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# M1 T, n* k# a/ B& Q4 `7 s& i) tFrom: No(r)way" Y- z' {( u" \/ H7 M4 ?
Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 6 y" t$ u2 D7 L+ N5 t# j* U
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
! J% v7 g7 c( c4 I% b Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 4 u) N7 k8 H1 c& N" G
* q. s1 K% _: A- { b Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
7 H$ [/ h" G0 h( X I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. / T0 X! R0 _* @! z- @: q. A5 a* i
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ! i+ L7 T! {9 ^
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. / l" z6 N7 d' Z0 r
P0 J: C& ~7 e9 S The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
0 L" ~; |7 E/ e see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
1 Z% _+ ]. M" M# z( a than close to the Home Islands. c4 @" N1 z+ \: u: s' f n( y# W
/ X- {/ Y, f. o( _+ Z Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! # W, H7 U/ z2 @$ Y0 ~
$ A( s$ u: e8 N6 o Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 6 ?4 f: s6 }7 W+ V# @9 c p+ M# K4 A
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
1 F6 K# L6 Y, E5 V well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) " z* D9 E# `+ j- x4 f/ L' i
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well - p! m$ S4 v8 o1 G2 {& G3 v' ^: G
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ! Q- p) A: e5 ?' n$ S2 F X
0 j. v4 o7 G* x7 D4 k I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the $ _$ U5 q$ o1 H( y
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ; [, e- Z2 F' Z& z- s" S6 g
0 x% p0 x5 ~2 \7 @( P0 b( V The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
; I8 J1 P$ J9 B4 ^+ c means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
: \' E; { p1 N" o/ h2 t. 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. |