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+ ^' w: H& |4 u/ I3 M& z4 lFrom: No(r)way
4 h5 }* \9 E& e! ~0 O$ U1 @Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! $ E: g; q0 q3 e! M" P
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
( s7 k' [3 u, e0 ~) {" o Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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f c: s/ Z. e4 l" G" V Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. " b: d( D) |1 t6 L6 \% e
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
6 C, L$ T0 F' i My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ; f% T* T! o( _5 {6 h) ~& q9 T; C
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. * }* r9 U+ i; T4 {$ T
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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
- |) b, X% g( D; \6 T" U3 s; L see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
# K0 V- E3 v9 W# o/ G) I 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 . Z: O& ]2 _' l
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
J! n- c! i9 ^ well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 6 S9 D3 W( a7 g+ F2 W: U
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
' ]" ^+ K/ Z+ s2 t Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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) g" S! G+ b* `$ n I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
" |/ @2 W/ K$ @" f9 a$ ^6 ` 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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2 t7 Y$ Y6 t( }( A% ? The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
' o( L5 L. U l7 h; d$ t! i4 i$ ? means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame K' }. {6 c8 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. |