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From: No(r)way
; j. ^# Y" e! W% z* x8 IStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 1 }0 k8 I) f+ p' w8 I. d# f
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
0 I! m. ~4 o0 V: b' @' I; e3 n 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.
8 v* i% _, `! O+ b- | I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 5 x9 y* h# W+ k, m; I- _4 l. W! Y
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze - ?0 X% Q' d- L7 {( n
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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
& ^0 o b7 i4 y6 C h& I; k$ y+ Q see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
7 A4 |0 p' y3 I- D6 h7 _1 S1 v, V. D than close to the Home Islands. 3 e* Y4 E! H9 r3 G7 Q
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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 6 k( R; B( h( A8 Y8 y6 V. k
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
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; B% z! E4 i+ d Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well + |1 g/ G& d0 L, d* p* Y
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 5 a& s1 V& w5 Y$ C$ T3 v$ w2 t+ u+ x
& Y+ {1 d6 K5 N4 e1 {5 Z I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
, ]) n( w- N. j) k% e9 N 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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# f5 N! f) R" ~7 l The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 6 M2 t9 r+ i' O- `" k4 y
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 5 W. Q& O7 ]# o
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |