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From: No(r)way
( e1 x) w2 B( I9 k# Q6 l8 jStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
7 t. @9 X# j3 x) g+ D1 l. O While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. + i" g# _% q i' } i5 |
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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( B, J% g1 F w Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
2 b0 `2 z0 a: K6 L I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 5 U7 P- i4 l1 t# k( V" ?% x/ |3 z; S* |
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 8 f& j6 a5 U' T3 K, ^- A( H
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. , t0 x! C' A ]) t; b
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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 & ~" k$ [+ f4 L+ s, v9 ?* Q
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! 6 e- K5 Y4 Y5 ~7 F& \8 t; Z1 @
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 7 O6 u0 u D( L9 `+ M& G
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ! r. _. y3 r% }& y2 ^
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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# ~6 G+ w4 M3 B- h Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 1 z& x5 s! H' J/ u; _
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 5 t: K' ] a A7 h' @$ O) ]
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ]! B$ d8 n- Z/ e3 i) s: i
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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
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+ k5 t# |% }8 L R, s4 Y; u5 } in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |