reported sunk. Have a hunch this number will only grow with time. I downgrade VMF-211 at PH to F2A to put more F4F-3's into pool. My hope is this will help my CV Fighter groups move up to full strength. At present Enterprise is at 26 and Yorktown is still at 17. Lexington is at Full strength and Hornet is at SF with 27 F4F-4. Just 5 days until -4 come into full production but it will take more than a month to get enough into the pool to convert the airgroups on Lex, Sara, and Enterprise. My Duth ML subs have too much systems damage to lay mines anymore (at least that is what I am assuming) Will have to move them out of theatre I think to repair [:(] Good new is the remains of the Asiatic Fleet disbanded at Brisbane today. All ships are over 40 syst damage so its going to be a while for repairs to be accomplished.
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