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' {7 s7 w; D# o* WStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
4 f$ V) l d& P2 J While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
+ |) w4 n- {& S- } Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. : s3 h8 \, c0 Q! i$ \7 \
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 3 I! o& _1 S2 k4 @: [% C. F
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
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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
+ A0 g+ O+ |' S+ ?9 ?& _ see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
# x+ v# F" {( B# l; V 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!
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2 U: x' ^1 `, S5 j9 n Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 0 h6 l5 O# Q# |/ b ?! G- o, X
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
. x6 Q, x/ m' U$ L6 D9 B3 o 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
# q+ g8 m* R! @& {/ }& L 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 ! i4 H' j4 m2 f9 G% ]
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 1 ]0 `3 A2 L3 ~6 j
4 ^' U1 x4 y; }( ?) s7 s The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
2 A9 f3 S% j& F; w6 w- @ means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
8 e3 K( v/ y Y7 C/ s$ @ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |