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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! " L. r$ F+ U8 m0 E7 f( K
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
6 w' h3 ?3 S& ]' n7 p 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.
. H3 i* Q; t6 Y" z7 |" t# K I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
4 [# N0 {' E R My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze . Q% R, h' i N# v# |! P
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 2 `* M6 J2 \7 O) m0 y) v. ~2 v
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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 % u! {! W+ V$ ?) v0 U+ k
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
" F1 D2 \7 i& a2 y, O: N/ b3 G+ B1 T, V than close to the Home Islands. 5 t& W) Q% U% b+ o7 k: S
h' Z2 x O. Y- B0 K) n9 y/ k4 n Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! G8 P% r d' f8 v: T6 F( r
* O' V- U# @, x, ]# [5 n Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted : P- A: c7 A8 ^+ F! W+ B. l9 g
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 9 Y( C" z% v0 K# U
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ' G# x% {6 _; Y( ^) ^ k
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
; k: o2 y8 g7 w1 T) \: t4 G. z* J Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... # P2 D% G* P% b6 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
, A0 {- m7 j- I7 h9 G weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ) t6 ~8 g! ^3 a8 D
! X5 W/ R- O' h5 t The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 4 Q5 y* F: H) p6 ~, }
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 3 S' B1 e: K4 V9 C1 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. |