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1 N+ d, U8 i. ~From: No(r)way
$ C9 W+ {# Z9 ^7 ~: KStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! % W9 _) O/ ~ A# T; L& {
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 4 K& P$ J! d7 S0 R
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. * t1 S/ ]# ?0 f3 Z; f8 `# t
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
1 T4 w4 b, w, N6 [, P' H I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. * L- Z; U1 p9 ]% M
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze / R0 Y2 L, z9 a( E3 X
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. / B: |# C' P: _8 ^6 j- ]
2 _* n" v, [& k' v! j! p( c j The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and + Z! w' X3 V H5 A- B Q# _7 W
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 7 @5 h% L6 Z* g, z" ]( F0 M# A
than close to the Home Islands.
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. u- ]: t# {4 Y6 P8 u) E+ g' s Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted & u. u2 k4 V2 u9 t5 ~4 u0 C
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 1 q: N& p: ]9 m: [
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
8 {( F( n9 o; P$ B 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 " l9 D9 Z" r! h# R8 j
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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+ [" _. |$ O$ a, V8 c" d. {+ } The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
; P1 J9 e0 i9 E9 `: i means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
% i7 D/ k; [) c in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |