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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 1 A7 z" s/ Z" @. z: u4 u
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 2 m( k. h( @& X6 g# E
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 1 {. D5 f! d6 n0 Y
' L, _5 `- f+ \" ~2 Y Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ' E9 P- P, ~. _% X( {, B
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
. d5 M0 a& A A# Y My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
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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 : k1 l5 ]7 x7 N( g' `
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
& G' }, S3 F, t- z' a. J0 E% R7 F than close to the Home Islands. 2 b/ V: w+ ~- ^# a
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! . d, F& ~8 g. i9 F+ r* y! E
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
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well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 4 a; z+ V8 W% `
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
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" W) L: v) W4 k; P3 o3 A$ y- R: K( ^ I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
3 W1 N) Q7 E- l1 L- y# D weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. % F8 N7 E, D# [* B
& w( U0 }6 T+ @4 I& R' \& ] The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
* ]+ i& [7 P! @+ i* b means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
& ?, g h* X, x8 N, n4 N, S in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |