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, {6 }* m+ K' h: E( I/ H* C) T9 YStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 0 k8 I; V- A2 J" ]5 T( |' Z" F% L
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
& H; d* m2 v9 i. V 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. - X0 y3 I$ `0 _ q& W/ n& ?$ M$ D
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
5 y* z# |1 n$ M) a- E( U$ B My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 7 W& q4 c F5 s& F: R: a8 Z/ u0 G
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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. k# a4 J5 `* H5 B' {' b! ^ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and }; \; }+ p. A+ `
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 0 Q: c5 ?+ T; D) Q4 U: J3 ~; r. P* h
than close to the Home Islands. 5 v7 a D7 t8 f8 ^
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 6 a# J# t# U( O! 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
5 H" r- k* D# T' F heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 2 w. J4 h; x- q
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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, I' x$ d, C" m$ } Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ! f; v" f" b }+ O8 I3 U
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ) I4 y( s9 G% P1 v p: S9 p" U
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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
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# ?+ @+ X8 g4 \4 G: k- c/ m3 R The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
* h; G4 l5 ~: q+ b! ~) G% ~8 ]' W means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
/ D G9 a: Y! ] in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |