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/ S$ Q0 I. C" Z) e$ P' DStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
8 x* z. M0 S4 K While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
( y+ U4 J- Q& R% F9 i Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. & x6 o1 Q- J6 B: i! g s
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
8 o' \1 E4 s2 Y: }- k- F I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
9 o( n" E1 ~! B: V* X My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
, y- ]+ [5 u) C8 x attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. / E! k* o z# z7 F8 U7 W
* m" u: V" N1 S The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and , T6 S# @6 Q+ n
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 7 s- {- W9 j2 E* B. f
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!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted & z7 o n* T# _1 t# z
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
7 G1 e) ?, M0 t5 m! e$ ` well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) # y( ~) B* t! Q2 P& a/ X( a4 V1 c! \$ R
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
- f) X, I: J% f- C M( |# G( z Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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7 u) r& H" v, k- N0 \0 N I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the * a3 k4 N3 b1 S% a/ P
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 2 z: J: g+ w. k5 @* r% _1 \
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 8 x) v5 i' j" Y/ S$ p, `
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |