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Matrix Legion of Honor
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From: No(r)way
8 n: K' r3 \# ?% t1 DStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
& N. T" g/ N& c/ u' @5 }0 \ While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. . ^; |9 B. E% A$ p$ [7 Z
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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7 b$ @( g3 i2 t" K& h Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
+ u, T2 y& O1 i( ^; y# z6 s' k I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. % Q2 }0 `' P( ~
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
, _/ c! d: j8 B+ p) z1 l% ] attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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7 v/ `( R4 c! l The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and * O [2 E. _2 E
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 6 |& C6 V6 |8 f; l. t8 i
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
& z ^0 @+ V% w" ^+ D heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and # i. d B' {7 j# ?; m
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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8 W5 f* q+ ^6 h& z" \ Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well : t; Z5 E: A8 _% y0 G3 T( b
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
4 V+ Y2 ^5 B2 F weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 1 L# ^* @5 t4 r4 w& t1 z! I! ]; g
* B: s, G: G; T8 j The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this # s+ Z0 p) d% k; z4 D* |1 V
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame , J: _/ `+ P3 z- [7 }( B
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |