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6 h0 f- M$ F" I7 B% b T8 ZFrom: No(r)way
4 \1 q( R% ?9 }Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! + B9 n& Q' b0 Q2 m/ j- b% u
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
: i% C3 [9 i D9 R: [ Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. $ k3 v. C9 o* C6 ?
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
4 z! w, n% q/ ~: b0 h( W2 g- _ I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 4 h3 m9 B$ M8 `. j4 R2 M; f# a
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze $ T( u7 t+ ~3 ]+ D
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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5 h" l2 I' K; L9 Z The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
# S6 v+ z: x4 M8 ]* {+ o see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ' B& I |2 K" e6 l& v
than close to the Home Islands. ( ?8 A- K2 S9 b0 D
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 5 ^5 |, I1 ^2 e% x
2 w4 G8 B/ }: q# p- a Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ! c w5 F! H' z" r! [* ^# |
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and / ?/ u: N" P: w9 b/ D8 R/ V5 i
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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# r) c. [( f1 T/ o; b/ g$ t Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well $ P! y% L- q5 P# S
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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# p" B; O% C" [4 F1 M! n9 ~4 d I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
/ e/ _' O5 F' S" R+ H weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 2 h1 H7 O! T+ {) h7 q6 m' `' x
2 c0 P0 Q/ Q2 G7 q The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
1 `$ b; M& J' k5 j4 y {3 a means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
" K6 z0 H! Y1 ` in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |