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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
5 K# s& A: V! Z0 x- x6 V2 } While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 7 o6 L) G) d( H m% G3 {) s
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 8 b; Z( l: r, A3 J& L* ]
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
; E0 B7 A; ~5 I+ D$ L8 J& l I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
. _5 u1 {' D2 _ My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
; B/ F& g5 r8 ~, q' I 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 - c; P7 s& f S% h* l
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 4 J i3 e' d- Y$ b& {& \
than close to the Home Islands.
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w: T; T. D6 T3 D" [ 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
# T1 H; `" ^: ~3 h heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and & Q" w7 X! h1 A$ l/ S q/ V- l. U
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
0 e& ?" ]- Y+ I* O( s) m0 q& I! q Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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5 c, Q( g9 l3 N# l& B I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
8 _5 C' Z+ ^, b& {) J4 @8 B% c weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ! o* v9 K! k7 u! T
* J6 F5 c+ ^ M& s5 j4 @( ]5 { The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
+ R8 s$ k" v- m! L: F* D c4 ` means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
. M6 o1 q, o9 Q7 h0 I in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |