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# H* ?* h, w7 j* I1 C( b7 yStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
' {4 k7 b1 ]. X. V4 w: Z5 I While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
- [ ?% D" V( P' s Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ' b: M9 ^0 k9 {+ N
]3 l0 D' J9 @7 W, O Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
) w0 h1 Z. l$ i$ w7 [& ] I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
. A0 H8 z" O+ a0 } My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
, g4 E' r% ^7 m5 ~' D4 d4 V6 k attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. $ a9 K; n* ]3 d' q
4 B8 V5 n( F ^( P6 j/ w The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and . p. O: D9 g, J$ u, A8 h8 ]
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! , [4 D* j9 N7 z4 l- |
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
" v5 J [+ l" n5 {5 W0 O heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
! C. D1 V1 ?6 |0 v9 t* c well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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3 a Q1 |$ _ i: j% c/ Q Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
: m. A9 \+ }9 F* w# L6 { 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 . |( U3 k2 K5 p5 Y$ j: g) f
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 9 k8 o" G1 U9 B. p5 B$ A
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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 9 q- ^( d0 q) Z6 d% s9 v! X
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
8 S: A u- B* D' 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. |