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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/17/2015 7:07:50 AM)
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Here's Tom's reply via email:
The supply is intentionally set low for everyone until the allies get better later. But for the Japanese it does not get better. The Chinese have permanent low supply, almost none, due to the long Burma road and flying in supply. Further, the jungle and other terrain make it very difficult to get any supply very far. The dirt and mud roads nearly everywhere are poor for supply and the forces involved have limited supply ability when off a good supply location.
In the historical taking of Singapore, the Japanese had very poor supply and were lucky the British surrendered as they were in worse shape than the British who surrendered.
In the last scenario when I was the Japanese I brought in all the engineers into Malaya to repair the rail line down to Singapore before I started the attack. I also let the units sit for several turns as the supply improved as the rail line got closer. The Japanese take a while to repair rails but they get the job done. They are very good at setting up a crossing over a major river. The supply that way is nil due to terrain.
The rails in China can give the Japanese a big advantage in supply if you have an offensive from your rail heads. Once you go into the bush your supply is nearly gone. That is true for all sides. On islands it does not matter since the islands are very small.
The Japanese supply was very poor and got worse as time went on. The allies improve over time but not in China. The Chinese are really limited to holding, not attacking.
This is at least my approach to the subject. Time works against the Japanese. Once you go on to the defensive and just dig in, eventually all the defenders rest up and are ready on the islands. In all other areas you had better get the rails fixed and get your units close to it if they need supply. Long offensives are not something the Japanese can supply. You can get a little more supply if you do not move units by rail, sea or air in a given turn. In Malaya there is no rail for the Japanese and no supply point either. You either take Singapore quickly if the Allies do not defend it or you build the rail lines down to it. Singapore is a long way away from a supply source without repaired rail lines.
The other thing- what does sea interdiction due to supply? Anything? Or does it reduce supply some how like normal interdiction. There has been a lot of allied sea interdiction so far.
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