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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! & X- L7 y3 `3 z$ m, {' e2 y- f- A
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
$ Y8 ^6 D, N8 }( y' y Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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3 ^. u' ?! T/ \ G9 k$ q! w Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
+ z- u- v* X6 O" m I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
+ S7 [ ~7 S0 ?3 _- u' A7 F/ W, N My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
) \8 a/ k, P: W; [( [ attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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+ h3 I5 p$ O- j The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
% a) X" s$ j2 g5 s/ a" l) S see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
: u9 ~( o R1 j) _. d* h3 r% q; S than close to the Home Islands. - Y. Y% s* R8 I* J6 ]
$ X/ @% y) E4 s1 Z8 F0 w Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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! O# H5 E& r) v4 [) g3 t' A4 V Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
D2 H B2 T: f* B* w7 J# C heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and , |& ~6 u8 E% C- _
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 7 E1 t% a3 V% \' c4 A5 u# a5 L
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
, g% K9 [2 S4 X; V, F, @' k Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the + {; \ X- g ]; D. e1 s- Z
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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The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
1 y/ s) G# z3 D6 z means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
, \& }. r3 [1 g* `- R: D* e in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |