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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
2 O" J2 H# O) l While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
$ Z' N! j. [* W Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 4 V9 d& P5 g% |2 E v
/ U' u. M0 E2 n Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
% P1 m3 b$ V3 l I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. $ e' t$ R/ @; c: @' e! R
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze " @! L* o. H# `4 d! x- B: p
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. $ e' V0 b6 @# d% N% b/ O
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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 " A* Q( F' u3 Q! D+ D
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
6 B/ P- |3 n4 ]" e( K! h! s 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!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
( ]$ @0 D0 Y4 G heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
# q6 H& U6 P1 Y- l& \+ g well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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; \, u; b- y- k+ G i" `! N- P Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 8 v% w* ^2 |: J$ k8 q9 d) x* g& d
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 6 t$ b* V$ _# K4 o. ]* \+ z
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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 " x& e1 a6 l' H7 }3 m3 _9 f7 p
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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1 ]: p6 n- v" B The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
2 d9 X; X5 t x7 N% k# Z means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame + v! f1 {& Y5 E! N! G. Z" }4 h
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |