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2 e- I4 d/ Q7 ?/ z" u. a/ X: IStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
- Y2 ^" {' r3 l) Z4 y While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
) g# B2 q" r( H' Z% E8 {5 c Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ! k! C! _- B! y
9 P; ?/ x! ]. A* W6 A& @$ n- V/ E Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
: i+ h1 M4 K% |. r$ z I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
8 O: @9 I: n1 P My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze % Z+ P- o# [! e" u2 B; D& b
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. $ r7 k; J# j+ x. ~2 P
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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 ; \2 d0 o% g0 | ?& f5 a! P
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ( }! k) l4 {1 _
than close to the Home Islands. 9 P9 F* N5 j& ]6 C T9 e! p
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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 8 S$ r8 i1 d. ~0 D! p! C% l
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
/ x) W# W$ I8 x# [2 u 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
- e1 Y" n9 |4 _! o8 ?0 N Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 3 h" @2 }, Y3 F, P
, Y0 c C0 l; `, h$ X 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 h1 w5 T! X. R
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. # B7 r. G5 P: T6 }) x
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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 , n* h( z L' f
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ( r3 n5 A, I' c f" n
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |