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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
1 O+ A) a% A | While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ) A3 b( f \# _1 J
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 7 W% S: K8 D; P
- T. G+ e2 r6 W, }# V0 C" w( u Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 7 |7 Y4 i( d5 R; G& R N# v
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
" T$ d. m, Q4 ^* B# E/ s' v My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
- b7 j( m' h3 D# @ c attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. : t, w8 q' B1 g. a3 s
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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 2 C9 s* g7 b, e) i6 ~
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 0 v& a) N9 Y! |* J- S1 { l$ Y
than close to the Home Islands. 5 r1 i; v. U( O; D' \# v7 s
( n5 `# m1 L: d' f& M Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted , w1 Y4 a, {1 t, V1 M
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 5 p- g6 h& w5 R4 H' q* Q) L
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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& I# r1 ?, O, W$ k' w& N% ]) v Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
7 w- o' Q8 w# n1 c' f 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
& q5 W) }; {: o7 _ weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. - C' F2 j6 w0 L
5 Q' b* m( x. P2 G The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 1 W; J/ i8 d/ k' ?! Z+ ]
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame , k' N3 E+ Q; u2 g& R" X7 V
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |