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Matrix Legion of Honor
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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
, g- X" i( l- K4 ~4 w9 ] While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ' \$ P: t2 N; {" I
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.
Y- ]9 j8 {+ o0 { I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
5 [& E0 ]$ c7 A My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
$ T4 A0 f+ a* X: ?2 S attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 5 @: X: J: Y0 f0 Y
& a* z( k9 Y5 q8 B8 { The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and " P ]. O$ D* R" p% Y7 _0 U
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 2 A8 L" _2 L l2 ?6 T1 Q, O
than close to the Home Islands. $ a8 G* R" s9 z) h
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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0 Z6 k% s1 `1 b2 z$ G Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted , k+ @- B2 a- c# o9 M5 A {
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ' G0 @5 u1 o! G, j: g5 m3 l: b
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well A! w' s0 j+ F& V. o
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
2 W/ B5 D% m h, T% [3 y0 ~ weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 8 i. K+ V) Y" \1 L% t' u9 m* y
]. d9 m1 S. h3 M 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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in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |