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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ! |0 u9 B5 @3 k# t
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 6 j' m) A4 c- }; T
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.
0 L7 e: A* M, L6 e$ j6 ] I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
1 G6 \" w! l }/ {% ~ My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
: x+ ^6 M2 H) [4 X3 f$ l6 D' S# v) _ attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. $ u. C5 G. e' k; |: g" h o' @- g
# O# N1 G0 B. r' n The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and - R* x, y8 R9 _8 O* m* Z1 ?/ l
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 3 S. X- {! N8 g3 S. @
than close to the Home Islands. ; S# p5 w2 V" [3 D6 o6 _% X2 i4 b# L8 b
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! ; b) K1 E" H6 S
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted $ Q/ {2 I z8 g' s! L
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ) K Z. M+ \ }* I; N
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ; r# `+ w7 Y( l9 V+ O
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
% [0 ^" Z- U* U. N9 K% x; ?& g Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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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 . Y7 X. M# @8 W6 L" ^, I- R
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. + V1 b2 ]9 e( B( y9 b! V0 U
0 P1 N5 c7 H3 h4 b2 s; _ The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 7 a+ c' W8 G# k& \
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame & I9 p' \/ [; f
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |