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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
/ u1 @' U3 @- v5 u While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. , q! w5 K- D: \" U5 A
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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/ m7 a" Y* x0 J Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
4 V9 m2 h! S+ v4 n/ b3 Q I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ( [; l& Z- n/ J
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze r7 ~6 o! m5 V2 z# E) y' `
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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B& u) |' `4 s8 x The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and " r# o- \6 M6 j3 P& U/ d, f- k3 d
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
/ Q5 r- r, e) w ]1 { than close to the Home Islands.
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/ R# C3 e! c0 D5 n 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 ; }: }5 S- q i* S! n
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 4 K9 N) G9 g! C6 B, {$ T% @
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ~6 W5 N# I8 s
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
; X# Z5 A4 e4 E Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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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 6 C' {1 s: Q% X! g1 V
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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) S: w G2 t7 Q% g6 C. _, C The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this , K) m# J9 x) ?4 }0 c3 r
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame : s/ e8 i4 g( `. u% q5 O/ {+ s
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |