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From: No(r)way
$ c2 a1 v- g: o$ F* F7 }0 ^Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ! j# ` [$ V1 ]
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
" M: M# K5 |0 j Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. - E" b5 _" G8 P# d3 N5 y
6 [* z; X7 `. f7 w3 ] Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ) T% X6 n6 Y. H0 [! a
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
( g' s9 w4 s1 r. I' f My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 4 v {/ |. n2 f% |. ^
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 2 h$ u2 W6 K9 t/ @- n* P% S
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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
' w, q; D2 B; j5 \ see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
2 f, |6 Y% |9 M8 n 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! 6 h& d- X N, k- `) |* h
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted " Q; M; K0 f2 }% F$ r* D
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
. m* Y ~* ^0 l+ J3 }1 s/ i7 y 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 ( a9 L2 R5 b7 }- n9 y, e$ x0 `
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... % x/ D0 J9 K0 p0 t7 x
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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 0 U G$ e F1 h& {/ H
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 0 Y: [# A" @, j) B+ c
' X( c& D% u! B6 ]2 U* x3 P2 p The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
6 q4 i _ e8 ]. U means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
6 f$ E7 q" F7 e+ x$ | in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |