Road Communications Query

[el cid again]

The US Army maps of the area all show a "motor road" - which we have - out to Urumchi and on to the USSR.

The same maps show a "motor road" to Ulan Bator and the USSR - from Peking.

Why is it absent in all forms of WITP? Is there a technical reason not to upgrade the trail to road????

[Andrew Brown]

ORIGINAL: el cid again

The US Army maps of the area all show a "motor road" - which we have - out to Urumchi and on to the USSR.

The same maps show a "motor road" to Ulan Bator and the USSR - from Peking.

Why is it absent in all forms of WITP?

The road to Urumchi is not on the stock map because Urumchi is not. The stock map does have a road from Peking to Ulan Bator, though.

My map includes both roads, but they are, for the most part, coded as trails, which is probably representing them as being worse than they really were for movement and supply purposes, but that is quite usual for the WitP maps (What I would really like is a "secondary road" type that was between the "road" and "trail" types, but there is no such option).

Is there a technical reason not to upgrade the trail to road????

No. Not that I am aware of.

Andrew

[el cid again]

My concern was that perhaps the Soviet Union might end up supplying China - or drawing resources from China.
Both are historical - and a road code should not allow too much - but I feared someone knew something I did not.
Too much and one or the other nation does not build units properly.
On the other hand, no military movement is possible across Mongolia at this time - for logistic reasons - and I don't think that makes sense - nor gives either side any reason to garrison the sector.