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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! # k; B5 R, \, f; O' P
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
2 t% e, Z5 g, ^ O Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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2 D& I2 Z. c* z( C5 d) _4 J Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. & M" d, S+ s& b& N) i0 T
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 9 |0 M! \* o: E$ I$ Q
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
1 E% K8 m U2 B% J1 y+ [ attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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6 w0 v& r& z4 Q8 Z The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
4 a8 G) J3 }$ I$ l see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
1 m9 z! K0 O! v& P$ T5 S) y than close to the Home Islands. ) E+ r0 }1 H# `6 A8 T
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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 4 u; L9 e6 {/ g; J
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
4 z6 P0 ?/ n" B+ A+ H well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ) }) U% c% p6 F4 F! f# ~! p% A
: w1 r L8 u% x u" I0 [ Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 7 r) t% |! k* V: j- Y+ \; |
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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/ h7 H4 `; ?- v7 e& y8 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
. T2 h. ~- d- A3 t. J9 ^ weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ) I3 Z0 @9 N( \- B( a, m. `9 Y
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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
- `& x4 N8 W) c8 L, V+ X/ r means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
9 K/ y- v1 R1 ~ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |