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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 4 _; ?6 q* Q* }9 v% [
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. / i& ?. D! T c" B
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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6 w: V8 F' J Z5 r. v* t: | Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 8 |. X) p: R+ d2 i' }, w
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
2 Q0 Y9 p: I3 P7 I7 g My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
9 c$ _( B0 g2 k6 w+ l8 { attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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6 ^( d7 S+ v$ v$ Q; [+ A5 U The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and % G9 g9 Q5 P( U5 b; W
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ) h) O4 M: l! g; }- e% s
than close to the Home Islands.
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* R* ?: |9 N5 j: u$ }1 V1 N- v: X5 w Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 9 x% ?! S) D0 q+ P
3 X& i7 W# t! h; ^- `5 x Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 7 b) z: Z; k6 u- F" `7 X- {
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
+ v2 L, s6 g1 a9 [+ k9 v well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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/ k% x5 Y4 w$ m7 ] Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ! X* ]6 v, ?8 Z4 \5 e
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... - K" r5 k3 L, r1 G1 I* t* e
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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 A' B: q4 _% D9 |6 c! U& A7 o0 O weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 0 K# o. D0 {( N/ M
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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 , k) @, P) X6 ]# Q
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
( I% F! L8 i, O8 E c in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |