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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! $ }, }9 K8 X0 I6 l
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
0 {. i/ Y% ]7 J Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
4 n G+ X+ y' A. d4 G$ ` I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. + u5 H5 B6 c# c, ^
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
& g. B, U. c* P0 n) t attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 8 ]. h8 p+ @& x3 g- n6 ~
$ _' }3 h, E8 t5 W The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
+ s4 M* H: d V3 g7 m& h see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya / ?' j- P6 G! E: V- F+ y1 N
than close to the Home Islands. 1 Z3 c: z+ `7 q5 c2 G
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! / ]/ v7 X$ q: B4 X2 j/ y3 n, \
1 g7 N, x! H6 ] Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
1 z. i' Q2 K0 p' a3 f N heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 6 ^' w% n) }/ b8 a. a2 |
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 8 c# Y1 t" M' j; q! r
8 |+ C3 J a0 f/ A! D Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well # U, [' d4 n4 i! C
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... + I7 j5 y# V6 N" r* Z1 o1 h
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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 ) }+ M+ o/ e+ N
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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# @ ]7 P$ R" R# E6 ~+ j$ t/ m The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
/ E1 F: l& [+ O# { means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame " L, Q% @& ?% l* d* h
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |