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From: No(r)way
# s% ~4 y4 q# B: X, TStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 8 M8 K- ]& d/ w3 R) X8 ~
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
3 R% J6 X) C" `( K5 W4 g, B Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 4 b* b/ C/ F5 Z$ p3 g, _1 q3 ?/ I
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. + ^8 f8 _" N4 _2 @+ x3 [
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ( u5 i X; G. H2 E3 S. H; O
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 4 }, U5 K6 `( F+ w. c
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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H7 g: K1 H, l, j) w The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
$ m' L8 H/ q( v( e7 N7 D) y see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ! d+ k6 ?4 q R( F
than close to the Home Islands.
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0 T& o/ X/ x7 E$ t, J Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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& D# n k- {6 i% B" `6 T Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
Z* X& Z( ~7 b& p heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 9 @( O) L0 ~9 |$ v# F
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ; d3 s- J3 e5 y! Z
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well / e/ M. j! H7 O0 K
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
6 ^# {: e5 {" O( b/ e3 |% z weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work.
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0 _% r/ Z" O# a4 v$ F The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
( b! Q/ n3 l6 U means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
" o9 d3 y+ N* d; K' a in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |