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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! % Q' h4 Y& }; V2 s: \
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. : X; A) G/ N+ U. h T, W
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 3 k. C0 J }0 J- z0 l! }/ q
3 k: \6 n/ [/ u$ A Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
! s9 c G( E# ~$ `0 N I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
]# i9 p3 l# `0 X. N My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 5 `8 Y/ K! l+ m; m
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 2 H M v/ ~+ O- d& t) m
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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 \8 V2 m3 H; p- [! G! p see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya & d" w/ U. p7 ^; O" r
than close to the Home Islands.
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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
* W& o; N1 i* _5 r heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
. r G6 n9 N! }4 a well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ) J5 R- L. n# z( C( Y) F6 w+ u
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
4 q1 f. C2 o# _! m0 e% O Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... . ] ]. R# ]8 ~4 t: r
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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 0 M' M2 j% _2 ?9 c
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. : a" \8 v! l9 P4 c5 G" _0 |
- h0 \3 C9 Q0 k5 J! B6 w The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
7 H, d+ i- Q3 k2 P: A" S6 [/ u means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame / H; R( ~" g4 {6 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. |