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3 g- `+ _6 d+ K* T; K; i( ^Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
/ @* C0 t7 a$ C8 Z& E- n0 \ While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
* y' V, C+ x8 s p% x* [ Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ) V* r4 O M( W/ v& r9 V* h: i* z
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 8 H! g9 c3 V4 O$ W$ @
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. " l" }0 y3 c' v9 I2 V4 x |6 T( V
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
: c2 M l8 A, t2 ] y attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ; R, a, Q4 L- u4 l3 N; d/ T7 t
( {' k+ ^) h" o8 g The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and + N3 G! ~7 [: w- K
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
4 L' X3 a$ C, _- y# N d than close to the Home Islands. 6 I/ D) _1 d. S
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! % n! u1 f7 W3 a, Q* J) \5 k
( z H8 w6 F$ c4 j2 B/ \+ Q Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
8 \ N2 k2 ~' J7 q heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
1 K: O: g1 G9 K7 ^& U' w 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 & ]9 Y1 p2 s2 i4 G
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... : b9 e) y' @3 ^' F, E* q5 f5 m
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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
- B- U* j" P/ ~' L, j weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 6 \- F8 S Q. Y; w
8 `6 D7 W3 I3 ?8 f3 ]* ?. M4 n The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
: B+ I0 F/ R2 F5 ^( l9 v means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
: m4 |+ N: [ q. s' B" a in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |