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3 G, j+ B$ |" c6 F' @% vStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 6 R! u3 J2 h, z. a+ K1 }9 `
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
]2 y0 S4 t; L; R8 W Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. & W& Y1 K9 O# ]& Y
) E% n m. W3 S B: X. F( w Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
W: k X3 p) w I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 7 E9 M3 e, }, T, g8 f- }# W7 M
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze + ~# r" g2 E% n% l ~/ Z% r% L2 [
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 4 t$ l h$ M) S: u1 x
7 D0 v1 Y8 B* \ c/ N The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
) R" ^& J* N' c0 W9 J# }) c% y see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
f. p6 U! F1 D7 X than close to the Home Islands. ! o8 n2 U( ?7 }8 a4 A' e- _
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 5 R5 c0 s+ s( V2 [3 Q5 E
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
6 p0 X$ J/ G& `) ^5 x; _ heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and . Y. P" M, z! q* A' ~% g8 |
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) @. x/ o& _1 c3 x
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well / P4 b. a$ y$ |+ A8 x
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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" Z2 o5 B6 n) z7 H* }4 O$ S8 b I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the 5 u: N6 I% O: W P. A
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 0 z5 Z- q8 y1 M C2 J |
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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 8 w, o* X- H) t+ X
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
- n5 D q7 S% g# X X4 K in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |