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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! - x5 [$ d; u( h8 M s3 p
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 9 ?2 w" z; M" j, o
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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& Q u, U& G/ A0 j# p Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
" ?* b9 ^7 Y2 `5 Q# X( q I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
/ S9 d% c; m5 S2 x0 V T) K4 ? My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ! C; R" ?) O/ @% t
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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) f1 j+ f) f8 h5 ?' V1 ^- k) I The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
* a6 u- b6 ^7 Y7 E see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya # Q6 S, j( g3 A$ F; P
than close to the Home Islands. ! l, r+ C. V3 J6 V* \ @8 M% l8 _
9 @* i& K; B( E, z 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 ( O+ i6 s4 L5 J1 m8 b% t
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ( T" H+ n2 l& O* {4 f
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) & T o+ U4 G1 U
; H% z* a" J& Q/ [' ` N Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
9 {! L7 }! x! z1 B8 R Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ' }; j# W$ L3 r; s5 ]0 J# s
* _8 ]3 E6 \8 j9 R+ s: m. t I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the & P2 D0 D* S" g: g/ s& c; p
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 0 F3 q( p. Q9 N' A- S+ D& c
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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this d# ?: I) g+ d" m5 }* G& I
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
5 U* e y1 R" q7 _3 y0 v in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |