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From: No(r)way
8 f1 z k( `+ d) |* q: @Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
* S% {4 G. I, Y, } While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
7 W1 V) B6 O" j4 I r3 i' {& U Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. & {* C' _# ]3 L, S; E$ g/ B$ S5 `' g
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 5 ]4 S) F- r# T+ e6 y
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. : \" b& Y* a% k# F: x
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
: r7 ^2 p0 P; f) R7 o attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 0 ^% ?$ v8 e l: }5 l/ H
4 V( h5 |8 V' g) Y7 X2 w The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
7 v; H w S, N) Z' S see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 4 l; [% D K- C2 r% h
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! $ h6 F' R% G2 X6 Q# B4 [5 c8 i
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
& }; q3 Q( B1 p heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
1 d2 |+ m1 ?5 ?1 `3 r l7 c9 w, k 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
+ s1 m5 r$ g2 T Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ) P. r9 P4 M/ O9 N) O( p
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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
& G) G n! K$ x7 z 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
$ n& o4 _! s F/ u% Y3 Y means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
7 }# [- I0 n a6 R5 N' s1 X in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |