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' p! Z: v5 [* H9 Y' k# f6 s. YStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 6 r0 { r; [1 j% r% [6 p/ T6 m
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
$ v+ \7 U: n5 [4 @- Y5 h Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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" d$ t. f6 B# \( ~, z Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
9 u! i9 S. T+ [2 K2 ^8 ? I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 9 ?+ l! E. w" R
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
: `# c1 ^$ J! {+ q7 G attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 6 g" n3 O4 m0 A! @! `% D. |; K
c! y. c( Q0 U: U) u' t The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and ' b, u) Y1 t/ s8 X, w
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
$ j; z5 L3 G. L# v8 E than close to the Home Islands.
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9 r: y, l9 T4 G1 g! L `: u 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 ( O+ \4 p+ ?2 r$ O
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
4 r8 `. ], |* v# I well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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, Y/ @3 G/ {3 S; c9 h Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well % y; c$ p( V/ \1 T* _
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 7 z0 K& ^8 t4 ~1 V2 {" K
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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
; a7 S; l Z: S% g+ B6 E8 { weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 6 K* K$ E# n/ ? q) k9 |
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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
' J. T& s! K0 Z, \ means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ' o# D/ v$ ~6 @" R# h- V7 B
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |