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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
9 u5 P& W8 z. Y3 W While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
. t, z7 M# J, W, Y& O6 Q" y Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. + q0 N8 J. a1 s5 @0 h4 Z2 [ B
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
% `% [3 R4 d2 N$ F I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ) u2 g/ g. l) a+ k! {# B
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
C4 B: o5 H- E6 N0 P6 }" p' A attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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# h2 d$ M' r3 m' x% q6 ] The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and - w- I. \8 A& ^5 d* g" a6 n
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
) e4 C9 k6 ?' q# D. r* i8 u than close to the Home Islands. * U+ W) Q) M8 t L* \5 Y) ?: Q# L. K6 {
; V& B5 \, Z6 h$ N! N6 y, N% g d Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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% E- `& N+ O/ C% E) J Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 1 k6 o" J' {. o3 f$ a9 S$ d* [
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ! b0 O7 u: ~( F) }( h* z
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) # L, R1 k j( z2 y G+ J
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well & i Z, B9 B- ]
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
" B3 x: E1 [ A1 O/ { weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ' z/ @ o' i0 ]% K4 I
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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
8 |+ l1 \+ t5 h) o means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
4 e. o- K( O) p0 Y8 f ~ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |