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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! & g: U9 c8 N+ x0 v/ ^
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. k7 C7 K/ B0 u2 l3 Z
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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% |. u% M5 H* z: ?$ y: x Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
; S: L- L3 C6 q" F( ~8 I I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
2 z- N( {+ T# N1 ^" e1 b! e2 g My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
! h" K4 Q& q! s& i& ]& z attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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/ h( d" t, } s0 j0 { The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
( k/ ^" j$ w5 Y; {+ k* g( g6 x5 Q see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
+ e- c! q, L* Q5 g @$ u9 z, I than close to the Home Islands. 2 i$ w$ `* H5 y$ z- X# R
: }# u* N3 C! U) E! g% x) ` Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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. B4 Q* q- n8 E Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 8 ^( H) h" V7 ?" x: V
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 5 s7 b3 |* \! y. V7 G
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) X9 @- ~; [7 z# V0 @% x+ k1 Z
" C4 Y) W8 I) m8 I0 c: ~ Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ! X! v T7 x' }" V' g" _0 H
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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5 h( e# S6 j" p0 ]! f b I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
" T0 D& i" u) M3 e$ F( O* x weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 6 U. g F' J' @4 }3 [
/ S+ ~; R0 |( L The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
5 u! N7 [3 X3 z; D3 L6 {) U means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame : A! u0 V# f2 W4 N5 x! [1 T
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |