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; \" M, I4 O: S% u6 F: h( h; yStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! . I$ {/ r k p! T7 I
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. " I ?9 i9 n! X
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 9 e# ]4 ]" h( w9 @" K* m
% a0 v% |+ O9 i5 J& k4 v/ `: | l Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ; E' R# w8 P) I! O
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 2 | u* r5 ^) u. a \% s0 Y' U
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 2 `6 \1 S; ^. s1 `
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 3 g! E! \ ~9 p
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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
0 m8 z) s. E- r0 W+ @0 @/ d' u see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
7 n$ R( g0 K" ? i- m; p% A' a than close to the Home Islands. ( a3 M- K3 Y+ Q# {
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! ! p8 @+ d+ L6 o" P2 a1 N8 {$ @
1 a8 D3 Z/ h0 a5 H) {1 ^ Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
6 g$ h) s# }; O) c heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
, W7 h- }0 V8 K3 M" ^, P well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 3 G& k* ?" Z* I
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 0 F4 y" }5 b0 Q9 d5 @
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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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
: I, e% m4 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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8 M7 m5 G5 |. N5 {# T+ o The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
! {& [( S! f; s D1 \3 E1 L% X- g means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
, _0 J/ l9 H6 n' S" V$ P6 U in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |