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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 1 r& w/ c/ }3 `6 J R& i$ \& }
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 7 N$ L7 @2 O4 w; h& P( X/ b
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 8 f5 p+ g2 z B
7 P5 D7 k- k# Z2 d q Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. # l! j7 e8 |( V
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
8 {5 Y+ ]* W* A: q1 H My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 5 k9 b6 C0 e* n0 L. T4 J5 J
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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
2 Q/ m* x! m, x) m- T0 `( i9 W1 V see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
* M C8 f4 Q; s8 I 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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9 j# n" N5 H; X4 I/ v9 L3 z Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
- C8 Q; S* a9 I! m heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and _+ j; a( M# Q& U, ~
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ( _+ T, J/ v& ]& k
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well " U2 H4 N3 @0 \* Z0 z
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 0 P) a ^) V* _& ^' B
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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) Y% Z% O* x/ m4 f6 l* L3 \* R# h The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
4 o' V' g2 U) ?# x8 B* k means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
7 W* ~: h+ X5 z" 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. |