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, F/ l2 o7 Y% T2 ?& h/ {8 [From: No(r)way
" ]' o+ x9 R5 U* Y8 PStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
# s+ Y( L" s( N9 {7 a5 Y; [ While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
' T% T; \- ?- F. o3 h Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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; K, u+ l+ p* Y+ E1 h3 |! [ Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ! F& F3 S' Q4 [1 o. b
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. * O* x: H r( o, x
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
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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
" F4 k+ J: ~% G5 [, F see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ( f. B9 ]3 {- F' }3 u: J) J1 G) P, u2 }
than close to the Home Islands.
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^, x9 {# q5 h: ?" L$ f8 \5 @+ m Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! O, A3 k0 n; k( E
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted * D. i, w [5 H1 f2 e9 S
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
8 M& x7 |' m) r$ ]- V9 u; d well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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( {; D. Z. u3 j% { Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
+ V0 J* T$ L/ W" M Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... / ]( j! w" E; p6 C0 H% @
/ ^2 a8 s; L. | I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
+ x& x; I' ~$ u/ ?: c weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ) l$ o1 f% }* L( j6 C$ i( o. l
% N* t# P' L5 q* B6 q y" S The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
& w6 P& j$ `" E( L4 @ means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 1 L4 c: T) |- U. V( C
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |