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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 7 m7 r7 Q- R! u. Z6 y
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
8 d* Z& _& u* J3 X Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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5 R9 M# D8 f7 }8 C9 t1 T4 Z1 Q' M Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 6 `" z3 X6 {& F& H
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
. _- _8 `$ u& k My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze I n. s5 a- W/ e+ i( Q- _
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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7 A8 z- V$ h6 s( ~$ _: C The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and ' F) n/ A. l7 w6 Q. S- d( y# m
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
6 K5 q$ I u. ~- p8 Z than close to the Home Islands.
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6 \: S1 ]4 j9 S' d5 m* l 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 : l+ t) M. K' \# N; P( b% `5 q4 J
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
0 Z) Z$ _+ x3 ~1 B well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 4 Z6 E5 i) @( \! h8 \; f& z
+ q( A2 N/ X" B. N7 k4 S* z Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well , `; p0 C' L1 K: [/ C0 @' P" S
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 ' H0 b+ N, ^/ Q, s8 F
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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" q. o' O5 {: x( R+ ^# L) ^ The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
0 I3 P+ F* Q. S means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame - ~0 C. I! Q" A& v
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |