OOPS - I wrote assuming he meant Barrow. See below for Kodiak comments and notes.
Thank you for your comments. You are correct on several counts. Logistics is a key element in RHS. The design intent
was to give players a need for all those transport ships and aircraft. Another intent was to simulate historical
problems - logistical in particular. One must ALWAYS bear in mind the limits of what a place can support - or what supply
can get there can support?
The entire US (and Canadian) civil air fleet was mobilized MAINLY to support development of the Canadian NW
and Alaska, early in 1942. You get ALL these aircraft and air units and their base forces. They should not in
general be used outside of North America - and many ground elements and HQ are static or built into static units
for that reason. Obvously, UNTIL you get them, you cannot use them (go figure). They do not start in the game
in December, 1941.
Barrow is a port! So you CAN send ships! But - uh - NOT in Winter - when the ice is frozen? Make sense? In fact,
the only time the Arctic Ocean is generally navigable is in the short, two month long, Fall season. At that time
one can sail deep into the heartland of Siberia or Canada. This is the MAIN way the Allies get major amounts of supply
in. Or, indeed, are able to export most of the few resources (and a little oil) produced in it. In the Winter -
that includes when the game begins - one does have some unusual features - ice roads and ice trails - which mitigate
just a little the logistics problems. In Monsoon, the two major river systems (and one minor one) which open into
the Bering Sea become navigable. In Fall - all the major rivers that empty into the Artic Ocean become connected
to 'the world ocean.' Some rivers are useful in Monsoon but NOT connected to the ocean - they are used locally.
This is the case in both Siberia and North America. These developments are one reason there are RHS players in
Siberia! RHS has systematically developed WITP and then AE to include a fuller Soviet order of battle. As well,
the SOP in RHS is to play with active Russians - to permit construction, deployment, recon, search etc (with care).
[None even numbered scenarios permit passive Russian play - and also simplify logistics for faster play].
Barrow was only used by the US Army as a radar site - to detect a Japanese invasion headed for the MacKenzie River -
to penetrate deep into North America. I do not recommend sending troops there until it is summer, 1942. The enemy cannot
get there until Fall.
ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus
Hello again Sid and everyone [:)]
Well, 4 february 1942, I am loving the mod, especially the
logistics: the main reason to use your mod IMHO.
So far so good.
Anyway, er, how do I supply Kodiak? [:D] Ocean is frozen therefore ships cannot get there. I thought it would work like the Lake Ladoga in the Great Patriotic War (when frozen, supplies got to besieged Leningrad) ie an improvised and dangerous land route. But supplies are not getting through (I used the supplies required thing to no avail). I stopped all constructions in the hex but the base will only produce 270 supplies per month (4 LI + 1 free supply per day): 9*30 that is.
Am I supposed to use the transport planes in the area to deliver supplies (and accept heavy OP losses in theory: blizzard, cold zone)? Is that the only option?
Thanks in advance
