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From: No(r)way
- z9 l S+ a, YStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! : K: q8 C: ^ G/ d% A1 J# w2 E
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ; J! X, F* [! A: H4 y
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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6 B0 S* f- `& d# K Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
9 C0 D R a, b4 c1 ] I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
" |) V) Z/ d, m7 [' y; A; w! k) Y My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze + n& h% J# E6 p# B9 t; A
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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 # L7 H. @$ s3 X! P* a
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
% |0 `, a$ q/ o& b* B+ B than close to the Home Islands. " D. a- R- u$ e2 G, I
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! : n- P1 f3 D% _( p4 K
* k2 j' A7 X" `& Y! ~: x& f Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
6 h+ m& P' I9 @+ V heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and + ?2 G; M" o' ^# L. d2 ?4 D
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
8 n* g7 {$ ^5 u# g6 A9 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
9 E4 a/ l. [+ Z7 C+ y- K6 B: p weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 2 d% Y& d! @' \6 P6 J3 w" @
$ s0 r( P5 Z/ ]' F7 s The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this / D9 d0 w) z- H# c e! I
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 1 N6 ?9 L* S5 ~, M2 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. |