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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! `/ G; y C* ]
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
3 @, m3 B) \9 P7 u Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 7 i E& @; t& T4 Q5 v' L
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 6 A8 I6 L( D3 S/ ]
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
/ L: D1 V7 p Q l+ p7 V My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
1 b* ^2 X' a* @6 H9 X# r9 ^ attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 3 |9 k) Y3 @! [2 j2 F- V
3 {3 Z d" R: N" p The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
0 `- S$ J! |1 \" L! l! B S see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
$ X4 W1 N2 u4 \: ~, W7 }& T$ L than close to the Home Islands. " Z% w4 o% i7 e( s8 K! K' C
" ~( i' \; \6 N/ x0 U Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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3 E' E- Q h; q& u6 E8 y- q# v% L$ y Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
% z+ E6 n# I& ?- E% z4 K1 X heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and & H! S, j5 H' t9 J
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) : a( w5 z" e* _0 g
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ; v; d" ?: i1 Y
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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4 g3 ?: Z! q3 ^ I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
9 a' T _3 d6 m weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. & o8 N* |+ Z& X. o6 l( t
7 l7 J! N' h& X The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this * W, P/ m0 i9 N: X8 l' Z, ^, @
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
$ v$ s7 K$ v& 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. |