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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! # K' l( S7 `0 `" ~4 K& D% [: w/ L
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
, [) T1 `* }0 [$ r Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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1 A/ A0 ~1 r8 H8 ^! u Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. r' Y( z& ~4 c0 E6 ], U/ g, G
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. / P4 Y+ |5 O! ^6 _5 }
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 0 N" W' M6 W: n$ u7 S) O) m& X
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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2 @! @4 F! x' v& i2 C+ F The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and $ o; U" y5 z! F1 M- A8 U; Y
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 8 I- T9 c8 U' t. P/ W8 h) w5 Z
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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/ v2 E d5 P( }! z: }9 e: { Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
* O, ?- H4 `: `; s heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ' S6 m; ]' A, [. t6 I
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) + K* p, R# `7 |- U
$ [ K% X- c3 Q4 u- n Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
( Y. ]' u$ o, Q9 }* U K0 K3 q* C% Z! J Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... % Y/ f& N+ G3 t: w, M4 s7 u
& D& K% U3 T) S, E7 |" k 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 ^! p) l; e% c2 u3 X3 Z! e
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ( B* o, @! y! H. {" E- M3 M
% R- Q5 q* i; Q! z7 M: _) d& Z The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
: j$ Y: d+ ]9 o9 V- S; H means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 3 Q6 Y4 r. W+ a* s! b- {& Z
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |