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5 T8 e$ e2 ^$ h& s3 VStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
& G i$ q+ F7 B' M While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. + W3 e { F J
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ! q. a( n3 g4 A( e5 u) K
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. / e Y; a( i/ ^
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 0 Z2 J" w( x5 k
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
: n# J' ?+ k$ D8 Z N8 G9 d 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
" S- o: Z- Z7 G. A( X" T I see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya * ?4 Q8 [4 ~# ?1 K
than close to the Home Islands. 0 B* t8 p! P" x5 @& N
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! # {. Y0 _, w/ {4 r; Z, }# k
/ y$ U4 |" A1 `# g Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
9 V/ D5 Q) t! ]5 R. J3 x2 E9 A3 L% w heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
2 ?: L, u: a9 l4 A; i- S# w0 ? well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 0 V: ` v9 j+ M9 r+ D' @% p
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... T0 w2 a H# J8 _7 ^2 G
( l4 @/ w- M5 j" H5 _3 |; u$ l5 l4 i 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( P! O. J2 ?5 h5 Y5 |$ n
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. + `6 C2 f. o7 L: x, _
& I* B# p/ @& w/ M$ I: m7 a The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 7 A; o4 @: L* k* }; k9 u
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
' ?' y4 j r8 ^- L in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |