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/ k2 ^# ^# z3 |2 S8 C2 M' ?! g7 N% PStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! + Y! C1 {! ]6 V
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
/ z! m# J/ _5 l& e; P Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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2 d$ \9 K' @. o% \2 J4 [! w Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
4 L1 T) }% @4 a2 p9 @) C I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
7 x, d9 @7 S- F9 G7 y: j- U* H0 k My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
; T" S+ H, Y& a: O: O4 `( s( o attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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4 X2 i8 \6 }3 H* I0 W% G! E The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 1 b" {% O* v0 U! O4 B3 e
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
( O: y1 Q9 P* u8 }! F than close to the Home Islands.
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, r4 p' ^/ Y& Z Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 1 N3 H5 J- q$ L& Z7 t. C! O
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted & n/ C( T6 a7 \8 l
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and - a" q( a. @" }* N
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ( Z) n4 {1 E' u6 @+ z+ [; Q
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ; c- E. V) P- u3 ^
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ' |: ^ _/ o4 q
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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
8 T6 u/ {% s, w4 R$ m: s! N weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. / T6 l2 c7 p# L( \4 f0 Z5 o! F
6 }( O" A) @4 Y- P9 E The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this $ ~9 q# T& ~8 ?1 N5 i3 l
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
. E5 R b+ h: J$ O7 M in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |