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6 Z. v2 f3 G6 `$ \5 f1 a4 C; F. y4 LFrom: No(r)way
3 N# s& i. I' I. P5 P5 PStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
1 d$ o# k2 Q0 G# W While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
2 [" L- X# T# O- y1 W& f" m Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. * X+ ]* T q m! @2 J# v
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ! d0 P- e* ^7 e" P
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
6 u2 r% F+ X) D* w My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze " ?9 w9 j1 V0 h: R5 T4 A
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ( n$ i7 i; @0 x
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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 * u2 s- S8 _9 W2 x8 c6 d
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
' ~0 \* n8 K! U% a |+ s- o9 |4 w; B than close to the Home Islands.
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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3 B# J8 Y" T" Z6 I Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ! L0 g8 b: A! g! L
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and $ f: I3 @& `2 A! i G, j
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ' O' f$ E6 [! g' v# Q0 U6 F4 f" X
% d" ?3 x- g% X: x6 x# Z7 {8 Z9 @( P, u Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well " e# r2 m. M! T% N: l9 ?
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
. @3 u9 A, Z/ N weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ; a' q+ I" C; j
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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 ' k6 r& `) i5 a0 k9 x
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
$ c$ e. t& L& Q: b; o in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |