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Matrix Legion of Honor
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From: No(r)way
r. q( P6 ]2 FStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! + A+ }" }3 ~3 ~9 F7 ^
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 8 S7 h3 ]% p* g
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. : l8 ]; j8 \' J
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 8 [8 `1 Z; j l/ Q
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. * f, X( m, u6 F: s
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze . w2 E# p9 [* ~3 U0 N% `9 U8 K
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 5 v7 ?( g5 p# F& m& {0 u- D
" `( E6 V3 f( `1 Y The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
$ k. H) I9 M; H# R6 j6 X: t see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya " b% z8 E' W! O( P, [" x4 @
than close to the Home Islands. 5 p8 Z! R6 D* o$ G3 E0 O: s1 u8 N
6 K, z* a: h0 `- i Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! ! g, C3 ]$ v7 T- [
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted . v" p* T# J v
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 2 e" F' B9 D+ I1 F+ c
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) : Z7 G m) g+ R+ I2 a) q
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ) ]1 _0 l% m# N N% B( ^
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... % s) w% A$ s( D' F8 }) _) @
# y* w$ h5 R4 ?7 U% v 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 Z2 y3 a+ u- ^6 M0 }, j
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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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
# t' H; |" {% r2 ^+ m means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame , n) c2 ]6 l& M9 ^- Z. ~& F; A
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |