The Sun Will Never Set - A 2X2 PBEM

[Roger Neilson]

Ah yes, The Great Gatsby' a magnificent novel.

There are other literary references in the thread too...

Ex English teacher you see......

Roger

ps, whereabouts in Denmark?

[DuckofTindalos]

Heh, I noticed the Arthur Miller and Flashman references, too...

I live in Horsens, about half an hour south of Aarhus, Denmark's second largest city.

[Roger Neilson]

Ah I haven't been that far north, but I spent some time in Denmark both on holiday near Esbjerg and on a 'teacher exchange visit' near Odense.

I loved the laid back aspect to life!

Cheers

Roger

BTW Flashman has references to more than one literary writer.... if you interpret the lieterary in a wide sense.

I have never made it to Aaarhus, a shame as I love Heaney's poem 'Tollund Man'

[Roger Neilson]

Hartley L P ?

Check for that one if you want to score the lot!

Roger

spellchecking works better before you have a saturday evening drink!

[DuckofTindalos]

Well, added a new author to my list. Never heard of him before, but that's what Google's for!

[Roger Neilson]

The Go-Between... a fantastic evocation of turn of the century Edwardian England.. 14 years before it all was destroyed in Flanders...

Roger

[Roger Neilson]

Grim news:

[Roger Neilson]

A message to our brave forces:

[Roger Neilson]

So now they try new pastures:

[scott64]

Just wait until we invade Hawaii. [X(][:'(][:'(]

[Roger Neilson]

Hmmm, never been myself - guess its overrated - I mean they wear grass skirts and loud shirts don't they?

So that'swhere the KB is headed? Well well.....

[:'(]

Roger

[Roger Neilson]

Signal just in night of 26/27th Dec 1941, nore discomfiture for the Japs.

[Roger Neilson]

After a day or so with little happening, another base is lost to the evil empire:

[scott64]

It seams that I am stirring up some dust near Canton Island [:'(]

Day Air attack on TF at 96,96
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 131

Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 14
F4F-3 Wildcat x 14
SBD Dauntless x 9
B-17E Fortress x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F2A Buffalo: 14 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 14 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 9 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet

[X(][X(][X(]
All were shot down but one lone B-17 [:'(][:D]

[Roger Neilson]

Well now, the first day of a new year, and allied HQ have been pondering their maps to evaluate how well the Japanese onslaught is progressing. What follows is a series of maps from which all sensitive deployments have been taken.... walls have ears dontcha know?

The red marker shows the extent of the Japanese conquests to date, a red area circled is an area taken but not securely joined to the rest of their empire yet.....

Ok, careless lips sink ships.......


'George'
Allied HQ.....

[Roger Neilson]

An attack at Canton slowed progress here, Hong Kong fell on the night of the turn of the year.

[Roger Neilson]

The Philippines and environs - one too many pink gins... it should of course read Jan 1st 1942!

[Roger Neilson]

South sea islands

[Roger Neilson]

New Guinea and New Britain

[Roger Neilson]

Malayan Border