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From: No(r)way
. M' X$ S- q2 _: G& l1 xStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
; d# c& f0 I! f* I$ D- B( ~ While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
/ s' W" ?/ o) {: z, j( C3 @ Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 9 [6 u% e5 X% Q6 f, \+ L
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. * z. a- Y& F( h9 q
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
# u$ m& @2 u8 m" P9 J 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
+ A6 O" X: P1 e2 D7 {' f3 o see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 3 S' z$ R, b6 C9 ?9 h6 W, w
than close to the Home Islands. & v( ^" v X( c: w- }, f0 w
* h* o, L% C6 Y5 ]+ n5 `+ M 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 & o4 k: Q9 t1 ~" ~" c
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 0 @8 Q0 S7 E+ T: \- A
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) + l, Y. ~3 |3 K, d( V$ I+ F
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 4 C, J4 I3 S( t7 O/ c
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ' x. r7 J3 B1 k
8 w0 |& w! v9 F$ c2 u( l: 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 , \, ]3 X+ y9 f
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
: F. |1 o# Z4 M means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
7 n3 }7 U, s$ Y- 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. |