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Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 5 S' g b' v! P) y
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. " y/ O% ?6 j( E+ W2 @* N+ \
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. ) M" B. o" B5 d! I- O: { M
1 Z: g" r. r) x! a: z Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast.
& G3 H' ]$ L2 E$ A I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. + p: Z3 x: `& S$ J8 b
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
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/ y/ C/ v! D& s The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and : g+ K$ a* c; q- `1 e( a: s
see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya / r" l3 l3 S, b9 m/ N e
than close to the Home Islands.
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Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create! 9 } ^6 p, v: {. x% J& I
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Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
4 n3 H4 V: S B9 ? heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and ! \2 E8 y7 d- q8 ~2 P
well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) / y: J8 W2 w1 d; ~6 D4 F
1 `% P* P) g& o4 U1 ` c7 H8 I" Y Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
* F4 ~0 l$ G! X2 d Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... ; a) g% r2 q8 Q: d( q
7 e6 U" d% a9 b# `" \4 D/ N I always regain motivation to play, but I've been extremely busy and tired lately. The going may get a bit slow in the 2 R! Z% I# W* N8 [5 y: `- b9 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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: ^$ }5 q" Q. t4 Y& ?# l The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
# `0 k7 Z2 G- w1 s( p* W means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
2 f% o5 @) m; g; l: W: T& f in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |