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; d* h& ^+ {9 @6 L8 |Status: offline | Managed to overwrite todays screenie...well, Andy has landed in Malaya!! 9 F. j3 l7 J% `6 J
While we lost a heap of ac on the ground at Singapore and several ships were damaged, I'm quite pleased. . g) U4 s+ n$ [; Y
Malaya is the perefect Malaria pit to wear down and delay the enemy. 1 J7 {% H9 a, j) q
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Will be interesting to see were Andy lands his troops, looks like it'll be the west coast. 3 d2 c6 K. n5 `( |+ l$ R" i5 ~, f+ U
I'm going to keep the bulk of my troops in Singapore while delaying the enemy with combat groups. ) b0 x/ C3 w4 O2 o* D$ I
My first actions were to divide my airgroups into multiple bases. These will conduct naval air and kamikaze
8 l" |: T( x c/ i# ` attacks on the enemy from Victoria Point and south to Soerabaja. No way Andy can close them all down.
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( r2 S7 J$ V& F0 Q! u; j The fleet will stay in port and I will not deploy the strategic air reserves. Let's play hide and seek and
2 ?5 b" ^% D9 K! v, H2 O6 \ see how long we can delay the inevitable It's almost October 44 and I'd rather fight the enemy in Malaya
1 t" ]: J* r, a$ S than close to the Home Islands. : E, m) H2 N( x
# h; F4 T7 ^4 }* a Got some other cunning plans as well, will be interesting to see what chaos we can create!
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; N; o, A# o: F Nik, you asked about enemy subs: Andy has tried multiple sub campaigns, but asw groups - air and sea, have inflicted
, E9 d3 Q( F6 u7 v heavy casualties and forced the enemy to withdraw with heavy casualties time and again. Most convoys have been big and
+ ?2 B( g. @* @6 H: g" s well escorted. Why re-do all the mistakes the Japs did in WWII!?-) * l3 z3 | N9 O5 p: S" D
. H1 k. o6 C2 O9 w" s Pauk, the Musashi (or the Musha as Herbie-san calls her ) was SUNK as well
7 U; m* x) w! O- D( m Will read about the Bismarck next time, all of them can surely not sink.... 9 F/ T* s" u% V) E8 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 % w& \8 O4 J" y4 p
weeks to come, will have 10 days vacation with the gf in a week Before that I'm a busy bee at work. 3 i: p$ Q# x* d
) t$ B, t- ?+ i' v( j* H The capture of India and Burma certainly has an interesting effect on the game. The effort it takes to achieve this
. ^; I# D* p: T5 u8 I# w2 ~ means that only very limited actions can be taken in the South Pacific and leads to a somewhat historical time frame
' O U. }; }" E2 k in the major theatres. Think I missed 75 points to achieve auto victory, and in a way I think that was a good thing. |