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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! , F# m$ C0 N. p% x, Y: E# v( B) i
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. . a- J9 E+ B+ I5 a
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.
1 ]2 @) L- v" ^# Q9 K# V9 x- p I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
9 z6 r" ^% ]2 ]# q My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
, O7 B; i# E0 x. c) J( N attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. % m+ y& o( J# T% q. Q
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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 : I1 r* h. y6 p/ S) \8 T
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya : _0 f" _; h; O* B
than close to the Home Islands.
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$ q3 _. l2 v+ O. T- Y Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! " ^$ I8 H( H+ H+ o- a Y6 ?9 H8 D
" t/ X$ [1 j! o1 f0 D Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ! _' U8 O/ P0 L
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 8 H6 A' W; J7 ], C/ a- c
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 2 X9 P- M' q* @5 c- |- g% Q
& T2 y; v. R' W( ]% k' |" U& X" \* ], Z Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well + ?" b* c0 G9 P) [; z" U+ c7 H
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ' j A4 }3 w' [
% W9 I# ~* |# g7 r: R9 T# ]: v I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
. u% W6 E1 t( n- E3 |2 E 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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# U! s' r6 r. e6 r) V8 A The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
8 a; v M. V# O, D6 n means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 0 t1 u$ w2 d5 `; R$ n! G7 `- L# 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. |