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5 B8 y! u+ Q# a; |. A2 ^Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
0 N l8 T0 m5 Q While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 9 }, K1 R1 W; l. ?. N" H5 j
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 1 C( j0 C m8 W) `. j: O
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 7 m2 k9 ^3 Y! X( W% N
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 3 H, e8 q- N) Z+ S, t/ V
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
D, _* D6 v$ U c ] attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ) [ s" }( Z7 ?
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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
1 Q- J+ _* p0 M" p0 @: V7 l2 [6 } see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 2 k" U% p% E$ C. `; C' S l; n
than close to the Home Islands.
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! % y5 ~! s- a* T# d) d
& I! Y0 o$ S0 x' ~+ ]2 x# H9 v) ^ Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
- y) s% |- z$ L5 L heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
, ^- r H' G$ D- {2 V well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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4 I8 R8 {# o' l% m! t1 r& S Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
; P0 l8 }( V* X: T. X7 z4 o Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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( z! R0 q+ G4 O) x. P% 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
1 V- F7 Q) C) v+ b: V 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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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
3 ^, l4 [1 W6 k7 |- w8 n0 ?1 r means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame , G! [1 w; e8 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. |