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- g- u/ e- r0 |' J6 G& e) UStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! : }' T/ ~' \6 u2 M6 E: t
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
- n: u. t, P' K" ? Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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1 n: l# g. f: k, C0 f& K+ q: V Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
# _0 J% P5 b/ t6 ^4 ~ I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. + Y5 H: V5 Q6 l2 K
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze , C0 r. _( ^+ ]5 T
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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 - F; H- b+ Y6 w7 Z I
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
" V9 ^) ~# C! g 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! 3 z+ h1 J/ b; C0 } O: u
; p+ L; r# H# Q. `# a Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
) x: c3 ~3 C# m1 w+ C* j heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ; ]: G. z; O4 r S* s
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well * A2 A) B( q; ^! ~
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ; p3 { p( i- f& E8 ?9 b8 R8 J! o
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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
/ X3 v' O7 e) r: t6 I) `( t 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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# k' [! \* N B1 |. W3 V The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
, I! @ T. q; | e' h means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame " k. X# S1 I% a8 S" c R/ v
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |