ORIGINAL: Nomad
When I invade I want some ships that unload supplies during the first phase of unloading. that way I know I have supplies available on the beachhead. That is why I include some AKs with nothing but supplies loaded. If you have to unload some troops before you unload supplies, you could be attacking without supplies, at 25% attack factors. [:@] Your troops will not like that. [:-] As the Allies, I have no supply problems when it is time to start doing major invasions so pile it on( that would be historical ).
I learned this the hard way. In one game against the AI, i invaded tarawa with the prettiest, most well organized invasion you've ever seen, with only one hitch. All my supplies were on the ships with the troops. After 2 days ashore my forces still had zero supply level. In lieu of bullets the marines opted for harsh words and dispariging comments about the Japense soldiers' lineage. [8|] Results were not encouraging[8|]
On day three the Japanese counter-attacked and 2/3 of the US 2nd Marine Corps was lost
. Now I alwasy include ships with supply only in the first wave.
