Fabertong vs Speedy: The view from the Pole

[DuckofTindalos]

Ah, everything's in the shop window, eh? Oh dear, oh dear... You're one screwed Penguinista...

[fabertong]

I'm not screwed yet.......oh, hold on........maybe I am.........bugger...........

[Mike Solli]

Faber, keep in mind that the Japanese player will lose. Your job is to make the Allied victory as painful for him as it will be for you. Keep your beak (do penguins have beaks?) up.

[DuckofTindalos]

Hey, that's meant to be a SURPRISE!!! Now you've spoiled the end of the war for our feathered Thread-Brother...[:-][;)]

[Mike Solli]

Doh! *Slaps self in forehead*

[fabertong]

WHAT..........I'm supposed to LOSE......nobody told ME that.........you mean my nuclear program and all my late war wonder weapons aren't going to do the trick............That IS depressing.............

[fabertong]

OK so here is a full look at my forces moving to the southern section of Speedy's ne enclave........tothe north is the entire Burma army......perhaps 5000 av......of which I'm moving 1000av to the hex north of the river crossing at Moul.......the rest with defend Pagan and Mandalay.....I'm going to abandon Lashio........

[Mike Solli]

This is a very good lesson for the Japanese player. With time, we get a fair number of land reinforcements. We can't (in the CBI theater, at least) afford to send them all to the front line. We have to guard our flanks. Maybe a planned phased withdrawl is appropriate. Not sure since I haven't gotten that far along in my games. At any rate, I think we need to continually evaluate the Allied capability (and our own) and make those hard decisions about abandoning territory due to the lack of ability to adequately defend it. Keep in mind that we also have to weigh the abandoning good airfields to the Allies for their use to bomb resource/oil centers.

[fabertong]

I agree Mike.......but to lose Mandalay is to lose not only Burma.......but probably Malaya as well.......so will try to hold rather than withdraw.......I though I had covered my *ss with 1800 av worth of troops in reserve......but I figure my positioning of my reserve primarily at Bankok....and Saigon......may have been a mistake......also it hadn't occured to me the amount of stuff that Speedy has moved from the West Coast..........I knew he was going to flank.....but not on this scale..........(holds flipper in air) Mei Culpa........

[DuckofTindalos]

That's a good overall lesson, not just for the Jap player. Always guard the flanks, and never send everything forward.

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: fabertong

I agree Mike.......but to lose Mandalay is to lose not only Burma.......but probably Malaya as well.......so will try to hold rather than withdraw.......I though I had covered my *ss with 1800 av worth of troops in reserve......but I figure my positioning of my reserve primarily at Bankok....and Saigon......may have been a mistake......also it hadn't occured to me the amount of stuff that Speedy has moved from the West Coast..........I knew he was going to flank.....but not on this scale..........(holds flipper in air) Mei Culpa........

Yeah. I guess I wasn't very clear. By withdrawl, I meant the front line, not Rangoon/Mandalay. I agree that they are critical. I think your reserve at Bangkok was probably a mistake. There's no way they can get to Burma in time by moving overland. I look at Burma as a separate theater concerning ground units. The only effective way to get ground units there is by sea. You can get stuff there by air but you'll leave your heavy stuff behind. That drives me nuts.

My reserves are usually in Rangoon/ Mandalay or in the interior of Burma on major roads so they can use interior lines to move quickly. I guess I need to move more stuff there for the future. I don't move anything to Burma until I pay the PPs to change them to the Burma Army. That sucks the vast majority of my PPs all the time.

[fabertong]

Mike....your right.......I fear I was hoping to use the troops as Strat. Res. for both Buma and Malaya........and in the end have done neither.....a sadly typical bit of penguin wolly thinking.......

[Mike Solli]

Squirrels are typically just as bad. They work hard and play hard, but ususlly play more than they work. [:(]

[DuckofTindalos]

Nothing more disturbing than a drunken squirrel... Of course, if he's drinking the product of the Anheuser Busch company, he'll take forever to get hammered...[:D]

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Of course, if he's drinking the product of the Anheuser Busch company, he'll take forever to get hammered...[:D]

Part of the reason why they spend so much time partying.....

[DuckofTindalos]

Ah... Gotya...

[Nikademus]

delete..wrong thread. lol.....too much asthma medicine

[Nikademus]

reset button [:)]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

Squirrels are typically just as bad. They work hard and play hard, but ususlly play more than they work. [:(]

THat squirrel has poor taste in beer. [:D]

[Mike Solli]

Yeah, but you should see him in action. [:D] My opponents will shortly.