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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 8 @+ m& Q. n6 i! O3 O% x& {
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 7 M4 ^4 y0 q7 R8 h4 y/ m
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. : u% T1 L% K. O, m$ }# s
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
: c& R) ?3 H+ c. e I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. . g# K7 f7 s/ P0 b, {
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 2 ~% J) l9 {" g0 g" a# G/ p
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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: l: B2 u+ r! @6 s9 ?5 q! f The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
0 |" N& Q% A/ m# k& k$ w see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 0 U# J3 p( i- h B c
than close to the Home Islands. ! g) K s* F2 I' [
3 K, \5 Y" d* T: s, C Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! & ]% C6 u( x) i7 D, A$ \
1 \* R |+ j9 Q2 O Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
* r. B6 x" V; W ] heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
/ o; u1 L' }# P8 _: g well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 1 A2 C0 d* _6 @7 K: k: j- O
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
! C& Z% L- t( n4 c) ^" O' w- S 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
2 L2 D- I4 {2 E9 | weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 6 I" f& r3 M+ ]6 }3 {% i
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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
3 I+ \ S) a5 Q% Z9 ]" v means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame . G) O: p0 ~5 G& o# A
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |