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From: No(r)way
- Q, w. l5 R) ^Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! * [4 u/ Z+ b3 E/ }
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ) k$ G' _( k/ F: W/ X6 `# R7 V
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ! m( R' u+ D2 [5 G% _% N: e
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
1 G* X5 K$ R) \& o$ p9 b6 l I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
% p% B* t* {8 I My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
' f. V! J# G# l: A# r3 [; J- ^ attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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1 _$ {) F$ R1 G x, [ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and } K$ `' B' O4 [0 m( A7 c4 k" i
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 9 O/ p, M( ~ A! y4 U) t
than close to the Home Islands.
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% b2 b* A5 c. {" u9 e$ t" 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 0 E: X+ n" ^6 C! g
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and # B: b7 c1 k1 A) P4 M0 p% e: b
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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# h% R2 _$ o. t* B Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ; A; U) q1 @; i3 {1 W% a
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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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
( O" j. `+ p v" v0 _ 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 . D5 \" v U& m/ I9 G
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
; |4 p5 K) J6 g5 f1 D in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |