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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
+ l/ U6 L ]* f3 u( E While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. & {0 D9 `0 [8 U \
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. + v+ Q! _. A5 F6 _" j2 r; X( U" h
( s% M* y; z6 L( t# J n6 @& G7 y Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 7 R7 F; s. H4 I! k0 r
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
% N& m/ w( Y& P: m My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 2 z) p8 d% E0 z
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 : X, e& c/ g6 x5 X! q- R$ V
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya . }; `) _; V* f+ L( g9 E
than close to the Home Islands. / R" A! ] y/ H3 O( Y& U4 Q: T
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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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# f; ~# m% y" i6 Y4 S Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
3 L! i3 n8 ~6 D( C/ Z heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and : i+ v( E( r% Y R0 k R
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 9 a( @, W! m0 V0 H) R- t
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... % h4 i! o0 O2 y8 e5 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 5 g; ~9 x. w1 [1 ]$ G" _3 O1 g
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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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
/ [+ e5 P! W8 D. _9 y means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
0 `0 m$ a8 E; k) C2 }% | in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |