PzB
& B0 n* E0 S& E+ y4 b Matrix Legion of Honor
$ @+ y- h' N6 K. N) c- A% K( g8 H : D) H/ B% P- d! f! Y' D
k# C9 t b3 z& Y d

+ x% a( c' Y+ r/ e' `# b" j Posts: 2736
( ^$ Y# Q$ Q; R Y Joined: 10/3/2000 : ]5 N& k7 U) M5 Q g& z
From: No(r)way
4 [/ H+ ?% k1 }. g6 c# M- |; h2 RStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
Y4 Z3 J8 A# j While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. : a2 t. m4 Y" D% m9 L$ z5 r
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
# y2 l3 S5 i- G8 C& Z, x" t
& E; Z4 [ b! q. T! c Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
4 m# b9 T$ h4 Z4 P I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 8 w/ ~+ v: w6 C
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
& L, K# \& V9 u) l0 N8 b attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
. O& L3 k. u5 C. Y, R 8 M) ?$ \! e9 S% m% L3 E
The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
0 C% g" q* ?6 M( N3 {5 I see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
- m2 p9 U' F8 l" Z' B* o than close to the Home Islands. - ]4 C0 ^) ]( k" A
7 m6 D% M2 S( @ Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! , [: l- U8 T& e8 `: i, O
3 d& W9 }' q* |2 m
Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted , u- L3 _3 v7 W0 F0 q. O
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 1 e5 y8 q( [7 a* l( M
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) " u8 I4 y6 J! \& a
4 K r" ?7 p" H: I1 W Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
$ w9 ~; T B Y: J( ~ Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
' v1 ]/ E5 F8 A. P) ~" l8 Z
# r4 Z" C S8 o6 a7 W" c I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
% W3 o p" k& _: e9 | o weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work.
# T; D* w; X$ R" I2 e' t m" B : k5 L$ `1 C# a3 L+ z! {6 _
The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this , e: o8 D. T* W$ d% `3 v
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
: ]6 k* |! O) t) \ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |