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2 I$ u5 ?: {; m' ~; s9 C. ]Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
: f! L' `) U* Q- | While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 3 b9 ]5 i- o; \, g$ o
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.
5 X f; @) i! v% _# ]* ]/ Y I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 2 Z3 }8 h2 m! ?, I9 e
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze , @+ {: H+ B2 }
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
- B$ @+ I0 P9 M9 k7 q$ b see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya # P; T, d9 I: ?) _
than close to the Home Islands.
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; p% J: C/ i* x* u Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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5 l" ~, I% l3 Y8 z, X5 C Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ! i% T4 R4 o% _ \
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 8 {* G4 _0 t _( Y. w* L
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) + ^$ `3 n9 h. t* C1 v _
# M3 I9 ]$ P' |7 P5 J Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
2 E0 [4 [$ u2 {) d 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
9 Y2 H i: F; H8 w: p weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. J2 ~6 a8 g; ?1 X2 M
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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
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in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |