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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 7 d( O0 g, A9 U
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 8 u- i, d4 p/ m6 N
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. # _* n0 m3 f' M$ \3 y$ G
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. . b1 T! g4 r% K3 N3 ^
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze / G% \/ V6 Q( A
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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0 R% O6 \ V/ H x2 z' Y) P8 }8 l The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
2 Z: r- |: y2 M& s' H a see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya - O$ }, f: O# E% Z* W" W$ k
than close to the Home Islands.
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8 r) R/ ~& ^) G 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
' j3 y& c) C! c heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
Z' k- A0 K2 u; p2 W well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ; A2 Q4 \: Z& g$ G
A- y$ k, z' r, t Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ! K9 I& B" v1 \4 o: J0 d: W
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 \+ h, _# F+ 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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5 M; ~+ R1 A; ^" ` The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
J8 p9 A; K0 [: c4 S& C! q; _ means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
# @( _8 G) h6 E+ O in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |