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2 z: `% c+ Q4 K2 |From: No(r)way
! e; {, ~0 w, Y- u2 E. O) WStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ' j) z& X8 e, S5 M% p: c0 E% p
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
' K0 _9 x6 e u- m3 C Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 8 }/ a/ Q3 G+ Q9 E0 b
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
8 Q. @+ e3 c9 p1 d, A4 | I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ) `, v; I3 E6 ~/ U$ M9 J1 y
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 8 u- ?- j- X1 B/ K/ Y, F- L
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 2 n$ H4 K3 n- r6 I; Q
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya * Q3 d, i0 S8 N3 g% m
than close to the Home Islands. 4 k5 X: d* ^- A/ [0 [; I
u" z' `4 u9 d# z" ]4 _+ @' S. Z) W Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! & \& D3 i- e; N9 h: y: 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 ; L. v3 \& [: v T0 P
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and w: o& V/ E1 r/ H% ~: S, K
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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5 `* M6 Z, N# L: q& f) p Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
9 d. j- B6 y7 \# H9 g- _; S5 B- ~ Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... / j' c- P" R F: |7 Z7 m3 G- N
) `, Q. Z. a* e# d+ b8 Q, M 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 f) E. N, F) c8 X1 T. w
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 7 u7 c* Y! d# w
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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 3 u/ v* a2 [( B
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
' M n9 H( \- R% @ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |