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# }( [6 f9 R! c3 w! f" }/ F% kStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 6 j* Q' T B& H1 ?7 H% M
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
% R7 J: n$ m3 i) X! x) i, C- F$ K- p Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ! P; n. E+ r% h! x
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 3 b$ }1 P ]2 V) F. R4 J7 H
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 5 ] Y* p8 u2 u1 u
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze : J- _* [3 E$ ^0 Z
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. # }6 h+ [8 @5 O1 s
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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 " N+ `- }! E" E6 E& g! {% Z
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya - e! ~/ S; a9 {4 D
than close to the Home Islands. / u: k- g4 X: U/ R& ?% j, A
* i% i" Z1 N, ]3 R2 o Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 0 e- r! t+ g' _. C, d! i7 o
+ E, H ]! k7 d$ J" R Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
. J/ Z6 p" y: Q& N/ w. g$ p heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
( I# u3 G j7 L y well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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. x! z# Q9 \ `* v2 K/ L Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well * l/ B* T& s0 S4 I, ^
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... / d' X! y b* C. H* w* |
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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 8 S* w7 i+ y7 D/ r% w- |0 @& z* e
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
0 K+ A. d2 V# g) r3 {/ ?5 I7 V means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
6 M1 ? x: ?( }& Y2 h; Z in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |