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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
4 c$ D; B: [8 V2 V, l While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. % N, D2 M) o8 [+ W0 {. n
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. & L: }& @5 x. q& r
% o; ?! Y; F) D1 Y Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 3 d8 v- m+ p1 o7 c. j2 Y9 \
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
+ U6 M; x6 |/ R My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze + S4 u- y% f$ E2 X) L
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 1 P1 q5 W* e) T- v. o. y2 _9 {
- h! x) c: w2 B! ^4 h3 x The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
: k7 i, B9 F& C9 Y. V7 d4 a see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
2 u3 g$ u" z1 h than close to the Home Islands. - z- Z6 M3 q) h
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! # {! {& _7 B1 x' T/ [3 H
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ( r; g! O; y- W
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
. k- o% z% q! {; V* Q: L! b well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) / b3 } |% T; D o+ X5 ^
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well . X) Z4 p3 o- x' A- U
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 / g) l8 `$ c$ i* U0 J& e) |
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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3 L0 K8 I% s7 E( L# F% b2 d% p The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
n3 S6 U+ }$ w. V means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 1 o. m, N3 e- k5 L) P- U" B% b
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |