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From: No(r)way
( U- F ~7 Y5 e5 h- |Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! " j* m+ d+ V* i
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. # D h; v( I `4 L0 w2 W9 G
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. - ]- d& J: B( N5 B
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. $ {- w" H& ~8 }( @1 }
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
9 n( ^+ v" r( t$ d My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 4 p8 Q; ~8 e; u$ k
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
6 l' a* t, v$ A9 O see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
6 X' z0 s) f) A' l3 e7 R than close to the Home Islands. 5 o4 M7 g9 Y7 t
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! / l r* w5 t/ ~& q0 o# R: ?
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ! N, V8 N- L0 d& F7 `: x( z9 C# \/ H
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ' A8 k: c, M: E" f) w. h
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 1 O- [) T6 @# W$ t
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
8 _' S1 K, g4 k; S* q! R5 E3 d Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... - F5 G' m& D9 M: H! [. A% u6 v
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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 8 J% U( i0 _. l& ^: C3 L- h
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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9 d4 n: [% i6 ?6 a6 v The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
6 i/ I! @) m3 b$ c) h2 M! r, e means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame # [& g; C7 J) O
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |