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4 F$ d1 F% Q, r* }" OStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
3 v# t4 t7 z7 t' E2 g While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
5 a' Y7 c; |7 ~3 @. H Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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. l6 |9 Y+ B( J5 g( U Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. # }7 @4 y' ]6 {3 @% o
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
) j- k0 u4 _5 u# f ]/ e My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
+ T2 S( d! z$ Z* f3 W9 n attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. . T; J9 r& r, K/ g( k
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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
3 w0 v! S+ Q. t1 k0 y" a see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya m! m0 {+ m7 G4 v: U! N
than close to the Home Islands.
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& O+ M1 T F0 k& U 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
( ~9 \& n& C0 l& p2 u heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ( ~ g& k: Y- ^; I. l4 ~9 }; l
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ! D5 Q+ K' D7 q! T7 \+ g3 C8 H
) T: R. Y4 Z- |1 V, c6 A1 p Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
( h' f7 N6 K1 }8 y& Z' I Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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: X4 v; Y9 R! p. v w* | I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the " X J; u& N* J2 N4 h8 @
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. * v, g- i) n6 M- U
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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 % ? l: Q! H3 v+ O
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 8 j0 [( _/ g! r
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |