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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
2 N8 h1 U( }( l( B While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 0 N0 z1 G! X( L" b
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. & l+ Q6 U# G. T+ Y+ K5 i% H
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
! z2 f0 w" N5 h5 e8 B( q/ z3 Y My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze & M# x+ } {& D1 J
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 4 W/ N5 N3 X) T& d9 r5 g
- F. _ s7 W. [. {0 f C7 G3 [ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and `' i4 d$ L7 g0 w! M( D
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
; }( `6 o" c7 c2 }% O3 j 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!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted / K- _4 ^0 P P, N, I& q
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ! Q; Z, N0 N' F4 c
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) , G. T$ a& m. R( F7 }; A
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 5 O ~7 W' o) }3 ~+ t. n6 j$ `
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 5 @; P4 \1 S% x: @4 c
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ! H$ P2 F: V6 X
+ q/ |2 r4 x" d4 |& m3 s. y The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this , z$ T% R/ a+ d# O/ G6 J
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
: T/ U, L* e' r' ~( D0 w' {, [+ o# r in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |