KG Erwin battles Afrika Korp!! PBEM!!

[KG Erwin]

"Sir, Brock got it! One minute he was chattering away, and the next he was...gone. I mean, there's nothing left of him. We're in a crossfire on that hill --when's the second wave going to show up? Sir...sir..."

Higginbotham was momentarily stunned-- he thought, "I knew I should've ordered that reporter to be evac'ed with the wounded, but he said he wanted to be 'up front where the action is'..."

The Colonel put on his game face, quickly jotted down a note, and handed it to the jittery Corporal : "Son, take this to your platoon leader -- tell him that help is on the way."

[KG Erwin]

The haze of smoke thickens over the area as both sides exchange mortar fire. As the barrels begin to overheat, and with water being in short supply, a mortar squad leader resorts to a battlefield expedient -- "Ok, gather round and we'll cool down these babies the old-fashioned way", as he undoes his trouser buttons and empties his bladder on the red-hot 81mm mortar tube, releasing a cloud of steam.

[KG Erwin]

A Japanese flametank is spotted on Hill 205, and Marine mortars target it. It takes a top hit and the crew scrambles out. A gyrene yells out, "Run for it, Tojo!"

Most Japanese defenders elect to sit tight and carefully choose their targets. Marine riflemen and machinegunners hear a familiar sound and glance quickly behind them as a welcome sight lumbers forward. They then peer ahead and try to spot the telltale flashes of antitank and dual-purpose AA guns.

[Afrika Korps]

Banzai!

[Korpraali V]

Absolutely great stuff!!!

Keep them coming!

[KG Erwin]

Two Type 97 Chi-Ha's advance to the summit of Hill 205, and two blasts of 75mm AP quickly respond --result : two smoldering piles of scrap metal.

Here's one of them:

[chief]

To goblin.....message from Willy......Gob relax boy, light up a Camel, but keep the dispatches coming. If you happen to see old Ernie (Pyle) say hi for me, we miss him here in the ETO. Sgt. Willy

[Cyanide]

Excellent descriptions, Goblin. Definitely makes us feel like a part of the action. But I do have a question: is it KG Erwin against Afrika Korps, or against you?

[KG Erwin]

ORIGINAL: Cyanide

Excellent descriptions, Goblin. Definitely makes us feel like a part of the action. But I do have a question: is it KG Erwin against Afrika Korps, or against you?

Actually, I asked him to come along as The Combat Correspondent. "Brock Ironchest"'s untimely demise was totally unexpected, and it threw me for a loop. [:(] I'm just wondering if any of the others in the Press Pool have the guts to come onshore with us. [:'(]

[Goblin]

Afrika seems a hair scarce on the DAR, but he is definately in the fight!


Goblin

[Riun T]

Hey,Gunny DO I sound LIke a higher eshilon commander and tacticsion when I rant that you'll never take him with a deploy line like that?? would u like me to post some of the rudimentry tactics from Royal Roads Military Collage to referance By?? JUst ribbin ya buddy but I am really interested in how this one's gonna roll. U got a lot of ground to cover and GOD are U lucky He did'nt go with Mines. RT

[Afrika Korps]

ORIGINAL: Goblin

Afrika seems a hair scarce on the DAR, but he is definately in the fight!


Goblin

LOL! I am just keeping with the general perception that fighting the IJA in the Pacific was like fighting a force of nature or an alien force...thus my silence. Consider it role playing. [:D]

[Riun T]

Afrika, Throw causion and scencibility to the wind,COUNTERATTACK, COUNTERATTACK, drive him from your beaches!! [:D] RT

[Goblin]

Saga Senichi continued to pad forward through the thick jungle growth, moving at a easy jog towards the steady staccato of gunfire and explosions ahead. He was careful to keep watch on the man in front of him, heavily camouflaged in leaves and fronds, lest he lose him as the branches and ferns closed behind him after his rapid passage. All around him, he could hear the patter of feet, the heavy breathing of men, and the rattle of equipment. He could also feel his ancestors surrounding him, as he abondoned his hiding place and headed for battle.

The gunfire abruptly grew loader as he topped the ridge just east of the area his enemy, unknown to him, had nicknamed The Junkyard. The *whoooosh* of flamethrowers, crackle of rifle fire, the steady rattle of machineguns, and the sharp *crack* of cannon could all clearly be heard eminating from the immense cloud of smoke hovering over The Junkyard below. He felt a moment of panic, but the order to fix bayonets dispelled his fear. At last! He would defeat the Marines in battle, using cold steel, and win honor to his family's name.

"Zenpou!!" cried his unit leader, brandishing his sword towards the fighting. His squad surged forward and down the hill.

[Afrika Korps]

Zenpou!!!

[Goblin]

Banzai! Banzai! Banzai![:@]




Goblin

[Goblin]

Pharmacist's Mates (1st Class) Joseph Devers rushed to catch up with the Marines in front of him, dashing from cover to cover in the thick undergrowth. He knew had had heard the call for "Corpsman!", but was unsure of exactly where it came from. He paused behind a bullet-riddled tree and listened. There! Through the sound of gunfire and explosions, he heard it again, faintly, off to his right. "Must have been hit and not noticed as the Marines moved forward," he thought to himself. He picked himself up, and rushed towards the call, even as it was repeated, fainter this time. "Have to hurry, he sounds bad."

Devers did not even feel the bullet that killed him. He tumbled to the ground like a dropped childrens doll and lay still. Thirty yards to his right, the ghostlike, camouflaged Japanese sniper shifted his position another 50 meters towards the fighting. He settled down inside of some heavy undergrowth, and made sure his sight lanes were good. When he was finished, he shouted hoarsely, in perfect English, "Corpsman!"



Goblin

[Goblin]

For those interested, I am working on a single player version of this scenario, somewhat modified to help the computer and add a surprise or two.


Goblin

[KG Erwin]

Message from Battalion HQ to all company commanders: "Regimental HQ wants some prisoners, but didn't specify whether they should be alive or dead -- you know what to do."

[KG Erwin]

What lies beyond the second range of hills? Japanese infantry periodically emerge from their hiding places, and when they do, we cut them down or drive them back.