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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
( Y, L7 i3 d T' F: z While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
! S2 g$ I9 C. Q9 W" u3 O& e Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. , S$ {4 k6 J8 _# K
2 O' N* O# J# K9 x Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 0 d o$ K: N9 z e' q
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 3 H* i1 n- r9 U" M! v8 F
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
& P6 I& g; e' P u) s9 s7 @7 D attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. , `) s# x( k- [' A* K0 n0 z8 U7 R
* |( C- }! t1 H; ^ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
8 b. @3 p' V: n" ]" l* `0 J see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya $ u8 m& |2 u; k- |
than close to the Home Islands. $ Z! C8 D+ d& _. `, z7 A
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 8 x. t8 B2 s1 r$ z* Q# I5 u0 U9 L
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted + T m6 K* i5 |3 H' W. F2 ?
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 6 ?& e7 m+ k4 n; ?! B
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 9 K/ Q6 P- Y7 Z- v0 N3 w1 x' @
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... " n" _+ ^4 m' {9 v
" Q" T: C7 C( A$ z; I I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
8 s1 ]- Y, I/ }8 l8 ?8 Q- J6 o 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
: _, V8 x; c: s6 Z means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
( M: h9 G+ {; ^+ V1 e1 Q in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |