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8 m s& e! G& Q7 X, f8 xStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
7 f+ y# C8 m8 P- V6 _, {6 q. J While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
2 x! W p' T2 y% G Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ! T6 y2 j" l5 J4 ^/ ?
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 9 j( d+ E0 a8 X# a+ ]+ v
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
7 h0 K+ k$ @) M$ \ My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
1 W4 t" U& g5 {+ o3 x/ \: R attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 0 w9 _* m& d6 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
3 Q1 a& L( _8 d w. U" l- ` see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ' a$ n5 I3 G( ~" R2 P
than close to the Home Islands. # p* M% i0 N# v1 X8 t
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! - J4 ~9 R& Z9 `" {
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 5 e& K" Z! K m5 b) A2 J/ G
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and " Q: k, Z. \9 v% Z3 ]0 m
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 8 x5 s2 R" i+ @2 p2 x! ~ G* r
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
- \. p; U/ J5 V% f% ~" r Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ' A! @1 V7 p3 ?) ~+ U" c
9 z1 s4 }% Z5 G7 d; e: D: B& k4 W I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
' p, Q5 q9 N6 i, q 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
6 {! M5 s, c3 |3 b means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
! C9 ?" W7 H1 S3 ?5 U: N; k" k in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |