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* C! ^: y9 j% o& HStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! : }0 S4 W. w z, _4 T
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. & @9 A5 k5 S% a$ G: {
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 6 g2 a, r" C! |7 M9 A
3 o, M- j y W5 G2 D& P Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
* E1 m5 w7 I! H8 j& o* N J/ C9 I I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
/ f- E8 g+ F v" X9 |& Z My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 1 F& J! S! H, D1 w
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 {8 ?1 b% M3 _: d [; Y, X$ \
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
& r6 I d* l+ r0 s2 s than close to the Home Islands. 0 i& h; r8 y' Z, l+ N1 Y. G
* }* N5 q" j& D+ Z4 s; c! O$ }8 b Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 5 I( v+ h9 f* {# b2 F: q1 R' W
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
% A( N3 z' ]; |+ z" j heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 3 Q* m8 r& D/ ?
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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. w9 e' A1 y- V( G4 v Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
3 j, L% \; Z; x3 R) E9 `/ ^ Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... Q7 u Q6 b8 q1 b
1 o! A5 U. o% W) W& h. n& W I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the 6 M; h) g. {1 Z6 B7 a% q- ]
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. " r1 \$ J% c0 S+ z% V
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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
7 Y9 ]' i/ ~# j9 t( ]+ p6 |) z means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame . _0 Y. |- V' y1 F/ }" L4 ~
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |