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/ Q4 F& T& M: A8 mStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! & w/ b- \0 @* k4 B) |
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
( [/ f! [7 N9 `9 i 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. $ h4 N: `" b1 l# O2 y, A
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
3 `% j% ~0 e( k! T* ^ S( u My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 5 A5 ?, X1 _% C0 }& A
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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, {# M$ Q1 N- L; b( H The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 8 H0 G% d+ ^, e! ?- P1 j& T; _
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 7 T* x: V* @3 C5 o& ? i# v" p
than close to the Home Islands.
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ' g% c8 i( V8 {7 m o% T
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and . q; U; m( }: O- o0 j
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) H' h D& b, \5 n4 s
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
8 a5 Z- K' ^2 E) l7 {" D9 d Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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/ e( g! w5 Y7 S" Z! { I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the # z2 r% i+ [; R. @0 z2 ]
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. A5 n& b7 F7 g
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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 1 n) w6 j- \2 X! x6 D0 G0 J
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
% B& _ @: q A in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |