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$ f' P9 N8 d @) e9 r' HStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
4 [$ T, f. n7 d# z/ T9 o While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. , ?6 ~1 A; W6 h3 }* G D
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 6 x6 \2 |" x" x7 z
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. / }) B% H% n( J5 s& r |
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. & P: i- f; K q1 X: S+ r$ C3 c$ w
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze % U4 \( R; t9 U
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
+ ]3 O8 e6 b1 t/ m5 v$ ^ see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya - p9 z P# c R1 j% n) z7 X
than close to the Home Islands. . v( D3 z* z5 h: f9 S. e2 I+ _
" M8 g/ Q/ A3 L' L% G+ q1 O Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 2 E6 P) A2 M, Z* `! O
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 8 o# f% H0 ~. D. e/ S- `2 k
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
+ V* m% [. c( i+ \9 h/ a well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ' j/ P2 t# f+ k. K4 p$ m
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well + `) h% n: Z& i6 X( A* S4 M1 I4 I& z
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... $ c8 f. K, `, K- ^
O+ u( G8 {; Y. Q I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
W6 z4 E* c& W 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
' R+ h: _$ p0 D9 G, b/ n means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 5 |! |$ g$ ] E2 J: S! `# F: l
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |