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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
9 Y2 T1 a7 G# K' A While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
" W$ [6 O) O% f Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. # J7 K5 g( {+ U+ G# J$ Q
1 `8 L$ I% q: T Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. - }$ P! z& s( A& N) b
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
- v! X9 y+ Q9 {- P, s My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
) x) ]$ ~- ~! o& }) E4 l% |' M' D attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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5 I( }1 G+ C: m$ m/ V# ? The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 3 Y, C7 j2 A4 q8 l/ w
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
0 E8 e9 v& J c7 m than close to the Home Islands.
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* A1 _# k& a* H1 z* X Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! & V- w) Q0 N- B6 \# F
C+ \0 T! W8 v# q& k7 U) Z6 u5 C Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 0 w9 g0 f5 ?/ q: v7 l; k$ S+ p- a
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
7 ?& Y& E7 G" l2 z well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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; n; P% Q3 O3 P# b3 _( C/ H P Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
" S7 g8 O7 x# E' O+ b8 I' p; E R Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ) V1 ?+ P% C+ g# A- b1 Q4 {
5 x! @$ V5 E" p- G+ ?6 z0 w1 | G I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
* s% I5 k# ?- g6 h8 l; z3 W- t weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. . K5 k3 t" u4 d# d3 P' D% f
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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
! Q. v( T3 i/ [4 t7 t means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
2 T* t+ ?" j0 t. v5 f0 f in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |