Canoerebel -> RE: Through a Glass Darkly (9/30/2010 3:08:35 PM)
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5/7/42 and 5/8/42 South India: The Allies have extracted most of the units that were threatened with envelopment. Brad has at least two divisions here - 1st and 6th Guards. East India: Japanese units are moving moving south and north from the middle and will soon have all east coast bases. NE India: The Allies are just about to evacuate Calcutta. West India: I'm really not sure yet how I want to prepare "Fortress West India." There are some good urban hexes to defend, but I can't risk dividing my troops into too many strongpoints, thus allowing Brad to isolated and destroy in detail. So I may not defend Bombay. The ultimate line may be in three parts: Ahmadebad, Delhi, and Karachi. It should take quite some time for Brad to get anywhere close to West India, so I have time to configure the defenses. Rourke's Drift/Alamo: I am going to send some reinforcements from USA to Capetown, including 27th Divsision, though it will be several weeks before I can buy that. In the event of a wholesale Japanese campaign for West India, and if Brad relies upon LBA while employing the KB far away, I will use my carriers to escort reinforcements in to Karachi. I hope it doesn't reach that point, obviously. But the Allies are nearing the point in the Pacific where they have reinforced the critical areas, so if Brad uses the KB to cover invasions, the troops will have to stand and fight on their own. There were two primary reasons to keep my carriers hidden: (1) it froze Brad in the Pacific, permitting reinforcement of certain critical bases, and this operation is about finished, and (2) to protect them from damage as my master plan requires maximum number of carriers; the risk to the Allied carriers - mainly subs and LBA from a distance - will be slight as long as the the KB is far away. NoPac: John, the Allies have nearly completed reinforcing the Aleutians. While the garrisons are decent, they are sufficient for defensive purposes only. I do not have the men, much less the ships, to engage in offensive operations. Attu has a Marine regiment, strong CD unit, and a bit more. Adak has an Army battalion with a Regiment on the way. Dutch Harbor has a battalion plus. Amchitka has about 100 AV. Each of these islands also has an engineer unit, so forts are progressing nicely. CenPac: I have 5,000 troops including a CD at Midway, and I'm looking for a way to bump that up to about 6,000 with a detachment of armor or infantry. At that point Midway has to stand by itself. Canton Island has an Army battalion and CD and will stand alone. SoPac: Nadi has a Marine regiment, an Army battalion about to land, and a good CD unit. Suva has an Army battalion with an Army RCT on the way, but it also needs a CD unit - I'll probably take one from the three currently at Pago Pago. That will be sufficient for Fiji. Has Time Been My Friend?: I'm hoping that pyschologically, Brad has developed a feeling that the Allies have strongly reinforced these bases during his prolonged absence from the Pacific. That may dissuade him from pushing as far as he otherwise might. Nevetheless I would be shocked if he doesn't take a stab at Midway. Canton is also a viable and logical target, though of less value to me so I'm not sweating it. Suva worries me, though I think he may conclude it might be a tough nut to crack at this point [RO-68 was just sunk by a DD escorting two AP and an AMC, so Brad knows troops are coming in]. Sub Wars: As noted, Allied ASW scored a rare victory in sinking RO-68; Grenadier scored a rare hit on a Japanese xAKL near Sapporo.
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