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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 8 I" w2 O3 J b6 G- w
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. $ g6 B# K8 ~2 |8 W" l
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. - n0 F0 J2 N3 ]+ n8 D: O: a+ m
6 R# _0 C% M( w1 j3 x Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
9 x& `$ U( \3 [8 m0 v2 j I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. . y$ ?9 D3 B0 ]# i4 G9 {
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
) g$ ]- [ b: y* o9 b0 p+ C attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 8 _0 R: u- t D- q, d, h
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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 ( Y3 T8 ]% C* o5 u; f. L3 Y- Z
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 8 ?5 u. Y' O3 D) A
than close to the Home Islands. & u( X, ?' G, Y; k S) C# o
2 w) \& ?& Q- u. c3 m$ Q# 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 $ Z7 Z3 I' s% X$ O) E
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and . P5 j& \2 ^6 q, `
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ; L8 q& `' o7 x1 A& g: u7 `
' T4 d, I. z4 \5 _# n' V$ W Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 8 w% Y' L* E4 Y: b+ V* c
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... * ]9 D8 }8 j. ^
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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 5 V# E$ W6 g3 X4 I( |) H% V. ^, q
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
. f# {5 x6 Z. T6 V% d means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
9 L5 X- u1 | _7 V8 @( @ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |