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From: No(r)way
8 c1 r) R& [2 d3 o* [- eStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ' Q6 @4 a$ F4 u. e
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 1 D! j5 ?' e/ F0 `. a+ H& t$ D
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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$ e6 Z) j k* g3 i1 u Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
* a# u; [$ D! A2 R- B I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ) o) i: v* R- _# u' {) n
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 7 o+ q# V0 I8 H' D) E+ J- p. j9 S
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. * h0 \) N; k/ e2 }
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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 . N C# u! e1 i$ {, S3 o
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya % P w+ n& e; a0 a, v
than close to the Home Islands.
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y$ C5 j7 |- G& X( M Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 3 M0 i* Y/ e R
& _. h# i* p; V7 s0 _6 n4 p Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted $ P. O @1 M7 Z; |) m! {+ B" R
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and $ h) G$ G' d2 M3 ^, k$ G7 ?* a
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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0 J" y7 O+ M# D7 u/ X Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well , `6 o/ A, K+ a4 }9 ~% i
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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1 b* ^& g4 W* H* q2 g# E/ } I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
" f- f( B: D, I0 O, o. O weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. " ~! m. u, E; T- o9 H8 j6 I
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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
; ]5 B f. X+ o2 M& H means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 1 D5 `$ \8 V% x+ v+ B5 ]$ H" ~
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |