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From: No(r)way
( C4 P( P4 x% W4 `4 x6 {+ _6 iStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! $ ]$ T6 a0 [3 v
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
2 {; H! y8 T: u9 w& G; v7 B) ] Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. % O, F3 S4 w y4 I
- K' _, i5 M) q( O8 H Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. . F) x# ?& Z4 I, Z( C: g' L
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. : l Z! ]6 v* y+ U
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
- o7 \" A4 x% ^4 E" b6 [ attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. & @' G, ~5 d) n/ E
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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 . H" [+ J( T7 c" J. a: c& r9 Q3 b- a
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ; x# c7 w6 A' w f9 S. K) y( p, k
than close to the Home Islands. 9 n- z- Q, ^4 @
5 D ?$ i- c* |6 M8 n1 A 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 ; j" I$ `2 c% l$ v& c
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
# {9 q" p2 e9 g: o: e" x well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) X2 U5 v2 u$ n1 O# L( W
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
5 C7 o# `, S& T \* r, W% _ Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 2 {+ u- ^* F6 J# T' x$ L
7 q: i, D% }4 v% u s5 I' T I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the : a: X3 x! k( d# d
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 ( t) T9 {, v$ o5 |
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame % r, m6 w8 {3 }! A& s9 Y- ]
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |