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Matrix Legion of Honor
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From: No(r)way4 @/ b8 W( _! H$ \
Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
* ]9 f5 C% y7 q' R While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. % M2 k- \7 Y( W9 s$ z
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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6 o+ J1 @* _6 c: {: g% a! L. I Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 7 E! `" r0 U, x# `5 J" m
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
9 h# M3 M7 m9 V My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
& `# w( ~- Q7 f/ m0 h9 H+ X9 V attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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9 X& G5 C# `, l' o! Z0 a9 P& O The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
! z9 [8 V8 P, }! A' G) _% M- z& _ see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 2 ~# q8 N5 V2 Y( M. e
than close to the Home Islands. / W0 U" K" O1 \7 w0 Q) c* i
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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 0 M6 a4 |/ n0 W% X
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ) ]) b3 E: Y# U- ^, Z( D, m
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
: ^( t9 J, t$ y1 ~, G 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 / g/ v; S6 c9 M9 R# g7 ?8 [
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 2 l1 b" x8 N3 _8 } C) @
% T8 \; Q7 G2 C( v( Y The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this - M) i9 f, _& x. y0 J: r
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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