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7 s! Q) O# m* N: O: \/ {6 [Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ' g! i% n0 \4 D$ L6 Q5 O& ^3 C
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. , E- w- w/ `9 g5 R5 _+ z
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. $ X, B5 E% q: F2 O+ {( v
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
+ g1 A7 q- [' b$ r% G- L attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. $ |7 w/ [! t3 S- [0 H/ @5 ~* w0 l
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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 ! @, i! E7 A+ D4 b, C9 l
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
) }- `& _% A1 c1 n9 o1 y 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! 4 s" D2 T/ x3 m
) {+ D5 J; N0 [0 ~ A Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ) X) K. e9 \) I
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and . g2 z( ]# z$ J
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
6 A# H. s( S% u6 A* Y" a Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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% @3 z$ ]* X( W; U9 b I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the ) T$ S1 O, M) j5 o2 Z! J4 f
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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" t, o' c E6 P6 V# { The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 7 h) p1 [9 O. Q2 X
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
: T9 _8 k! { C! K9 @ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |