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From: No(r)way
3 z& B1 @/ }- t w5 TStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
0 e% M x2 H* u3 J: K& T5 _* D While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
/ u' k- m+ M/ o x" u, y9 A Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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$ z/ C7 x C8 l. {4 D" ^ Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
; F3 U& S& Y& g6 \" \/ C& ] g I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
8 [( P- v3 h6 A% u, C. V8 B& d& V3 h My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ; @% I) w5 W8 @) R( b
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. % h/ F4 H! O7 i
$ U6 d+ s7 q0 ^/ ^# j# Q The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
9 R0 B+ ~" z6 V see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
* P" t* f3 Y6 H* d 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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( k; t" W$ q" Y. v Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
0 F0 h( D" V% q% V$ J5 H( k heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and + u& Q# m* v. i. ^- E/ N. E: k
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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& V. D* d3 T! Y8 ^: n5 D Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
& W3 o, T/ X% Q& H4 Q Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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- S/ y0 Q/ u$ O9 M" O, A& ?7 E I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
( H B5 ^/ j) M: l weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 9 X& x# D' O+ L3 L' T9 t! Z. t
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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 6 g/ u. N) J0 K6 x6 X; s
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
- l1 p6 c( s7 d# d* d in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |