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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
) x/ w0 A$ v! g/ D7 _$ _2 S5 }# i While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ! z' e6 F7 |; t8 {; x
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 5 t1 Q4 q; k9 h- `" n) Y
9 `* k2 ~& U3 x( b$ M Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
- c% m% I/ F8 y8 f' j7 T h I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
/ ]1 j" M7 K' n- { My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
& |! D f3 R0 f attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ) [. R* C3 B. `1 {+ }7 t
5 F: V3 ]1 q4 w& n; V" X! E The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
l. l0 ]" [* v1 Q. Y n; @ see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya : O. G- A- }% r, ~6 k2 [. l
than close to the Home Islands. h$ w) c2 a, T+ {4 e
' L g" g& ?# Q/ E+ Y Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
: l! |. Z3 b7 w2 y: `9 B" f heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
1 t; u' g( P* s: A9 H) l( ^ well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) & B; Y' x! u2 K! m& W& G
+ Z! a* E5 H n8 E! W4 x3 n Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ( i9 @& I: j1 z. k7 a
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 9 J. ~6 S5 c9 N7 b6 _) e
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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 & m/ X9 `! V& j4 ?
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
1 [3 R7 J4 Y0 X means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 2 \1 c& u5 V9 z2 c
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |