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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! ~4 K1 t) n4 Z% j
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased.
3 U6 K* F3 n; r, U( q* f# D Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy.
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: {9 K. [1 p0 p9 Z7 e Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
- C9 n9 C# |& w. g0 m: j9 | I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. / b& k @5 P3 @" I, z4 Z& ~
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
8 W: `+ s" G+ Z; c, h$ m 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
; o' @( C# e% i- s& W4 b1 o see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya 1 I7 u9 d9 e0 H4 X+ M5 E
than close to the Home Islands. 7 a# ^9 k( h: M. p- W
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! # k) Q! ]# ~/ ?' t( ? q- L. m
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heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
- x4 V; U7 i/ R8 W* j5 X% u! b8 e! I well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-)
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1 E1 `" U- A8 X9 C/ j Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well " }5 n' R4 e7 k G7 `
Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ' } h# N+ q! K: Z
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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 ) R! Y, J/ T) [& W( [
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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$ V3 p- F' t1 k: g' Z4 V/ v The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this ( o* \. l. D6 `
means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
H g# O) u0 R, _8 q+ X5 @* Z in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |