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From: No(r)way6 A: F i# ^& ~/ Y" K
Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
' z% M+ |1 P7 F$ m: t) J While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
, f( r' @: W; E" u2 d Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
3 y& L% p) i! i( ]6 n I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. , Y% ^% m! i% l( i& e4 b- w0 I
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 4 _2 \& _% z1 U! ?! k- F
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ( G) z6 s- T3 { O- G8 j% S. o
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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 , ~% u2 @8 l0 P3 f
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! - g8 k; f, X7 x7 E
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 2 ]% w; B+ N% B- G# l0 ~/ I
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
: a" i* `" S; k$ r1 D* H) L 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 2 H* z, t/ d ^; x1 y& T; P
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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' N$ y& U: X# _8 M u5 _9 ~9 A I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the ' \) P" b5 q* d) f6 y. ^9 Y* I
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. - P8 B$ A/ c! Y9 j& o
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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 . k8 [% `/ @1 u3 Q# V
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
8 o, Y8 h5 Q: [" b# _3 `+ a in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |