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: T9 ~$ `! u8 G. u% U# y0 TFrom: No(r)way
+ b& }/ ^% ?8 ~: L k1 nStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! & J, `4 H6 ~9 y- {* b. T
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
, c6 f) |9 G* [) P: ]6 C Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. - L- v% p5 i: h7 \4 ~9 b5 X( U
" e( w6 t+ S7 m Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
7 G s; R$ I' W9 m I. [& F I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
) b/ R: Z: _6 W My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ; U; p7 e3 D# q) _5 h, X
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 5 O" P7 h/ x& g; |" v: |. P$ e
; @9 L; g. ~( H1 \, \% t$ Y) g The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
7 H' b$ y2 k- H' O+ V+ s see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
$ h; N& J& z! X 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! 6 V% W0 w4 n. k" G
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
( v; A0 l2 _: d* F7 n' T$ | heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
) h! U1 O6 ?; U; ~2 j5 f r- O 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
: o8 {$ T1 Y" [& Y Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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5 U0 F- Q! n1 h7 M3 ~2 m, Q I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the % T: f' G% M ?/ ^( B
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work.
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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 : h2 o$ x" y% N
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame * i, R$ o4 R5 d+ _7 y: P0 w# s4 c
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |