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! p2 C7 i. S; nStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 8 u; d6 d* P2 t+ ^
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
& {1 l0 n+ Y* l, s6 S Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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4 {3 a, B2 M! B& \1 \* o5 N Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
) i2 H: j* y, g( w% a( f3 D0 s1 l I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
* S/ c* `& n# D( \2 _% \$ t/ v My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze - e+ `) u/ h) L- j( k
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
; r0 N% x* ^% Z0 m$ @, L see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya * l. g0 K# O k
than close to the Home Islands. ! F* s+ T- f- C% v9 E2 |
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! * l$ ?# g4 c1 Y
- h1 T5 ^! g1 t) N: ?! @9 p2 J# e+ c% W# ?, K Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
% z" e/ j, X- `! u) z heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
3 M7 r; M) t |9 J) v 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 % b2 \. \! C `1 a& o) g O
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... % Q o; A' d( e, {$ N
; d4 P0 D2 H7 l2 ` 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 J- P# s' }2 m/ x( J% 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 " k8 Z) N2 d+ e6 h4 o
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
* z% \3 [$ ~% j+ G" s7 _ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |