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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
; S S4 C# w5 g4 z* \+ A/ ^2 _! x: ` While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
8 U" o3 M6 Z, }1 _1 g" A 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. ) _1 E! j& M# O2 z( e, d5 N: A. z
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
, D8 N- ^% ]5 {; X My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze g) g9 Z) v% g( Y: k8 g
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. * W6 R7 F" t p& b* x
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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
0 m; K! s- r: D, g$ f- b see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 7 d" S3 K' D, u9 I0 T
than close to the Home Islands. / @* r5 ^) V6 Q; V8 l5 I( D
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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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F5 m0 a$ c% o7 N$ H Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
! {0 H: j+ @2 q% X4 K! V heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
, y- D" I9 I6 v. c 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
0 M( Q/ T; O6 E7 u, Q1 ]; ? 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
# ?3 U- k. b; y! w means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
5 K2 j; k/ r: e- w& V' c: j in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |