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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
, }% e+ n# i$ B0 t6 n2 t3 b$ p9 g While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
6 j6 {3 ]) G6 T0 ?& h8 T' c/ U+ ]) v Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. . s- ~( i0 B5 H9 O m ^
7 [/ ^' U7 F. U! _8 u Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
8 H" B2 n" Q, a7 `& D9 | I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
& U6 r+ ?* E, O$ q3 I( }( y My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
& {; o' ?& P/ G/ M! J attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 5 C3 b2 o1 ?- H1 M7 L( A
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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 3 Y4 z5 j. z: X L# J. S" q
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
A; l4 F& g1 ]3 n9 h than close to the Home Islands. ' B. j2 e1 Y5 N6 S' J1 b% C
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! . X' I5 ]# J6 d% X
& L# R* {) I5 H/ [& Z6 a! \2 Q G8 `+ v Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
1 ~+ P; D4 p, u" V! S6 H# l& `6 t heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and " X$ J6 C$ ~, z; }- y0 Y F
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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+ _% ~4 d: v- m+ d2 Z: ^/ ` H4 ` Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
9 |2 w, r! h1 s& T, w$ R: ^ Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 6 f, h J5 Q1 K5 e2 q+ R% Y* p
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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
5 v! p$ j a5 }3 u0 K m+ @4 z 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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. W9 J( S: B g The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 9 Y) Y8 ~) K7 b/ z5 _
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 2 Q! _4 O) g( O& j6 K" i
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |