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% N. ?* c% q7 _- g& d) RStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
+ z3 {" F& P, E' @6 T7 q While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ) P, O M% Q1 N" R
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.
4 G6 u& f2 P% O' G- K; a I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. $ {' O2 S6 t" e4 v4 ~6 U
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
0 h0 A1 O8 k4 D( y1 q. _ attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 2 b+ j8 q- W1 R. E% a# m$ H
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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 8 m+ n! h y {) Q5 @; X. O
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya . D* ?& {/ B# @
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! ; ]9 ]- }2 z2 y" I2 j
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ( p4 W* D1 I. `! l) J5 V
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and " Q8 o4 h/ ?0 h4 D8 x4 Z
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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; d! q0 ~; L# X( C! S9 W, {5 [ Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
+ q, L5 F. z; I/ J- Z6 `: I7 r1 u+ M Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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5 p6 O. ?4 _4 ?6 X) r; K7 n I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the " `: z6 c% K& o* w
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 7 \0 A8 z6 ]3 t0 P, O9 P+ M8 |/ j: i* E
# r9 w$ T+ e) v1 E/ D/ o3 T The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
0 l$ z; l, p/ G9 q means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
& r5 t+ C8 E" ~2 d+ \8 _ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |