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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! : x& ]; r( v7 @* _7 C6 a
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
I8 j3 N! b! f: K 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.
0 v3 J' K! T6 ?/ P% c. { I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
2 C6 R/ r1 T# G) y/ a1 N My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze - ?$ J( h' h8 I2 B: j& v9 B
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ( w* \$ f: h1 z( I2 _3 i
" M4 J2 \# n w- q0 s- x R# E. e The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 7 l% Z: N: [# d! g9 g" G$ `% h% P
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ; b1 b& ?) l/ Q0 P9 Y
than close to the Home Islands. & j# _+ N3 N Q( M" p2 p
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 3 k; m9 m2 I9 s/ m* K! K" Z- Q$ ]* n
! y6 D" f6 J( y( A Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
4 n' p- [$ [% X3 v heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
6 ~# s G9 v( Q$ X7 O, \ 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 & K5 i: }: b, n$ I9 H2 i* t v
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... # d" ^* z6 P/ l7 S: x; k
( P/ k! r$ l% n( }0 a I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
% {. J. Y+ r$ h8 O: S$ I2 H( C weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ( H: L W! [3 b# q4 k
0 U1 B: _/ x2 p6 D3 u The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
+ K# } J$ h2 @+ { means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame * @" }1 m0 e/ E
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |