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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 3 a f0 w; I& |* k; F5 C% `; S; P/ |( V
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
9 h" F5 I3 s& ? Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 1 ?6 g% B5 U$ Z7 g
# p u+ i' D7 |8 X$ O( r: } Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
! [/ z$ y# G6 H& \, _+ ~ i% {& V" d! S& ] I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ; q0 N- v4 e" w# [2 a9 }
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze 3 s0 N; T' Q5 }" h2 W
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 9 L. {5 d2 p- _: |
% ^( s6 \" A8 }( O8 ` The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
$ ]& |/ Y$ y5 J( O* A1 j6 ` ^ see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
k- e$ D, J- n& r than close to the Home Islands. 5 m {; p) s& m2 D" U# o; p
& h3 S8 r% J0 [: F% O Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
$ f1 X3 {7 y! [- Q* O/ h heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
. a6 _/ r9 [& U B well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) % y$ X. P2 k; ?) R j$ S% [
) C6 G( N+ r, f% N1 K2 H r" m Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
6 E% D! n1 @8 ]: ?& Q# O Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 3 N; x: f8 ^: G# N
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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 + `. A( j8 Q8 ]$ l
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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% O5 j1 D* W4 \ The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this 9 d% c4 K3 c& s7 A3 |5 [
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame e% ]. l, t9 v* L
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |