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From: No(r)way
( h% Q+ H% Q) l4 G1 V) P [Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ) I) D; r5 d! A) d
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
7 k2 q, ]; O9 T* V1 ^& z Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. " ~9 e j& N( n4 L
5 m4 R' J# K. O# Z; H: h Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
( B5 y9 e# S: `& m* x. { I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. . L! X- Y" d3 J* M9 ~, n
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
: c# T6 D) v& k: R* A attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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 - G& \- T$ z. ]: _5 u: k
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya - {! u# W( Q" \; f, O
than close to the Home Islands.
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; u9 L/ Q9 L! ` 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
: m* n2 ?4 Y+ A+ i5 R heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and & h6 v6 x4 E( i r$ y+ O: A
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 2 X; K2 U7 y( y- T
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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6 b5 d2 N {* L- ]3 z8 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
1 R; _' [) T3 m( t 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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1 R. Y$ o0 U: z8 M/ m& {; T. | The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
5 S+ Z* @& X" j: O7 X& \ means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
8 k; ?& W" k1 N in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |