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Beladriel said:
Collaborate?! NEVER!

Imma gonna lead an Anti-Channel Pact resistance organization!
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I think we all know what happened to the last people who tried that. ;)

-Laurence
 


February

In the East, the war continued. The stubborn generals on the front refused to respond to Lancastrian orders for a ceasefre, and continued their offensive, ignoring the troubling situations on the homefront. After the return of Van Geyte and De Nil, who had set up a joint HQ in Sinkiang, both the Royal Navy and the Wehrmacht began their new push into the territories of the Japanese Empire.

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After Weiss’ failure in breaking the stalemate in Northern Siam, he took an alternative route: Together with Field Marshall Calin, he commenced a joint attack on the soft underbelly of China, to take out all supply routes to northern Indochina. Japanese forces began an immediate retreat upwards, to face the threat of being trapped in a massive pocket. Most divisions were unable to move, however, because they were tangled up in the fighting along the Northern border of Siam.


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Just off the coast of South-Vietnam, the newly assembled 1.Flotte of the Kriegsmarine encountered one of the feared Japanese Combined Fleets, led by Grand Admiral Kondo. Although bolstered with decommissioned British ships, the Kriegsmarine fleet was unable to defeat the Combined Fleet head-on, and lured the battle South, where the Indomitable CTF was waiting. By the time the Japanese realised they had run into a trap, it was too late: The superior speed of the British carrier fleet outflanked the Combined Fleet, and made short work of it.

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In the first attack run, the Imperial Navy lost two Heavy Cruisers and one Carrier, while other parts of the fleet were heavily damaged. They retreated into the Port of Saigon, pursued by British torpedo bombers. Pact forces refused to give up however, and soon a massive bombing fleet had departed from Birma to strike at Saigon and drive out the Combined Fleet

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So the UK player sold the other player some old BBs?
 
trekaddict said:
So the UK player sold the other player some old BBs?
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yes, Vincent trades old ships, rares and oil for my panzers and motorized divs.

-Laurence
 
Boo, one cannot walk over the chinese mountains!
That terrain is impassable for armies of that kind!
Cheating!
The area is far from 'soft'!
 
Enewald said:
Boo, one cannot walk over the chinese mountains!
That terrain is impassable for armies of that kind!
Cheating!
The area is far from 'soft'!
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No actually there were relatively few troops defending China's south, most of them were guarding the north and west.
 
thatguy said:
Alright we're back to gameplay, huzzuh!
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We sure are ;). Without any event coding experience, making a spectacular revolution work ingame was pretty hard, so Chapters VIII and IX are less gameplay-based. Glancing at the buffer, I can tell you that from this point on there's three years of full-scale warfare to cover with story elements more spread out, after which there is another mayor story chapter. Let's not forget, Himmler is still alive ;)

Cheers,
-Vincent

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The air defences of Saigon were smashed to smithereens, and soon the Combined Fleet had to flee port, facing the threat of being annihiliated by British bombers. They broke out of Saigon and attempted to break through the British formations to flee to Japan. They encountered the Indomitable CTF again in Camranh Bay, and led heavy losses.

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Pursued relentlessly by the Indomitable and her support fleet, the Combined Fleet C finally managed to come into air reach of the Japanese Home Isles. Thinking they could use similar tactics as a year ago, the Japanese sent a large part of their naval bombing airforce South to scare off the British fleet. Only this time, the Royal Navy was prepared.

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Four of the most elite Royal Air Force squadrons had embarked and escorted the Indomitable from safe distance. As soon as the Japanese Naval Bombers came into sight, they were attacked and completely annihilated. In the battle over the Central Spratly Sea, over 25 Japanese naval bombers had been shot down, along with 52 escorts and other support planes. The Combined Fleet escaped, but was severely damaged.

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Soon, the IJN is not going to be an issue, at this pace.
 
Some reminders:

- The Readers group has been updated

- We are currently looking for Contributors

- There is a prize question running

About the contest, I've written down all enterers and I've noticed that many of you are guessing way waay to late. Laurence blames me for giving a poor indication of period (and indeed, there are some 'jumps' in the AAR timeline, since we somtimes forget what month we are playing), so if anyone wants you can make a new guess, but keep these things in mind

-The Indochina front holds half of Japan's China Force, and the last update I posted was in February 1943, when German forces are close to encircling them

- While Japan's army is strong, too strong for the British army to defeat, they are facing one of the most malign creatures in the universe. A devious fiend, an evil degenerate, a baneful plotter, a pernicious serpent, an infamous legend. They are facing Laurence. Knowing this fact along should pull the defeat date of Japan much closer ;)

-Vincent

PS: Seriously, he's that evil!

EDIT by Laurence: Wait, what ??

EDIT: A fiend! A fiend!
 
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June 1943?

I would volunteer to be a contributor, but I doubt I have the skills to keep the quality of this AAR, I'm afraid...:eek:o
 
CaptRobau said:
Don't be silly, you've been WritAAR of the Week and Character WritAAR of the week.
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I'm not silly, I'm just aware of my short commings. Anyway, here I am, so take me as a volunteer.
 
Kurt_Steiner said:
June 1943?

I would volunteer to be a contributor, but I doubt I have the skills to keep the quality of this AAR, I'm afraid...:eek:o
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Dude, I need a thesaurus to write this story without using the same words 52 times. It's hard enough to juggle French and Dutch when talking, so imagine the hurt I am in writing a 300-page story in a language I barely hear ;). With your rep, I think you'll do great.

And even without it, this is not an AAR about being the 'best' writer or having the 'best' story/pictures/enemies/whatever. This is an AAR about having fun. I mean, you people are reading a story where two world empires take on beefed up enemies with division counts into the thousands, with naval warfare on a scale never before seen in AARland and soon more nuclear warfare than you'll be able to stomach. We're having a blast, and we hope you guys are too :D. So when we summon people to collaborate, we summon the mass, and not Shakespear-like authors. An invite has been sent to you for the group.

Besides, most of our readers have amassed four times the AwAARds this AAR has, so at any rate there are a lot more skilled writers commenting here than there are writing this AAR :D

Cheers,
-Vincent
 
Nice wrok against the IJN, looks like the tide it the Pacific has turned irreversibly in your favor.
 
My first guess for Japan was never, because Remble is secretly a ghost in your computers...:D

But now, I'll go with July 4, 1943.
Just to piss off the Americans. :D
 
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