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& n4 O$ e% J3 {% h3 r+ J1 ZStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
! R9 C' T; J' K& o {" A While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
: A0 C% F8 B4 ?# N" g, W$ L# f 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.
8 C* t g2 P- I7 L I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 6 c7 Y9 i* x% m5 V% P
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze & a. Y/ v) e3 V5 K# Q2 \+ l% x
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ( [. W4 z8 n2 J5 Z. ?5 m% S
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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
, I, Z6 Z* w0 A; m; X7 a see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya m2 Y( `/ U* C$ D3 M0 c8 Z
than close to the Home Islands. 3 b) @/ j v4 f! w) I* F
7 |( O: A) D& K" _ 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
' H+ I9 r3 X. W; R& Z heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
0 ^! s, l' I2 ]" s% l+ n well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) & F5 X6 [% X# T: q" Z4 x
) o% A4 I4 x' v Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well $ R% y( O# D7 ^( P' Z
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... % ~2 { k8 N ?, U
& I1 b* D( P' r, Z% [* }1 j8 l 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 f) K% `2 Z2 u- c) {8 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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9 l/ h& {! B# r& p6 w The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this + ^6 h6 [! F, X4 A& Y. ~ [
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 3 _( I4 @0 i( U j3 _ v, w; i
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |