KG Erwin battles Afrika Korp!! PBEM!!

[Goblin]

Yamato Haru and the rest of the gun casement's crew fought furiously for their lives. The tremendous roar of the 120mm naval howitzer threatened to knock them from their feet as it fired at a Marine M3 Flame Tank only 100 yards aways! The round went wild, sending a spray of water and sand skyward behind the deadly little vehicle. Yamato fired his bolt action rifle at the enemy soldiers swarming closer. He could see their flamethrowers and bazookas, and knew it was only a matter of moments. There were at least thirty of them. He managed to hit one of the Marines, who tumbled bonelessly to the sand. A stream of liquid fire bathed the outside of the casement, its heat causing the concrete to crack and spall. The naval howitzer went off again - BOOM! This time the round went wide to the right, just short of the nimble armored dragon as it continued to bathe the casement in flames.

An enemy bazooka round slapped into the wall behind him, detonating with a sharp *crack*. He could not recall even seeing the round come through the gunport, nor who fired it. He centered his sights on another enemy soldier. Before he could pull the trigger there was a flash of light and huge *THUMP*, felt more than heard, and he was laying on the floor, the howitzer canted crazily sideways and resting on his smashed legs. The gun crew lay all about, ripped to shreds by whatever had destroyed the gun. He tried to struggle to his feet when the enemy grenades bobbed in through the gaping, jagged hole where the firing port had been.

[Afrika Korps]

Had I not known
that I was dead
already
I would have mourned
my loss of life.

[KG Erwin]

ORIGINAL: Afrika Korps

Had I not known
that I was dead
already
I would have mourned
my loss of life.

Private journal of Col Higginbotham: This haiku was found on the body of an officer. Sh*t, Afrikamoto's gonna fight to the bitter end. No retreat, no surrender. The battle has only just begun.

[Goblin]

Riun - The Marines got slightly over 3500 points, not counting their landing craft or A0 unit. The amphibious vehicles were purchased out of those points though. The Japanese got slightly more than 2000, not including their HQ, or the tank battalion ( [:D] ).


Goblin

[KG Erwin]

Report to division commander, General Rupertus, who is safely ensconced on a command ship well offshore: "Initial objectives achieved or within close range. Casualties acceptable. Progress is steady, but slow. Enemy is well-entrenched. Request more offshore fire support, if available. "

[Riun T]

Thanks Goblin, I'd still like to see some of the blow by blow snapshots Gunny if u could from your side anyway? Afrika already knows where on this map your commin from anyway!! RT

[Goblin]

I'm sure Afrika would love the photo's to help plot mortars, lol.[:D]

Maybe Glenn could email them?



Goblin

[JEB Davis]

With such vivid descriptions, I don't need pictures, there's a movie of it playing in my head.

"When I was a kid, television was called books", Peter Falk in The Princess Bride.

[Alby]

You guys are gonna get Gunny hooked on PBEM now!!
[:D]
good stuff guys
keep it up.

[Cyanide]

Wow, this is some good stuff. It doesn't look like Hill 217 is quite in the action yet, but mark my words . . .

I should really start doing PBEM once I get the hang of the game. I'm actually getting draws instead of crushing defeats now against the computer.

[sabrejack]

ORIGINAL: Cyanide

I should really start doing PBEM once I get the hang of the game. I'm actually getting draws instead of crushing defeats now against the computer.

It's my favourite way to play the game. I find that I'm far more motivated to try and beat a human opponent than I am to kill the AI.

Doesn't mean I do particularly well though... [:@]

[Alby]

Online games are fun too, with the chat feature you can taunt "live" heheheh
altho they can last a few hours, they are fun.

[Riun T]

Just needed to post a forum visual juicy,spanky,rockin Thank U to Gunny Glenn for PMing me those map captures and wanted to publicly ask Here for all our good which program that your doing these with and if its a copy and paste type process, and if u've had best results with sending them as Jpeg like u did for me or if u can torrent them and soforth. I'm going to PM you later but thought I'd tell everybody how flattered I am that you took time from this battle to respond to me. YOUR A SERVICE KINDA GUY BUDDY. RT

[KG Erwin]

Afrikamoto's mortars have just opened up. He's got 81mm, 90mm and a couple of those "Pistol Pete" 150s. Well, then, I guess it's time to contact my Naval support.

[Riun T]

What turn you guys on now??

[KG Erwin]

ORIGINAL: Riun T

What turn you guys on now??

5 of 32. Battle started on 24 Sept 1944, 8 am, with hazy weather.

[Goblin]

I set the time for the battle at 0500. Did it change?!?


Goblin

[KG Erwin]

ORIGINAL: Goblin

I set the time for the battle at 0500. Did it change?!?


Goblin

No, I think you're right. My fault. I just forgot or misread it.

[Goblin]

Sometimes the settings change when you make adjustments to weather and such... Just checking to see if it got me again.


Goblin

[Goblin]

...an example of the strength of the defenses these tough, determined Marines face. Just in front of me a stream of high velocity projectiles from Hill 217, which I am told were 25mm rounds from a hidden Japanese double-barreled anti-aircraft gun, raked through a squad of Marines supporting an M3 Flame Tank's assault on a cave 50 yards in front of them. The enemy burst of fire rolled over the tank and squad, killing or wounding seven Marines and spalling the side of the tank, injuring a crew member. Almost simultaneously, a small anti-tank gun round from Hill 217 ripped the flame projector from the tank, miraculously not destroying the vehicle! More enemy rounds walked up the side of the tank as its stream of flame was abrubtly cut off before it could finish the enemy cave defenses.

Japanese mortar and artillery rounds are impacting everywhere, scattering bits of jungle, sand, equipment, and men in all directions. Will these Marines waver and fail? Judging by their grim, angry looks, and fixed bayonets, it does not appear they are going to give up. Brock Ironchest reporting from Hill 122. More to co- *woooshBOOM!*



"Keep your #@&%ing heads down, dammit!", shouted Giovanni to the Marines sheltered in a shell hole near where the combat correspondant had been filming. "You want to end up like him?!?" The small, wiry Sergeant motioned towards the remains of the reporter, which wasn't much after the 90mm mortar round's impact.

"Meyers! Get down there to the Lieutenant and tell him our tank is done. Let him know we're going to press the attack on that cave, but we need some damned satchel charges, and we need them yesterday!" With a nod, Meyers crawled out of the crater, wiggling like a snake through the sand until he was over the lip. Machinegun rounds slapped all around him, impacting with little vriip, vriip, vriip, sounds and kicking up small geysers of sand. The boy made it without being hit, and Giovanni popped his head up for a *very* fast peek at the cave. He was rewarded with a faceful of sand as more bullets chewed into the lip of the shell crater. "Whoever has grenades left, get them ready! The rest of you will provide cover fire when we go!"




Goblin