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From: No(r)way
* H9 Y+ m c! h0 ]5 G# X5 ^2 ?Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ! D& P; k" J) t( Z
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. / Y7 j7 g: F+ o# k
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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$ S! c, I. ^1 D& H% X* Z3 L* q Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
U/ \5 p7 `" n# T3 w$ W0 N8 r4 s I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
3 J! E) }! L) @! y8 _) Z$ C My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze : N, h$ o( o5 y5 r. c% A
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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+ t% ?. s; b5 i3 a) c- F The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 8 u4 I: ^% E/ R" ?9 K
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
2 z8 y; P q' j9 C8 c+ ?3 `3 I than close to the Home Islands.
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 7 o; ~/ j6 b: W% K U* W
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
1 g, p9 ?9 y" Z W: @2 D: I heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
- {, ?4 T* e6 x7 u8 l well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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+ C" Y- J- a. B" ~9 j/ d Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 3 A7 O! v F- U* Z7 D
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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* Z. w' I& F: S- l3 t$ f/ m I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
: z) b0 O* u% z! O weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ' E$ x( a: K7 D) f' z; h, W3 l
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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 # T$ @% j* d! ]; x; e0 I9 @
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame , Z) ]0 ~ M- s, t
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |