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9 ~7 g" v( z: Z0 d( JStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
) k8 y! E& h6 u/ C( G+ N4 J While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 3 u p2 O2 I* A$ |2 K9 E
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 9 L! B1 v6 G) P. `
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ( W. F" T- @5 P$ j0 l3 v
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ! ^* E9 n# i3 m5 m4 q% r) `
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 8 ~) t. \8 W1 ?( \& u
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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9 T1 `2 l2 c" i& i The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
& U0 N& U0 o- c( X1 f see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya * W) N3 y1 k) l& W
than close to the Home Islands. 6 _) E: A/ b' d9 I8 Q% H0 i
' a, O& G2 O. A Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! ( G: B3 i5 @2 W# A% C4 s
1 H4 a3 e" b1 m Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted % I# A0 z) b6 [5 Z( ^7 }3 B) u
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ( M6 R# j( I; K8 c2 n
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) " S+ n. |7 s6 c) t f; T
% k7 i6 U% d$ N8 ? u Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
6 C) t& b# u& a 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
7 A! N* ]+ v" o- G3 q3 d, Q 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 " T# ? e8 q% o' f
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 3 _& `8 q1 ?" G/ b @
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |