Canoerebel
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Joined: 12/14/2002 From: Northwestern Georgia, USA Status: offline
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I've been giving my game alot of thought, with fresh perspective inspired by GJ's invasion in his game. You might be surprised that GJ has inspired me to lower my expectations and to be very careful. Why? Because it's 1942 in my game, not 1944. I am in very tight quarters in the DEI, and Chez can, if he so chooses, bring overwhelming ordinance to bear in those tight quarters. He can't reclaim Sumatra at this late date, IMHO, but neither do the Allies have the ability to go on the offensive in a strength-versus-strength match at this early date. So, while keeping an eye out for weakenesses and opportunities to carefully move forward (primarily into southern Borneo), the Allies would be best served right now on building Toboali, Muntok, Billiton Island and Singkep into unassailable fortresses. I think I can do that with the first three, thanks to their proximity to big Allied airfields at Palembang and Oosthaven, but I can't imagine that Steve will let me keep Singkep, and it's in a difficult place for me to effectively handle. Elsewhere, the Allies have done a good job in creating tough little redoubts in important places all over the map - Paramushiro, Tarawa, Ocean, Tabituea, Ndeni, Pago Pago, Milne Bay and Port Moresby. Steve can handle any of these, but there are so many, and they are so scattered, that he's facing a difficult sitaution of which fire does he extinguish first? And the Allies will continue seeking new little outposts to garrison - Merauke and some of the islands north of Darwin are highest priority. But I don't have the ability at this point to engage in major operations in the Pacific. I've committed all my troops. It will be a long time before I have enough reinforcements to engage in something major here. So, I'm sending alot of my transports to Oz and Capetown, to be in a position to move out of Sumatra in a major way when the time comes. And if the Allies hold Billiton, Toabali, and Muntok in strength and built up as the year winds down, the next move into Borneo will be under the best possible conditions for success.
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