witpqs -> RE: Carrier Clash. Sheep bites back? (9/27/2012 7:32:37 PM)
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IMO there is no way that you will get enough supply through the jungle to all of open the road, supply a defense of the road, supply a clearing of the road into China, and supply China. If you take and build up fully the coastal bases (Akyab, Ramree Island) and capture Prome on up to establish the shortest supply link possible, then you will get some supply into China. The Burma Road proper is open by having Rangoon and a (IIRC)road/rail link kall the way to Tuyun. Then 500 supply per day just appear at Chungking as 'Daily Supply'. That's a big deal when you manage to do it. Going straight in to 'free' the Chinese is the least likely to succeed and, if it succeeds, will provide the least benefit. On the other hand, if you do take Rangoon then as mentioned the Imperial defense of middle and upper Burma becomes difficult to impossible. Yes, many of those units might simply plug up access to China, but can you really stop that? Even if you come straight across the jungle for the road into China, they can do the same thing before you get there, yes?
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