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myself and Bombur are playing against one another. I have taken the Israeli side, and bombur has taken the Arab side. turns are 14 days each and each hex equals 15 miles

Israeli offensive into the Sinai begins, with Israeli forces advancing on all fronts. Airstrikes took out the Egyptian air forces in the Sinai.

Israeli forces breakthrough Egyptian border defense in several sectors, though the center holds against Israeli attacks. Airstrikes have not done the damage we were hoping for against Egyptian tank forces

Israeli infantry brigade heads south into the Sinai towards the vital port of Sharm El Sheikh

Breaking news.....

Israeli forces have broken through Egyptian lines in Sinai, meeting light resistance. IAF conducted bombing/strafing runs against Egyptian forces. The Egyptian air force is no where to be found. It appears the Egyptians have pulled their tank forces back across the Suez canal.

......news flash.....

El'Arish has fallen to Israeli ground forces without a shot being fired

Israeli 9th Infantry Brigade meets stiff resistance from Egyptian forces in Sharm El Sheikh. Losses were light, but the Egyptians held their ground

Israeli High Command

the EAF (Egyptian air force) in Sinai was defeated, but their airforce is still intact and intelligence suggests they are on the western side of the canal. Our air force is not strong enough yet to conduct major air operations on that side of the canal, so we are ordering our forces to stop short of the Suez,and stop advance 45 miles from there.

The victory in the Sinai while not yet complete is almost assured, but the war is far from over. The Egyptians still have a powerful punch left in them and we are not going to get lulled into a sense of an easy victory.

Israeli high command

this last round saw Israeli forces advancing deeper into the Sinai, but stopping a distance from the canal. Recon flights picked up tank units rebuilding near Suez city, also during the recon flight a small air-battle took place but loses were small.

recon flight also showed that the Egyptians have acquired tank destroyers which could turn out to be a problem. It maybe in our best interest to stop, dig in and prepare for the inevitable Egyptian counter-offensive as we have acquired all our objectives in this theater.

Hopefully time is on our side and will allow us to build up our air force, but always in war the unexpected should be expected.

I don't know, Bombur is a cunning adversary...so better prepare for some clobbering [:D]

I agree, he is a very good player and as I said. prepare for the unexpected

Hmmm.....actually I´m not.....

And btw, where is the turn?

i emailed it out 2-3 days ago, along with a minor update. if you haven't gotten it, let me know and when i get home from work tonight I will email it out to you again.

I received the upgrade, but not the turn, may have been my mistake...

Alexandre

News update

air battle took place over Suez canal, with Israeli victory- 16 Egyptian fighters were destroyed as was 12 Israeli. 70 Egyptian tanks lay in ruin on the west bank of the canal, with the loss of 5 Israeli fighter bombers, which were ambushed by EAF (Egyptian Air force fighters)