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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
* k* }) L9 T; X3 c; s While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ' p+ T: T! o$ d
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. : O/ E) D& H5 T' w* e1 {
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
; K* V; {9 N( [8 b. w" E! t8 p I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 2 a: A* C% h& q1 ^$ Y/ j* l
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 9 d: _, N8 V, g$ X7 R
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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$ w) [* s3 G& c e The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
# Q7 |; I4 J- T see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
! O5 h) y9 g j) e+ U than close to the Home Islands. 5 a: F0 G, ?7 Y" |% R
M8 @5 e$ U! i7 s+ L Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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; [1 B4 ?( f& ]: z1 W Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
1 i9 K6 X0 c, e% ?4 B heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
. W" y) [# [* n well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ; |- r' w2 d; {! B% e
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
3 R6 C+ ]! S6 N8 b 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 , O; b7 T- k3 y9 `! q0 t! A5 D
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
. u5 B* O2 {0 q: ^# i- E means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 6 `+ S3 A& _" A* M5 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. |