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Matrix Legion of Honor
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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
, z: h0 T3 W6 W$ ~, a9 X) p& L/ q While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 7 s$ K8 c% d7 Y& Z
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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' O- h) ^, a; ?% ^1 v' k: a Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 6 |+ O: l8 }' v$ q
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
+ R; P3 L3 C4 Z. T+ n$ Q My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
" g# I2 b: {* a+ t8 o attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ( J2 t; y. m+ z) b& J0 o
" Y- d0 b0 q6 } The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 0 g& k) M, m) W: r! C) K
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
5 S2 C9 H7 E e than close to the Home Islands. 1 O+ ]/ T j% E; e
" a! E7 _. n0 j) _ Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 3 T: g& E/ k# s3 E/ @4 d
1 A7 `. K9 A, _- H# { Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ( ?* ^2 G; [3 O3 Y* R: s
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and " O9 k6 D. \: g' `* @
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) : ?0 G$ S8 ^9 d
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
6 b6 a) n! H; C) P+ ~9 s 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 : x) v9 g9 ]) n! P) H
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 3 Y7 ]" |( v& M' \- y% Y9 m! `
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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 $ k+ I) |# E8 s, e- m9 T5 k+ n
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
9 \7 V0 E; }, H$ R" K# h- f in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |