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crsutton -> RE: china early 42' (12/8/2010 10:32:29 PM)
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I won't send a PM since this advice is all pretty common knowledge.
1. Your forces are very weak at start and will not stand up to Japanese forces in any sort of open terrain. Vs a good opponent who is using troops drawn from Manchuko you will eventually lose virtually all of China that is not in rough terrain. So your first action should be a general "bug out" from exposed areas (costal China) where large number of troops can be cut off. It is OK to lose troops because units come back in 30 day to Chunking and they sometimes come back stronger-but with low morale. However, you do not want to lose massive chunks of troops. You do want to delay.
2. Look to delay and then defend on river lines as you work your way back to good solid defensive positions. Don't hesitate to leave some units in the enemy rear as they can cause headaches and disrupt his timetable.
3. Do not build fortifications and airbases at every point. You do not have enough supply. Pick you main points of defense and fortify there. Be careful about replacments as well. Replacements eat supply so go easy. Training pilots eat supply and the Chinese air force in 1942 just gives victory points to Japan. Protect your air force.
4. Never change your target "prep" destinations for any unit. Keep all infantry units set for the location that they start the game at. Reason is you do not start to train and gain experience until you are prepped 100% (you do not have to be in that location) for a specific location. Your unit experierienc blows at start. Once a unit is fully prepped for a location they will start to train up and eventually get to a 45 to 50 exp level. These are the units that will stop the Japanese in good terrain. Once you have trained up a unit then you can change the prep for it.
5. Always keep a good strong reserve in Chunking. You will need them to avert disaster.
6. You have a number of units that are not restricted and can be bought out. Use them in battle, and then when they are depleted, buy them out (very cheaply) then fly them to India. Rebuild them in India where you can use British supply. Then fly them back in or save them for an offensive into Burma. It is not a bad idea to buy out Chinese air units and train them in India as well
8 You must hold Imphal, Ledo, and in China-Paoshan, Kumming and the road to Chunking. If you have too, give up territory elsewhere but don't lose this line. You got to fly supply into China until you can take Burma back. If he cuts your air supply line to India, then you are dead.
9. If your opponent knows his stuff, you are not going to win the war in China. However, you need to survive so that he does not free up large amount of troops to fight in the Pacific.
10. One tactical oddity. Sometimes defending cities does not work as there is supply issue that drains supply from heavily defended cities. Plan to defend right in front of the cities or right behind them where supply seems to flow normally.
11. Beware of Japanese tank units. They are stronger than they should be because they can cross any sort of terrain and still stay in supply. You have no mobile units to counter them and no AT assets. If they get into your rear, you are screwed.
12. One house rule I think is a must. No strategic bombing of factories and resources in China by either side until at least 1944. If he is allowed to bomb your factories then you will lose China.
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