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5 X) K M* ? n6 S; c, f( PStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
% J" O5 a) }4 f) o5 X. Z* w While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
- C2 g6 g- Z5 x4 _& ] 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.
, _; r" x$ T6 N- c ` I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
: x& k5 m6 z; W+ n5 d0 g My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze - v Q- g3 K8 Y2 D' ]6 Q
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. * G4 _' v$ H; F1 H
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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
0 b; F% S0 U- W; K see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
2 g; }1 I) A f; @ than close to the Home Islands.
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 5 W. l2 u p5 l# d; Q/ }$ 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
2 l8 N8 e6 ?; }$ p$ M# Q heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 3 ]: y/ b' N( N: k% p
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 4 }' U; v! n4 o* D
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well : E9 d0 p1 }; E2 i% z: m' E9 D2 t7 k
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
3 z3 d% ^* t1 z; Y! P 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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0 R. Q) i7 S/ c2 `* R+ T) f The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
8 g3 `8 e" k. w; l- K: c* A8 I means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame - p7 a5 Z8 a" f+ n
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |