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From: No(r)way
( B* R% `6 A- ^. G( i+ s- Z* CStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
: \3 \7 d! S& u While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. * p# z$ R, v$ W) j6 _$ V
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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4 C' l+ `* V8 d Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. " C, v2 b/ T1 |/ R4 i7 s6 S. S
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. # a+ Q$ ~& q$ p6 `; J
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
# g6 a2 j$ J8 j9 h% ?, i attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. - n% Y& k T5 G# F
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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
4 O( |5 o+ Q5 r. v see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 5 R9 L( t7 i8 A- m( | X0 \" b, a
than close to the Home Islands.
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0 J8 Y3 { D' M% [ Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
: S4 M! j- G7 O- o; X heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and , Q9 |2 R, T) h6 d& o
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) , c1 M; }8 r6 ]( r7 c7 L) Y
! Y g* Q/ h8 {( i7 r, ~. ? Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well : d6 r$ O: G0 b% Q# S2 F% C H" z
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 7 z* U. L' N4 ~" e+ i
. y0 ]0 m7 u) o* y) q: } I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
2 P M$ F# d: I; T" l- i 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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- E5 a6 ^2 J: K0 w! P7 g The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 7 ^# i1 v3 O, F
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
& I: u( H& ]4 p2 N in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |