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: n/ d n* A7 Y' BStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! $ D; s$ p0 y6 a+ O% E* t% f
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
2 f- q \) ]5 r3 \1 S, U: E Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 7 j; d# ~1 C$ e/ U; e
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. " l1 W: `4 o+ n
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ' v& O1 G" p3 D# j& x. L$ `# d
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 6 `! V7 z4 M: e4 m7 W- a* Q
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. + U6 O( N5 r8 q. @! t, X
) N+ F! X% J7 s- J+ c3 H3 t; k# H The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
) O1 b: C8 g; D. ]" ]" d( K) T see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
% H- h" O _+ F0 B6 G( Y: c! S than close to the Home Islands. 3 [. Z8 s% Y, c/ P
8 w+ S ^" V9 L8 r8 ? Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 1 a" J4 r- x& t; T
E1 w0 z+ I2 g/ J! `7 c) E0 a4 k9 _ Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted * B, D! V$ J# @0 ~7 l& L# d0 m
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and . E) H' s) @- p4 ?, e% ]% p1 v
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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; m4 @, m$ ?5 F6 W7 r: x3 c( l- z Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
" N: V$ A1 v" k5 L Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 6 v+ o) ]8 h0 j- _
, C. H5 \1 Q& a# x# q# r I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the - ^7 p" q$ w, E- J
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
: M6 {9 |# R' @5 R' t means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ; c; p. L4 h8 O$ J4 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. |