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& o" K4 ~) @7 | BStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! , P( ^( p1 n5 p" M% f
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ) Z: J# E- d: ~* y
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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+ ?" m* s& y$ q' a& o Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
) d1 m$ c8 \: R# J' X I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 8 q, |+ g) {' g
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
7 u: z3 k0 A& ^ 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
# p9 F* c" O, d1 u see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya * u: A" w9 e& @6 a
than close to the Home Islands. . ~5 d' \; n3 O0 j4 ?) s4 O
# D+ @# i1 T2 h Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! ) i3 o& L) o/ d7 m
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted Y: G0 \; V1 S9 I% ]9 A
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 9 ^- k! O" Y) V, |, h
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
# n0 f& X; u% \/ I) Q5 W/ B8 f Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ! [! f/ I; |$ Q
$ R8 D' r8 p- k2 @ I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
* x# d5 o0 u% ^( v! y& ] weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. & C. |6 w6 u. |4 h: Q, M& _; z7 W
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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 % T) H3 b Z7 q5 z: y- v! H$ j
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
$ W+ z% l: |2 ~, g# h. I# l in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |