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From: No(r)way
! E5 ~& L* Z' j3 E" ] r$ uStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 5 a+ H F+ Q+ v% p! ], x
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. + J" H5 X' y% \% g0 o& M4 A: S! @
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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, x, k1 H8 R$ O5 L: S: @) g* p Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ' O- C7 ?3 Z% B/ L' s! t$ l% N
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
; H4 B# t- R% |. E d! V U; Z5 { My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze . G, M% w: o4 a0 e
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ( Q% y; A5 N# I7 J/ k
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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 7 g0 _. g0 {% N; t* p" M" @ O8 V0 f
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
; d! ] o5 s2 h) q/ b( O than close to the Home Islands. 7 R# ~" S9 w8 o8 n
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 6 X+ H4 }) x4 ]: k' q3 [+ X
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 4 d) y! v B0 K3 j
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
/ ?1 ?0 a* n, p3 A( f. R( j0 F( h well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 8 o5 k0 T5 a5 R( T$ V, m# [. B
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
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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 ( p9 P2 y6 k' @# U: A: j7 Z
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. & z" M/ b# ] [ h5 k; i8 |- Z% |
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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 ! p! m9 |5 y# P+ _2 w
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 1 i; I5 n1 D1 Z- r2 E
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |