wdolson
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As Allied, you really don't need to worry much about production. If supply is plentiful, but fuel is short in Australia, you might want to shut down heavy industry temporarily, but if there is enough fuel for ops plus industry, you should leave it on.
It all depends on how much fuel you can get to Australia. In the early going I move as much as possible out of the DEI to Darwin (closest safe port). Once the DEI gets too dangerous, I move the tankers to Darwin and move the fuel hoarded at Darwin around to the east coast of Aus. You need to build up Darwin so you don't get wastage, but this can move another couple hundred thousand fuel to eastern Aus.
I also set the long range tankers (12000+ endurance) on long runs to Aus. Unless operations are heavy out of eastern Aus, you can build up close to 1 million fuel in eastern Aus by mid-42.
Having played the full scenario once to 1944 and several other times for a year or more, fuel is usually tight in eastern Aus for a month or two, but with a concentrated effort, you can build up enough there that it's not a concern. At least in my games (against the AI). Against a PBEM opponent, the shortage might last longer, but by 1943 you should be able to get enough to eastern Aus that fuel is not a problem.
The Allies get plentiful fuel and supplies. Temporary local shortages might crop up here and there, but it's more a matter of routing the tankers and AKs to the right places than managing industry. I've yet to turn off an Allied factory.
Bill
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