(Red) Army....Be all you can be......or get shot.

Nikademus · Post by **Nikademus** » Tue Jan 16, 2001 8:13 am

You just cant PLEASE some people!!!!!!

uh, Comrade Commissar Richards? P-P-Pardon me for asking. I dont mean to sound disident or anything but given that as i'm going to be shot for having only sequestered a 'draw' in my last assignement "Objective:Berlin" i have to ask if maybe the expectations of Comrade Zukhov were mayhaps a bit too s-steep?

After all i did manage to take the Seelow heights and all the victory hexes. My losses were ....well, moderate but hey! we're the Red Army! we'll make more right?

right?

sigh.

anyway, i caused twice as many Facist casualties, ok yes i did lose more tanks but they had those aweful 88's and those bloated King Tigers too!

i ended up owning the heights, all the objectives taken and scored 8500 points to 3800 Facist.

and all i get is a DRAW!???

please, i dont want to be shot at dawn.

I'll try harder next time REALLY!!!

orc4hire · Post by **orc4hire** » Tue Jan 16, 2001 8:19 am

It takes a brave man to not be a hero in the Red Army....

McGib · Post by **McGib** » Tue Jan 16, 2001 9:08 am

Originally posted by orc4hire:
It takes a brave man to not be a hero in the Red Army....
Well said!

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orc4hire · Post by **orc4hire** » Tue Jan 16, 2001 9:13 am

I can't take all the credit; Joe Stalin said it originally.....

troopie · Post by **troopie** » Tue Jan 16, 2001 9:14 am

Comrade Nikademus,

You will not be shot. You will be sent to Vorkuta for political re-education through Corrective Labour.

Peoples Commisariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD)

troopie

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Pamwe Chete

Paul Vebber · Post by **Paul Vebber** » Tue Jan 16, 2001 9:53 am

vs teh AI you need 3x its points to get a marginal, only 2x vs a human...

Supervisor · Post by **Supervisor** » Tue Jan 16, 2001 10:28 am

You are lucky didn't get shot before the end of the scenario. You lost many of our newest and finest Josef Stalin III tanks and the 44 Tank Regiment will have to be rebuilt. You think just because we outnumber the Facists 10 to 1 we can afford to lose a few thousand men and a few dozen tanks?

Did I assign so much artillery to you so you could squander it on the Seelowe flats and not on Facists positions? Why did you not see them withdrawing back to the heights and attack while they were withdrawing?

Who is going to occupy Berlin if we lose all our troops capturing it?

Take 2 days to rebuild your regiment. I expect to see all 40 STalins ready for action on April 18

Commissar Brentzy Richardski

Igor · Post by **Igor** » Tue Jan 16, 2001 11:47 am

Tovarisch General:

People's Commissar Krushchev wishes me to inform you that the judgement of the Party is that you have performed your duty well. Not only did you take the objectives from the Fascists defenders, but you lost enough men to prove that you showed proper determination in your assaults.

As you may recall, The Great Leader had personally signed the warrants for the arrest and execution of your two predecessors; their low casualty counts proved that they traitorously stopped their attacks long before there was any need. You, clearly, are not that sort of weak officer.

Rest assured, that if you continue to carry out your duties in the same spirit, you will continue to have the gratitude and support of the Army, the Party, and the State.

Nikademus · Post by **Nikademus** » Tue Jan 16, 2001 12:08 pm

Originally posted by Igor:
Tovarisch General:

People's Commissar Krushchev wishes me to inform you that the judgement of the Party is that you have performed your duty well. Not only did you take the objectives from the Fascists defenders, but you lost enough men to prove that you showed proper determination in your assaults.

As you may recall, The Great Leader had personally signed the warrants for the arrest and execution of your two predecessors; their low casualty counts proved that they traitorously stopped their attacks long before there was any need. You, clearly, are not that sort of weak officer.

Rest assured, that if you continue to carry out your duties in the same spirit, you will continue to have the gratitude and support of the Army, the Party, and the State.

ho boy
ho boy

I'm not gonna get shot
i'm not gonna get shot
i'm not gonn______ (pa-TING)

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Igor · Post by **Igor** » Tue Jan 16, 2001 9:05 pm

Alas; the gratitude of the State isn't very bulletproof. Next time, do your little dance where the Fascist snipers can't see you...

troopie · Post by **troopie** » Wed Jan 17, 2001 5:01 am

Comrade Nikademus,

Pursuant to Internal Instruction A-37//ZH-458, your winter holiday at Vorkuta has been postponed. Enjoy the sunshine.

People's Commisariat of Internal Affairs(NKVD)

troopie

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Pamwe Chete

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Wed Jan 17, 2001 5:44 am

I knew Brent had gone off the deep end when he started sending me e-mail in Russian!

Wild Bill

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Wild Bill Wilder
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Matrix Games

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Wed Jan 17, 2001 6:17 am

Originally posted by orc4hire:
It takes a brave man to not be a hero in the Red Army....

Wasn`t that "It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army"?

Another: "Commrade General if you take the city by tomorrow we will give you a medal, if you don`t we`ll shoot you"

Or: "Advance cautiously at the speed of at least 100 Kms a day"

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Wed Jan 17, 2001 11:01 am

Because you lost so much of the property belonging to the Soviet Motherland, you will now be sent to a Penal Battalion!
Semper Fi
Randy