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1 t5 c6 e3 C% }: QStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
- ]+ T+ Z. |5 o While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 1 [3 z% E) P0 z0 c
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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3 R$ Y- p! ]3 r: A) B) { Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. . v. E) X( F+ j* F! ~# E
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
$ |# K1 ~& w! u. j2 r( M! I8 \ My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
8 }$ b r4 ~0 Z 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 ! p- d6 n7 Z0 o: t( f. e9 O
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
8 N' X6 s; y* L% `0 D/ K than close to the Home Islands. 4 q' X+ t1 ^1 U% ^- `8 r2 j
8 V6 P' R5 f6 L3 P4 a4 u/ l Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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' D3 i; M }& M1 I( y% w; F2 E Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 4 W& U+ F0 H/ v X$ S
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and # Y3 q& V7 g# x# |+ P
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 8 l: k# r7 O% e/ N: I/ e
! I! u- l# w b8 A0 L$ Y; a. i Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well % y; u7 P$ }5 Y0 P" y4 [+ u
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 9 y1 s B) m2 J' Z8 l5 p( h
7 D+ _2 ^; b; _0 I! R I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
+ N H" B7 e& L7 c8 @: 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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: u" g( e5 {3 P# A( O" r The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
. X2 Q8 j. s0 o, f: M6 E5 [8 _1 h means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
/ ^5 s3 |: K! z' z! 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. |