Air supply confusion.

[Patchworth+]

I had an idea but don't know if it'd work. What if I just ignored convoys and had aircraft drop supplies straight from mainland Japan to the nearest Asian province? Would they actually get distributed via the land network to more distant units or would they instead only supply those units in the area?

[glythe]

Air drops are only to the province where you drop them.

In other words if your troops are in province C they get extra supply from the air drop only when they are in province C.

[Patchworth+]

Drat.

[Big [REDACTED] Marty]

air supply gives supply to the ENTIRE air region, and divides the supply evenly to every tile with one of your units on it, and only in territory you control, not enemy or ally territory
if your transports give 10 supply, which is 500 planes, then for 1 tile it's 10, 2 tiles 5, 4 tiles 2.5, 10 tiles 1

at that point with 10 tiles you basically could only support half an army of basic infantry, not enough to conquer china

this can be useful in niche situations with small unit numbers, but supplying the whole operation is not possible, you are limited by CP on how many planes you can use at once

also supply drop only provides "supply" and does not allow units to reinforce guns, fuel, etc

edit: you also cannot choose which units get supply

honestly if it did allow for equipment resupply, it would be a god tier asset in some situations rather than a niche novelty

[Patchworth+]

Dang. There goes that plan for no-navy Japan.

[Big [REDACTED] Marty]

Originally posted by Patchworth+:

Dang. There goes that plan for no-navy Japan.

i'd suggest learning how to navy, it's a pain in the ass, but once you get it you get it

it wont be some esoteric wall forever, i promise

[glythe]

Originally posted by Patchworth+:

Dang. There goes that plan for no-navy Japan.

Japan is a great country well suited for using a navy. Why would you want to skip it? You can squash china pretty easily because you have a navy. Support some naval invasions and you can make the front line larger than China can handle.

[Patchworth+]

I know how to navy. I just wanna do weird other stuff.

[Big [REDACTED] Marty]

Originally posted by Patchworth+:

I know how to navy. I just wanna do weird other stuff.

there will be no weirdness, quirky hijinks, or tomfoolery

only super serious map painting!