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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
' U" V2 w2 a1 m4 {$ x While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
$ K8 P6 n& m: G8 k6 s6 _# [. f6 d 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.
' _9 G6 S9 d0 e* x- e- B. Y I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ' D4 [9 h0 T7 F
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 4 A) Y7 J6 w- @) [ I# s+ E
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ! v6 |9 H7 Y/ p6 B
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The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
/ H0 S. r9 H! O6 o- s( r0 ~" Y see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya % p; F" H# _) t, V
than close to the Home Islands. " G& F7 W; \1 L8 D/ T
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! $ k U: w# z7 c$ p
4 h" V/ h2 w, Q8 y$ O Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
3 j/ g( R6 ~/ |+ `# {9 ~ heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 9 r6 q3 z! n/ C1 t* P0 _% `
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
& H# a8 B6 F# j& [ Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 1 E8 _% I" X5 S* w8 `4 y' a
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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 O c. R" a2 |: | 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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( K4 P1 q4 X7 S* n- }# \ The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this ' t4 }3 Z) G9 ]2 h3 a' C1 Z) m- w
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame f: v) x) n2 \; 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. |