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Matrix Legion of Honor
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$ u+ w9 L9 N- x2 IFrom: No(r)way
- Y8 U# h. r0 d- E4 bStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
~/ B l# {$ g, q* l While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
; C8 z2 I. s5 D5 X$ _ Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 0 y& o/ t- H9 t) K/ d7 O) q' v" |8 H
& S! @& r2 Q9 i$ U" R, S Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
0 e+ W& K* W6 H1 q2 R( S I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 1 h7 g9 Q6 m) ?, A3 E- O! d
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
* R% q8 @) l/ ?/ r7 ]3 x; W attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 5 ?) d4 _4 c0 k C1 s& N; H
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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
3 _; p, C8 v# V, `4 G1 l; U see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya / p# r) X$ U6 m8 t) w5 p* t/ Z
than close to the Home Islands. ' k( T4 ?# H" M6 _7 I$ f# r9 T
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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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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
* @2 p1 {/ x0 e heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
: G0 C- a7 J% i- H3 d E. b1 E: 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
+ n" ~0 s1 Z1 m+ |# O: O4 D 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 ' {: o" } \' s. i1 L; \# m
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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# R, o( ]2 R8 b The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
' T1 J/ F$ G0 G* p$ f7 h+ `& | means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
7 H' \0 q# x# C; s# ? in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |