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From: No(r)way
4 ]; s& M: b, m+ ]0 A9 [# O7 vStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
) q( ]5 J |! f& k3 V While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. - ]* H& }& M% N) ~4 b) u, A% \
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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5 Q, D5 x) Q% z- K Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
* h, q" d& X) C. Q0 U, G* D" ?, R I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. - t/ A" _8 ~4 C6 ^! A+ f
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze # y1 r0 y$ h6 _$ N. } M" g+ |
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 & L- j# X( W# U" |
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! ! r) v8 z' C; X/ C' _" ~7 R
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
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well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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2 R1 X* _: e7 ~. W0 b Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well $ K) Z# K1 e( z+ r" B
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 7 v( J% s; b9 R0 ^ s
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. # [+ |. d/ U4 @( A; G6 d2 l P# u, I
( T, W5 C9 E Z: T5 B7 A! q The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
% k! U+ M8 L5 a% r. w3 Y$ j* ` means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ( B5 p( T. a3 h* p- x
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |