Land of The Giants ( A WPO Scenario: Empire101 (J) vs Historiker (A) )

[Historiker]

USNews Broadcast:

Serganz Miller from Wake Island has sent newfound recieps for great meat meals. Thile the recieps are very detailed and understandable, the hole nation wonders what "LYB" means, and what kind of meat meals he can coook, having no livestock with him.

Anyways, the meat grinder on Wake goes on, with one baseforce defeating a IJA Division day by day.

[Empire101]

The Tokyo Daily Mail

.....News Flash.....

Wake Island is captured ( again ).

The 105th USAAS Base Force, reinforced with at least 500,000 US Marines was today overcome by our glorious army.

Wake has fallen.



A captured American chef, one Sergeant Miller and his staff prepared a victory meal for our great Lieutenant General M. Nakazawa, the Manchurian Tiger and conquerer of Wake Island.

The General was later overheard complimenting Sgt. Miller and his staff on the glorious mutton and lamb feast prepared for the General,
shortly before their execution.

Everyone is wondering where the mutton came from[&:][&:][&:][&:]

[Empire101]

First successful Japanese Submarine attack. Huzzah!!

[Empire101]

Harbin Falls.....Japanese nation goes wild with delight.....several more ladies swoon....

[Empire101]

Already half of Manchuria has fallen to the avenging sword of the Samurai.

Japan begins to eye up its next territorial 'demand'

[Empire101]

Just as a footnote, this game has proved to be extremely enjoyable, and is a sort of light relief from AE.

Both Historiker and I have full blown GC's against other players, but this game ( for me at least, and I hope for Historiker ), has really been 'fun', partly because its a 'hypothetical' game,
partly because my opponent is such a good sport and excellent player, and partly because its so easy to play compared to AE. ( and I don't mean that in a negative way about AE!! )

No planes to worry about ( well most of the time ), and just huge ships and armies constantly battering each other.

Great fun. I recommend this game to anyone who has the time to fit it in beside their own AE campaigns....

Right....back to the propaganda,...ahem, I mean news reporting.[:D]

[Historiker]

The funny thing in this game is the extremly limited visibility. I've planned quite a few interesting things - and he never even realized it when they failed...

Also funny: The Chinese Navy hasn't lost a single ship so far, despite several engagements. Their cruisers look like crap, a top speed of 20kn and only two 6in with a few 5in guns. BUT, they survived several engagements, even with enemy BBs, I haven't recorded everything, but I guess they might have even sunk a ship or two, and they have at least participated in the sinking of others.
It's not that they didn't take a pounding, about 40% of the fleet is in repair, now, but they never took more than three or four hits, even against far superior forces.
Their permanent engagements also had other effects. There is not a single Chinese ship that doesn't have day or night experience above 70 points!

[Empire101]

Turn 25.

Turn opens with a torp blowing a hole in the USS Tennessee at Wake!!

[Empire101]

Wake gets a visit from the US Pacific Fleet[X(]
A Freighter unloading in port is sunk, but she lands a couple of minor hits on the big ships, before the island is bombarded.

[Empire101]

Manchuria is all but conquered against feeble Chinese opposition, proving the Japanese military's appraisal of the enemies feeble defences, and that much more can be gained by pushing China.

[Empire101]

Slowly, the Japanese Empire expands.....[;)]

[Empire101]

Turn 26

Clark Field is taken.

Elsewhere, a couple of subs get depthcharged, and the remorseless advance into Manchuria continues.

A large 'Battleship Killer' TF is despatched by the High Command to seek out and destroy the US BB's

[Empire101]

Turn 27

One of Torstens Freighters goes down[:D][:D]

[Empire101]

Elsewhere, fairly quiet. Only about three towns left in Manchuria to take down, Manila look undefended, so I'm sending in a recon unit, and 23 units are reported in Bataan.
How History keeps repeating itself!![;)]

[Empire101]

The Chinese CL's appear like ghosts, severely damage a DD on ASW patrol, and then disappear into the night.

Where are they harbouring??[:@]

[Empire101]

Turn 27

Elsewhere, all of Manchuria bar one town is incorporated into the Empire, Japanese troops are spotted in the suburbs of Manila, and the hunt is on for the US Fleet!![;)]

[Empire101]

Turn 30

The Chao Ho comes back for more punishment!!

[Empire101]

Hopefully I won't be seeing these pests for a while!!

[Empire101]

This pest is out for the count!!

[Empire101]

Good bye[:D]