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8 @& \5 P$ X4 x- }5 n# K J" `Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
. E1 F) I& A, G While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 6 `1 [# }. C) W {
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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" ^! a3 X# a+ s# J Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
; i' _, D: q) s$ @( O5 v I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 3 @8 ^" J3 e! Z9 l. n( |8 P. f. r5 G* H
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
G Q+ k) Q' b3 ] attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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q! r( ?0 _4 g: x The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and , y) {/ G. h% G* w3 n1 z6 I
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya , v p) f9 P( S- |/ f! x
than close to the Home Islands. 1 A& ~) t0 ]( X5 b% t# O: B" y( X8 \
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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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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ! R( }) \8 s: |
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ?( J# [6 g/ a( B1 i* Y
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
6 t, R. l: |7 M 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 8 z' G$ V( b" ]; }! s8 w' F7 J
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 7 b/ X% o0 T6 I! M
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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
: O' d- {% L/ ?- N means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
, w/ c& }/ d. |, x; {& M& ] in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |