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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ! R6 ?, w0 v& @+ v3 u. s
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. , z( z2 O- {0 B3 O9 `' X6 b( o
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.
/ v& Z- {- z! a& [ I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 4 z: g. a" ?/ f, {6 C
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
1 z$ J" x3 w. s9 m& z attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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% L O( E! J2 |+ Q* {9 i, y! m The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 4 Q8 m/ A# j4 J# F+ ^3 B
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 9 e) P( c1 L2 _+ o( G5 @* e
than close to the Home Islands.
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* r9 x \& I) J9 k9 ~ Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 9 w& w/ N$ A0 O; x* c
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
6 d* E5 _: h M" t# q1 v, _% ^$ f heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
( S; O5 K5 e. f% z% Z' [1 {$ A well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) % @) E L( W1 W( n
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 4 ?/ o0 \7 u8 e+ i' E
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 0 W7 {9 X5 W1 e" c
! ^) K1 @+ K2 P I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
" ~4 J* j- I) l, c& h4 g7 _. ? weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ( S+ C. p- v/ C6 \' i
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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
$ R8 U1 O ^' v7 f7 _' S means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
0 T$ G7 |- J( P w- Q; _9 s T" 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. |