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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 6 }5 T, @1 o: O* M: a0 `
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. , Q& s) {- J* _. o" b
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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7 q f0 o( ]6 y9 c0 g5 W& {" M Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
+ h7 f. `/ ? Y3 Y7 h I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 0 I1 Q+ E" O6 N W: X
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
0 q, @8 M0 l& T* ]. ~% e+ ? attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. % k" x2 A8 R/ p2 J" r
$ b" {9 }' F' n8 K5 T- _ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
* q* `/ B5 c f, _: d see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
+ j' m- S% v! e- T. V/ f 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! / N9 |4 B/ L H, z1 Z* e
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 6 v6 r( |: i Q: l
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
3 S' P6 j" m' [( Y# @& e' P$ F well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 5 G4 L) Q2 Z# M3 ] Z# A
- u9 f% a, ?% f, q( }) O Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ' {, p+ t+ t9 ]
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 + ~& w. [0 [5 }: U( m9 j
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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- b) j& D9 [1 F% l The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
; L# h# _3 C+ W& S! N2 A& `: e means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
7 n' c& p2 H3 k- }$ T6 X in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |