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Matrix Legion of Honor
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From: No(r)way
, {. I2 h+ l H* T6 u: M/ V' |Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
" }5 g8 j4 a9 M# Y, z( a- ?8 M: f While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
9 \7 M: I2 |- E. L3 a0 ]/ n' l, n Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 4 |9 p3 O" {' }. x) }) E
& w/ {% c$ H1 k' d( C, T Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ' @8 y2 p" X# t4 u' c+ r
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 5 D6 Q; o4 |9 j) Z0 _* j @
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
8 c' {# C! w) F$ D! y$ A attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ' [0 ]' w3 O; z1 H6 T9 C
3 m7 @( m' S2 J0 @ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
3 d, g }5 `3 s s$ ]3 s see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ; z% H7 `8 S2 m
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!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
- f( F. S0 w w7 y. P: S2 d heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 8 ?2 M6 _# M+ }) i9 P' R8 I( i
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) * }: B4 @. u; e4 B- L8 T) f7 p
0 i. ]" f' ?# u* p9 q( k: y Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 6 K' t# u) n. S! {4 w0 t- t
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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9 J j* C6 U* p; w) B I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
& o( L9 |1 Z: W9 P" `1 j weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. " y9 O+ F. i! y( I
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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 ) m" c+ F7 q7 F9 I, ~% _- {
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
/ U& j+ q: b6 P6 w" P" T. _ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |