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6 N' t% {# D8 T+ {: w4 ?1 j- @Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
3 F8 U+ B6 I( X _- f While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ! O9 a, J0 b2 K
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.
( t3 j% n8 B7 N0 p- O7 p* q/ c. H I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ; v+ c& R/ O8 p, i/ w2 p
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 0 z! ?2 g' }9 A/ h N6 {
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. , i8 v4 O; r# K2 s4 A* Z# y$ }* } F% E
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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 5 i8 [$ H% x2 F. S: d$ ?5 n
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
" d# k! {) L! J. f than close to the Home Islands. * u- x E3 ]8 [
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! , i% W1 f% |3 Y) h. a' D4 A
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 8 ?* F, p& P9 v8 k# |
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
- ~, [9 V9 @: N9 U$ W/ H/ v 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 # S1 {7 u6 g s% z, z
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ) d" m6 x* K6 \7 h# D+ H
9 Z+ f( ]9 F" l% f4 `7 l I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the 2 ^; E; L1 ^5 u
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. - T) @' C& {3 p; I: S
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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
2 S+ K: c; D8 |" P" k0 \: s means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
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