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, W! \9 M, V& tStatus: offline                                    |                  Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!   ( @( D' Y8 a& J1 k: \2 a 
 While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 5 i7 o% p: _* a7 N 
 Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. , T: Y& G2 N9 A 
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 Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.  
7 V% R5 j- k& Z$ x I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 2 B* a4 A1 ~% X2 j# `) _5 h  B+ S* m 
 My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze   
+ w3 ?2 e$ F8 E attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ! f0 U# Q9 r3 Q3 v 
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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  4 A9 F; P0 n/ }( ]( M) { 
 see how long we can delay the inevitable   It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 3 Y1 `+ J) A8 x2 ^0 b0 e 
 than close to the Home Islands.  
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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 7 [2 ]: j. C7 s  S 
 heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and  
# J" V8 n( `4 y5 a well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)  
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* e, \! g$ U' B* Y% o Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her  ) was SUNK as well     
! _) ], D* D' I" Z/ K Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 3 X7 F7 u* A1 `9 E8 v3 [ 
   
' `% T) a. A  e4 ?% e; k0 E7 \ I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the  
# K7 P1 U! o* x0 i  p- G9 | weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week   Before that I'm a busy bee at work. ; p0 \( l2 l5 n# x1 k! v 
   
6 |  l( u' `( Z  U/ S' e/ K The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this  
% e9 x; E  D$ I% q  |# d1 J  C means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame  
: Y3 q& N/ p. N6 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.  |