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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
+ b# O& t0 z; u1 k5 i6 j While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. & b: H, ]% u3 q! G3 G, E
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.
8 z* m2 U M. I- u8 r. |5 S I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 4 }; q; N1 Q4 N! l! `: s+ {% Y
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
! T; Z# O0 q9 H attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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# S J* [* ]2 h- W" ~ The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
+ ?( X$ \, z" A3 q see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
* H9 I! ~0 x1 ^ than close to the Home Islands.
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. ~7 U7 K; `* a+ U" o Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 5 }, D7 G: d0 b$ K$ D* U
' Y5 t- ^( N5 X3 ?7 x Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
9 ^$ B8 D7 o3 x, c2 O heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and + Y6 |! \7 @% r+ k1 x
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) . j4 i& f4 |/ Z4 x' k4 w5 H5 X
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
: d* l1 U3 V7 A, P) Z7 Y Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ! G6 o8 W/ e. Q' H
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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
% G1 t' R2 ?( h5 J# [ weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ' Q5 w; B4 M. M' t) u a1 z$ O0 r% F
; y) I' k, C8 s1 W' }* p The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
* D8 J% p: \; Y, V4 P: F means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
, @* ~. J! L4 v$ s& D) B in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |