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6 G/ Z! Z8 `! o' aFrom: No(r)way
8 j6 u+ E! {' qStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! & v4 V q$ t4 Y/ G! b0 O
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
0 \& g1 g& q( R, R/ X' b Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. R0 X% B- L1 T5 [. k
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ! m% O. C& m+ l1 I
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze " y, K0 S- s% L# _
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
& U, y- x! Q4 m! a; o6 U/ z see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
6 x1 w1 P, _" O+ Y6 f than close to the Home Islands. - @6 q3 P6 n7 P3 J9 z
3 Y( g$ e9 P I, I0 b 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
+ q, Z) \0 }7 p) Y0 i heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 9 Y9 u$ h+ o+ K, M1 h
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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) S$ D! f1 p8 O! K0 Y5 f Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well / v7 V# X2 ^5 k( }& s
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... . i: x. G. Z' z. }9 F, }
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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 P/ b. d. q' K o. W 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 $ o8 G& \) @1 ]& ^8 ~, d; s
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame - a- x& ]: [8 B9 B( B& [3 h
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |