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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
7 x+ R8 n! s7 p While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. & x' b. O% R/ {* x% h- j v
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 6 R# o% i7 Z5 W% Y+ x* j
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
/ x5 F+ K7 Z: \3 u1 K) f, i My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 1 ?5 t; C: n7 X
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ' k+ s0 \" b7 r* U m
$ u# B. S( D8 F- | The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
6 o3 V% F0 L4 a g$ ~. V see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
) y8 s8 @ S. t than close to the Home Islands. . P0 p" X$ u0 S9 N c9 D7 X7 @
: C6 _4 |& u1 S/ V Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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; k; z b; p1 J7 b% a3 ]3 n- j- a9 E Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
7 M1 O* p+ R( l. c, N$ |/ Z heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and " Y: k3 T5 M) o$ R5 e7 w
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) : T' t' {( c1 i1 G3 B. ^
* l. k! |5 A; A* e* |% I; r$ Y5 t Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 8 O8 `$ R' ^; l! ]5 \& Z1 _
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ( X& u; w( D: Z; Z$ R+ u8 _9 ^3 Z
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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
0 r' Q; J' P5 i' |. C 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 6 d; {1 V$ d- @6 i
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
3 x: M# P, |/ X {" v! u2 o4 L3 H in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |