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+ O/ ? O& j" @From: No(r)way
- U% \& a4 Q: V3 V3 V6 L1 {Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
" S- ]' h: c2 k+ }* ~* \ While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 2 j, [0 S( W4 ~6 q+ t1 ~: f1 U
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 0 ^2 L) y' Z% |; h- o$ v4 `; ^
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. % M; _: o! _* [ m8 [9 K
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. . A8 z3 q* F8 c8 a" ^
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ' f; K$ _# Y% ~
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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% W/ u1 z9 M' @. | \4 M! A% H The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and ; F# `9 J5 k* C9 u% Q$ N2 c7 x
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
' u5 [1 Z0 V7 u) a6 N" n than close to the Home Islands. % J4 i/ W Y! J+ x7 U! m
8 H9 H3 U# R3 m Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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( D1 N2 A+ V, ]" i3 H1 N- T' V Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
% O$ h% L: {& V. G heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
D6 c f! _$ n4 Q. \+ s, | 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
- s8 w; m* `8 e1 I. Z4 x0 n# G: @ Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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3 f4 X/ X" j3 x I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the + V# c0 K3 ]" r
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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* X4 m Y; |, ~. c1 H: \3 W The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this ) L0 C# F5 p. x( F
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
5 v3 j, Q. p) _$ x, V' n, 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. |