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7 X6 Q: c1 |4 K) c& M7 }  B8 YStatus: offline                                    |                  Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!    
# \  a3 v& Y2 X- o% _& ` While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.  
7 l( ?3 N; ^2 t# a% P Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.  
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7 i1 a( ~; k# d& ?) o% k! P Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.  
2 C4 i0 x; |/ j9 c6 I4 g% \ I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.  
( B# D. G( U  C% Y) @ My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze  : `# f: C  v2 v3 n# n 
 attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. ; G% U3 j- O* K! {; S 
   
0 M/ Q5 t2 o: ^/ ^/ w& R" a- E The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and  ' O2 o3 ~5 Z- u) T 
 see how long we can delay the inevitable   It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ' C, y: t- s  P& t# N( d1 A- a 
 than close to the Home Islands.  
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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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" ], w6 D! p7 j8 V7 n1 ^$ |7 e Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted  
, t# F0 n5 A0 ]% E% U1 X. N9 ]" a# x heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and  
5 V7 |8 V9 ]8 A well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)  
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7 {  A) D: j/ S/ g  y) F5 T Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her  ) was SUNK as well    3 e! g9 \9 y- g( @+ X3 h 
 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  
7 G( {( ~5 ^* E 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  
1 Q  V' B3 F' [/ N$ K5 U2 S$ ~ means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame % x4 U* j) _2 o 
 in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing.  |