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. c! w z$ S, M& T0 yStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! " F. z2 U- M8 k& m `
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 0 X; e" B$ @5 S0 S
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. " z# H g4 u1 t2 V. `
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
. W: N) B0 }6 Q5 Q- g1 m7 O$ b$ E I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 4 B1 e( r6 j9 E0 F
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 9 q. U: Y# `+ v
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ; g; j8 R. N& H
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The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
8 l- H$ S* f) j see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 4 K" a, W4 a/ J; F
than close to the Home Islands. 6 ]6 q* M% \0 [
2 @8 L+ T2 v) m% p# u U) ` Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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& e4 j5 q. O- R. K Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
# {+ g' D' S4 ^ R' d; O# N heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 9 y9 k" l5 w9 r z w7 \! Q7 @. x2 j" n
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) : ? l7 ?6 W6 m
) K, j4 p. B+ k. V Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
6 W* `2 D+ K& I Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ! A# w+ U4 c5 }/ t* @8 F2 R6 Y6 o
8 C. }3 o) V" ?2 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
# a; ?6 J( g7 |5 V- W' ? 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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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
$ m5 ~. ]! u. V J. ~5 g means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
2 J4 A6 U# M, o/ G5 ? in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |