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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
$ a! C" h+ ^9 u While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
2 D$ ]' g2 a& H4 l' m* G% a Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. Y* B9 t. E' W) n" U1 F
: z& ^1 b- D# F( | Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 1 Y& a4 ~; ~( S. n# k* Q% F
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
7 Q" ]( A' Z. U, Q) [ My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
4 n6 O& k; X; c$ Y8 T attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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$ y( @/ O) @1 J; h1 T' T6 H; v. v# r The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
* ]/ n2 w0 D* j) k% ?1 g see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
8 g. c' V* W. ]/ g: E( | than close to the Home Islands. % e6 I1 A: I4 m- }) p4 J, T
. w7 }" D& z8 m2 E- d+ c 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 8 ?( L9 I/ I% m5 H* l9 `! C
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
2 ^+ a3 ?# T( k) t well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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- U; t. n1 h3 A2 q Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 7 z4 C. V; {2 C% h/ v
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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* L8 s3 i! F" u$ f! w2 z/ v% b I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
9 e( k/ t* b+ |9 m 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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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this / n# q1 S4 s7 c- Q8 ` y3 E% h
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 7 z+ g5 l- ^0 F8 C+ N
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |