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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! - W8 O- n0 \& j2 t* c# `2 w
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 6 ]1 i# r' L' Y0 j5 \
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.
G) @/ E5 H4 v I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
$ n" w1 d+ u" @: I& g+ v. i6 O My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
; B$ Y% Y( ~' F; g, \ attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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 R0 r1 v; D4 Q) U- E+ m
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
" B& |0 l$ ~+ R# [" O" b than close to the Home Islands. ) t$ D/ G5 s/ g& W# y' }1 W4 B
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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
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well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 2 ?* ?! X+ ]" x
* o0 s3 ?2 x/ ]2 T Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ! \! e; U% D% y- ?) C0 W; ?6 P
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ' Y7 v" Q4 n& S+ A; Y
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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 " a( K5 M, m1 Z. q! A# a
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 c) [5 Q9 K# S2 z9 x; o The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 8 @+ {% L' t* h7 u" N
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 2 i% X! r! x# V5 Y
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |