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! p8 n/ }- d# @3 l& q. e6 RStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
5 ~$ t* z0 N! N7 i While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 3 A* i+ a; {/ U) d
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. * ?4 [- w4 R: X. g c4 q! w
6 Y' J% X7 g [' }. } Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 4 e! j# u: D6 C1 Y- J
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
4 a: N1 N. ~4 t3 x6 G My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
1 e3 Y) m3 T# U& a1 O# Z attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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9 t5 d7 [% n& n+ \9 i0 |! z% y1 p" o The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and " R# E# K! E4 L) [( l a' u
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
9 w! @1 q2 d' W3 |1 V, e than close to the Home Islands. 6 {# E9 _; z- m" h& `
) G, F5 v" Z$ e Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 4 t0 w- U. \/ R2 d w9 J7 z8 s1 {
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
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well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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9 i# B) d# v+ ]" Y' b Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well / M2 N, ~$ x6 V X9 e* n. e' P+ v4 t
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 4 U7 j/ D% W/ m- C: `6 P9 [
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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 9 ?( ?; B! Y0 @4 q' u
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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; T% H$ _6 H1 O) Z The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
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5 M0 N& k/ \$ J7 x in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |