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Joined: 10/3/2000
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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! + f( u$ K- b. Y: S7 v t3 g
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
1 w0 a* N) A$ \- v& ]5 ^3 Y7 ^4 n Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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4 B5 o7 ]0 G, v* [/ y7 p# m Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
$ C% s4 |5 u. m* G4 H I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
! W; H* o* w) o; s; i d My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
% L& Q+ J7 ?$ g& H5 K) w* w attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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
8 h" W0 c, p* M0 N3 R see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya , j5 f7 B0 M+ J8 g! m
than close to the Home Islands. 2 B- a" o( b& h! L( q
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! # j0 G( N1 n% U/ B! i
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
! B4 m/ n7 c* z( X: O1 q3 x' z( ~ heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 0 C) W" a& H2 H5 F, c* \1 f
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) # j5 d3 I" x$ K0 I, d2 p' N
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
5 U, g [) s4 x: Q/ F' J6 ] Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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# u9 E& n, ?. j4 a2 v: l/ v 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 q1 u2 Y+ |7 F0 a% [
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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9 |# u& z x* U The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
1 r4 V3 y3 T0 B2 C9 V; g means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
9 r8 ]7 w$ W+ ]. C3 ~7 @ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |