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3 W' P8 l0 i. n% hStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 5 ^; z1 l) J: y0 R( V' _
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
6 _! \0 r3 L4 E% J) O7 v0 y2 a Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
! C. ~- Y5 l) g8 W; N/ G8 M: S* [( t I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
7 e' T# d% u! `% U8 y( M My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 0 P3 Z2 p5 v& a h0 s2 F; H
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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6 r. g7 K# R1 D8 \5 X9 u5 A The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 4 L& d7 c$ R" R4 w9 h0 Z, S- C
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
[+ ~0 g3 e" d6 U$ L$ ~" H4 _ than close to the Home Islands. 9 F, g4 Q8 F8 k6 F) x7 t7 _8 N
! ?+ Z$ d& P6 v* C9 H; b. f& a Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
7 i' C2 D$ Q4 g6 Q: w6 o1 p. w heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 8 l4 U2 e) V, W' Z
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) * P U H% c# W; y r* S5 h
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 3 f6 I3 l& j5 C) T% X3 Z$ \
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 ; C0 e W6 I7 z2 l# p/ ]& 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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\' G2 D6 t, ^' q2 ~" { The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this $ ] m/ k" @( r4 N/ e
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 5 f/ F! {& F( v
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |