Should we go to war with Japan?

eyrei · Nov 13, 2002

The Japanese threatened us during the last turn chat. They should die. :mad:

Seriously, I wish to get a poll posted ASAP, so if there any in disagreement with a simply Yes/No/Abstain poll for a declaration of war as soon as the military department gives the go ahead, please say so here.

I would also appreciate it if the Military department would give an analysis and timetable for when we could be ready.

Stuck_as_a_Mac · Nov 13, 2002

KEEL ZEEM!!!!!!!

Strider · Nov 13, 2002

War with Japan should wait.... Japan is rather large. And slightly far away also. I doubt we will have the economy to support the processing of troops as fast as we need to. We need to wait awhile and get are new cities developed.

Veera Anlai · Nov 13, 2002

I hate those accursed Japanese as much as the next Fanatikan, but I believe the time to wipe them off the Earth is not now. Allow us to recover from our recent war with the Aztecs, and then begin our righteous crusade.

GenMarshall · Nov 13, 2002

We should wait untill our forces arrive to there borders. I strongly Suggest using Horsemen in the open field since I beleve in a successfull mobalized force

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eyrei · Nov 13, 2002

Originally posted by CivGeneral
We should wait untill our forces arrive to there borders. I strongly Suggest using Horsemen in the open field since I beleve in a successfull mobalized force .

Thanks to some forward thinking on the part of our president, our army is only a couple squares away from one of their cities, as are a few more units.

The Japanese will only get larger, and their military is still smaller than ours.

Grandmaster · Nov 13, 2002

I say get into striking position and then attack. It'll take how many turns to get our attack force to their border? Once we're built up along the Tokugawa Line, I say send the swords and horses and beat them like theere's no tomorrow and they're getting samurais today. Their insults cannot be forgotten.

GenMarshall · Nov 13, 2002

The Japanese's Threats will not be tollerated. A Strike Team would be there within about 10 turn and then we can have the horsemen harrass the Japanese trade routes.

Civanator · Nov 13, 2002

Before digging ourselves a hole we can't get out of, let's see what we can do to mobolize the most amount of troops while still protecting our homeland. We will need alot of troops to overcome the Japanese, and IIRC we are near the middle ages? Also, we can't spread our forces too much as they have roads, they have major bonuses, and we might get jumped by other nations.

Cyc · Nov 13, 2002

I say as soon as it's feasible, let's go. We have several attack plans on the table. Let's get this decided on, switch our cities to a more military production stance and keep it there until we've secured the Iron Deposits in Japan.

Octavian X · Nov 13, 2002

I just realized how much larger Japan is compared to our current size. Just a thought, but any war with Japan will certainly have to be a rather drawn out one.

chiefpaco · Nov 14, 2002

How is our military doing? Does it seem that we are ready to battle? We should take a big bite if we attack, not take small nibbles.

Shaitan · Nov 14, 2002

There are 2 basic battle options. Go it alone, hit hard and fast to take a chunk, make peace as soon as possible. Get help (India for offensive support, America to be sure we won't get attacked from the rear), hit hard and long, make peace after 20 turns or when appropriate.

I favor the long haul and I favor it upon completion of the heroic epic. With military production in the cities we will be able to free our sword garrisons and get them in place to attack within 12 turns. Backed by new production horses for flanking maneuvers we can hit Japan hard. They would be prevented from counterattacking by India hitting them from their south.

Lecky · Nov 14, 2002

Once again I find myself saying this - I really dont think we are going to have much of an option for the mythical "short/decisive" war.

I say go to war, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - therefore - get those build queues pumping out military units NOW, and lets get some workers laying some strategic roads NOW

gunning1 · Nov 14, 2002

I think we should go ahead and put our forces near their borders and get ready to attack.

But what if while we are offguard, someone demands something from us and we refuse, so they declare war on us while our attacking forces are at the border of Japan?

Cyc · Nov 14, 2002

I'm for hitin' long and hard too, until we take their Iron. Let's make sure we're prepared to step across that line before we do it though. I don't want to send our boys into a meat grinder.

Shaitan · Nov 14, 2002

Some forces are already assembled on their border. We need to get the 6 swords that are doing garrison duty freed up and over there too.

Falcon02 · Nov 14, 2002

I'm warry of this war, however I believe we will be able to win it, but I'm not sure at how great a cost or gain.

Bill_in_PDX · Nov 14, 2002

I believe the only safe route to this war, which is necessary given the threats from Kyoto, is to bring in allies like India and America to secure our borders, and then to strike hard at the high production and iron regions of Japan.

As noted above, once we break through the Gem Mountains, there is wide open horse friendly terrain.

Bill
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Chieftess · Nov 14, 2002

Yes, I'm wary of this war too. We should have our swordsmen about halfway to Japan before sending our horsemen/knights into battle. Knights have greater speed, so they'll be able to catch up.

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