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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 0 s! `: S/ {- j5 ?( ^. Z
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. b1 d/ y4 `0 V0 w& P# ~! T
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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8 z3 P! d. A- |4 x; J Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
; t' H2 t" B) p. N I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ! J* x" P, B f+ V
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
9 `* V) U$ c* I8 y6 B# B 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
& V0 v: C7 i9 E3 D9 Q, B; e see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya + b; |3 j+ d/ f2 @3 p
than close to the Home Islands.
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3 e- ~7 y, P- Z Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 6 M; z5 ?- n1 } I
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
8 n! G6 G7 N5 _8 D T% N5 I; j$ e heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
8 D% N) `' F, E well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 0 F8 r& x! a- I0 ]
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 8 v$ E' n% _$ b2 }9 ]
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... + q+ k6 D. h: W# }8 @; H0 ]4 @
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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
2 |/ c. L; t9 }/ M2 l! U5 Z weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. " T. w! f# A( c& ?( d
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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 3 {8 q' |2 F, i) d! }/ u8 T
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 1 y9 |3 n) I, k7 R% ~3 l) W" { m
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |