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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! # {* A8 C* V! a% L5 G i! i/ N$ e
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
}) p' z b' R3 ]! p3 J' O; J Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. # x7 r! n2 S3 n
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ; i$ ?" J, A4 o% z' S" c5 u
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. % P$ P4 W$ S" d1 d' f- R
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
6 g+ s: w! Y" C, r+ |( F5 p) K attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 6 ]7 Z, S) \" ^7 Z
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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
3 V4 H. z5 t; ^! W see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya " u; {+ I- p) {! Z8 T
than close to the Home Islands. ! m$ K- t: ]4 r3 D8 ~+ y
4 u9 ^; @" t& S' t: @- R+ w, g Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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& {4 Y( t" U. o; y+ b Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
" K& e! s, M6 A; @ heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
0 f: ]( T( l3 o1 N9 L" h well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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$ i6 U% d- R5 ?7 j Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well " Q5 L; i0 Z0 U* l! M3 L. I4 g
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... , e) f0 h/ N, P, P" R
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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 0 Y0 N! ?: N/ ^- c! N4 o* l) P
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work.
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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 & I5 @1 ]1 H3 g/ [
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame / h, T. X ?- R/ ?* D7 T1 A
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |