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( \ @4 ^# c' ]: B) R, H; u1 \Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! : t0 C2 e) p& q0 Z9 k
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. , H, Z3 L6 k, d2 c
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.
3 ?5 m! R- v2 m I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ( ?" B5 M9 |, _
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
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" {, ?/ z: V( g! b The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
) n7 ]' }3 N/ y see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya % U3 Q0 U- T6 L8 c' U* s( y
than close to the Home Islands. 9 M4 A! c+ D# B J% A# e4 P( S
& O1 G+ D1 v" L1 q5 u 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 9 n( }. l& k( ^
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
+ V7 j+ T' M9 h2 g5 D/ V5 i/ e/ j$ P Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... - i6 L1 y" W4 q8 g. {- J% r) o9 q
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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 9 ?4 K+ A3 o' d6 E* V+ F
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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+ I1 x9 n! `1 o+ W2 s/ p The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
6 N: |7 ^/ R! a means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
, {- [! C( ^: b* p in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |