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) E0 R" u" Q. i/ bStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 3 E4 I1 f5 N, E* C% q. ?
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
1 m$ A& X8 `: O4 f. C Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ( r- Z* Y5 a# `- T
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
9 ^$ \1 v0 Y9 W6 m# Y% l; o+ ` I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. + U6 Y0 E3 A) o; r/ o4 T# y x
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze " G* P9 T8 L W& q2 ]+ t+ v, N# q
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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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 , l2 c' j3 R$ q
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya ( ]* k. B/ X! s3 P4 l' Z4 p% }2 e& W& w
than close to the Home Islands.
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- E* z1 y. G# M* C( q" w" z; i* I Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! e8 f* e0 s5 W+ m
" F% n5 X+ @- @! @ Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted 3 ]8 a9 n4 h( [. A6 F1 D5 t% x
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and # g% U: ]* v) Q0 S5 ?# F* s
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) - w3 N3 I/ [' ?
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well - @" J. x7 {. B+ I+ [
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 9 p% U1 c+ H+ f: k
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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1 G) W5 C {% L2 k) ?! R The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this , T+ g( o, c( H2 a9 i
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
& v z9 O p! V% X in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |