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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! # n; [/ J" x2 s. I( W7 |, Z
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
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& G9 S, G# c- ]& _ Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. + X( I2 y* V8 x
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
* A: N8 _# R) {) C6 h b My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
' q M7 {! B- q 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
7 E% I# @( E" _" [1 ^3 U see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
# ~5 S' p' u; Z7 I5 A0 F' F than close to the Home Islands.
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1 w8 J2 q) q" N 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
7 A! e+ y2 G7 d; n heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and * i4 K" H: @+ ?+ H" E
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) " `' g0 k2 V$ h0 b" u6 n, m
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
" Q1 q0 Q% B( w3 R& ^" p8 p5 ?( ~" G( z( O Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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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 # N: v+ t7 K( p: m# L
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ; t% [ G. Q2 M- d- D# 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
, v; a8 k C- K' m means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
# A0 \/ L' |$ ^( }* d. L1 Y# V in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |