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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
# o* A! U+ _/ U( h: E7 d While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
7 c# A% {* m. F+ ] Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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' l: d/ T) b4 T, S Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
" X1 x" I3 ~( q, p+ x0 d I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. $ w/ J$ g5 r D3 ]) I3 k" V
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
/ ~' ]+ [+ T1 u' G attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. # G1 B" O6 s" b! \3 |/ x
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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 y4 x7 T6 e3 N! E see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 3 M) f# R) @2 c7 s' y9 |9 Y
than close to the Home Islands. 2 I* G+ H8 V2 @, I
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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* [ _. {* S: Y Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 1 D, E% M7 ?+ c* q
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ( S# c2 A3 A$ b* Z$ I& q8 F
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
9 p& T8 j2 T+ E6 k Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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/ W# ~) @/ z: D$ e7 g, [ I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
6 ~# I, k i8 s% j& S3 I weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. . h, v, B1 W2 x( Q7 w) _9 w2 I9 i
' O% `7 @% v) e The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
! W: q' y% o) J2 E/ d; q# d means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
s* g' k) T, ^ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |