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, k; I& B0 W2 `6 MStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ; t+ U& K: H, l8 f$ p
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
1 ]1 H. O2 O) P, a6 K Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ' V/ V' @8 L, r" H5 ]: K& V0 j
, c2 o9 d6 c6 k* G/ O Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
9 u' `; u' Z3 W0 k I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
+ H# E b. O7 B3 E! ? My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
# f/ c K/ G1 I7 } attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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9 _) Y: h6 d. B The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and - b5 i" E- {4 K4 V$ c
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
, I% t+ f. H& G7 V/ K9 C* l6 K 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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6 i! c( S9 k; N" U3 H Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted $ Z) }7 f% c {* X6 ^; k( d, ^
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and # D/ W+ _8 ]# d9 I8 E0 ]
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) + `7 \+ T) _- l
2 z- t& @% U, u2 j3 J7 s9 @ Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well ' j/ ?7 v& v+ \/ R4 N" i
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... Q9 Y# O) v+ h
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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
2 }7 {8 S' z/ H, O) d$ A' N# B 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
. W6 G. q8 A7 B9 M2 { means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
( D( V' s/ T0 B! d in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |