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; l% A2 P* n1 `$ ]! A, q4 |; _Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ! o, z$ m' X2 M' `9 z" {
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. $ ?* v( @4 L5 A; n
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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5 H" m) b7 G: z o8 |4 K% Q: Z Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
/ X6 Z" x7 j: a- a4 ~! m4 W I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 7 |' {* ~7 b8 j- d
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze $ _: z' C' k9 ^+ U5 ~/ Z: j
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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' }8 v- _/ Q/ E( _ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and , J% D9 Y% ?& u' M, ~; F
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya * ^1 l" x. i3 [
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! & I: R' k8 w _: m" T5 y, o1 R
- f- p/ G) ~: {% d Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
* N9 S& u3 b; j; N heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
0 y3 d: k7 }* Y' a- c 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
3 n- w3 F& B/ n5 D. l. G# K7 Z5 h Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 0 @( l. b) ]/ _$ P" z
$ E9 w! x/ \3 b, Z+ m I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
' D: u0 x# m* n& f- y# V) F0 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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2 W) K Y: d/ N7 ?8 ?8 _ The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this % ]$ t: H+ R1 z' h
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame * f1 c" O/ L/ J2 O2 ]9 Q7 R) v
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |