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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 1 j0 x5 _2 Y) u2 k% ^2 ~
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
3 E2 f9 b6 b) k+ A5 _# e4 B 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. " U3 \( E a2 @
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
: b8 H% D. ~( J, k+ ^; U0 R* y My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
0 W9 f& k- E- `% V attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. % X+ F, y7 V! s3 s& i9 f% e) H) ?
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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 % Z' o0 u) u1 J0 V2 n5 @- J
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya % o( X3 l+ O' J
than close to the Home Islands. % t( j( P; M, E
6 |" I7 Z3 H* q5 X2 Y* ~8 [ Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! ! u4 l6 Q. T& ~% y' t3 w
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 4 J$ e# I$ l& H( |+ P
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
. A8 X, B& Q- c0 q well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ; L3 y* u6 T; G7 S! G, |; ~
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 0 x3 @1 F# i% b
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 9 b/ F, M. n/ _. O, [5 {( 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 U$ g+ [9 c U weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. / e P8 F( G; R) r- m) Z- I) r! v
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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
+ r1 i. K# X6 K% T3 z; T means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
. H5 ?1 w- F8 P2 ?7 R in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |