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9 J7 j. K3 H- Y# `- `' y4 RStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
3 ?1 Q `0 ]$ m9 d While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ) N% ^1 }9 B- [3 n
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ! a/ v; t7 F; e- i( o
- T/ m& Z* V' _ Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ( }6 C) v) E( y4 u/ J1 |& v
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
( K7 W) G/ Y9 O0 q3 X My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ) F3 D1 h9 _/ P8 G
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 6 Y- C9 s0 t$ t0 E, U7 H, Y
2 n& G2 q7 C- P0 V* l5 z The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
( B* P, o3 `8 Q7 c see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 7 {' j9 f8 x$ E3 j
than close to the Home Islands.
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! & f- H* k5 ^5 k
; B% E: `$ ]& f# } Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
4 @. a% U `8 J1 u heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 6 E o& `1 s' m& B
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ! B9 L& m: G# q: N5 @1 z( D
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ( U* n# L2 T& G! y ?$ W
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... + b$ A2 w7 }3 l# ~
) p" o! e3 t" U) r( H I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the 8 g" N/ F0 w/ G7 M3 i9 ]! l1 r+ P
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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& V- W5 Z1 E6 | The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 4 e4 k( C* g3 Z8 F
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
7 K# s* n+ {) f) M: e$ {4 _5 G in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |