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+ \; s8 p, [" H/ Q# A9 o- y$ pFrom: No(r)way
6 ]5 s4 @6 X- I0 B( n- y9 f3 VStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
: m# o8 `3 |0 C0 P While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
/ h6 ], \! Z4 b; m+ U Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ^) H/ X/ P ~; `! Q" s, _) o
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. - k6 N, p) M, J4 K5 H! ?
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
% b5 V, t0 M' q# m My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 5 B4 L" O( Y) H4 y
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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: X' o0 H. B2 q' N The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
( U- u4 ] s8 k$ D" Y; P% A% A5 { see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
* u: V: w6 f( S0 r6 X4 c0 e than close to the Home Islands.
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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 8 `: {3 _( F4 A/ [
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
) u* K$ g0 m- z; q, `. W$ | well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) , f+ B( _) t# D# \
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
4 f* q; M8 d2 R8 ?5 G! X9 M! e9 [3 h Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ( K E8 }) |8 g. y) d3 J
1 y' j% Q4 ]2 V I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
# V7 ~1 E5 c( L9 u/ y1 a' w$ Q8 p weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 1 B! R5 N: w' p* p1 J2 Q
+ d3 `0 h2 G) w l" ]3 Q# o The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
5 G) t9 d& L* P( W" X- O# C means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame $ q* J+ r1 \% k' y! S
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |