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! ?) T/ i- e( y0 e: x3 p# P) O% AFrom: No(r)way
) m$ L6 ^, C: \7 h" a. R0 PStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
8 a( E( h" G3 t' {, ` While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 9 e* R/ q$ {2 `' `9 V
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. * z2 R" a- p# V6 @
. g) d$ ~; P7 z: z Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
) u7 G1 q y+ i& N I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. * \/ F" L: T. @* N/ B
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze + |7 j2 o8 d) ]3 r3 O R+ c6 |( ?
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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* K8 @! W9 i8 ~% \ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
& Y; E- v: p( M2 @5 K see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
* n) T8 z. x6 W& m$ P than close to the Home Islands. / Y: w$ f3 w; r0 z* o
9 l' m3 m9 B' G* H Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! ' b& a; h7 K( H5 j6 ~% b* L
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ! D5 w+ d: x! I |/ |: a8 ?& e
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
; n o3 ~/ `# e! @' S8 v* h7 L well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ( N* X b" ^2 I0 |. C
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well / @. ?$ {+ E* y% [8 ^
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ! \, q; C# S& e
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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 9 ^; G4 k. z F& U) G
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 4 Y9 K7 Q/ A9 O1 F. R& L! R
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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 , S2 P& O2 d5 W: o; S: R* H
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
* @9 a# J8 y( T in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |