Korea 50-53 Andy77 ( NKPA ) and larry ( UN )

[larryfulkerson]

Depending on who Andy is attacking I can sometimes get some of my licks in too. Some
of his attacks have been expensive. I still haven't seen any sign of his fighters.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what I'm doing with my planes right now. I haven't looked at the expected
reinforcements for this turn yet and I'm not sure what else got withdrawn with the
84th Fighter Group ( to refit ) but the planes available are still green even though
I'm flying them three-dots. Maybe I can save Pusan after all.

If Pusan falls then I'll stockpile a lot of troops in Japan and plot my scheme to take
over the world. Andy will probably garrison his ports so I'll have to use my boats to
push over the defenders. Maybe I should use the B-29's to drop some bridges up north.
The bridges over China's border with NK maybe.

[larryfulkerson]

This is the best I can do for perimeter defense. I've pulled back in some areas and
reinforced in other areas and there's nothing I can do for the isolated groups so they
will just have to hang in there as long as they can.

[John B.]

Interesting AAR. I'l guess that his logistics are in pretty sorry shape right now since you have the rail lines blocked up. Also, don't forget your amphibious invasion capability. I think your marines can push aside even an entrenched NK division.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: John B.
Interesting AAR. I'l guess that his logistics are in pretty sorry shape right now since you have the rail lines blocked up. Also, don't forget your amphibious invasion capability. I think your marines can push aside even an entrenched NK division.

That sounds like good news. I'm counting on an amphibious invasion to rectify the situation but I'll
need to wait until the expected reinforcements for that capability are in play. I'm leaning toward
Inchon but I'm open to other options.

[John B.]

Inchon is the obvious choice since it's so close to the Seoul communications hub. When I"ve landed there I've been able to push the NK out of the way and have enough ops points to make it north. Once you get the Marine division they're pretty tough!

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: John B.
Inchon is the obvious choice since it's so close to the Seoul communications hub. When I"ve landed there I've been able to push the NK out of the way and have enough ops points to make it north. Once you get the Marine division they're pretty tough!

That sounds great. What I'd really like to do is invade on both coasts so as to seal off the north
part from the south part. That way the south part can turn cherry red and easier to kill. I'll look
around for such a spot. Maybe something more low-key at first. I'm not sure. It depends a lot on
how Andy is defending. Let's bring up this subject again when I get something to invade with.

[John B.]

sounds good.

[larryfulkerson]

Andy tells me that the front lines have stabilized around historical lines.

[larryfulkerson]

So dear reader: It appears that I have received the 7th Division as reinforcements
and now I have to decide where to comit them. I'm thinking of leaving them in
Japan for a while so they can refit fully and to project the threat of an invasion
anywhere on the map. That might be more helpful right now.

[cpt flam]

before i would see if other reinforcement are not indicate in the same hex, this could delete them
not the best time for it

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: cpt flam
before i would see if other reinforcement are not indicate in the same hex, this could delete them
not the best time for it

I hadn't thought of that. And I should check too, to see if other reinforcements are coming in
that hex and is it already stacked with 9 units, that kind of thing. Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for posting.

[John B.]

Also, have you considered air missions to drop some of his bridges along the rail line? That makes his logistics ever worse. To the extent that the encircled ROK units far away are on bridges you might want them to blow the bridges as a last, great act of defiance.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: John B.
Also, have you considered air missions to drop some of his bridges along the rail line? That makes his logistics ever worse. To the extent that the encircled ROK units far away are on bridges you might want them to blow the bridges as a last, great act of defiance.

I looked into that with the B-29's and thought maybe INT was more important but now that most of
the movement is over dropping bridges sounds like a great idea. Thanks for reminding me about it.
I'll have to drop some of the more important ones to make a difference I think. Mainly the rails.

[larryfulkerson]

Andy is almost through with his mop up operations. I'm waiting for his attacks to begin
in earnest. I'm about as ready as I can be I think. I'm going to do some B-29 attacks
on his bridges.

[larryfulkerson]

I looked through the expected reinforcements for the 11th Infantry and the 1st Arty
units but they weren't there so I'm guessing that the ROK units don't respawn so I've
taken them off the front lines for the most part and I've got the 1st ROK INF DIV
resting near Pusan so I can use it with confidence in the near future. There's not
much of it left so I'll use them as recon or garrison or an emergency reserve.

[John B.]

In my experience they do respawn. It may be that they don't show up on the reinforcement chart until sufficient items/squads are available to rebuild them.

[larryfulkerson]

I broke some of his bridges with two combat rounds worth of bridge strikes.

[John B.]

Looks good. He really must be at the end of his logistical tether!

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: John B.
Looks good. He really must be at the end of his logistical tether!

All that bridge breaking CAN'T be good for his supply levels. On the other hand I'd
better have some engineer units in the mix or this might be a long war.