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( K/ O- @" y4 j* dFrom: No(r)way
* }) [/ B( W% [: QStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! / X9 g/ G6 L( m+ k% W
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. . D8 Z# l7 G4 I5 H3 g! ]$ L* l
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 1 o7 M: i7 f) e
* B0 Z; e, K( i0 p. [' ]! d% d Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
% p9 S, J3 `- ~ I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. " A% P |2 c# w8 f) z0 R
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze - N+ p" k0 q5 @) F- D3 q
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
r8 A& ^! e i6 F8 V/ Q( x6 ^ see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ( e, x7 m- x# x1 H
than close to the Home Islands.
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9 t7 \( k Q" n0 k Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! - O4 T2 v$ D" _7 {( x
; N) h$ E- M8 H; j/ M# `$ y Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 7 c9 |0 z) \% p5 I
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
- B+ I/ o5 T( ? ~, p+ z* ?- Y 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
7 q1 Y, o) J+ F' h3 y# z8 K 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 8 H Q9 e+ ]) S
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. " c1 W. k& E% q% B) g
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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
8 {8 c! @- H% G4 Q$ t1 C means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame / [; c. t3 M( ]& @( X- E
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |