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Q; a0 y/ `9 z' R1 L: }' JStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
! t" O- \8 j/ z/ C* Y: T' t While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
! p& I H1 [ L E4 Y: Y Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ) a# L" W6 \/ k6 b7 A
0 e E; c. Z% T" D( Y Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. $ I1 j- K$ ?7 }% ]& l
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. & C( D7 m- `* X5 D+ f
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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 . ?. o N$ ? A8 |: e0 c
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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! x- x) g7 k+ t Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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i" B' d; m, v- w Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
% G5 b$ j. H( Y M2 _ heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 9 i! Y+ w: R$ b( i2 p
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) . B d2 ~, J r# f
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well # V) B% g5 Q2 J. t' R- R: \
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... W2 h; y3 ^) \& o- {8 c
* Q* ^4 g% `3 p( f 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/ l, y, I0 f3 U0 H
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 , N4 m: ^0 x9 z H7 V. `0 @
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
L( e' s; O4 S( i1 [ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |