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Joined: 10/3/2000
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$ Y ]" F# y1 R' w# V" CStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 9 S& |) W9 f0 z3 k8 A
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. * S0 o' S. V$ [: q# t8 o
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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$ N6 A. \. J2 | Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
0 L3 D6 Z1 m3 W9 v, s8 S. F8 u. O& _ I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 5 O4 R# v: ]5 z, f- B0 b& U6 j, E& v) t
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
0 W: a0 Q6 B2 \* A$ C 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
; g- C- ~; y- O1 { 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! & B6 |, m8 ~" D7 J
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
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well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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7 V+ \# D9 [& E# Z: ]* e# h: ]( _ Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well & ]" l6 L3 g' {7 p4 T
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... % Q5 A$ l0 r/ ]1 f. N1 W
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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 H& V! ~( Q5 c 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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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
* Z6 O7 H G: n% B/ } means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame # V- D/ u+ `) p% `0 K6 v( \1 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. |