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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 1 `" t5 M2 P8 V
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. * w' B) a0 W, p, a! O
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. - {# E5 c0 m7 p G
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
# j$ r' V* c3 R3 u# `1 ?& D) T: T I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
1 F' U" d. n o8 S My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze $ ]& X/ Q+ E S! N; z
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. + \. \7 ^# G, p i5 O6 g' b1 I
- \' \, `! j" K, D* K The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and ( p) Q3 D6 C2 z
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya " |* o6 H2 [) e
than close to the Home Islands. 3 y8 h. ~0 p0 a7 a) D5 g+ L. l
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! . ^1 v a" ?8 [. l
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 9 @6 M# A" o e0 ~! ?" Z" T% [8 f- @+ I
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 9 t6 X; S* A- F) B
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ; f/ p! \. M! V C
" @ i; F- |' b) k( v& t' p, B {3 ` Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
7 J/ x1 K( S/ M( R Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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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 + [+ m4 S/ K1 S) }7 M. `
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 9 \' f0 p. r8 z
2 O% b: @ i) S# C7 m5 s/ W The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
8 c- U# }, x/ j/ s# ?( ~ means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
0 H! j% _# I% B0 G0 Y4 L in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |