ORIGINAL: sanderz
ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson
The supply level is way too low to sustain operations at Singapore. I should have thought of
that before I launched the paratroopers. Once they were on the ground they became a liability
and I HAD to send some troops to protect them so they could withdraw and get ready for another
mission. So the troops are there and there's no supply. I'm going to have to hijack all the
engineer units between here and Manila and put them to work on the rails to get to Singapore.
The trouble is that all the other engineers are busy elsewhere doing something relatively
important too.
Is there "port to port" supply that would help or is that already in effect?
Supply is abstracted so much that the "port to port" supply system is already figured in and
in operation. The scenario designer can designate how much supply comes out of each specific
supply point and Thomas has opted for the minimums I suppose. Or maybe it's just that I'm
so far from the nearest supply point that it's just attenuated a lot.
I've had this situation come up in my
WITP-AE games, one with Brian, where the supply
level got really low in the interior of Malaya near Kuala Lumpur and Johare Bharu and the
operation couldn't continue that way so I had to ship about 20K of supply to Mersing on an
emergency basis from Cam Rahn Bay and then wait a couple of days before it became nominal
again. There's no provision for carrying supplies and or fuel. Thomas Harvey developed
some subchasers for the escorting of LCU's over the high seas and it works. That's like
loading the unit on ships and transporting them in AK's in the case of the Japs or for the
Allied side you gotta use an AP and there's a class of transport that can carry most of
a Division although most of the time you'd want to split it up into about three pieces to
transport it. The idea is to have the escort provide not only SCTF properties but AA
cover as well. Subchasers don't have a lot in the way of AA protection so for that you're
going to need a bigger ship, a DD or CL. I don't like using CA's as escorts, they tend to
get damaged by enemy aircraft strikes. Then you gotta repair it and everything. Although,
the best escorts are those that can handle a little aircraft strike or two.
There's no submarines yet. That's a good thing for the Japs and a not so good thing for the
Allied side. Maybe that'll be added in a future version.
