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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! % O( U# ?2 x( H: e/ F2 k4 E
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. & _$ w6 U+ n( O2 X
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. S$ o' B# h+ @1 S3 b% I
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
7 L3 G9 Z4 b$ W& Q4 d I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 1 M3 g2 o! U l$ p' b
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ; T! D; x5 i5 A$ b" D& @
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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6 H, [: h( B4 z' k: X' W The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
5 H; a& v, {* c7 w see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
/ `+ C1 K" x1 W* f# c8 w than close to the Home Islands. ( h, g/ H* K) ?- [+ v/ M7 U
$ y2 X3 N) z) Y% h# e Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! . a% ]6 L! n( x3 ?
* u' R5 y9 P9 c0 T' I& U) E Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 8 q" H2 S4 ^$ _/ m, G8 R, ~( ]
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and 6 C/ V H* m/ c5 R
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) : i; R- U1 B4 e- _: g9 U
s3 v4 g/ Y$ | Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
& Y% V; U& g' `9 }+ o4 W Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 1 D4 V5 @& E6 l8 T! r# e2 [0 x# K
! a8 z# ^/ n5 _+ }* Z$ D8 h I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the ) \! J$ i- |8 k9 B: e. O% i+ m0 ]
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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: w. j. r' Y; m' H The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
" o; j+ P& m# x3 J, A: \ i0 H means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
$ F# W# Y4 Q1 B- C) X5 n% O) R* B in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |