Blackhorse -> RE: Luzon Iron Triangle (4/16/2011 12:43:31 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel No question that Clark Field is the base to defend for the Allies. For many IJ players, the optimum strategy will be to isolate Clark with a "holding force" of perhaps 600 to 800 AV, pound the base by air for months until it's out of supply, and then finish it off with the force at hand. No need to waste good troops there when they can be put to more effective use in Phase I and Phase II attacks. Q-Ball, among others, showed the way to do it for Japan. I am playing the babes with the new map and Clark field is totally inland and Subic bay is a new port now. Has anybody played the clark defense with the babes new map? What happens when ships can not bompard Clark air base? And what happens when japan amphibious assault on Subic bay? A sqeeze play? It's really no different from AE. The Japanese cannot march to Bataan from Subic, they can only march to Clark Field -- same as they could from Lingayen. Once displaced, the US/Filipino forces will fall back on Bataan. The sole meaningful difference from AE is that Subic Bay and Clark Field are no longer in the same hex, so the Japanese cannot bombard the airfield with ships.
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