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From: No(r)way
+ h# Z+ h* y/ n& x6 g& sStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! . Q5 ?" y! ]% e7 M" o# x
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
+ |% [8 w+ f# B+ t 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.
3 z( `* ~5 p: L7 C: j! I I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
" r2 I4 w- W: c+ q, @ My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
( n' I# T/ T; w/ K: B$ i attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. " Q4 q3 }" b( Y% J
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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 F# T/ v5 H: U' n
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
3 L5 ~! |& l0 q" C8 X3 v# r than close to the Home Islands.
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! Y% N1 e0 i" W2 Z2 d$ o9 i( J- ?' S Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! # {" G0 z$ h0 u! G+ R* O6 q' r
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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 {) k5 |1 m @
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
4 h L( U/ X S" H 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 4 T0 m" F" M% P
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 . A! R+ W" R2 S
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 2 A- O+ j# w: g" a0 D2 b0 [
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ' c* {. c& n8 M8 o: S3 I
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |