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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
/ k p9 i1 |; k$ f) g While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 0 j6 c$ N. S) t2 S9 h
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. / J: e$ _7 j; }5 a! n4 a% b
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
6 p. q2 S& y4 U I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
1 B S/ R# d- z My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
' E j# v" v) k$ ^5 R9 q attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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( F- e) [; @& I: y, y The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and # v2 L4 \) `% q) o3 q
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
R; n6 p0 a3 g/ o than close to the Home Islands.
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! J( }! Y2 }! { `3 o/ o3 E Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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) b! |4 s f0 v) `( D Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
" z% H7 A8 u- v% m heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
f1 p- ~3 g% F2 D9 k well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well : e2 Z* c% g% e
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 3 O/ [" C* ~4 @9 l3 F
" u. }4 {* h& i9 ?* T3 ^0 u5 e( ` I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
) g9 N/ @8 d! E) [: G+ G 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 9 z9 F5 G" E7 H9 S4 E$ |, |
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 7 x/ I- a2 r9 [ _- o6 P' B
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |