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From: No(r)way
( N O" y- Q- ^: |8 D* P4 m; ~2 sStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ; k, p# z/ o6 t8 V& b
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. : V; m ^4 u- q7 H5 r
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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, \6 w7 i* {. P0 _ Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. $ T+ |5 S9 N, v0 a3 u
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
: I" @' Q; W/ L! m( T My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ' ]: ?: [& W2 w. c5 {
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. / o& H' s4 h+ D: R
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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
3 e1 e3 e! W) P# [5 A6 @ see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
; v6 e- r' B! l4 | than close to the Home Islands.
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( i) _5 T4 Z* K5 \0 z2 X/ \ Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! ' b8 e( L- x3 R0 @+ s
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
( A9 d" L' H$ B6 T: x( O( Y9 M* m heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ; Z. n W9 x6 O8 V) r# C
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 1 z! k( M: J y# k$ I$ H* i) g* d
3 Q3 ~5 B t1 y1 Y2 w6 U Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
, v5 w* i4 d$ J! {: _8 | Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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" o% W4 N) ]/ A1 K I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the 5 |" |# A; G4 g9 }" U7 v& ^
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 4 g- b2 {. K! L
8 O( J g: w2 E+ E2 y The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 2 P+ Y# [9 H) Y- X- |/ d
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
$ }6 P+ m7 y" e w9 h$ u in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |