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From: No(r)way
9 N/ X) n& i+ v# V+ DStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 7 P4 b0 d1 } e% R G8 y
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 9 x8 M8 _. M7 h6 l
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ) T8 d# J( b7 F# {5 D$ K, y4 U6 s" B
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. - i5 q3 }5 D, q
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. $ l& E2 r: \5 S4 Z+ A1 @
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
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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
* t! V y' o5 {% ] see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
+ D# d9 T% E3 s& T! Z+ e( Q than close to the Home Islands.
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% q5 x3 s3 Y% ?' g7 J Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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! H" {! A- a; O8 o+ ]- H$ W Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 9 t# B$ e$ n$ [
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
1 c' x. K/ K$ m+ V& K; \ well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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& t$ F+ J* ?( f& x) _. Z0 k# u" s Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 6 T$ Z! x* i; ^! s/ a
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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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 i& g% M" J" D6 L6 M! j4 u
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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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
) v. ] {! r" b8 S; D, q; g means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 6 x% N1 N1 i2 y3 ]2 C; V
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |