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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! : w, s* B* E* w
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 0 P0 h8 C, g$ b1 ?( O8 ~
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 9 Y3 H- p1 o9 x! T) C
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ) u- q/ b( f/ f6 q" r1 S% S
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ) F% h# r* V+ D7 S
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
; Z/ t1 a# o; @5 }$ }$ R6 `" Y attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ) d7 ?8 Q6 U# p9 E- R
5 w; }+ Q4 i B5 h/ F' k The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and . c: n5 [4 ~( A
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 8 g/ _0 @* `3 T0 U, w- e7 w$ @1 P
than close to the Home Islands. 2 i( M+ A/ ~2 P) \* `' v# K1 P) y
2 @% h' m0 a! b+ o& _# f( D$ g Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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& k* `" O; P+ M) P; M) s. X Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted - e& d( C) u- X+ z$ W1 n% [
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
4 o B! \9 x* G well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
1 l+ Q) |$ |5 Q/ f/ m( b2 p7 q Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... & a {5 m; g9 ?
/ K8 _& R1 o) t4 O+ g8 V L" T3 a% ] I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
2 O# I$ u" C0 E' j weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 4 u9 \7 e- H+ i5 w' o( _* s
" x( Z D: c* r4 h6 v) O The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this * g2 ]( k- E, G" F& I
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame / m0 k% W% \- q! p+ R
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |