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1 Q% Z5 G. ~5 {& f: r0 l& `1 P% m$ QFrom: No(r)way) i5 b* Z+ D" {' Z5 |( Q
Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
9 C& w/ S; Y& O; y @ While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 2 f$ D4 \; l' Y8 Q, V5 E4 V7 I: |2 N
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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4 a! D+ ]8 x# Y Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ^ A8 ?/ A- _3 [& U" s. c/ f& Z$ s. w) O
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
& K. u5 x; d9 i My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
9 w3 j* K+ j1 J7 N, {7 A/ H attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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 & U% b; ~# l. s6 _
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
" A' [+ N8 q+ T than close to the Home Islands. 9 h5 g( S! Y" {1 A. G z2 s
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! # U# W0 U# n! c! `# g1 O
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
6 e8 j0 V/ }$ m4 e6 C heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
. f. P1 X2 E7 W" L4 y7 J, `$ _$ }& v5 V well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 7 ?$ P( K! T# v' q
& B% h3 ], O4 c# S Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ( N* f' A! J0 o0 j
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... % h% C7 ^% i& N7 b& O( i5 w
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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
& k4 n" v9 g# @9 F: m# d, K' m" s: _! E 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 - b/ p' ?! k, i( f T# V
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
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