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( l2 s% G( |9 ]. j& _0 f9 {Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ( u+ J k9 X8 u! r0 V! U7 f
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
7 G& A( y" e) n Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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! X& U$ F4 h4 ?$ {" L- d- G Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. # ?" j# \; W6 R6 ~6 u2 X p
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 9 j6 g7 f3 D) ]! U3 I
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
" [6 x X6 R8 ?& D! G& k Y attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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 $ e* G$ _* K; _6 g/ Z
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya + g+ `( z7 r' q7 {0 B0 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! ( @/ i+ l& Q! j6 e
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
; h( l8 `$ I8 w1 \ heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and & T% h2 O# ?- v+ I7 ^7 s4 S1 e
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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1 d& J. ~$ m; E- k% L( J Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
, r: |* m3 H1 D7 ^# n; k8 ?2 t7 [% T Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ) X6 C2 n5 l0 \ l* h/ A
5 d' u% U0 |5 }# S" V5 g9 R I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
& v8 v: }7 e( f) J: t* P0 g weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 5 ^4 W/ k6 B I, C' d& V; |# _: O6 I* ]
2 Q& S R/ K5 Y# o3 A, j# k The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
7 y* \+ U5 M7 ^+ I# k means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 6 z! N- f$ O: ^# h* D
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |