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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
. e+ @) X2 k l' |7 E While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 1 _% J+ u4 G3 a. ?# n
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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7 q, z- F4 c& _ Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
0 a6 A( c7 L; d: c$ q; @ I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
; Q* b( B0 Y% i+ G9 Q% m My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ( G! K3 y3 l- H5 b7 b
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 8 M" c% p2 c( Z1 s4 |
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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 : s4 \, I! s' j/ E# w" g X- B" |
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
0 N9 c" [ d. f; ?' g) k than close to the Home Islands. : p9 T2 a- W8 k& y
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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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- t$ x& ?& U8 u8 I) p e Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
) @+ r1 a0 B3 o" i" ]8 { heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and / k4 b, d5 i; A7 m% b5 m, ^ u
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) , d* X3 @7 B* [. L/ b8 H4 U S
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 9 c' o: {* A ~8 ? Q
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 5 ^+ ]) j0 ^1 x5 {
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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 D: v+ ?% I' o weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ; F! Q# T8 g! G, H" q% G4 c4 V
% W, E$ G }+ B0 A) k: s The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this ! m; I7 d5 v& O& J
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ) j6 j4 Q$ ^7 r- k* J
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |