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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ) L+ g+ V! W" k
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 2 @5 L$ R" u7 g, N
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. # G4 J& w |* o1 f+ n! @
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 8 z% ?! v/ O% p
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 0 E2 W- ~6 S9 |! P. P: i
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
1 X6 }' K/ ~. P( [0 f0 }/ M2 B attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. % T4 n9 V" G4 X' R/ c
6 M8 h- u+ }& D1 L X The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
" ~0 [: I- J0 B see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 4 \$ d' ?: a9 m6 s* d) D! u4 k
: [* h: C2 L+ I Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 3 c& b2 _4 |( m
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
0 _* K0 I' v- [ well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well . Q1 @/ H0 z: o& i: ?! L
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
9 y7 H- ~1 B* N) H9 W' s! [; ]7 f, V weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. : @9 Q/ K1 z/ `+ ?4 B* C
8 G# W [/ ^7 A" u9 m4 C The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this / v. Z. } B; o, E: D1 y' d
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame ) w8 E$ ]. W% v' u Z
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |