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8 O7 e: V, p% U0 f! fFrom: No(r)way
5 f6 p' s/ y: UStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
/ C) y/ h( H+ [9 \, r$ Z: j( H While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. + h& V" K& { m+ f- O& P; H+ W
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. + Y% x3 t- J( D
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
' X- ?5 Q$ P9 h0 K1 I I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 4 q9 O1 h. G9 c! C
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze . a. Z. Y. O2 e% q9 M" j& O( H) b
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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# W" m2 J/ b; J! _ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
3 g" }, X$ W0 N/ q see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
/ |# ~* m0 C `5 K0 H 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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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 4 [2 A: Q( h% E
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and . p) `3 \! f" X% z0 ], J
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) $ Y/ V" _% u2 g$ t/ O
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
y/ B* x0 T- d! b Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 6 g. I: `$ ^5 n* ?9 |
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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 0 k; J1 ]5 [4 M5 v+ z* b
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work.
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* Z5 U' O2 j) g j* ] The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 5 N1 w9 R" _% S% f! m
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 2 S8 V% J' @: H6 U9 I! v' x2 z
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |