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Matrix Legion of Honor
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# v8 {2 _5 p& e/ w" z Posts: 2736
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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
5 H, b) S1 S5 B7 z While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. f4 h) D- }5 Y0 P4 L+ N
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 2 m5 T# O& ^+ z( |: v
2 d9 e- q: B) A' k" |- d Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
; x7 Y2 n5 |# K y8 [; n2 e: Z6 @ I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
% `- v0 i$ K O4 J* v My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
' y5 z. W, k% P. U( @8 W% j5 y L attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. * E" G3 N1 B5 ]- }0 f4 c
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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
4 `* r( j% n$ S: O5 Z6 `# l6 t see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
. A1 ~+ L- f, A. C than close to the Home Islands.
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5 {9 \9 ?- X% r; W9 e 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 % z" F1 h; j$ E
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
: f9 y) q, e+ M$ F$ I 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
# V3 K2 J. x+ ?" P" P$ V Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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8 x7 b; a4 X5 A& C$ u2 l I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
, F* [5 [- J% x" K8 G+ U, H/ f 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
- o: b& v8 L$ E7 n& g( |: q means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
5 E' g- V: P p% D/ N! {4 P. W: g6 X# D in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |