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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ) V/ k) p/ g' G+ U4 U T
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ( z; a( \2 P: I5 ?" z
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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1 t. H* D: i$ K( i# c Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. / G0 m1 R' N; J/ Q! S. @
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
$ w7 s( N- f+ F7 S% n: Z' p0 n9 z6 S My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
$ s' N; h& p* C, u attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ! m9 B/ K. c& R. T% }
1 M1 `$ ^' L% L3 k! n5 p: e( |. v The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
2 n$ O! `: l8 e see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
) i. p) [! {. f0 x than close to the Home Islands.
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* i# [6 k- Q# b$ L Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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$ v j2 U" e: K* }$ I7 b; |$ a Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted # P# `( L( U, j5 X' y
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
/ j( ^/ E; I9 c3 P 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
. T* c& c, ?2 c1 }8 d, l) X; Q, r4 j Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 1 N) S9 d5 h* v4 k0 h
* h8 R4 S; l! K8 o I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
[% F' g+ i( u, n' e1 W weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 9 @" ]9 G$ e! p7 o7 G1 ^6 b( q
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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 ' o) g$ U6 j, r% B# q
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
% W! o- l% g( d' G1 \# R1 s in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |