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) K8 |) f8 c( w" l" {& A+ HStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
0 i5 V5 \# j) q, K, h9 ?; g While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. ! y" S0 n4 r4 B3 Y- T# N2 k8 \
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 1 ^' P" J% P8 H
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. ! H* h3 X) I" [6 F3 r
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. % n' c" Y2 O! k; T5 C
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
& Y" K+ I0 q- Q% j. X attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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/ K4 H- r. W" \2 f5 X% z The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
" `6 L. y* X; Y X8 g9 a see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 5 \9 P7 x& m; B$ O2 J; \" u
than close to the Home Islands. / i; V( p3 L4 I k1 M
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! . K: Z% x o$ r S# Q1 i& j
' u0 I. v; y+ G2 D Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
, B3 o7 A: Y& q/ h2 } heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ]: B3 ~& k$ _
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ( o4 h n$ } u0 x& D
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
) L2 N+ Y, l5 O0 V) E) Z) L" _3 m6 C Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 5 E2 ^3 ~/ z% c1 [5 h
6 \, g- w2 N9 u" y5 @9 f5 f9 E I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
- G9 i d/ v' T" q. L" e" c7 P 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 T1 U9 f8 @8 z% \) o) e. q
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
# x" k; ^! b7 `2 l6 ?! [ in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |