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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 1 [3 n2 w; p! F( M* X4 S
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. * X+ C3 B! [9 V# q. }' B( d
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ; k4 ?3 Z" `3 a6 u4 g
$ O- S. W/ |' m, O* N/ p Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. % [9 S& W8 R2 @( I- E$ p
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ! p9 H2 k) d* ~' V2 y( p# z& M
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
! {+ F9 m) P6 p+ s, u- O attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ! F+ D% s* x U J' q% A, r
1 X3 b+ `. t/ x The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
) P h% B: o, Q1 N9 d' B8 _5 ? see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
; Y: x- i% _8 n% U7 F than close to the Home Islands. / v' w% g% g: l
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! g# a' y% _ c3 p+ }/ q
) p3 g0 u8 J9 c9 I Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
3 {, O! j3 N J heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
/ A& R( `' X' t) ?$ w& D+ 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
- c- ?3 h/ b2 {' ]$ s Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... : {) o' q P) ~5 U7 C `! N
: I- `. `. H% z$ G7 @) E/ v4 X 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 Y' F3 I" P- E( N
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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) G' V% U; h5 Q: b* Q. q The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
" @ T* k* K) ~4 w5 q* C R2 V means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
0 C' a7 n' `, c in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |