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_* I, X7 O0 W. UStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
% O1 D4 [" r' O; c( ^0 m( E( Q While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. % N p; o) `2 }" ]- w0 p
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. - t' j7 T9 J* M- D6 K$ R9 K
5 c1 n2 l; |3 e9 U( \6 O9 }0 Q+ Q Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. , D% `! Z, M5 `# [
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
_9 P6 V' C% K1 T My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze c/ k( z% q$ J6 M: Y2 Z/ R
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
S3 j$ t6 y2 g6 l9 N2 S see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
& U4 R+ N( z1 ?8 R 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! 1 O f! I- t6 i8 J( s) p) X
' S; X0 R% {" r Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
# ` k* [8 ~8 v# P9 I; u* ^4 d, w3 r heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
3 U/ h6 n3 }! Q; n well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) o5 @0 n! n2 x/ M
8 L1 \- M6 w, s$ _5 D% n Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
`" N9 x; Z+ M8 o Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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- y3 A5 P" t+ J7 j; v2 f. j I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
( w$ o) G. @5 D6 E! p 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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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this " |- ^& m. h( O3 f% Z
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ; c7 Z+ U. r2 B N" S; t/ H
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |