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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
) a. N3 v$ x! f- U) Y) M9 c& F While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
; g: D$ M7 v$ z Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. T+ Q) l- p# T9 x
9 F3 ~9 N- ^. K1 ~4 T6 l) ^* \ Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 7 @+ f$ d4 ]# z% Y) ^4 l
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
5 e- F& g5 d# |& b My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze + J# x8 S6 i/ Q% _
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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3 h& z2 z: R6 a5 o The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and " b* _( p2 h6 _7 x
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 3 g1 R/ w4 m/ A+ D. N: K
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!
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/ }" e8 p. K- }/ Q5 @- e! N Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
9 Y2 d+ H+ n5 {, s1 m heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
4 R. O1 Q$ P( p, J" J2 q0 B well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) # j( q* a% _ a4 Q: |
2 }. `4 I, h4 e, O" x/ }$ I Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well $ e, {; G; S' f7 e: T) ]
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... " Z1 U! f2 A( }: C
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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 + F! ^* d# v8 K6 N
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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* l' V8 F5 y. G: \0 e The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this & j0 ^4 p: P4 [; M( S5 ?
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame [3 Q" K: U7 w7 H4 R* t
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |