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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! , K( [* T% q) J2 }# j
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
3 T* i$ L- T0 U9 f Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
0 x! Y. F# I& l: \5 r) s I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 5 c9 W# y0 V1 b
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
. l' @" [6 r' m attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. P% [( n- u8 p( q
+ J& d; `& p5 \) j The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
7 C* O4 O& [9 p% g9 J1 m see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
( F8 |, n) p' N- B4 D0 J; p 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! ; C2 `* Y3 H! D$ R
! _1 R1 ~' T" Q2 H0 U Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ' G3 G' t# k* \3 d
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and # W5 Z0 b9 w9 \, f7 J2 Q6 I7 w
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) - f# N$ A. g- q) r& K5 N- t1 L% X
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well % M8 J/ B5 `/ E7 y7 Z! U
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 w8 N0 ^# h* T4 _
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. & t( L y( }; w' x
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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 b* `0 V2 e! J means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
; U4 o6 B" f) P2 c S& @ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |