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3 l- b4 O/ } b) }5 m$ m8 J6 B0 eFrom: No(r)way
5 g# `7 u% P0 W: f9 |1 FStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
/ Q+ E: p) v* _ s7 v While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 6 h2 t9 i x, s& t
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 6 A6 E7 X- H \
! ~9 E4 O* v. \/ H# x Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
8 c/ u0 L9 m2 G" s9 K3 D I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ' w3 M5 Y) G3 | C8 f( o* _
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ! }8 x! g* R& Y5 _6 X2 W; C
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ( w7 v( t2 [: v% G1 k3 i
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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
- J6 B+ u3 E. W& k ]3 J2 Y see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
6 v/ h- Y$ o" \/ E7 M than close to the Home Islands. 7 t# F! F& f4 m& x J A
; z/ o5 M7 u; q- h! \+ E! h Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
9 c$ p, A& l, |9 _, | f- u heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
9 F) D; d! f+ N' k% c' x1 A well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) - N, I6 Q6 u0 g7 y* |* I
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
/ D' q) m% a% q' 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 ! P8 `( Y4 [( V! n
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 8 t4 R. i# ?2 J" r: c+ M
0 b- H7 \6 _1 P6 K. e8 z The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this ' t4 f1 Q1 B5 [, _* J7 A _. x6 C! v
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame & M+ n: R! J4 @0 R" V
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |