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From: No(r)way
; @/ U# U0 f2 p4 gStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! % \+ x# u) N% j8 Y) V
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
8 t7 d7 o* Z( O2 o6 i! V/ O* m; D Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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9 K7 m' v% }( k- d+ E8 z4 ^ Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
) _3 t4 W& O3 S2 C1 G I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 9 u- }, t) @# O* J
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze . i( J0 o F9 t6 o$ ^5 ^
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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 |; h) |6 _: o+ o- O
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya + {- i. t+ |) s9 n
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! + T. N' M+ R( A( H- D% z0 N
* t$ o0 C) e/ u0 T Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted & ^& D; n9 R( d
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
) ~! V" B6 U$ Y! m( M+ T, U' u1 ? well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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8 \+ S7 q, G2 R' q# I Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well & d5 N# R; u+ x5 c( @) ]
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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+ q4 Z* M0 y n5 o* k 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 h6 f4 e5 w; m, s4 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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3 ^8 S4 V' s5 {0 } The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
. }3 G6 o* `- P' C/ o3 \0 N0 ` means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
1 K9 }; P5 U9 ?. U+ K6 V# L in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |