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& i! K$ a' A; ~9 EStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
" Q0 q& p, P' } While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
5 `2 G/ ]0 T% q, C 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.
: @8 q6 L8 H( c8 ~& c; F I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
9 M; P( w( B# ~0 q! o2 ? My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 6 x) @" Y6 t8 C2 q% v" H% j
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. + s9 l: k) z" K3 j% a, k
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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
& H4 i* m3 f0 [8 R: I" O, d: r see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 3 i6 b/ _; F9 f: w& [
than close to the Home Islands. # q6 y/ d, m* x. `( ?# }5 c
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 3 A' {) U% b$ u4 x# j# M
, a T( X! d$ v- L Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
( d$ i9 D+ `7 _8 {# i' q heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
3 T, X; b4 V) }9 b4 u well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 1 _# Q" m) @4 y# r) p
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well : a3 Q+ u0 P) b) V5 j
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 : m% G( k' G) r- T1 L4 A. U0 r
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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3 e. t2 Q" d, ^/ c7 H& W The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
0 `, q9 D7 r1 F$ ` means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ! R/ |6 J- H: S' m
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |