>isolated from supplies and reinforcement

>no source of drinkable water

>defended by 50 old planes

>no tanks

>only 1 regular division, the rest are literally conscript malays

>city filled with tens of thousands of civilians

>no naval force means enemy can pick and choose where they land

How are you supposed to defend this?

>>14977172 (OP)

By attacking the enemy forces that you outnumber by more than 2:1 and have far less artillery support than you do, kicking their skinny asses and opening things up again.

>>14977172 (OP)

>By attacking the enemy forces that you outnumber by more than 2:1 and have far less artillery support than you do

Total number of guns you have in your storage doesn't do shit. Japanese were mobile on land and by sea, the Brits were not. Japan also has air support and interdiction.

So, since your retarded solution doesn't work, how are you supposed to defend against an enemy that has these advantages?

Camouflage your position and prepare killing zones with your machine guns, they have to do a fucking river crossing lol.

>>14977172 (OP)

Personally I’d sneak out, negotiate and let the Japs in for safe passage out or, better yet, a sinecure in the provisional government with a harem of little brown girls, but that’s just me

>get bombed and die

The guns weren't in storage, they were issued and ready to go you dishonest little turd. And no, the Japanese mobility advantages don't suddenly mean guns don't fire or fire doesn't kill. The solution would have worked; same as it did in similar situation for operations like Crusader or Myitkyina.

At Tobruk the Aussies had air support and naval supremacy. Plus a whole army that was ready to jump in and relieve them. Not the same thing at all.

>>14977172 (OP)

It’s a lost cause anyways but if I had to try I’d blow up all the infrastructure, strip the planes of their MGs and Cannons, conscript the civies to act as lookouts, and concentrate my defences in a line around the city and the three water reservoirs in front of it. Conscript more civvies to dig trenches, clear kill zones and build emplacements for the cannons and MGs stripped from the planes. Keep most of my forces slightly behind the defensive line and only send them forward to man them once the local conscripted scouts report enemy movement or my pickets are engaged to prevent them dying from pre-battle air attacks and bombardments. Keep the best of the Malay units and my regulars as a reserve to mount counterattacks or stabilize the line. 



I’d still loose but I might be able to hold out a bit longer than they did otherwise

And the Germans also had air support and in fact the British did not have Naval supremacy in November 1941 in the Med. And yes, Crusader was launched by that 'army ready to relieve them' not the city itself you moron. And I note you have completely ignored Myitkyin, probably because you've never heard of it.



It turns out that artillery and infantry can do quite a bit on their own, and do not need clear air or naval advantages to attack forces they outnumber heavily.
