ORIGINAL: PzB
Great entertainment guys, liked the carrier battle! Did your carrier make it Dadman?
I'm somewhat uncertain about what I should do with the troops in Singapore and Mersing (the base just to the north right)
in my game against 2ndACR. It seems so futile to hang around waiting for the steamroller to approach. There are 6 forts at Mersing and I got almost 40k troops there.
My opponent has sent 2-3 divisions straight into Burma, forcing me to abandon Rangoon in the first days of January 42.
With the Imp div + other major forces engaged in Burma, could it be possible that the remaining troops in Malaya will have a hard time reducing my forts and capturing Singapore?
If I move now, I could save several Australian brigades - if not they will most likely perish.
Btw, we're playing Lemurs mod.
Can you old war horses give a first time Allied WitP player some advice here?
Also been thinking about deploying the AVG to Singapore and then move in some bombers. This will give me striking power and cause difficulties for the Japs. When the situation gets difficult, it would then become necessary to withdraw the air units back to Java. Does this sound like a worthwhile risk?
Saratoga is hidden under a clump of bushes repairing battle damage now that her fires are out. Better her than Yorktown. 4 torps would have doomed Yorktown.
On the Maylay Penninsula, I adopted a hold out as long as I could strategy. The British would not have abandoned their 2nd jewel of Asia, so I didn't feel I should either, but I'd say if you're going to hold, then commit enough forces and resources to do the job.
I like to play as historically as resonable, the exception being the way I've handled my carriers. America would not have pulled its first line of defense out of CenPac to protect another country's Imperial possessions.
As to Burma, I'm pretty clueless about that theatre.
Java/SRA/DEI is likely to fall anyway, so whatever you move in be prepared to lose. That area is vital to Japan's economic future, so he'll do what he has to in order to secure it
