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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
2 I% J! n7 U7 m While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 4 X1 U& D1 T5 w$ ?
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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2 d5 @6 B4 M4 K" F- N# z2 ] Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ' M( B$ G9 T3 {4 h4 c
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. & i- y9 E0 ?# |; K+ E7 f5 t
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 6 Q: E- d0 N9 p
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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) @/ i) A* @7 s& {/ w The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
2 @$ l/ x& W5 z1 I. X see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya , E3 O% P0 c1 _4 |5 [
than close to the Home Islands. 4 j( I9 O7 @ o+ x. E
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 3 L* o9 [; k9 g) X9 Y
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted : \ D/ u7 f+ t. ^6 @ D* ]) Q; f
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
5 N/ m- w1 _0 @. K' [; R9 q well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) $ O6 Q7 a& O) B
. T- x$ U% V( U( V+ F: G Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
. _" {- w+ s$ P+ r& p Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... , I6 b/ Q9 Q& Y, `' |" J
; Q6 \0 o! P; b- X& P2 d7 q I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the 1 E9 ?- K! L0 B( l% ], o2 Y
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 1 h, S2 V9 {4 u$ i
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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
$ ^* F' v ^6 W, P. ] means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ' e, H& E% f2 \4 w
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |