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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ) V% a, ?! o5 A E& c
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
) H( l9 X- h' y. k3 h# A Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 7 `2 r" G3 K2 Q$ C! P( A( p
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
! x% _ v6 z0 ?, t; q I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 2 o, E& G- q9 U/ n( F, z/ @! t
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
* p5 ~1 T! P+ j7 Z* U 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
0 q! `3 i' d% d( |3 l: W see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 3 V8 z T% j5 Z8 A% P; u+ A
than close to the Home Islands. 9 s/ A& V( b2 K! E# h8 v
! I' r; S1 Z3 u# _ Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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: b) E$ T3 A+ V8 C2 G1 f1 h. l) U. a Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
8 V; L( g ^, m) N+ H" l/ q. Y heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
/ o2 d" z$ x4 g8 c well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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3 x4 b. m) Y) A { Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well , ? G$ g9 ? q; N4 v: k5 Y: Q) B
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 " _- U- [# l& p `% ~
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 4 u1 j/ e& W q' n' L! I
) h# |0 ~; Q! l The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this ! y: q1 b% A6 X2 F
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
% x" h+ C F3 ]* y- I; Y1 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. |