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& \; Q9 Z) C& j3 @Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
. A% ^. l0 j. u7 X; \# P( W While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. - n/ B& t W) A' a8 z# x. p+ s6 Y
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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: T# k3 M% m# A& I Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. & M2 h% U' A5 A- B
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 4 @+ ^( N' \( U0 g n0 _8 Q
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ; f) Z7 w6 n/ }% S- T
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. , N! |; E3 a! J6 L! F
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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 - E" K6 o! p l- Y$ t
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya / a8 ~) j v! z) x& e; f
than close to the Home Islands. " l8 M4 m" z X& t- E
# B0 x! n1 u7 P* d4 U Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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6 t7 C+ i+ _9 @ R1 |6 O Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
) f% B* w# K7 ^9 W7 u4 r heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and W$ U7 l7 [* J3 ^2 o* g6 l; O1 N- Y
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 2 }# U8 X6 J$ x8 l3 W1 n: L) E
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
/ S1 q+ [( Q0 i# b8 r. ~ Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
2 H& p d, y5 T. K% S2 f 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 8 W& s# b* O$ _; R$ X
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
' R& Z& k( R3 d# p in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |