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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
3 ?: r& ^ w8 P0 j1 Y- }* y While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 0 z* r: f7 i& C0 x* m1 |
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.
+ J2 @% Z4 {6 ], V {8 B I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
1 y; ^6 |8 a# U. E1 r* |- G My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
9 d- W. F1 u. H* k: U: c. {' S attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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2 N ?; e' w P1 [1 M" K2 Y1 Z The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and 0 O2 o, N( }5 t8 `# W' K, p5 K
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! ) L1 v- D m/ Z$ a& M% J
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
, X2 d0 l- @' P5 V4 z: U2 R/ | heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
3 `5 S. @2 z1 T) z1 g well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) 0 |; H" V: A! g7 `
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ! Z7 R7 ] ^) Z
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 9 n8 D4 a9 b4 G
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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 & M6 U: N( y5 T" x8 c
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 L* y; M" p4 n/ R' v means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 6 D- i( t. V, f
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |