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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
& y1 d. n! v4 h6 i While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
4 U# V3 f, W- Z, Z6 ]" j; S 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.
. g3 C/ K/ }# k+ Q- E( X# p I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
: A* ]1 D J4 [ My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
. g# u M0 R5 t! n, ^ attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 9 h" Y* Y* c" [+ v+ \
n8 ]/ T/ @8 P' I+ U1 F8 a( m4 z The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 7 }' ^. V% K, n$ p, N
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
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3 {2 w; L) M* O( s0 d, c8 o6 j6 U# n Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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5 ~1 D: {! Z! { Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
, J) C8 \% E& q8 J2 X2 z heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
$ n) {: b& c" W) D, N) P, O8 I. g well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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5 b. j9 M0 R8 }, o8 P: C Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well - i# z4 |$ V$ q4 _: H( {4 ]
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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; o" Y- H8 q0 X I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the ) a. ` `: ]3 t8 l/ ?$ R
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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' n3 ^ d8 n( C9 } @ The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
# p6 g3 Q5 I" C7 D5 p; L& m z means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
% R ?3 y7 K6 y6 ? in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |