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From: No(r)way
/ r6 W3 @ T6 f2 x2 ^Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 6 ~% @* x4 \$ ^9 o& [0 E' x$ |, u
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. + O; o" i) R5 t
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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" q; P- _6 _ t4 |- S U% L Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. . l9 Y1 f0 A5 _* [
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
, ~7 r/ v' k a My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ! z9 T* j+ } K/ [2 P& a: |
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 5 ~4 f5 ^5 W7 Q) H3 I7 {2 u
8 L3 o' M1 d, C The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and : n# E% y1 \7 I7 c: F
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
* E8 W8 E4 ^' @6 L! M5 T than close to the Home Islands. 0 f& E/ s3 f0 _% 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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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
5 I; S6 f& T0 l) S7 w: e heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
8 l7 R! n# L: ^7 |- P0 k well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) g2 l& O$ d9 Y$ X5 d
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
3 O8 d2 l7 X5 n8 M 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 + `* Z# X" r2 H5 W' z
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. & e" L7 T, C+ h* C
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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 ' j& F" X3 [1 n3 a) E
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
: V: u- U, m' l, k" p in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |