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$ q. t* p* R; C" d! EFrom: No(r)way
( E* i! P7 x. @/ q# A9 |5 eStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ' _ T i4 |. W. t* }7 v
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 6 L. q( l0 A: C& ]) [0 H- a
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 2 n% ]' q3 E1 y H# c
' s7 f9 s7 `) K% X" v Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
, J- [# F/ F( g* G1 u* G& g I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 7 X, r4 r& h2 ~
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
8 v. X. B& ~0 L4 G attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ! n. V% U/ @$ `" o0 o- \
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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
# j9 G+ v- ?7 X; d6 s( ]; j% e1 M0 H see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya % X0 Y( \' r I& j1 t! c! X* R/ K
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!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
9 h% i1 z4 B, Y7 P% L1 |$ }/ F heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
0 `+ b( f* J# q well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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, S4 j. D6 G( h; K8 z7 n) H3 P+ @0 u9 O Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
- `& u d7 m/ w7 P) v Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 8 f2 @5 Y( e( B# [% ~. R
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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
1 A2 V. s- Y9 j 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
( A$ p6 i) G& R9 R" f means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
8 p% s. L% W# I8 [7 L in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |