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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ; d. X1 d6 _1 x$ k, ~' z' [
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
7 K$ R/ p. W# |- F+ Q Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. % C0 k5 N7 J5 S6 D- w
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
5 k. J/ H4 i7 I& q$ r I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
d" C1 f: A @1 Q5 G: W My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
9 L: _/ K( E$ i 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 ( F% c0 d) U# M' ^+ ?# l! I" q7 Z
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
, I; v" X4 o' F' u7 Q 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! 3 Y, B* ~- d! w1 r
. A# p- n& _. g; y Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 8 S# C: m( j3 T, t6 \
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 8 G' p. @# d! z# i4 E) u; Z/ 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 ) [3 }2 y2 Z1 e, P' V! J( F
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 6 |" @7 A; I5 ^
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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
) n; U! h) e1 [( p0 E! a# b- s weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. : ^ J; V0 g, t- P% B
1 j3 Q" o1 [3 Q& _2 D The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this # Z! T0 f) l1 J5 X, K8 N
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame # s4 ]/ {4 X1 `. K1 T7 a9 ^( {
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |