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2 P+ e i* x P1 W8 iStatus: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!!
+ G, d, _% {9 Q0 t1 h0 k* n While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. 5 M2 e6 N7 E' w. i- r- I9 D+ x
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. , N) E4 l8 V( g( h
9 B! T0 s ?0 P Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 0 U9 e/ S* U. U7 z4 S. \
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups.
- h3 ^! Q$ w- p1 ^( b0 T My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze ) |' J! V4 i( N( t8 ?3 S
attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down. 3 x1 K! s( j) w: G; N
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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 0 I, @+ }7 h0 v- e; c- `$ ~5 Z
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
+ S1 m3 k6 ~8 p& B: V) b- f; @ than close to the Home Islands. & E3 [0 @0 b& ^6 C' I
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! * G* j9 s8 E' N, g# \- Y3 t7 o6 U
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
2 W6 J; I6 K% ?1 z; H heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
0 q* A Z% c' \4 ` 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 " b3 K) E9 V; N; n
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
' N9 i8 }1 X, J 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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- m9 G, y* ?4 g/ `( C4 L# V The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
4 [- r% l/ F* M means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame 8 T& Y* K, l' e8 U$ F% b2 p& i
in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |