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6 W/ Q) G% d$ r; SFrom: No(r)way
; y- ~: s* g; d% ^" GStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! . r* F( Y2 K) `- P: o; ~, a1 }7 L C
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 0 ` u9 h9 g) C/ }+ `+ T
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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6 g& l3 T0 u4 Q s$ \( G, z Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ?' k' @' `$ u! | f; t
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
0 C8 [, U8 U% P5 w, M: B My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
4 D1 Z. [1 t; e8 L attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 3 F0 n" ?8 _- A% g2 o* [" Y: Z
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
/ A0 h" r" ]8 g1 H than close to the Home Islands.
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0 @5 }) X& b$ m% M, Z3 E Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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6 M! M' v6 r" K% y# z Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
2 K5 b. X. y: F& ]; s' ]2 v heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 3 C5 ?! }& p$ o3 b
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ; X8 b7 S' D" p3 _
) }. f$ e+ \$ Y* S7 }1 F Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
! p: X+ z* u. a# X Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the 4 o d1 X4 E. I& Z( O5 J6 w2 w
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 4 p6 R3 u6 l. V8 P0 V
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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 2 F+ h9 L) t. J k
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
" C; V/ p. ?# p. `1 v5 x in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |