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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
9 |! H* L1 f+ }, Z While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. & k+ g$ V+ t' w B
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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8 N ^7 `! \4 {# D5 C, i+ V Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. & Z8 Z p) S* b
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
1 }/ J8 l. A0 K5 U( e9 o7 m. n My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze # p) A- }" G6 E( S
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ' |) v& |& g, }0 H: C4 [
4 P C9 g: |7 S0 B The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
3 ?3 Y: M9 u7 y6 q; Q5 B4 s see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
; f( F) b! D# z) ?- x% L) m than close to the Home Islands.
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; D9 h& I J; S) a6 I( W Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! % [' L( s+ @+ F
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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 X% ~3 K0 L. U, B1 q
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
: r% f! q) n0 E well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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0 s$ k9 X2 w3 m% }/ P. h* |$ T& W Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 3 _( x& Y0 f; b$ E6 E, P0 Y2 Y, Y
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ) O! B$ p- }$ S/ Y* M5 i6 t
5 p6 g, n. P* `& l I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the 7 l. N7 r- P, {4 D
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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) r5 F* w. i/ d; s! Y The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
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in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |