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% W( f1 F6 s- l% g3 L6 xStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
" J( X8 H3 R% ~# e# Y2 f While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ; O4 L: D1 V/ f7 {2 x
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 0 p* N) k0 a2 {, O, u" \
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
& F9 S2 z/ o. M* U I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ! A/ D! }9 \* r o) y
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ( q |, N, H# X/ D% Z
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 5 n6 k) r/ T- |; [/ L
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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
( C/ W1 m0 I* `3 t) u see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
+ f( i# n; ]: {- C) }# b than close to the Home Islands.
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) V* }5 i. }- o( [. O1 A( I Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! + y |2 [5 ?2 L) P6 K0 F7 x
# a2 q% }5 b7 b$ z% H Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
) F# p2 w$ R2 s" X s% g heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
- M# S! u6 g$ }7 b well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ' p1 |3 k0 j7 T M/ t0 V% c
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ; o1 \8 Z! G! |9 [& {3 s
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 8 r) c. ]! C K* k
* R' ]5 E% t" i I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the * v! a. @& U0 p& `- B# y5 f
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 6 m: |% P% d7 g- n+ k4 i2 l, x/ O
% z( g0 q8 t& @+ J- [ The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this $ B7 o! y9 M- b' o7 a: Y
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame % H$ Y8 E4 X# t" |/ }6 `
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |