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8 x& ^) M" W/ O8 k$ M; EFrom: No(r)way
5 _8 O: b% l2 H+ y) M- LStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! & \! e; b) g$ i# g& k
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
! r. m& y& p; G2 Z! G3 s8 P Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. . u3 W/ R4 X7 b2 [9 F
0 H+ s% [0 h J( A) r: B9 b; M Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
8 ^4 y7 O) L) K* { I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
1 i! Y) D8 K3 a My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
: w5 j8 `% t! [) A# p6 u attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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% O+ w% [$ F9 P! ]. v: V) P2 L$ l The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
0 |0 t& J3 q. }4 t' G) v R see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
" g% {& M' X# d2 e2 K; d: X/ M than close to the Home Islands. 8 F0 D# @) z: z3 }( ?! r7 e/ u
7 h1 o. m) T6 y" ~8 ?7 y* d Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! ; V0 b: ]$ @. H( O! @
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted % b4 O' O/ I$ l5 l( ^$ F
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
3 G& @( d; a {% Z well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ; z8 N- G* @& a8 Q
5 o( ~! d& m3 ~ o, V# u; E Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 2 e6 i2 K) X4 m4 ~% l; P
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 2 J* P: u* }) J0 B# \
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 5 h3 o/ U1 }% e3 J# C
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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 f# c( }' L: w8 t! Y2 F means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 0 O8 }" b. E- z" e+ v* O
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |