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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
* o3 b4 n% G( s8 M% ?: g5 Q* b While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. & P6 G; v% c0 R) a
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. * R8 U' C) W" a ^
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. . a; ?; J0 p) G9 W6 u) ?# U) {9 z
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
8 Y$ G1 g; A& x+ d, [$ x6 Q attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 9 y. c' t4 v, H6 N" x7 j$ R# X8 Y8 e
' V$ a# z" w1 I X# I The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
# q( J2 h1 w/ @" e. \ see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ' ]/ P5 v& o" V7 [( q5 P, U4 X
than close to the Home Islands. 9 J# {: }! l) d# f
; X( j* J8 Q/ F- D2 L9 _ Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! + {. F' ~ M! z5 z4 j( U
& R7 V3 k9 N0 e- g8 q) ]/ Y4 ~. {: ` Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted - e9 N4 P: b6 p. q2 N, l
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 4 p. ?" U5 \+ z8 w+ e; K& u
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 % D# i1 Z9 a$ q4 `% e6 A+ G
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 5 q* E7 E {( L3 ~; k6 S7 A2 _
1 d$ }; Q: k7 e" ] I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
/ i2 \$ S2 n5 s( h weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. . f# r" M( J& S9 n9 V
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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
7 k( j5 q/ j. n& a" O means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
' ^' u R- ~' U9 s! u! e in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |