Canoerebel -> RE: One Weird Battle (10/13/2010 6:58:33 PM)
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5/28/42 to 5/30/42 Lots of good suggestions, guys, thanks. India: I got snagged by an oddity. One of my Aussie brigades was 44 miles towards moving to the next hex. An IJA unit entered the hex and the Aussie unit reset to zero miles. (The unit was in "move" not "strategic mode.") This creates the potential for having the unit isolated and destroyed, so that's troubling. I'll see what I can do about it. Also, two reinforcing non-combat units arrived at at Madras, even though the city is a death trap surrounded by Japanese units. So those two units - an engineer and an HQ - are essentially toast. Oh well, unexpectedly bad things happen in war. I do hope, though, that Brad will act reasonably in taking Madras so that this boondoggle doesn't repeat itself. Several infantry and armor units are set to arrive there in the coming months and I'd rather not have them appear magically in an isolated hex. On a positive note, a new Indian brigade just arrived in a base near Delhi. Political Points: One of the most interesting and challenging aspects of the game right now is the allocation of precious political points. With increasing Japanese activity in NoPac, I am very anxious to bolster my garrisons, especially at Attu and Adak Islands. Maintining a strong position and the appearance of a mounting threat is critical to my plans, so losing my forward positions would be devastating to me. I have severl restricted Canadian units at Prince Rupert prepping for those bases. I really, really want to buy them and move them forward. However, I am even more anxious to buy 27th Division, at San Diego, and transport it to Capetown (and possibly thence to Karachi). This unit costs 1971 PP, and I have accumulated 1889. I will stick to the plan, buy 27th, and then begin buying the Canadian units as soon thereafter as possible. NoPac: 5th Marine CD just arrived at San Diego. She'll prep for Attu, move to Seattle, and thence board transport for the front. The two SeaBee units deployed to Dutch Harbor and Umnak Island arrived safely. CenPac: The SeaBee unit bound for Midway begins unloading there tomorrow. I will exceed the garrison limit a bit, so I'll pull out a fragment of the unit. Another SeaBee unit unloaded safely at French Frigate Shoals. The fifth, and final, SeaBee unit is aboard transports that will make the dangerous run to Canton Island, arriving in about a week. SoPac: I've divided the transports carrying 6th Marines to Suva. The lead element should arrive in two or three days. Further out, transports carrying an Army battlion and an artillery unit should be ready to make the run to the island wiithin a week. These are my final reinforcements for Fiji for the near and medium term, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Australia: 32nd Division and the last RCT of 40th Division have safely arrived at Adelaide. This makes three U,S, divisions (40, 41, and 32) in Oz. I don't think Brad is aware of their presence, which is an important security item. Once 27th Divison arrives at Capetown, that will add a fourth division to the Indian Ocean theater. Sub Wars: I-20 got an empty xAK near Pago Pago. Intel and OpSec: There has been some discussion of Japanese auto-victory in a thread in the War Room. I didn't get a single shred of useful info from the posts until Brad chastised ckammp for posting. That alerted me to the fact that Brad considered ckammp's thoughts potentially useful to me. Brad also made a comment something to the effect that I didn't know his plan. While that's true as to the specifics, I have received so much useful SigInt over the past few months that I think I have a good idea as to what his intentions are. I've detailed much of this SigInt in my AAR. While I don't know if he'll actually push to take all of India - he may intend to and later decide to back off, for instance - I do know that a massive force has been sent here. Some of that force is prepping for Bombay. I haven't received any SigInt of forces prepping for Delhi, Karachi, or Ahmadebad.
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