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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! @3 N J1 h7 R# _+ ]
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 3 T( Y2 Q; V( D% m$ i# l
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 |. m" K P8 X# d& ] I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ( y3 k! D0 `% P, n1 Q1 E
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
+ \9 Y" Z% Y* }" j attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. / P. N n8 s: h! e/ L6 v
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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 ! c' {$ S9 C( [' c% ]5 ? A4 d( M
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
2 q0 R/ Y3 ^' l8 u than close to the Home Islands.
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1 D2 t7 O1 e8 b( p. I Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 4 i5 d% \9 C' k2 l4 r
" ^. Y k! A1 q. \ Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
4 }% W! _/ L( m9 l# n& l heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
+ e3 e$ w$ r' [+ q, E( N' I well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) # B: p0 e! o' d
. F! Y ]% W( J: Y/ l2 ? Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
9 `, G" S ]* k6 C 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
9 X: H- a9 I) L% q 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
) M" }) C) Z8 S% J' ~- h+ R( e means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
% K s+ ~0 ?& t, @$ t0 {. Q in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |