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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
[7 E4 |; A4 w* F# x2 @" p While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
. D$ X$ L: t A D& a1 ` Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 0 @/ ^* l8 b) G2 ]
9 U* X8 n( q2 K Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
& i% a. g8 Z! I2 E9 h" n8 Z$ W, g I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
5 N+ r. [+ w, e- o6 S4 K. @6 i* w My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze & M7 v3 U, i; t& R( r) k6 E0 C
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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: w+ k& g% |/ R, N: }7 ~ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
/ U2 {# X0 j9 i' c9 H( b8 v 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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i, N2 S. r7 F9 b/ g `6 _/ ~ Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! - j! v) q0 Q- T; O
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
; e4 {; F' u( \ heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
5 x# I* E- k4 Z2 ~& K' m well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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. N5 X- T! @1 a$ o" a/ r( G Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
6 _4 z( ]; \. X$ |5 H& D8 u! J2 H 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
8 H0 J' A9 a1 K% y7 P 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
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in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |