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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
% K" E' j$ e* K1 _5 n. c While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 9 V8 B! L3 c# S3 ^+ s
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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" A. P9 F( C. s6 b7 R# F Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 0 t( y6 M5 e# m, u+ ~; w7 z
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ; R: ^2 h0 e: Y) a# g
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
8 Y* g$ k. E) s# z attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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% n5 z+ T+ M9 N: w, I9 ~$ S The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
5 K' D2 g4 _, J' X+ C$ u see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
( C" _- n8 ]4 ~ than close to the Home Islands. ( x+ A/ _ t+ D5 S7 Z
: D |0 I- Z4 s1 o Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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) E& v8 f5 G. T* s N Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 3 P0 k5 L+ I' C4 J+ U$ e
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
/ d* y3 D: t; ]5 e0 A well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ) \* J7 E' N: I0 ]) O
" I: e; h, r2 f Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 1 T9 N" c( t4 [1 C; F4 r1 ~
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 1 E# L9 T& l' g5 V
$ t! l4 c6 ?. b) @4 v. v( k/ Z' D* }3 |& 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
3 e+ }( y* c7 M! ]. p) B. ] weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ~$ V% o# h5 K
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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
; _% ~1 `+ o; b9 B, D' O means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
M/ d! K }4 W in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |