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From: No(r)way
( s8 [" @- C; ` s. i! v- S* \ S9 kStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 6 e9 _7 e! [" c3 S
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
6 h' e: d8 ]- e6 m" w& `7 M Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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! v {2 A6 w- A' Z3 e% A. n Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. , W" b0 m+ I# i) l& b
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 4 i4 O1 L: i# {1 i' u1 b0 x5 `
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 7 |# [7 B; [5 H! x% e& V3 q
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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! V8 l7 e; F, a The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 6 ?0 c: k) m, Z' R: A% z Z" p
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! " n" k. s5 R0 V: }9 H6 w4 w& D6 |# c
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
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well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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6 R+ V" _ b2 a$ h0 ^ Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
, Y7 j1 M1 e( D Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ; @3 _& P& k' z2 X6 a
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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
. C3 S/ l" C" x8 }( B 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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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this $ N1 P; B5 P0 _
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame # q4 W! E1 d7 {. ~3 m" h4 E
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |