Talk:Winter 2018 Event/@comment-32781876-20180221172547/@comment-32647310-20180221175019

Historically speaking, Japan would still be on its back-foot. They have delayed the inevitible tide a little longer and managed to secure the supply lines for fuel a little longer...

Making matters worse is that the surviving ships in the region are effectivly cut off from support from home; they have fuel but are low on ammunition and parts. Getting more of these things will be difficult as the vast majority of the IJNs forces were focused on this one battle; there just aren't that many more ships to protect the supply lines or transport the much-needed supplies to these forces.

The forces deployed to Leyte knew the score; even if they were to accomplish their objectives, things wouldn't have really changed much. The ships lost could not be replaced, those that survived would not be able to be properly repaired, worse, they would be running low on ammunition and would not be able to sustain a fight for very long.

From a more or less in-game perspective it is as above but with the following:

Those that fought valiantly against the Abyssal fleets stand beaten, battered and in many cases severly wounded. Their stores of supplies they brought with them are all but spent.

Those too wounded to continue to fight take shelter on land, handing over their ammunition and functioning weaponry and rigging compotents to those that can continue the fight. The ones that can fight dare not venture forth; they lack the supplies and support necessary for any sort of assault. Instead, they take up defensive positions, carefully planning potential routes of attack and lines of retreat. They must hold the line against the inevitable counter-attack until reinforcements from the mainland arrive with parts, fuel and ammuniiton.