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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
U4 }* F$ W! A! M* D# @ While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
* u3 |2 h3 ~( Q% _0 a2 \ Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. & P! p6 c: N0 F5 {
/ D; [2 B @; d6 F" E, `4 U) o Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
6 I2 P* y& ~/ P2 g! v+ n I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
, m; z/ i% ]% K. E$ N& g$ ~' n My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
" Y% ~, D: f) z8 s- w attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 1 _ ]+ g; h" N: h
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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 " d, [6 t7 N5 T3 j
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 9 V9 t) u$ Y( ?: u3 u! y: p. g! q
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! 8 \# \# f% u7 p3 @5 p
0 O* h5 o2 n6 o2 R& X Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ! b% ?$ E2 {! g3 V1 e+ p
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
; N' \# w( H7 Q# E7 h9 l well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) ) k6 [# h; \1 r5 ~- }& |
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 3 N4 U2 M: Q H, ~: n
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink....
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' }. M$ u" d# J! o I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
! h. T% t! K5 r# J weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. - s& s E1 l* m( ~8 a
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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
6 g; R9 ^$ Z7 @ means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
! R/ _7 S( p6 Z/ k: E ?# 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. |