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) v& v! R. } h1 n WStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! {* S" D7 l6 t* \: _; |! g- ?& ^/ S
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 9 l. i' t* \. w' B0 h$ O
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 0 W/ L0 u9 c4 s9 v N7 p
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
. R: q0 F7 H- x7 Z! ~4 p I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
/ `+ ^3 P2 m6 s) s" N* {, e# U My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
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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 $ u g$ o% y2 P0 B7 p2 Q6 _
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 6 y5 k5 U8 U* R! |, k) h& Q* _7 F
than close to the Home Islands.
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# V1 ~# n8 {: V* U Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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* ^& |9 D7 i4 w$ w Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 5 H3 ?+ m$ d1 N, x0 s7 @
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and % }2 p, Y' w3 _ K: _8 W
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 6 x6 u4 |6 J ~. T
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... # s L1 x# M. B- F0 X7 L0 g
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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 j( \# L" Z, h3 G, l$ [4 d/ G) \- `
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
2 m5 }5 j4 O% A9 U2 J/ w means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 4 P( S( u, O1 F0 H5 t$ F
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |