Kenhor
Oh year .. forgot to mention that I am a christian .. I do
believe in turning the other cheek.
Good for you. For better or for worse, not all Christians think
that way. But thats another topic for another forum.
Well then if the enemy can stage to Johore, it will have
sufficient targets within reach. And we can stage from Brunei . or
our friends in Taiwan ..
On the assumption we are allowed to stage from there, quite a big
assumption and a risky one to hedge our entire defence strategy
from
You say that the enemy will have enough targets if it can stage to
Johor it will have enough targets withing reach. Yup true, Johor
will be crawling with enemy tactical targets which we can strike,
but hardly any capitals or oil refinery type targets you're
advocating we hit.
FIBUA is costy to BOTH the attacker and Defender. While
establishing a half baked "defensive corridor" in the deep jungle
and palm oil estates will be expensive to the DEFENDER. Especially
if we are unfamiliar, in the dark, 100 km of line, with enemies in
front, behind and a long logistical trail.
Well I have highlighted the flaws in the Mersing Line Strategy
anyway. But I still believe that it is less "half baked" that a
strategy of holding out for a bloodbath in Singapore proper.
100km of line? not really, There are numerous choke points, high
ground to concentrate on and lot of natural obstacles to impede the
enemy advancing on Singapore. Enemies in front, but if the enemy is
not Malaysia (which is what this discussion between you and me is
about) there will be none behind. And 75 km is not a long
logistical tail in military terms
So you are living in 1941 is it? If I want to attack
Malaysia, i will take them from KL , not Kota Baharu. And at the
same time, I will not BOTHER with dealing with them ONE AT A TIME
.. I WILL HAVE TO ENGAGE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME .. only a fool (or a
person stuck in 1941 tactics) will employ a piecemeal tactic to
first finish off Malaysia and then go to Singapore
..
Now you're arguing semantics. It does not matter whether the
landings are held at Kota Bahru, KL, Kuala Malacca or Kuantan
Engage both at the same time? Sure, but again, please let me
re-iterate, if you want to engage both, you'll
i) Carry out landings in Malaysia, while trying to nullify
Singapore through airstrikes while moving southwards through the
Peninsula and eventually arriving in Singapore. We can take care of
the attempted airstrikes in Singapore but theres no point in trying
to stop the move south only when the enemy is in range of
Singapore.
ii) An alternative to take out both is to land in Malaysia as well
as to attempt a paradrop/amphibious landing in Singapore.
Unfortunately the latter is next to impossible, ground based radars
will detect incoming troop transports and coordinate a response to
destroy before the transports near Singapore while radar will also
detect the invasion fleet which will be forced to traverse slowly
due to the numerous islands, shallow waters and narrow, making this
invasion fleet a sitting duck
Option (ii) will be next to impossible because even in the long
term, no nation save for the US will be able to muster this
capability
The only viable option, IMO is (i). Please feel free to come up
with alternate invasion scenarios for debate
I am craping about the fact that we are using the
malaysians as a body shield just to save ourselves .. not to help
them if they are invaded. If they are invaded and we just form a
line 100km to the north, does that help them in any
way?
Yes, it prevents them from being completely overrun and provides
them a springboard for launching a counteroffensive.
Yeah right .. then there is more reasons to fight the enemy
as a team rather than forming a "security cordon"
Agree totally, but we cannot form a team and be expected to do
something thats beyond our capabilities.
Which is why I blame the politicians on both sides for promoting a
culture of misunderstanding and suspicion to score political points
with their respective public instead of trying to find common
ground
It takes 2 hands to clap
Ok .. tempers are flaring .. I will agree to disagree here
.. lets just both cool off for a while and resume next week. I got
to go overseas for an assignment.
I'll be waiting, and sincerest apologies should you find my tone of
language harsh in anyway.
