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el cid again -> RE: [disre....err simply ignore] (11/29/2013 2:26:49 AM)
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On the order of 20,000 tons a day is woefully tiny in terms of Japanese requirements IRL.
That amounts to 4 ships with 5,000 tons, or 5 ships with 4,000 tons, per day. Not much of
a shortfall IMHO.
Unless the scenario gutted the stock locations in Japan which have hundreds of Recource Centers,
it isn't (like the manual claims) "an accurate simulation of the Japanese economy." Take them
out - and need to replace them with shipped in resources - and you start to get close.
Having done that, I find that Japan is forced to form multiple convoys every day from multiple
locations - just to keep the economy running. And to do an efficiency analysis - it is more efficient
to ship from Korea and Northern China and Eastern China and Manchukuo than from distant points. And
indeed 2/3 of the tonnage of wartime imports is coal - from those very places. The greatest part
of the remaining 1/3 is iron ore, copper ore, food and other products from them. So a focus on nearby
locations is correct. But it isn't enough - so you need to have ships returning to Japan (no matter
what they took outbound) returning with resources as well.
The oil situation is the same, but worse. You get a little oil on Japan (more than stock in fact, as
some fields are missing) - and a little from Sakhalin (unless the Allies are smart and harass you with
subs out of Alaska) - and somewhat more from Korea/Manchukuo - but vastly not enough to be both running
industry and building stockpiles for later in the war. You simply must capture oilfields in the SRA
and ship it back to Japan - and to other places with refineries that need it.
As used to be said of the board game War in the Pacific, your main job is to route convoys. Sometimes you
also get to fight battles.
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