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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 7 O, u) l* j9 d/ x
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
& x. E9 @9 x9 K( a4 @4 M8 @7 t, r Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 9 [" W. P9 |* k( ^$ B1 a5 X( i0 o
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
. A' X9 V$ r% U, b) J8 t I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
/ f1 H! C; O$ H2 N4 v' ^3 i My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
# t( x" x1 {. Y& Y) ?/ U% ~+ D, k 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
- t3 ~: J9 T1 o2 _" i/ |% v see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya & r9 [% l2 ]' G0 V# q1 [" P
than close to the Home Islands. + S8 Y, M8 A$ }4 T3 ~/ S: s
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! $ Y, c( ^# [) x" }9 u, S4 T4 f
# J8 V' U: f9 c' h2 q Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted , p1 A/ i: b4 `) ~6 P W! m
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
7 g) p, @. `. q2 g9 E well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) - G; ]* }: |8 N% a0 B
/ C0 m7 R# q" C) f Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
% i$ {7 `3 G7 x( E2 [, g Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ' |: k3 X( E8 f5 Y3 O
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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 / J6 p! y# D3 P& H1 ^5 O( d+ \
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 * \2 t" Z6 K3 t
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame V! E5 W) t3 F% v5 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. |