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/ z6 ?, g9 l- \4 S+ c2 Z mStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 1 j* S7 L- a' v9 R0 Q0 d
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
( \; T( J0 O5 I" b" d3 o4 ?6 L Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 6 E* ^1 L) G# }& y" M1 z
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 9 g% A# Z4 F5 g2 k8 \7 t
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. + g+ I/ `- q3 h5 J& ? e/ y f. l1 P8 |
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ; M+ }+ E( V3 N: J. @( J& O4 T
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 1 V' z1 g6 r) s$ j+ ~6 W0 N
& Z5 H1 {' p* X# w The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and . ~- i" q- q5 `9 ?" k
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
; E7 l4 v. s2 ]) S- Y than close to the Home Islands. : e& p5 R( p" s: L& \ {
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! & M7 n# C4 `- j; S A0 h- v
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
) N/ C4 {8 M0 I& O2 F$ |$ I heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
: f1 `3 n7 V$ M. _ 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 5 Z8 |0 D% \, p" d7 q
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
. ~) Q, K7 z6 k/ n5 p6 _ 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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; j% j# b8 x0 j The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
. T& t% b) h$ F2 f: H5 t means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
* ]/ p8 k2 ~( t: w in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |