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3 {) R) a0 Y; X3 E. J) Y1 p8 p8 yStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 7 i4 x( g& y# C' R P- v
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
: ~& \! X! @0 s( B$ a Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. $ \- f1 Y& [( Q u' Z# O1 Q
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. 0 U* p6 w! z1 A" M
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze $ C1 C& ^* ~* E, E: p
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
$ \$ J# ]/ X5 l& t see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
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. K! S7 x0 z- ]2 Y6 g Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 6 l. h5 N( C1 |' n% H0 r$ W
$ U9 d$ i& {3 P1 [( Z7 \$ _ Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted ' v0 Q3 f3 @/ ?8 Y9 u* r% ^, L
heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
0 H: u6 G/ }$ ^ ~8 g well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well 8 D- Z0 c/ E0 a& C$ |
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 2 \; t5 D2 O- E; y1 a
, Z+ ~: s3 }% v2 x& X1 ^. L I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the
, c2 ?) w0 U) X6 C( M i( T; _/ a 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
p% q7 z! G4 { means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 5 h7 [' k) c" J
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |