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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
# s6 U* ~8 n$ `7 d9 K While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 7 }* d+ U" F8 e+ y
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ( k1 B; a; w, _/ X
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. $ t; ^7 w; O1 S8 E1 @& O
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
# R: T4 O% q9 \2 I My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
( `: i2 |+ _( q% n5 s attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. % C* J1 Z0 C r
: p7 a" h' z. d+ h5 r The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
( H* F0 P+ l! P) q. R see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya : n. q/ M, V! A6 g$ E
than close to the Home Islands.
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' E3 o( G2 ?; e Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! & \. o# M+ P0 z3 X1 t! }" N
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 7 N& p8 P; D- o: b" g1 f5 g) e! C
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
3 x( B$ ?+ _; \" d3 d3 f3 z8 x well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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* B- L: U1 r; V- }! D6 ] Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
$ F9 _$ O! I8 o; D7 U Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 5 ]: I4 s1 I" x
* d9 ]$ J3 ~0 @4 c I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the 0 b$ b6 g6 _2 Y0 J
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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# A4 t8 Z: V) U The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this . \, L* K+ i8 p7 D) @: g8 o
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
+ ~- \- F: }: t2 R$ j; z% P- 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. |