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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
4 Z# b9 Q5 Y1 n While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. * I' P2 [4 o& b: r. G5 l. t. u) I) J
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.
9 g& U& v5 q0 x3 x$ j5 M I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
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attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. # g5 J- N, A! m# Z& D
1 d5 j$ j2 Q' X8 [. r The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
Z0 r$ U+ }2 U! Y/ ] see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
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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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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
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well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) $ A6 f# @ N. J5 {
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well - c. x# ~, Q0 d' x$ A0 @
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... : L$ @$ v/ P5 N
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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 ' _. j" j9 Y j5 Y* x2 `
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 0 Q6 {' N7 Y3 E; h
/ M' P) Q K; P" Z- U The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
7 X u! b* B4 ? means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
$ l: F" V# N$ v& D/ U3 I' ~) t in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |