Free Asian Ports wrote:Congreveopia wrote:Well, in this case I believe the dates are probably very strategically significant. The difference between reinforcements arriving in a few days and a few weeks could very well be the difference between stopping the Remnant military near the border and stopping the Remnant military after they've taken large pieces of Zhanguan territory (or not stopping them at all, if they shatter the Zhanguan army before reinforcements arrive).
This is all happening in April...
Actually, as of Vanq's post, it is not. Vanq/Helg/Novaya are landing in Zhangua in May.
Congreveopia wrote:Second Helghan Empire wrote:whenever vanq invaded I guess. I don't understand why we are so worried about the dates it's never been a real big deal before though,
Well, in this case I believe the dates are probably very strategically significant. The difference between reinforcements arriving in a few days and a few weeks could very well be the difference between stopping the Remnant military near the border and stopping the Remnant military after they've taken large pieces of Zhanguan territory (or not stopping them at all, if they shatter the Zhanguan army before reinforcements arrive).
Exactly. Since on April 24th, I started moving into Zhangua, and the Vanquarian & co. reinforcements begin arriving on May 4th, depending on how much resistance Zhanguanese troops offer, it's possible I could have driven my army across half of Zhangua at that point in time. They could be fighting me on the isthmus when they arrive.
Free Asian Ports wrote:Congreveopia wrote:It started in April. Moving an army around the world or conquering an entire nation is the sort of thing that could well span multiple months.
So, how long your troops take might well be shorter than how long Vanquaria's take, but you still need to figure out how long (or I can if you want).
Shouldn't Donner's and DEN's forces take just as long, then?
It's possible, depending on what he sent or how long it's taken him. I honestly can't say because I admittedly haven't been focusing on the Reutoan Front.
Congreveopia wrote:Vanquaria wrote:4th of May
I noticed that I was much far behind in time by looking at other's posts so I decided to focus on after my fleet has made landfall which took pretty much just over a week now from my planned 4-5 days at sea.
That gives you 5-6 days to load 100,000 soldiers onto your boats, right? I don't know if that's realistic. Anyone with more experience on large-scale army mobilization want to comment?
This is very true. A force of 100,000
light infantry would take 50 America-class amphibious assault ships to carry. And that's just light infantry with bare minimum supplies. To protect a force of 50 amphibs, you'd need proportional defensive and support units, so you'd be moving a massive fleet and you'd be moving at the speed of your slowest ship, which would most likely be the Americas, since they can only push roughly 20 knots.
Because if you waited on everyone getting ready at once and to move at once in a massive fleet, it'd take weeks upon weeks to organize, and the logistics train would be strained to deal with so much at once as well as the administration would hate to organize a movement so massive when there's simply more efficient means to do it.
That's why most large-scale movements like that move in waves. So say you have 15 Americas, you'd be moving the troops in a first wave, and then the Americas would transport back to your nation and pick up a second wave and so on. Also while this is happening, and also before your amphibious troops even landed, you'd have soldiers travelling via military air transport and civilian airlines to reach their destination as the first boots on the ground.
Now, this causes an issue, since the size of Ausozera is larger, meaning air transport wouldn't be feasible between continents due to the distance. But we could glaze over that fact in the face of making this go quicker.