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From: No(r)way
6 \& |2 T: U3 R& B7 zStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 4 g% U& c) C5 F
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
; Q, L% J g, q. x7 y1 | Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ( {+ _7 @/ w5 a7 d# y! f# n; K
! K- y( O8 ?' [ Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
" i& A, I, Q, @$ r) c( _, b I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
0 X5 x8 m) f) z$ L* N) i My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
) H0 M9 Q" g4 V6 x! P attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ; V# Q% L4 X+ ]1 ]
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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 8 D; W7 p5 p1 E0 R) m; l
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 4 [6 z _. h9 ?. ]
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
5 m& I4 w- t2 ]$ o4 `1 t heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 2 f" Y6 b z0 e) n8 s w0 Y2 Y
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 4 {% R' \' ~# A! [. u3 @, n
: M& N# C6 w0 d Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
# q8 n* U, y4 {, x4 x, l 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 . G+ l% Y+ x6 i8 {* P+ i
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 2 @$ S# X5 k# n% L
7 p, ]6 r, P- N! C; g. z- x The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
* n4 m, f3 i. B" U1 O$ T means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
% i( U# _1 w j6 p in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |