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# G5 L; `6 N- D8 E& ~/ a% a2 zStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! & u F, q6 X7 i
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
5 ?, Q' k: f. [( _( @$ V Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. + i1 m" v% p- B
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 9 ~8 g6 N V; T( {2 z
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. @) J& `: z6 q$ ^! L; {, q
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze - {9 z; u8 b, e9 v+ ]& a& [
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ) ?$ b% q2 i6 @
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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 $ Q9 g# Z1 t, T- t) f
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ; ]" ]) b) h( \9 u1 T6 ?" p, s
than close to the Home Islands.
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! . D! D+ `$ o' e
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
' q9 m- L! Q6 p& ~; C2 P- T7 J heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and $ E/ d; R3 c, A; A
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
" w& p* w; t( S3 [ Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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4 d7 {/ l2 D1 Y! ^6 I+ C3 s. h I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
0 F1 x2 ?8 E" U, ~ weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. , E0 s3 |" q- \2 ~9 O3 D
8 I8 S( d* M4 b A2 L# K; j) L( l The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
# R5 f/ E) s+ Q9 r) ^ means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
) ?- d7 e1 A0 U in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |