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From: No(r)way
. B" E0 W3 R+ r7 rStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 8 X2 o7 ` m ^5 W G8 ]& n
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. . `* [3 O' Q0 o [0 @- S, ^5 `
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. % S" @1 N+ Y* v$ X4 p) v
6 [& r- J* `. N0 `- M8 x) P3 {+ c Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
' j; r7 q" N# c6 L) ?# @. r I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 1 i. }% M; u0 g& f! F9 [
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
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9 H0 I- a% B" p# J The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
" T, _( |2 a4 y* ]5 H5 y see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
* q/ M" K y2 {1 _' o than close to the Home Islands.
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, h$ t/ V+ L. J" ` 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 " s! l @6 c5 f- y- Y: |; V
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and . d% V( w! F U
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) # `4 W$ Q3 X6 ^, X: k
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
/ A2 l# @& c1 e7 B a Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ! v3 F' d( [' u& y5 a$ \/ `
) S5 W1 P7 |3 b) f1 P. x% ?6 D a I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the - v8 i, j0 T6 Y( l5 `( S6 g
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ) W9 A. A6 ?6 X1 [; Q$ j
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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 o0 @' d! s; S" F means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ; N9 T: F5 u* q2 [ k
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |