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9 {' Y. D) A. Z$ Q R- fStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 4 E8 P7 i# p2 K1 @8 I
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
! s6 ]& z+ m% u3 k- m Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 8 o; R7 A1 f9 P& v+ j7 G
# y3 J+ {% x6 Q: |% F y Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
! A- o* A$ G# U+ y3 q# _ I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ) E$ N8 l3 [7 u0 m! S7 j
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 5 _1 b2 L0 s7 a1 H! j9 g- i1 X( o1 s
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. % K( J. K& e( @/ F' p
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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 N% J2 {9 } g
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 5 b) L' Z* g- n, C
than close to the Home Islands.
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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
) E9 _% E: {8 J: R' d7 c heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
$ |: r2 w \, w7 \9 \3 \; b% @9 r well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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* N2 g+ \6 ?& g/ V6 K Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
! E6 a, `( U8 a) }; r% [( B 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 % W' u9 k! M( w8 d% Z6 ~4 \ ?
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 U# v! ^2 E N6 n( Y! t8 ]
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame & H2 z) V3 Q" H) 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. |