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' Q- k3 y* @0 x) y; cFrom: No(r)way
6 ?4 F2 R: f$ g1 i$ _# W. zStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ( c/ g, {; ]9 i
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
; A- l+ [, h) X" V* ~9 T' I Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ! Z& x7 v, b9 d4 Q- t. D: _( h
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. : t+ W! y) M' o1 W) S
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ! W0 X. W6 e+ A m9 I5 P# ~" B
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ; b0 k, [) w R; x: k$ j9 B
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 1 j# ]$ }9 T5 b& g; i$ u
0 M8 u+ D% _( w+ W The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 7 y* W" E" Y2 q2 o7 k
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
. r3 p" Q7 E' |# K than close to the Home Islands. : \; s) S% r2 _5 Y
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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# S* W: u1 `% j1 y+ p; Z Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted E( `* | ]' _! J P8 `6 J
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
, z8 j5 Z# E% o well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) / {6 v! {: O$ M* k) h! J7 ?* h
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
6 h0 u, d! ?3 \' `. e1 V Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ( k! p$ a" v. t4 d
0 w) ^4 w; x5 h. M, Z3 G I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
# w- O1 z, ^6 p: z* w weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 3 P: k; G& a/ o h' ?; R5 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
# e* Z2 D3 I/ X: V means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
8 U% y; g. s( _$ \; C# H; X in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |