PzB4 r: G, l1 \, `" Z
Matrix Legion of Honor
z6 |- r$ E" ~ # I% v+ N2 n* n/ {; P
7 T1 R7 F" f5 i8 @1 ~) O
 / b- A/ T; G+ S$ |' K
Posts: 2736
- x, Z# U9 O9 T Joined: 10/3/2000 $ g% U/ ^; _8 P6 _/ C# e. A& Z0 M
From: No(r)way
A: `/ U1 L2 F g$ p2 mStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
/ s0 X9 r- r/ A, q4 j! D; o! S' U, a While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. & S7 `1 i$ t7 A2 P; e- g
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
/ K9 Z3 w1 O! i. G1 e1 q/ K
4 _# u& j6 c- _& H- F! ? Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
: @3 p H$ h* g I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 9 `$ Q) _% D+ D
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 0 k$ R; J3 c, z6 t
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. . W: x0 F$ Q0 `
4 [# G* O! M& U2 A! r4 S7 R
The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
B# Q0 F4 f9 ? see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
2 O" M& U J4 a k' ~6 k than close to the Home Islands.
6 p3 ]' u8 k! X+ ]8 i
( P* {1 }$ D: j; k' p+ S Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
K, e6 y+ s- }. |, ]8 f* } % z9 W" {0 ^1 o' g( [
Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
# w; n- O$ h% Y heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ; E& w" y0 r7 t9 z
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
, D' e/ C' ^0 i
" k1 O/ {# q H: i' Y Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
( i. W$ i+ J% M( k$ { Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 6 ]2 {% Y. Q+ _# d( H+ `
/ `* r% b3 U) S V7 F( ?5 B& \ I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
' B; R2 w* O5 P3 X1 ?. Y* T% e d weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. . h# P$ k U- |
! B" h1 c' r# V5 x) a+ ^. p2 L
The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this * L( o, L! `: q. `# ^- }
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame . v( B' l4 |' 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. |