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: t' T: C; O8 C/ o+ K8 v1 TStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 2 h% t" \8 H6 V; @3 y' Y
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 3 F' V; w- M. T- g
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. . j. g j' a. x7 V6 e7 U: }
9 k2 q- ?9 v! Y) g" K, M1 M! ? Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
: M' L0 x# [' j& w# r1 l0 C' Z I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
. l& f6 V; i4 ^9 f2 j; d/ S My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
# \" Q. O; U( j+ Z; D! C 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
! E/ s( E0 {/ `+ Y! W see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya $ }0 Q9 m/ c A* m/ s! k
than close to the Home Islands. % d2 @* A/ h' B' H0 @! d& j) A
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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 ! s' {6 K. @2 j# q, A( X
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and H9 S. v4 i& x1 f, ?
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) & o/ T0 I6 k' U3 _
# g8 ~" {- r$ N0 f4 r! P( s: R4 p0 v Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
9 O& G: Z: |! a1 |8 ?$ D5 [ Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... $ v) c$ Y6 v6 D
/ S2 Y) Y. t 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 : ?5 h' `7 a U5 d
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 7 A4 N' z% I3 G
' ?# T8 I" ]* K% A7 K5 [ The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
# h- A" i0 N) ^. o" h means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
- L& C' x% d& |4 `: R$ t0 u! m in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |