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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
# l/ J5 s8 _, A9 ~+ Y; D" | While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. \; w+ ~7 s# T. e
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 3 N" X* }; [0 B
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 8 s8 |2 e, l9 ]1 K4 C
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
# i' _: }% g+ z: n My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
* v5 x. e# R. M- D! T& B attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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
& Z7 X# Y1 N( v* | see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya / B% l- \7 h4 u0 h% g& ^' I2 M
than close to the Home Islands.
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}/ k+ a# f5 E7 p Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! # a9 T6 `5 O4 P& Q t& e( M+ n
# X& `" o$ C- o1 S6 J3 v Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
) D& _9 _+ Q1 j3 c, Z. c4 M* G heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
- Z1 h8 Z% `. k! _0 C well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) $ i! J) {! p+ W: z
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
; L" y/ J+ U9 P) N; r7 L, X Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... * i9 l1 x, D! U3 T D
) \4 L8 ]1 H4 |; \4 ^ 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 m+ ?4 ]* W8 ^3 n5 [: K: b9 S( G 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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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 8 U$ d( L( v% C$ t4 P
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame $ g. A) Z7 V$ k9 k. V
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |