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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
r W& `% T' c0 _3 h While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 1 S" }/ Q, N8 V% C% |$ p
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. f$ Z( `9 ^. c- R4 i
9 s* s& g1 ^2 {+ v$ D) C Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
7 w- Z4 x8 }0 @% [; f I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
2 Y9 `' @. C9 Z0 E' ] My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
6 b5 e9 R$ b* Q7 D attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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9 i( L* J7 G' _1 X( P2 _( r* I The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and - k3 G9 n: S$ W
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 4 u0 N, Z) z+ @7 W" e
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! - v) Y6 r% h( b F
{0 x3 E" u7 z Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
% [4 p- f8 G) f1 i) k# r: ~# c. M heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 1 a0 M( n: {6 n' Z4 m- U1 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
, j& x9 E Z) h6 h9 m Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ; D ], W, Q5 j
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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 ! E: [% z" y6 }
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. : ~: }5 q# e, K f. _' A; [. ~
0 F$ m. ?7 ?/ f" r9 U7 q1 c The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this - W( F: Z1 ^4 ] \2 h" \
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 4 @! F) h+ g9 y+ x9 q1 T
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |