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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
" C. m9 d# n( X& b) z While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
4 B/ o0 k5 s7 z9 E, c8 H7 I Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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7 [9 R5 x& h# G( Z5 A3 w: y Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
: [/ z- a1 o+ f9 }* p* Z9 d( H& h I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
1 K1 E5 L$ K' l6 d My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
. g9 m* c( t5 ]; P attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 9 L# N: Z$ s& _ b6 r; h
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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
+ l: R% e3 Z1 K7 d see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 5 S; `5 O: }" a$ D; W
than close to the Home Islands. . V: u/ |$ O" H/ i0 d4 i
0 z% [9 {; ~& I3 `0 |' z6 ` 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
8 U# K7 j3 I, y( r# U9 j' W0 X8 l heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
- ~; f' v9 Q: S* X well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
! s$ U k& \2 p4 Y$ h Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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) {+ Q7 c& L2 l) x I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the ! S' T$ A/ Z2 l# i
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 1 l* J, u0 R1 A; G% f
+ x+ H* V# C+ g4 m The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this - T; R8 P s, v, X' M8 [# H
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
% Y4 M7 ^8 y U9 l: M# n, z0 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. |