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From: No(r)way
1 Z! f7 Q R0 M+ _3 F# `Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! " |' f3 T5 `! X5 L" b' H7 a) n
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
' b/ A2 F9 {$ d6 K+ I4 a Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. , R* s0 `, \% P( n
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. % M, u. s! S+ ?" s4 C" F
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
9 H2 z/ y. [! Z& ?. p My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 1 e6 j: ?& k G9 b% m* K
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 9 o" |- C7 A& b2 s. p: A' |3 M, T+ g
" f+ C- ~! D# _3 ` The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
( e$ n: E6 L$ n r* j. |% z see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
" W K0 `0 n" P than close to the Home Islands.
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 4 @2 w/ G9 @$ g
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 4 A% o6 v7 U; l# `& t( g
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and A4 r" v6 p6 s( Z4 E
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
8 j9 |/ F8 X D; E6 o Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... - Q F5 c- o6 J
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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
4 h y8 X0 T7 K) `( ^5 u+ u, N& G weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. , }: i7 w9 _& Y" Y' ~/ r
4 S+ I) }0 L, y6 Y, ? The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
4 J' p7 ^: X0 d! r2 i2 j means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 8 K' a9 Q! S) X, Y8 r
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |