This is terrible. Now I'm to blame for killing Algy and Ginger. This is sacrilege. Mind you they must be getting on a bit since their heyday was in Sopwith Camels.
Still. This is enough heresy to make King Arthur rise again.
This is terrible. Now I'm to blame for killing Algy and Ginger. This is sacrilege. Mind you they must be getting on a bit since their heyday was in Sopwith Camels.
The supplies are limited, but unlike a certain other would-be world conqueror, Fu has enough sense to hoard his Wunderwaffen until he has enough of them to make a difference...You have to wonder how many missiles Fu / Kanitalan have? It's a nasty suprise but Biggles (BIGGLES!!!!!!) has come back from worse
I'm sure they have. The blown up bridge should pose only a temporary delay. (Actually, I have serious doubts even Fu Manchu could hit a bridge with a 40s vintage cruise missile, but hey, somehow it damages infrastructure so...)The wrath of Fu Manchu, no less! I wonder if DAK has any engineer corps in its vicinity...
Thanks young Padwan, and welcome onboard! Always glad to have a new regular, which I guess I could count you as if you've bored through the thousand or so pages of this AAR...Canonized's AAR.
Cthulhu's AAR.
Now The Yogi's AAR (this and the first part).
Certainly, I'm keen on short AARs, indeed.
What I have just read is simply outstanding. Impressive.
Never worry. The oh so Germanic engineers of the DAK will have a pontoon bridge up in no time short. After all, the Germans are even better engineers than they are soldiers, right?Sucks that a whole panzer platoon got lit up on that bridge.
If it's any consolation, the Brazos River is so low in August that the rest of the DAK should have no trouble finding a decent ford.
EDIT: On second thought, the river's been dammed up a bit since 1940. Time to check the wiki...
EDIT 2: The dam at Possum Kingdom Lake wasn't completed until 1941, about an hour and a half drive west of Fort Worth. I think I spoke too soon.
Now, now, they're not necessarily dead. As to their age, Biggles is according to canon 41 years old at this time. The others, except possibly Bertie, are younger.This is terrible. Now I'm to blame for killing Algy and Ginger. This is sacrilege. Mind you they must be getting on a bit since their heyday was in Sopwith Camels.
That's this AAR in a nutshell. Horrific death and unspeakble, blasphemous things that should not be.Still. This is enough heresy to make King Arthur rise again.
Of course you are. Would you be reading this otherwise?Reminds me of a horrible song where they repeat over and over supersonic, electronic.
Yes I know that I am twisted.
Biggles and any of his surviving wingmen would be by no means unique in flying during both World Wars. Unusual, yes. Unique, no.This is terrible. Now I'm to blame for killing Algy and Ginger. This is sacrilege. Mind you they must be getting on a bit since their heyday was in Sopwith Camels.
Me, I'm curious about what's guiding those cruise missiles. Something has to be; I don't think even Fu could get those results out of standard 1940-vintage technology.
Me, I'm curious about what's guiding those cruise missiles. Something has to be; I don't think even Fu could get those results out of standard 1940-vintage technology.
Me, I'm curious about what's guiding those cruise missiles. Something has to be; I don't think even Fu could get those results out of standard 1940-vintage technology.
Methinks the author has gone overboard with Fu love. That would have been pretty good results for modern missiles with pre programmed flight paths from satellite maps. Way, way over the top.
Never underestimate the genious of Master Fu! He built a laser beam at the turn of the century, he is immortal, and invented a lot things. I think this still lie within the realm of plausibility for the great Master Fu.
Ah, but how do you know none of those things are involved? <hint hint>the Fu cruise missiles are basically modern weapons that somehow work without computer tech or satellites. It's over the top and doesn't fit at all.
Who are these limey pilots who just had their entire airbase obliterated?
Doesn't look good for Indy. If Short Round can't get him out, he's as good as dead.
Thanks! I thought you'd like them, after all they are the Americans worst nightmare!Things are troublesome indeed. Great update!! Loved the Mongol Cavalry!!!
The Americans have those things if not as much as they would like and need. But here the Pan-Asians chose the place and time of battle and concentrated their strength. The militia holding the first line had no chance. It remains to see what reserves are in place to deal with the breakthrough.That was one hell of an attack. The Americans will have to get some artillery of their own if they're to stand a chance in future battles. Some air assets would be nice too.
Man, I wish I had thought about that earlier - Fu, creator of the first Cylons! Your description made me think immediately of those Cylon fighters from BSG, the re-imagined series with a biological "brain" flying them.Me, I'm curious about what's guiding those cruise missiles. Something has to be; I don't think even Fu could get those results out of standard 1940-vintage technology.
My guess would be that Fu has some kind of biological guidance for those cruise missiles (nobody in setting would call them "cruise missiles," but that's the word for them today). Maybe not a living pilot; who knows?
Fu is a master of biology and biochemistry more than anything else, and this is one of the few ways to make that really useful for the military.
Biggles and any of his surviving wingmen would be by no means unique in flying during both World Wars. Unusual, yes. Unique, no.
Heh. That is a possibility of course. Made me think of those Kaiten torpedoes no one in the US Navy could understand how the hell they were guided, until one was a dud - and they found a small jap inside.Well, regarding japan history and the devotions of the panasian soldiers to their emperor I fear, it's not the question what is guiding those missiles, but WHO is guiding those missiles. Remember the oka suicide bombs. Maybe some panasian soldiers encouraged by some drugs pilot those.
Yes. They have gyroscopes too.Gyroscopes. They work perfectly for torpedoes, right?
Right?
They're also a fair approximation of the effectiveness of HOI2 flying bombs. After all, if they can knock out infrastructure, they MUST be able to hit things like rail- and road bridges, railway stations etc. Perhpas not with every missile, like modern Cruise missiles, but at least given an enough number of them fired at a target. Off course, the V-1 couldn't do that at all. The Dragon missile does though, and how it achieves that will be explained in later episodes. I'll say only that it necessitates a leap ahead by 15 years or so in a single field, and can otherwise be achieved with 1940s vintage technology.Methinks the author has gone overboard with Fu love. That would have been pretty good results for modern missiles with pre programmed flight paths from satellite maps. Way, way over the top.
Nope, laser beams are pulp style mad science. I have no problem with that, I read the Spider
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider
the Fu cruise missiles are basically modern weapons that somehow work without computer tech or satellites. It's over the top and doesn't fit at all.
That's the spirit. Now let's chant together; YES, he can! YES, he can! YES, he can!Never underestimate the genious of Master Fu! He built a laser beam at the turn of the century, he is immortal, and invented a lot things. I think this still lie within the realm of plausibility for the great Master Fu.
Partisan resistance IS a factor, but much diminished by the Karash policies. Also, not everything comes to the Pan-Asian armies in America across the Pacific. They run now exclusively on American-produced fuel, the surplus being shipped back to Pan-Asia. There are also ammunition factories running on the western seabord, manned by imported Chinese labour. As for the strain on the supply system, they fare much BETTER than the Germans because the United States has very good roads which go easy on trucks, whereas the Russian miserable excuses for roads shook Germany's captured civilian trucks to pieces. And they have captured thousands of trucks while they overran Western United States.This can't be good, neither for Indie or for the USA in general. With the line in Colorado destroyed, I imagine its a straight retreat back to the Mississippi, or at least Saint Louis, where they might be able to make a prolonged stand in an urban area with a river to its back, vaguely Stalingrad-esque. But seeing as its pretty much straight plains from the Rockies to the Mississippi, the best the US can hope for is that their army finishes their long retreat in one piece.
Also, I'd imagine the supply lines are getting pretty tenuous, since things must be shipped to California, then trucked or put on railroads (which have probably been sabotaged) all the way across desert and mountains and plains, all of which have loads of partisans. Is that affecting the Pan-Asians at the front lines? (after all, their supply system would be much worse than the Germans at Moscow, which wasn't that great)
As Arilou pointed out, Biggles (James Bigglesworth) is a British teen pulp hero pilot from the interwar and post ww2 eras.Who are these limey pilots who just had their entire airbase obliterated?
Doesn't look good for Indy. If Short Round can't get him out, he's as good as dead.
If he does, it'll be due to sheer blind luck.Great update.
Poor Indy I hope he manage to survive.
Durhn doesn't need his dagger - he has other means at his disposal, as this update will show.Wow. I somehow missed three updates. How did that happen?
Pleasant surprise though. Too bad Durn was terrified by the wolves. Still the look on Von Strasser's face when he reforms will be priceless. Durn then calmly picks up his enchanted dagger and eviscerates his lovely assistants. Or he doesnt have his dagger and runs away naked since his clothes were torn the shreds and even Durn can't take the lovely assistants on with his bare hands.