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' R% l/ ^6 Z; X; cStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
1 O ~$ L! B, [5 @6 e While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 3 i& t5 N' q( `0 {$ o$ P4 g
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. : G* A( n: n( F; s, H* z
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
( z% v) m4 [( X& P9 P I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
% r. q* t4 |; Y; d ? My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 6 ~2 G9 a: b- T: l2 B
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
& M2 g* k5 D3 A7 w see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
' i* b! ]8 A( _8 X+ e than close to the Home Islands.
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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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7 ?6 b! }2 A& k; [9 q Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ; R. g# Z7 J$ J$ C4 Y8 y
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and D- q$ s& w6 p3 [
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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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 # g' g2 J0 Y* o! Q. o0 L: \! P4 `
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ( g, Q. k& @1 b1 t+ e
. ?. ^( Q( R$ E/ W. F$ ?/ B The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
) S. h3 @8 W3 ?8 C means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
) ]2 d7 I* ?) e$ H in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |