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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
' K8 Z4 _+ s* G& n" }0 e While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
" j1 J$ G, }6 \% K Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. - t8 Z, x( k/ Y: q x- T
/ K1 ^1 _$ i: u' H |5 w0 Z$ a Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
+ t% ?/ b) D5 c( \& f I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 6 v: T+ I O6 h
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
- D1 t! o8 A; h! S/ z: B+ N attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. , f4 U1 V5 W, Q; M# S3 Z+ W" c
( Q& p" B1 k/ ^; E. g9 k0 \ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 3 [7 R+ i. H4 H1 U8 }5 T
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
_6 m/ r2 L2 M) ^& C9 p. M( X" h than close to the Home Islands. / Z- j" {. p1 P+ R8 [7 z
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
2 \9 i( B4 s% Z9 u8 {; w heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 8 L+ k- Z" s3 A. q3 D2 ~- S! A
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 1 b- g, i- Y; |0 }
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
7 I; ?" P+ d3 \ Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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* b, w1 B8 R- c0 Q5 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 6 |# S3 `- }5 N/ L: C" m
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. . ]5 ~2 ~# D1 s! C
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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 9 r8 V2 i6 y" e! Y2 w; k
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame # T( Z- D2 v# e9 L
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |