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5 ^/ u$ S; r3 P! nStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 1 v) R% G! N2 U
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. # J9 ?1 V3 F* H0 {- H
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. " p0 s# |# g2 p+ H$ }
O! m- d" i# H/ l9 y$ H+ r. Z5 l; t Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. M& K' f/ Z% c+ @" x
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
n* o" E1 ]# ]2 y8 r$ M: Q$ p- C My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze # R- o# Z1 P. G9 e6 }; T: b( s
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. * O! m: T" E& E+ u
# C) G2 F4 V, y# V4 Y; g8 U8 y. K The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
9 A3 R7 p4 \; d' j see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
9 g+ w: F. A/ C1 O% ?) G2 n 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!
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+ [: _( K! x* B" O1 q( T Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
5 ^) X' w1 M- m) n9 S# V# ~ heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and # }* u7 p& @# L; q: ~( n
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 3 @: V/ [! |" u$ P5 n! x9 u! _
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 7 G( c2 w5 l, `$ O1 c, U% y
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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2 r! a( x& s6 w5 X; l$ T I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
9 {2 k' ]% q( b+ ^' \" z0 @6 b5 @ 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 ) n/ u q7 d6 o2 b9 i* j6 `4 U* A* J
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ' r. X' m0 P4 L! ~7 t
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |