ORIGINAL: Sangeli
ORIGINAL: Wargmr
ORIGINAL: Sangeli
I'm not sure I'm a fan of this move. How much of the army used to take Singapore is accounted for right now? Have you had any intel reports of IJ units planning to land anywhere in India? If Japan were to invade Diamond Harbor you could be in some serious trouble; you don't control the RR back to India so you'd have to march back overland. The Japanese could take Calcutta while your army is stuck to the east. I'd be more cautious about "lunging" in eastern India this early. Your center of mass shouldn't be east of Calcutta yet.
I have over 1200AV still in Calcutta. There is another 600AV at Medan if I get really concerned. The allies start with a large force in India and it only grows.
If he takes Diamond Harbor he has to hold diamond harbor or risk getting cut off.
Yes, it is higher stakes and I could get slaughtered but what fun is hiding behind forts until I am unbeatable?
Medan? Medan is in Sumatra. Surely you mean another base.
Ya, 1200 AV is pretty good. It should be enough to hold Calcutta for some time if the Japanese land at Diamond harbor given the heavy urban terrain. As long as you also have Bombay adequately covered, I think you're good to go attack. I agree you can take some risks but don't be reckless
Medan, Madras... What's the difference?
Up until now NJP has been leading this circus. I intend for that to change for good.
He may have had a plan to invade india but now he has to modify that and I screwed up plenty of his timetable. He has 2-3 divisions at the dot base Tezpur and I am going to hit that next turn with over 1700AV including plenty of tanks for the open terrain and river crossing. The river crossing is a negative but I am hitting a good portion of his troops out in the open with tanks.
If the assault is a great success then he is down 2 divisions temporarily. If it is a failure he still has to keep forces in the area to combat this force. He cannot leave it alone tearing a path through eastern India. He can try an envelopment by invading diamond harbor (for the 2nd time in this game) but then he has a large force at his back at Calcutta and another heading back towards him. The envelopment could quickly switch sides in that case.
He will lose Comilla as he simply cannot get sufficient forces to the base in time. My movement into the hex to the east of the base cut his rail access to that city and Dacca. So, his only source of supply is Chittagong and I am making the supply route to Tezpur very tenuous.
2 indian divisions are moving on Dacca and will be there within a week or so. My calculations are that he cannot get counter forces there in time due to the blocked rail lines. In addition, he has several other problems to worry about.
The forces that take Comilla will need to be dealt with as well. There are 1100AV in that stack with artillery, tanks, AA and command. It wasnt a lark. He will have to field at least 3 divisions to face off against it. My guess is everything he has in reserve off the continent is being targeted for Chittagong just to save that city from falling. In fact, I am counting on it. Hence the sub's and the mines. He hasnt found the mines yet ;]
In a new discovery, it appears that Imphal may yet again have been left unoccupied. If that is the case then his problems just magnified because I dropped portions of the 2nd parachute brigade into that hex. I may be able to gain air superiority in the back country of India.
You asked about forces at Singapore. The silly Japs put their significant tank forces at Bandoeng along with every artillery piece he can muster to try to dig those troops out. Tanks dont do well in mountainous country.
Maybe he can turn this into a victory for himself. However, the portion of india he thought was a lock is now an area where we are going to go round and round and this will take months of his precious time.
I may be a fool but I am not a reckless one ;]
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