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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! & l/ F5 |% N7 m- @
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. J2 t5 Y2 I" m6 v
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. & X Q3 \1 m4 k4 x" G- K9 w9 N
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
& Y9 d$ Q' j" Y. D0 e* A; l My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
$ u4 m _- U0 h attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 3 n. L: x3 K3 L) _ q
. E L( {# W) U r$ h The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
# ]3 v, `4 W; T3 N" ] see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya & J+ ~8 _- M: s" T8 u8 B
than close to the Home Islands. & {2 ~: A: ]1 f" g; K p) C
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 4 P' X0 w' ^- F
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 2 t7 ^3 @( @/ w: n3 \" ^
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
( ^- P" J& O& @1 n2 w% q2 U" {6 y3 \ well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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, n0 ^' ?- o$ X. {& }& q& Y1 m Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
% d$ y! {" c7 I Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 1 o- x; b# i+ J- `
4 C7 h( L$ X' k9 L I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the 3 D9 n9 ^, C' m* ]5 }
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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0 N# T T. N+ c; c8 r The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
4 Y! b0 B1 V7 s) `5 K7 J means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ! j9 s7 W: P, z0 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. |