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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 0 ^' n# I2 p& S5 C! [% b0 n, t
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 3 Y* m( }1 K: h! R
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. : s& X! d3 d# r3 t { K
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. % y) i% J/ L% r& N$ r# o
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. # l9 S6 u2 ^0 N' i
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
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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
3 w ^' O3 M& t+ \! l see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 4 u5 ]( [+ S7 P2 T
than close to the Home Islands. 7 ~* e; n# g2 N( E
8 |: m% ?3 O( j9 S Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 0 i; Y4 K; @0 H
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
, r8 n* x! w' h# W' I4 g well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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! W c: p6 I* g0 z) d 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 D9 E, v# U$ K F 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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" k+ {5 T) z& F; j6 u1 L- y4 T The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
1 |' M' M" E1 C$ ~ means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame % O+ r; ^. X: }* v4 `% F6 C' B$ b1 C+ 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. |