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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
: F7 _. f, Z+ p% K2 v$ ], U While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
. [6 c. i& k$ g: u' l Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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( e A9 F3 l1 f8 | Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. : z# ?4 x% W: s1 @ y# r
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
# K/ w4 L+ R- o+ M- d- s1 v My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze - J' u+ _& f2 k3 o8 l! ^
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
; `8 S9 `' p9 e, m4 _4 }; p; c see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
+ W: X* f# r7 n) k! { than close to the Home Islands. : b5 p8 b* _3 Q9 L3 P; a% U
8 y h6 F5 O0 D- m Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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1 J$ m$ B9 B* ]. j7 u; i Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
" S! B2 T1 P4 i: v7 v8 Y heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
; s( M6 q( D$ U2 r8 R" v7 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
# f! J9 K, x8 S Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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! u' g' D! g' E- X 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 B3 q7 d+ q4 A5 H$ B weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. , F! U6 ]8 v+ y9 n! x: k
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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
+ D6 ?/ O2 X2 d6 z! V means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
6 m/ g s; f& Z7 n in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |