NationStates Jolt Archive

Just starting the thread. If you know what this is about thats cool, if you don't please don't bother posting.



Thank you and have a nice day.


Rules for region will be posted sometime tonight

Rules
1.
any region is open to be claimed

Currently the CoC claim is. Dutch East Indies, New Britain, New Guinea, Solomons, New Zealand and Australia

2. Technology. Any 1944 and below tech is allowed to be used(if it existed at least in the prototype phase by 44 than you can use it)
Now you can't mix Allied with Axis Tech.

No Ju-87's being escorted by P-38's

But you can have say Polish Infantry firing M-1 Garands supported by T-34's and Hurricanes.

3. Administration. I will administer these RP's, my intent is to leave well alone unless you really went off the deep end. (Germany developing F-15's). Also i know a lot about WWII tactics, and general stats on tanks, aircraft and ships.

4. Alliances. Just because you based your nation off of japan militarily or a japan/Hungary Mix doesn't mean you have to fight who uses american or british equipment. You can ally with england and fight america together. It doesn't really matter. And just because you picked a certain region doesn't mean you have to use that regions tech. (if your region is say germany you can use american equipment as long as you use allied tech)

5. Nuclear weapons. Sorry, they don't exist, you can't finish building one or even start development. This will save a lot of headache.

6. Status of world politics. There is no war or alliances at this point, those will be built hopefully in this thread or privately. pretty much at this stage no one is ready for a war. There is no United Nations yet, you can create one if you'd like but you don't have to. Now you can just build and get ready for inevitable world conflict.


Edit:
7. Geneva convention and rules of war don't exist these must be worked out by involved nations.

The Theocracy of WWII Manarth is in possession of South Africa, Madagascar, Rhodesia and Mosembique.

WWII Edenstein would like to claim Russia post invasion of Poland. We will be using Axis Tech

Tag!

*tag*

Update

8. Populations are not set by Nationstates, I'll set a population for you depending on what region and how powerful you want to be.

right now my population is 270 million. Is that historically accurate for the territory i hold. I don't know, don't really care either

Ed would be 280 million

Dubelco would be about 195 Million

Manarth 110 Million

MadderMike 500-700 million, we have to talk about that. TG me

HO, well i don't where you've chosen yet. If your bound and determined to be a great lakes island 650,000


9. 1 day= 1 day. And your population will not signifigantly rise or fall during this RP, however long it lasts. If by chance it lasts over a year then we shall deal with pop at another time. The only way to raise your pop is to expand into colonies or whatever. This doesn't have to be a traditional Europe based world. You can be based in Russia and colonize Portugal or even Canada. It all depends on how things fall and who has an issue with you being there. Hence probably our first conflict.

10. if you do not explicitly claim the territory, you don't have it and either it will be an NPC that i set up or it will be unclaimed land. Depends on where it is and how big it is.



The way things are you can go ahead and build your militaries. just keep in mind the tech you are using and build accordinly, oh and only Allied Tech has Radar at this point.


Edit: certain structures still haven't been built in the form of major Waterways. The Suez and Panama Canals aren't in existence right now, you want to build them, be my guest but someone might have an issue with you doing so. So the only way to go Atlantic to Pacific is the Straights of Magellan and the only way to go from Atlantic to Indian is the Cape of Good Hope.

CoC is a Totalitarien Government

Headed by a Queen(Monarchy Figurehead) and a Prime Minister(Real power)

No elections.

I use Allied Tech

Dubelco is a Liberal state with an Executor and his cabinet. The military is closely linked with the goverment as well. I will be using Allies tech.

Manarth is a dictatorship with the Emperor acting as both the secular and relgious head. The average person's philosophical beliefs are a mix of shinto and bushido. The military is closely tied to the church and state, with Warrior Priests often commanding at Division level and above.

CoC Navy

Battleships
2 Iowa Class HMRS Perth & HMRS Warsaw
1 South Dakota Class HMRS Queensland
3 North Carolina Class HMRS Borneo, HMRS Java, HMRS New Guinea
1 Tennessee Class HMRS Australia
Battlecruisers
2 Alaska Class HMRS Darwin, HMRS Rockhampton
Armored cruisers
4 Portland Class HMRS Brisbane, HMRS Cairns, HMRS Wellington, HMRS Hobart
2 Northhampton Class HMRS Coral Sea, HMRS Timor Sea
3 Older
Aircraft Carriers
2 Essex Class HMRS Longbow, HMRS Arquebus
2 Lexington Class HMRS Illustrious, HMRS Invincible
1 Yorktown Class HMRS Ark Royal
8 Smaller GP carriers HMRS Shield, HMRS Sword, HMRS Mace, HMRS Hammer, HMRS Claymore, HMRS Spear, HMRS Pike, HMRS Lance
Cruisers
12 Modern CC-9, -, CC-20
8 Older CC-1, -, CC-8
Light Cruisers
24 modern CL-1, -, CL-24
Destroyers
15 modern
20 Between war
12 WWI
Corvettes
14 Modern

Motor Torpedo Boats
ok gotta do some more research before deciding
Subs
Same with Subs.

Manarthian Navy

CV
1 Kaga Class - HES Destruction
1 Akagi Class - HES Revenge
1 Soryu Class - HES Mercy
3 Ryujo Class - HES Rightiousness, HES Faith, HES Servility

BB
1 Vittoria Veneta - HES Mozambique
2 Fuso Class - HES Madagascar, HES South Africa
1 Ise Class - HES Cape Town
5 Kongo Class - HES Durban, HES Lesotho, HES Swaziland, HES Bloemfontein, HES Johannesburg

CA
2 Tone Class - HES Zebra, HES Gazelle
4 Mogami Class - HES Cheetah, HES Lion, HES Panther, HES Hyena
3 Takao Class - HES Elephant, HES Giraffe, HES Rhino
5 Myoko Class - HES Asp, HES Cobra, HES Mongoose, HES King Snake, HES Rattlesnake
4 Furutaka Class - HES Chimpanzee, HES Gorilla, HES Orangatang, HES Ape

CL
1 Katori Class - HES St. Flaccus
1 Yubari Class - HES St. Meridius
3 Naka Class - HES St. Mathias, HES St. Carlus, HES St. Angelus
6 Nagara Class - HES St. Indigus, HES St. Gradius, HES St. Virtus, HES St. Patroculus, HES St. Mercutius, HES St. Tacitus
4 Kuma Class - HES St. Urbus, HES St. Ortus, HES St. Bartus, HES St. Patricus
3 Tenryu Class - HES St. Portus, HES St. Claritus, HES St. Convocus

DD
1 Kagero Class - HES Z-50
8 Asashio Class - HES Z-40, Z-43, Z-45, Z-46, Z-47, Z-48, Z-49, Z-51
9 Shiratsuyu Class - HES Z-33, Z-34, Z-35, Z-38, Z-39, Z-41, Z-42, Z-44
5 Hatsuharu Class - HES Z-26, Z-27, Z-31, Z-36, Z-37
4 Akatsuki Class - HES Z-17, Z-20, Z-21, Z-32
15 Fubuki Class - HES Z-5, Z-6, Z-10, Z-11, Z-12, Z-15, Z-16, Z-19, Z-22, Z-23, Z-24, Z-25, Z-28, Z-29, Z-30
10 Mutsuki Class - HES Z-1, Z-2, Z-3, Z-4, Z-7, Z-8, Z-9, Z-13, Z-14, Z-18

Sub
I Type
1 KD2 Class - I-2
5 KD3 Class - I-3, I-4, I-5, I-7, I-10
3 KD4 Class - I-6, I-8, I-9
2 KD5 Class - I-11, I-12
7 KD6 Class - I-13, I-14, I-15, I-17, I-18, I-19, I-20

J and C Type
1 J1M Class - J-1
2 J1 Class - J-2, J-4
1 J2 Class - J-3
1 J3 Class - J-5
3 C1 Class - C-1, C-2, C-3

Aircraft Type
1 B1 Class - B-1

Minelayer/Transport Type
10 L4 Class - L-1, L-2, L-3, L-4, L-5, L-6, L-7, L-8, L-9, L-10
4 KRS Class - K-1, K-2, K-3, K-4

OOC: Currently the navy is in the process of phasing out the older DD and CL designs. Without a major threat, the navy isn't interested in building new BB or CA yet.

ooc: MadderMike will be using Axis weaponry (I will have to do some research on that). Wayne is still working on my pop. I will be in India (including Pakistan) and the Arabian Peninsula. Government is an Absolute Monarchy headed by a Supreme Rajah. Religion is varied mainly Buddism, caste system and Satanism. The military is well trained, experienced, poorly armed, and many units are headed up by various Princes, Rajahs other lessor royalty. Some excellent commanders others idiots:) Smallish navy, huge army, growing airforce but the pilots receive virtually no training - Fly or Crash - . Manufacturing base is huge, capable of producing mass quantities with no quality what-so-ever. Small pockets of excellent workmanship do exist but they are the exception.

It was two days before Cardinal Valonius Retori was found dead of a heart attack, but few were supprised to see his passing. The old man had given council as Chief Assistant to three generations of Emperors (and some rumors in the imperial courts say he sired the latest one, 26 year old Quintus Flacci, who's assumed Imperial name bespoke his honor for the man). The supprise was the Emperor's vision the night of his demise.

In the Emperor's meditation, his father, the late Emperor Quoqous Meridius Flacci appeared to him, and spoke, telling praises of the deceased Cardinal. The Emperor listened to the stories, which he considered the most touching Eulogy for a man ever written. His father went on is some length, and stopped suddenly. His incorporeal body twisted as though listening to a voice unheard. He bade his son to rise, and bowed low to his child.

"Blessed are you, Emperor Valonius! Blessed shall be your name, and the name of your first born, Tacitus! For while I was blessed with many lands, and bounty famed the world over, so it shall be for your son, tenfold! Seek the council of the third son of the third son, of our dear late Cardinal. It is through him that you will find the path that you seak."

At that the Emperor returned to the world of the living, his father's last words ringing across the void... "The Prophet will bless your name above all others!"

He commanded the day, October the 10th to be set asside in memory of the past, and in celebration of the future, and then called in the children of the late Cardinal to the Imperial palace at Cape Town. He spoke in length of the vision, and bade the third son of the third son, a Deacon named Claritus Retori, a man of only 24 years, to come foward. He blessed him and said to those gathered: "This man shall become my Chief Assistant. The Prophet shall work through him as He works through me. Obey him, as you obeyed his grandfather, for what he commands is what I wish to be done."

And with that, a new dawn began over the Holy Empire of Manarth, the sun covered by clouds. But later in the day, towards noon, the sky cleared up, and the omen readers and wise men of the city took it to be a briliant sign of success, as the new Chief Assistant and his liege began to discuss the new course for the Empire.

Ok, steve you have Four choices, you can have Iberia(Portugal, Spain, France, Andorra, Belgium, Britain and Ireland) Germania(Germany, Holland,Western Half of Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Austria, Croatia, Czechkoslovakia), Norderlande (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Greenland, Finland) or HO/Canada(if you take HO you get Canada)


The World is divided up in this fashion.
N. America
Ho/Canada, Dubelco, Mexico, United Carribean States(every Carribean Island), Nicaragua(Nicaragua, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras), Columbia(Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuala)

S. America
Colombia(Colombia, Panama, Venezuala, Ecuador), Brazil( Brazil, Guyana, Surinam, French Guyana), Inca (Peru, Chile, Bolivia), Argentina (Argentina, Paraguay, Uraguay)

Europe
Iberia, Germania, Norderlande, Balkania(Rumania, Bulguria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece), Edenstein

Asia
Edenstein(USSR 1940)
Maddermike (India, Pakistan, Bangledash, Nepal, Saudia Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar)
China(China, Mongolia, Korea)
IndoChina(Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Siam, Malaysia, Burma)
Japan (Japan, Phillipines, Marshall, Guam, Wake Island, Midway, Formosa, and various other assorted pacific islands that will be named when i get a decent map)
Persia(Iran, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Turkey)
Australia
Council of Clan (Dutch East Indies, New Britian, New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia)

Africa
Egypt(Egypt, Libya, Sudan)
Algeria(Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania)
Nigeria( Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Mali, Central African Republic)
Ivory Coast (Senegal, Gambia, Ginuea-Gissau, Guinea, Sierra Leonne, Liberia, Cote Divoire, Ghana, Burinka Faso, Togo, Benin)
Congo (Zaire, Congo, Gabon, EQ Guinea, Cameroon, Rwanda, Burindi)
Ethiopia (Ethiopia, Djibiouti, Eritria, Somalia)
Kenya (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzinia, Malawi, Zambia, Angola)
Manarth (South Africa, Lesotho, Swaiziland, Nambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar)

You are all good to play

:: 2300 hrs Several Men dressed in the Uniform of Indo-China come across the border in Borneo and enter a CoC Village. They go into the post office, kill the Nightwatchmen, then they go into the town find a women and drag her into a back alley and procide to rape her. They then enter a bank bust into the vault and take off with 500,000 dollars::

It is the first gathering of the Emperor's Assistants since the death of Cardinal Valonius Retori. The other Cardinals can sence the change that is in the air. Never has the birthright of the Cardinalship been so carelessly disreguarded by the Prophet, and his vessel on earth, the Emperor.

The meeting was to be held at the Swaziland Estate of the Mercuti Family, who's patriarch, Cardinal Petroculus, was the Emperor's Assistant of Domestic Affairs. Already the Spiritual Assistant, the anchient Mathius Quinti had arrived, steadfastly walking there under his own power with the help of a cane, and two servants. Also present was the Cardinal Admiral Carlus Meridi, who had spent the night after a fitful negotiation with Petroculus over the sale of his firstborn daughter to Carlus's second born son.

"It is good to be amoung friends..." Cardinal Mathius began, bowing low to his peers. "Though I admit I know little of this new Cardinal. If he is anything like his grandfather, we should have bountiful times ahead of us."

Petroculus added: "My son, Tacitus, has heard a little about him, and has told what little he knows to me. He is by all rights a smart man, who has attended schooling in both Dubelco and Council of Clan. Although all the rest my son knows is that he was quite vocal about the need for our armies to expand outward and become a colonial power."

Carlus continued: "I remember a large number speaking on it a year ago, but his grandfather always refused to get us involved in colonial affairs. I wonder why the Prophet wishes us to expand outward now."

Then they waited, and soon the others had arrived, the Emperor and his uncle, Sextus Flacci who was the Emperor's Assistant for Foreign Affiars, arriving last.

OOC: More on the meeting to be told later tonight.

The new Cardinal opened the meeting, the Emperor having defered to him. "My grandfather had planned much in the years before his death, but the Emperor and I agree that it is not enough. All of you know, I'm sure, our plans to settle on the tip of Antarctica, south of the Incan and Argantinian Kingdoms."

He paused and motioned at the map, hand drawn in the 15th century as a Mercuti family heirloom. "But we would still lack some things in doing so, namely oil and manpower. I know we could easily supply the people, but not volenterily, and without the oil, resupplying it would be expensive, not to mention difficult."

He moved his finger up and right, until it landed on the sea coast of Nigeria. "Here lies a weak people, who we would be able to subject with relative ease. Their neibors are barely able to field a modern army and are too busy fighting them to care if we finish what they started. We can take them, and use their military as the initial colonists of our Antarctican territory.

"But first, we need to take them over. Here's what I need from each of you..."

The continued discussion on the subject long into the night. The next day, the 11th of October, orders were relayed to the HES Mozambique, and several other ships...

::At an emergency war council session the leader of the Special Services (SS)
Kurt Kazinsky addresses PM Wallace::

Sir our plan worked well, today a radio broadcast went out condeming the Indo-Chinese Troops. We must act upon this soon to keep the public aware of it. We must attack Indo-China, the public is screaming for blood and we shall give it to them, right now we have a task force ready to land 2 full Corps of marines at Saigon and our B-24 bombers are in reach of Singapore. The Indo-Chinese airforce is pathetic, it uses open cockpit 1930's aluminum bi-planes, they can't even reach our bombers altitude let alone shoot them down. The time to strike is now before the public starts asking questions.

PM Wallace: What of the Indo-Chinese Fleet?

Minister of the Navy: Pathetic at best, they are starting a program to turn them into a blue water force, but at best they have completed one Battleship of the George V class and one Hood Class Cruiser. they have several smaller auxilirey ships Light cruisers and destroyers, but they shouldn't be too much of a problem.

PM Wallace: Army?

Minister of Defense: Mostly light infantry with rifles, no mechanized or para forces to speak of. There will be a lot of jungle fighting but we have this substance known as Napalm that can deal with that.

PM Wallace: Foreign intervention?

Minister of Foreign Affairs: There are only two nations that can interfere, MadderMike and Japan, and I honestly don't see MadderMike doing anything it is not in their interest because regardless of how this war turns out we won't be sharing a border with them.

And Japan well, they may do something but we will take the Phillipines from them if they do

PM: Excellant I shall inform Her Majesty we are about to gain some very pretty land with interesting animals. Good Day Gentleman. Send out the orders and launch the Airstrike immediately.

::At an Airbase in Western Borneo 120 B-24 Bombers and 100 P-38 Lightnings fuel up on the runways. They take to the sky soon afterwards and are over Singapore in 3 Hours. At an altitude of 17,000 feet the bombers come over the city, Flak Bursts appear all around the mass formation but they are ineffectual since this city is ill-prepared for a bomber strike at altitude. 2 dozen Biplanes rise out to intercept the bombers but are unable to reach an altitude that would put them in gun range. The P-38 Pilots being fighter Pilots cannot resist the easy prey, as the bombs begin to fall on the Docks and railways around singapore as well as the Coastal Defense guns the P-38's dive right into the 24 hapless Bi-Planes the fighters mix it up and in the end the casualties are light 2 P-38's suffer some damage and must return home, one is shot down while all 24 Indo-Chinese aircraft are swatted from the SKy::



::The Indo-Chinese Navy Battleship ICS Hope is out on manevers in the South China Sea. It is spotted by a CoC PBY and reported back to High Command who dispatch Taskforce 4 out to deal with it.

The HMRS Ark Royal, HMRS Sword, HMRS Mace , 4 Light Cruisers, 3 Destroyers and the HMRS Brisbane who consist of the task force spot it with their own SBD Dauntless Scouts. And Airstrike of 15 Torpedo Aircraft, 23 Dive Bombers and 16 F-4U Corsairs (Going in for Skip-bombing attacks) covered by 12 F-4U's Go at the enemy fleet. Catching the ICS Hope by suprise. The Dive Bombers nose in on the group swarm in on the 3 Destroyer Escorts, Hitting all 3 with 8 Direct Hits, 3 Near Misses and the rest Missing. All 3 Destroyers start to burn though they did bring down 2 Divebombers with Anti-Aircraft fire. The Corsairs go in at low level nearing 400mph and pull up slightly as they near the Hope the bombs hit the water 75 feet from the port side of the Battlewagon and Skip up into her scoring 4 hits at the waterlline, 2 on her No #2 forward Battery, and 4 on her side the fighters skim over top of her and 3 are brought down by anti-aircraft fire. The Hope starts maneuviring fiercely so that she can attempt to escape, she is slowed down by the 2 gaping holes near her waterline and she begins to list. the Torpedo bombers come down in 3 groups of 5 and launch torpedos into her port side. 7 Total hit, while 1 Torpedo Bomber is knocked down. The Hope is listing heavily to starboard and the crew begins to abandon ship as she turns over and capsizes. The Fighter Cover not being able to resist flys down near the waves and along with the other aircraft they begin to strafe with their .30 cal, .50 cal and 20mm cannon fire on the Indo-chinese Sailors floating in the wavecs from the four ships. They pass until they are all nearly out of ammunition and turn around and fly back.::



::The Prime Minister makes a speech over the radio::

Fellow Citizens of the Clans, last night a most grievous attack happened upon one of our border village with the Indo-Chinese in Borneo. They killed one of our post masters spent an hour raping a woman in an alley and then proceeded to rob the bank killing 2 policemen in the process. They escaped back to Indo-China. The Indo-Chinese denied this even happened when i spoke to them this morning, suffice to say we have struck Singapore hard with our bombers and I was just informed we just sank the Flagship of the Indo-Chinese Navy. We must not ever let this happen again, we need living room to expand nation, so that a travesty like this can never happen again. Her Majesty Queen Tammi IX has declared War Upon the Indo-Chinese.

The HES Mozambique and the HES Cape Town streak out of their home port, escourted by the CL squadron, containing the HES St. Flaccus, HES St. Virtus, HES St. Patroculus, HES St. Bartus, and HES St. Convocus. Their picket line contains the Destroyers Z-3, Z-5, Z-19, Z-22, Z-23, Z-34, Z-39, Z-40, Z-43, and Z-47 as well as the submarines I-3, I-4, I-11, I-13, I-15, J-1, J-5, and C-3.

The subs steam ahead of the rest of the navy, pushing the limits of their engin, while the remainder of the fleet cruses on at a leasurely 15 knots.

Within Manarth, orders are telegramed to the northern Kingdom of Congo, where it is recieved by the Embassador there.


Bishop Claritus Flacci stop
Embassador to Congo stop

Hello from your cousin Sextus stop I regret that I am unable to speak at length but far too much is happening right now and I need your assistance stop Please request to the King if we will be able to move forces through the soverign nation of Congo stop Offer anything to secure his nation as an ally even territory we plan on conquering stop Ask his grace to assist us in our efforts to ally with other nations sorrounding Nigeria stop

Cardinal Sextus Flacci stop stop


The 4th, 21st, 22nd and 33rd Infantry Divisions, as well as the 6th and 34th Armored Divisions have been activated and await orders at the Southern Border of Congo.

In the Imperial Palace near Delhi

The Supreme Rajah Subrama Nehruhali Srvassa is meeting with his advisors.

Rajah Abrmma Head of Intelligence "Sire, I tell you the CoC are planning to use this little raping incident to take the rubber fields of Indo-China. We must have contact with them to insure our continued supply of rubber."

Ranee Sahbree Srvassa Chief Minister of the State Department and daughter of the Supreme Rajah "Our main concern is not the CoC they are reasonable and we can have agreeable trade with them, it is the Mad Russians we have to concern ourselves with. We must invade the unclean Ottomans and restore the Persian Empire with us at the head before the Edensteins know what is going on."

Supreme Rajah Subrama Nehruhali Srvassa "I will take your views under advisement. Rajah General Ghandi mobilize your western divisions and move them to the border with ancient Persia (Iran). Minister of Trade Pandya Dhubi how is our production of the Panzer tanks coming along. We will need thousands if we are to be successful."

Pandya Dhubi "Our factories are producing the Panzers by the hundreds, we will have the advantage of superior machinery and manpower to turn the tide of victory to our shores, most esteemed leader." It is I who should be the Supreme Rajah, my family has the longest lineage of any Indian ruler this upstart will be put in his place.

In the Imperial Palace Constantinople

Sultan Caliph Otto addressing his cabinet "I think it is now time to take possession of the flower of the desert. We have long endured the thorn in our side of the feckless MadderMikians claiming ownership of our most sacred cites Mecca and Medina. We must liberate them from the infidels and lead the world in our glory."

Minister of State, Abdula Singood, "We cannot ignore the Edenstein Russians, they would use this as a reason to invade us."

Sultan Caliph Otto "Worry not my little friend, we will lure the Russians into our trap. The MadderMikians will be conquered in a day then we will take the fertile steppes of the Russians for ourselves. We will make a deal with the Prussians in exchange for oil they will divert the Edensteinians and we will benefit. Then we can take what is rightfully ours Egypt."

OOC: Tag, Tag I say dang you!!!!

Cardinal Sextus Flacci: Okay everyone, liisten up. Congo has agreed to aid us in our war with Nigeria, in exchange for the territory known as Central African Republic. We can move our forces over their territory as needed, and they will supply their 3rd and 4th divisions to our effort.

Cardinal General Urbus Decimi: Very good, we have the forces in place now to take the area, so I think we should use the Congo troops as occupies for the CAR. I have begun the task of preping our soldiers, but we will need more then our current active army if we are to be sucessful in the long run. I propose extending the required age for military service, and beginning a continuous draft. We can use the Nigerians in our industry once we conquer them, and we can make up the slack now with women workers.

Cardinal Admiral Carlus Meridi: That would work well, though one thing we despirately need is more up to date naval ships. Already our navy is falling behind some of the larger nations, such as Dubelco and CoC. We need a more ambitious Battleship program.

Cardinal Claritus Retori: Very well, we shall think over these things, but first I want to know the full plans for the invasion of Nigeria.

Cardinal General Urbus Decimi: The plan is very simple, we are going to move our submarines into possition in the Nigerian waters, and set them to sinking everything in sight. The Admiral can tell you more of that, but suffice it to say, the Nigerians will be looking in that direction.

Cardinal Sextus Flacci: Besides that, the Nigerians will be occupied in the north with their hated neibors, the Algerians. We have agreed to provide them with Mali for thier participation in this war.

Cardinal General Urbus Decimi: The Nigerians have about 8 Divisions of active combat troops, and several more in reserve. We can expect most of them to be on the South, at the coast, or in Mali against their northern border. Our forces hit CAR hard, and push north and west toward Niger. Once we reach there, we've cut their forces in two, and can force a surrender.

Cardinal Admiral Carlus Meridi: During this time our navy will be distracting their forces in the south. We will have our sub squadrons here and here (he points to the map) harassing their shipping and fishing boats, while our cruser squadron and battleships move through here (he points to Congo territorial waters) to get into possition for the final blow. Their navy has no more than 5 Destroyes, and various smaller craft, so the attack should be easy. With the help of our Congo friends we will harass the beach with bombers, and bombard it with our battleships making it seem like the prime point for a sea invasion. If they manage to smell the trap, and disengage, we have the 1st, 7th and 18th divisions standing by on the Nambian coast, to force a beachhead there.

Cardinal Claritus Retori: Very good. And Sextus, has Edenstien responded yet?

Cardinal Sextus Flacci: Yes, they are sending the cold weather suits now. They should arrive in a week or two, and they are being given as a gesture of good will.

Cardinal Claritus Retori: Good, and suprising... Place an order for another 50,000. Whenever Edenstein has the time to make all of them, oh and Sextus?

Cardinal Sextus Flacci: Yes?

Cardinal Claritus Retori: I want the transfer to go smoothly. The last thing I want is anyone at all to get any funny ideas about all this. Are we clear?

Cardinal Sextus Flacci: Of cource, sir.

::Two massive CoC Armies swing across the border in Borneo, Being led by a massive airstrike of IL-2 Dive bombers and Helldiver Dive bombers against Indo-chinese forces. The bombers are using massive amounts of Anti-personal weaponry while, B-25H Mitchells fly in low with their 12 forward mounted .50 cal machine guns strafing all Indo-Chinese Troop positions, Hospitals and even churchs. The Little WWI era armor the indochinese have is quickly smashed in the aerial onslaught while two full armies (3 corps apiece) move in to take territory. The 9th army drives on towards the coast while the 7th army follows and splits up as corps move all across the island to suppress and pacify the villagers. There are massive amounts of Charred bodies found everywhere in burnt villages that didn't surrender immediately.

Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are raided day and night almost indiscrimintly with area bombing by the CoC Airforce's B-17's and B-24's

Any Indo-Chinese troop formations are quickly rolled over and pacified as a full corps of them try to make a stand with their backs to the coast.


The Indo-Chinese Navy attempts to evacuate the 75,000 soldiers but is blocked off the CoC Navy. The pocket is cut off and bombed and shelled without mercy.::

::Off the Coast of Saigon, LST, LCT's and other landing craft gather while the Navy shells a beach just south of Saigon. Marines are ready and standing by itching for Indo-Chinese blood. Mercilus pounding from Carrier Aircraft from two CoC Navy Aircraft Carriers and shelling from 3 battleships, a Battle Cruiser and three armored cruisers on Saigon set the city aflame. The use of napalm and other incindiries creates a massive firestorm that sweeps through the city::




::The Indo-Chinese Ambassador in the Capital of the CoC(Sydney) leaves his embassy and delivers a note to the Foreign affairs ministry requesting a ceasefire and terms for a surrender::

Soldier Thomus Horati wondered when the train ride would stop. His Regiment had been traveling by rail ever since the order came late yesterday to prepare for combat opperations against Nigeria. The stuffy compartments ment for moving livestock now held most of his platoon.

Suddenly, the train stopped, throwing men and equipment around. Horati scrambled to his feet, hoisting his light machine gun up out of the dirty straw. His platoon leader, Deacon Doritri opened the locked door and called out "Okay, we're moving out on foot, only 5 kilometeres to the border! Look alive!"

The soldiers deployed, following their regiment into possition along the main battle line. Horati could just barely overhear his Deacon talking with the Arch Deacon of the Company. "You mean we're short an entire armored division?" "Yes, their train derailed just into the congo, they're comming on foot, but we have our orders to carry on irreguardless."

The Deacon cried out once more: "May the Prophet protect each and every one of you as you do your swarn duty! May he bless our army as we destroy the heathen Nigerians! Foward! Fireteams 1 and 4 on the sides, keep E and G companies in sight at all times! Machinegunners hold fire unless we run into moderate resistance."

All along the lines, the soldiers moved foward, into the Central African Republic...

Its a cold night in Moscow, colder then what it normaly would be,
Premier Viastin pases around in his office. Occasionaly he stops and
looks at the maps, of eastern Europe, His forces where already
entrenched in Poland with more divisions moving to the front everyday.
A knock is heard and through the door steps Supreme General Kolenka
Ulonov, over commander of all Russian ground forces. He salutes the
Premier and takes off his hat*

Ulonov: Premier, our forces are poised at all three fronts, Each front
has aproximatly 5 Mixed Panzer IV, Panther and 2 Tiger I and II divisions, with 6 Mechinized infantry divisions.

Kolenka: Excellent, what about airforce support?

Ulonov: Being backed up by the 8th 9th and 10th Airforces, Stuka's, for ground
support and BF-109k's and FW-190D's for air cover.

Kolenka: Excellent.

Ulonov: Initial targets are Norway in the north, Berlin in the West and Greece in the south. Also defences along our eastern border have been regarrisoned due to recent imperialist tactics by the CoC.

Kolenka: Excellent, sounds like our men and women will be victorious. When will the attack commence?

Ulonov: Dawn

Kolenka: Keep me advised...

*Ulonov Salutes and leaves the room, Kolenka looks back up at the map and smiles*

*At day break, Stuka-87, Junker-88's, Arado-234's, and Dornier 217's take off to bomb forward deffensive posistions and to take ariel photography of the forward area's.

Also BF-109k's and FW-190D's take off to take on any fighters that are being sent up against them, shortly after 7:30 the lead elements of the three spearheads take off for pre determend targets.*

OOC: Ed nix the Arado's for the moment, or use them in VERY small numbers, mmmmmmmmmk

****Delhi Radio News Broadcast*****

The last and final batsman down, the marathon 27 day Cricket Test between the champions of the Indian Sub-Continent and the champions of the Arabian Peninsula is over. No one cares who won.

In other news The Supreme Rajah has announced that all foreign pilgramages to the Holy Cities have been canceled. There has been a rash of crimes related to these "Pilgrams" and unfortunately stern measures must be taken. Our reporters have confirmed that many starving pilgrams have actually stolen used bread from shopkeepers. In every case the shopkeepers have said the thiefs were from WWII Ottoman Empire.

****Constantinople Radio News****

Sultan Caliph Otto has denounced the latest interference with every citizens right to persue a Hajj to the holy cities. If this restriction is not lifted immediately the Supreme Righteous Sultan will liberate the holy cities once and forever.

At the New Dehli Embassy of Manarth...

Embassador Father Claritus Quinti: How interesting, the two main powers of this region threatening war...

Arch Deacon Halvarius Quinti (head of security): So, what should we do cousin? Has Cardinal Flacci given us an order as of yet?

Father Quinti: He has, cousin. We would have much to lose if the Ottomans win, as they have always been eyeing Egypt's Nile as a prize. It is our Emperor's new policy that the African continent belongs to him by holy decree, and that none other than we or the lesser kings he controls may control any part of it. These Musselmen in the Ottomans would hamper his plans if they gained any additional strength.

Arch Deacon Quinti: So what should we do, cousin?

Father Quinti: I will try to arrange a meeting with the MadderMikian Rajah, or one of the lesser princes who holds his confidence. When I am successful, we will pledge our support to his cause. We have plenty of raw materials to supply their industry, though that should not be so much of a problem to them, what they will need is naval support in the Mediterranian, I believe. If we can supply that, the Ottomans can not hope to hold the coasts.

Arch Deacon Quinti: And what will we get from this?

Father Quinti: Mearly the peace of mind, knowing the Madders will not interfer in Africa. And perhapse an oil treaty with them, we can't let our ships and tanks starve from want of oil.

Arch Deacon Quinti: It sounds like a plan to me, shall I send a messenger to the Rajah now?

Father Quinti: I do believe so, I hope they will meet with me soon.

The submarines of the offensive force had arrived at the edge of Nigerian waters. Splitting up into groups of two, they began looking for Nigerian warships and civilian vessels. Upon spotting some of the latter, the first sub in the two man groups open fire, hitting the merchant or fishing vessel amid ship and sinking it quickly.

Soon, Destroyers and Patrol boats, the former only being five in number in the entire Nigerian fleet, arive on the seen and begin looking franticly for the subs. The I-3 is unfortunatley spotted, having been paired with the I-15. As the I-15 was running low in order to avoid one of the nearby destroyers, the I-3 had been spotted by a patrol craft, which radio'd it's possition to a torpedo aircraft flying overhead. While the I-3 sunk the patrol craft, the torpedo plane managed to score a glancing blow to the aft of the I-3, causing it to take on water and withdrawl at a very slow speed.

After a while of hunting, the submarines surfaced and speed off towards the south with the destroyers still following behind. Unknown to the destroyers, the remainder of the Manarthian fleet awaited there, to pounce on the unsuspecting craft.

The Supreme Rajah Subrama Nehruhali Srvassa is having tea with his daughter Ranee Sahbree Srvassa Minister of State. The Rajah asks "These Manarthians can we get a committment for naval forces in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?"
Ranee Sahbree Srvassa "Father, I think we can count on them. Until they take the oil fields of Nigeria and Libya they will need a steady supply of oil. Now that we have refineries in Bombay we can supply them handily."

Tell their ambassador I will meet with him and do it soon. The Ottomans will try to go down the coast of the Red Sea to take the Holy Cities. We have most of the 2nd, 4th and 10th infantry divisions and the 13th and 21st Panzer divisions positioned near Mecca but they could get flanked if the Ottomans can get a force into the Red Sea. Promise the Manarthians help in taking Egypt if they help us."

****Constantinople Radio News****

Sultan Caliph Otto has given an ultimatum to the inbred MadderMikians "Give up Mecca and Medina or suffer the consequences".

In the Imperial Palace Constantinople

Sultan Caliph Otto "Move the "Brave Ones" division, the "We Killed the Light Brigade" division and the "Desert Snakes" division into Jordan. Move the 1st air group into Palestine both bombers and fighters. We will strike soon. When we mop up the MadderMikians we will turn quickly into Egypt and rule the land of the Pharohs."

OOC: Mike, I'm assuming the meeting went on and everything was agreed to.

Manarth declares war on Ottoman Empire!

Naval update!

CV
HES Revenge, HES Rightiousness
BB
HES Madagascar, HES Lesotho
CA
HES Zebra, HES Gazelle, HES Giraffe, HES Elephant
CL
HES St. Mercutius, HES St. Tacitus, HES St. Portus, HES St. Claritus
DD
HES Z-50, HES Z-17, HES Z-20, HES Z-31, HES Z-36, HES Z-48, HES Z-49, HES Z-51
Subs
I-18, I-19, I-20, J-3, C-1, L-4, L-5, L-6

Moving from South Africa to Red Sea.

Elsewhere with the Manarthian Navy

Several subs, having sunk several merchant ships, mulitple patrol boats and severly damaging one destroyer off the Nigerian coast, are running full tilt on the surface with the remaining 4 Nigerian destroyers in persuit. Two of the subs have to move slower than they could just to let the aging destroyers keep up.

Soon, they've arived at the appropriate spot, and go underwater. On the lead sub, the captain fires a singleshot flair into the sky before going under. Suddenly the destroyers are sorrounded by the remainder of the Manarthian fleet, the Manarthian destroyers cutting to the rear, two CLs on either side, and the Battleships streaming from the front.

The HES Mozambique fires a single shot across the bow of the lead destroyer, and raises tone of their flags, signifying that they request the surrender of the Nigerian destroyers.

The white flags came up very quickly.

Marines from the HES Mozambique take possession of the destroyers as the remainder of the fleet streams north toward the Nigerian coast.

****MadderMike Declares War on the Ottoman Empire****

In the first action of the war 250 MadderMikian JU-88 bombers line up to take off from the newly constructed airfield to the south of Mecca. The first 25 take off without incident. The next two planes crash on take-off. This snarls the take-off order and the remaining planes take off in a haphazard manner. soon there is a long line of bombers stretching almost 10 miles they are slowly clumping into some semblance of order but it is a very poorly organized flight.

In the meantime 100 ME-109s take off from the fighter base to the north of the Mecca base. The ME-109s are more difficult to fly and almost 1 in 5 has problems getting airborne. The final tally is 81 fighters in the air moving to intercept the bombers and provide cover.

The target is the large airfield at Amman Jordan. The secondary target is the army base to the south of Jerusalem, Palestine.

The Ottoman Empire declares war on Manarth and MadderMike

In the airbase at Amman Jordan Colonel Ozan Zanzeph has just told his staff the news about war with Manarth and MadderMike. He gathers his squadron leaders and they begin to discuss the situation. The main problem being discussed is the lack of hanger space, lack of apron space, all of the fighters are clustered in one area and the bombers are lined up in a row in the sand. This causes a problem as each bomber must be pulled out of the sand to get back on the taxiways and runways.

They are further hampered by the dismal performance of the radios. Instead of buying them from the Japanese the Sultan insisted on manufacturing them in factories in the western part of Iran. The quality is poor, the workmanship is absymal and they have to be re-machined to fit into every plane -- fighter or bomber.

Colonel Ozan Zanzeph then outlines their assignments. The 223 and 301 dive bomber squadrons are assigned to patrol the Red Sea and sink any MadderMikian or Manarthian vessels. The 109, 110 and 111 fighter squadrons are assigned to protect the western borders of Jordan, Syria and 1/2 of Iraq from MadderMike ground forces. The remaining fighter squadron the famed "Bloody Hand" is assigned to protect the airbase itself. The "Bloody Hand" Squadron has the only experienced pilots on the base.

Nigerian/Congo Border

It had been a good 3 days of waiting at the border for the order to come, but finally the powers that be had ordered the advance. All along the border, the Manarthian units began their push foward, into Nigerian territory.

Over the cource of the 3 days, tanks from the waylayed divisions began to trickle in, but most required maintenence and were pulled off the line. Still, 4 divisions of infantry and 1 of armor were fully staffed and ready for battle. The artillery attached to the divisions began the battle by opening fire on the foward trenches of the Nigerians, with the tanks (having been split up and assigned on a regimental basis to the infantry divisions) pushing foward, followed by the infantry.

Soldier Thomus Horati, carrying his squads light machine gun foward, watched the sporadic fire comming from the opposing side. Suddenly one of his comrades, Oversoldier Germanus Giganti cried out. Soon the entire platoon was pointing at the sight.

There, comming up from behind the Nigerian lines, were Elephants.

Horati hopped to the ground and called for his gun to be loaded, as he examined the beast. It had been given what appeared to be plate armor, sorounding it's huge frame, and on top, appeared to be two soldiers with an anti-tank rifle and a machine gun. Almost unnoticed, following behind the elephant, were about a companys worth of Nigerian infantry.

"Don't shoot the elephant! The tanks will take it!" Cried out his Squad Leader, "Open fire on the infantry."

There was little doubt the Nigerian infantry were brave, they proved that quite well. However, their mentality was one of fighting the low tech Congos or the Ivory Coastians. They were not prepared for an army with so many machineguns and tanks.

The elephant opened fire on the infantry, which took cover as best they could. Suddenly, a plume of smoke went up from one of the soldiers. "Battalion Panzershreck!" Cried one of the soldiers, as the rocket propelled grenade slamed home against the side of the elephant. Red ichor flew everywhere as the elephant turned mad. Soldier Horati continued to shoot Nigerian soldiers, as the elephant turned and began to trample his comrades in it's last death throws.

The remaining Nigerians turned to run.

"After them!" Cried the Arch Deacon, who had come up to see the comotion. "Now we can push them back for good!"

All in all, the army made a good 20 km that day. More progress was expected the next day.

Ambassador Kutin, an ambassador from Edenstein waits outside of the imperial palace. His mission was to come to Japan and speak to the emperor about an alliance.

Ambassador Stuyenko at that very moment was standing at the gates of the forbidden city, also requesting an audiance with the chinese government about an alliance.

*The Edenstein Divisons had been making excellent progress in Norway and down through greece, meeting little resistance. When resistance was met, they where using by the standards of the Edenstein military antiquated. In Norway the spear head had moved almost 100 miles with the bulk of the army around 75-50 miles, The airforce had been running sorties constantly in support of the initial elements. Capturing a few crucial airfields close to the front allowed for more direct ariel support.

On the Greek front, success had been the same.

On the German front however, they where taken by surprise but quickly regrouped, the armyhad only advanced abou 50 miles.

::In Indo-China each Province has a Prime Minister.

After the Surrender to Council of Clan, Indo-China gave up the provinces of Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia. The former Prime Minister of Malaysia began making noises about creating a rebellion and that there should be massive guerilla warfare.

Prime Minister Wallace consulted the Queen of the situation and so she sent her deadliest Assassin, Prince Tedrick Aaron II, AKA "Derek Zoolander". Zoolander tracks down the PM of Malaysia. Zoolander found his favorite friday night place which is where they show off the latest Malaysian Fashions. This weeks style was a low Budget "Derelict" campaign and Zoolander wrapped himself in a trashbag and went onto the stage as he posed as a male model(being the CoC's Male model of the year 3 years in a row) as he neared where the malaysian PM was sitting he all of a sudden started flipping towards him leaping up in the air and coming down behind him wrapping his arms around the PM's Head and snapping his neck. Then he pulled out a M1911 .45 and started blasting the Bodyguards and creating a ruckus where he escaped into the night::

In the CoC

Embassador Mugatu from the Kingdom of Congo decries the assassination, saying "That line looks very similar to my own derilict collection inspired by the homeless in my home town. Plus they should have used a more recent talent, like the current Male Model of the Year Hansel... That Hansel is soooo hot right now."

In Nigeria

Units continued to press foward today, making another 21 km through the thick rainforest of Central African Republic. Unfortunatly the tanks were rendered fairly useless in the forest, except when employed in a pathmaking role. Breakdowns of such tanks were common, but the infantry pressed onward irreguardless. Casualties were light, mostly due to sudden illnesses or mechanical breakdown, and Nigerian casualties very heavy, with many surrendering. Often the defending army cowered in fear before the almost caucasian Manarthians, fearing white demons whom their tribal leades spoke of as canibals. However, those taken prisoner were treated fairly and given good meals behind the line, then herded into railcars bound for the south and Manarth...

Fighting power remaining

Infantry
4th - 97%
21st - 96%
22nd - 97%
33rd - 97%

Armored
6th - 82%
34th - 30%

Indian Ocean - Coast of Madagascar

The newly formed and named 3rd fleet, streamed onward towards MadderMike and the Ottomans, passing Madagascar to the West. Enroute the HES Z-17, one of the older destroyers, suffered a mechanical breakdown in the propeller, and had to put into dock for repairs. The remainder of the fleet continued on, the HES Z-6 joining the fleet from Madagascar.

1st, 7th and 18th divisions have been waiting at the coast of Nambia for a long time, and finally the order is given to board their waiting transports, and move out. Their ships head for the Nigerian coast at full speed.

In preparation for their arrival, the 2nd Fleet opens fire on the Niger river delta that the troops would be looking to invade. A swampy land, it is horrible for either attack or defense but the Nigerians have decided to defend it to the death. 3 full divisions of Nigerians are present, most back in the safety up river, but several groups have taken do digging in at the detla, awaiting the invasion. The shelling does moderate damage to them, but more come to take their place. It looks to be a rough fight ahead of the advancing Manarthians.

:: The CoC Battle Cruiser HMRS Rockhampton Supported by a Cruiser squadron of 3 Armored Cruisers, and 2 Light Cruisers and a Destroyer squadron of 3 Destroyers sail west towards the Straights of Hormuz. There is a CoC Oil Company with many CoC citizens in Kuwait and the CoC requests safe passage from both the Ottoman Empire and Maddermike to evacuate CoC civilians. There is also one Titanic Cruise liner moving with the group to evacuate the 300 CoC civilians in great comfort. The Taskforce is moving with all of their running lights on. ::

::Another day of advancing, and the Manarthians have managed to push all the way to the edge of the CAR. Few enemies have engaged the soldiers, mostly isolated snipers with out of date rifles, fireing from cover of the trees::

::1 Essex and 1 Lexington class carrier supported by 4 troopships and 2 Cruiser Squadrons close in on the unihabited islands of Diego Garcia. LST's and LCT's began making landings all over the archipeligo that is mostly unihabited and offers no resistance. On the main Island Engineers begin construction of several Large Landing Strips::

::CBS Broadcasting over the radio::

This is CBS broadcasting I am here at Perth Harbor where the CoC navy is launching the largest battleship they have ever constructed. This behemoth is named the HMRS Krakow, exact figures on this ship are unknown but she is currently the largest Battleship in existence. She will be commissioned after 2 weeks of Sea Trials. Her Sister Ship, HMRS Lodz will be launched sometime next week. That is all for tonight

::mindless comercial::

Persian Gulf

Onboard the OES Curved Blade a Hiryu class carrier the Commanding Officer, Captain Emir Omar Shahatzan gets a broken - static filled message from one of his patrol planes that a large battle fleet is entering the Straights of Hormuz. Earlier today he received a garbled radio message from the Sea Lord himself telling Captain Shahatzan about a CoC battle Fleet heading to Kuwait. His orders were unclear, his requests for clarification were left unanswered. The implications of this battle fleet were clear, the CoC were planning to disrupt the oil shipments from Kuwait to Southeast Asia. The Captain was sure of it. He had heard the news of the attack of CoC on Southeast Asia.

Captain Emir Omar Shahatzan orders his 20 Kates loaded with torpedos, adds 10 dive bombers and 20 Zeros for cover and attack. He turns into the wind. He signals his small battle fleet with flashing light about the massive attack fleet CoC has sent into their homeland.

****Radio Communiqué to Council of Clan****

We will give your vessels free passage to pickup your civilian workers. Rest assured nothing would have happened to them while under the protection of the vast Ottoman Empire. We will send escort planes to protect your fleet from the evil MadderMikians.

s Sultan in Training Otto Jr.

More sucess along the ground, as Manarthians move again today.

The 3rd fleet continues toward MadderMike and the Red Sea, still about a day out.

The amphibius assault on Nigeria goes well, though the initial wave of soldiers takes heavy casualties as the mud and swamp slows them down. The sodliers have established a beachhead 10km in diameter, and will begin pushing up through the mainland tomorrow.

****Radio Communiqué to Council of Clan****

We will give your vessels free passage to pickup your civilian workers. Rest assured nothing would have happened to them while under the protection of the vast Ottoman Empire. We will send escort planes to protect your fleet from the evil MadderMikians.

s Sultan in Training Otto Jr.


::Radio Response::

This is Rear Admiral Kimmel, CoC task force 45. Your aircraft of escort are not needed we shall provide our own air defense, though we are glad for the offer, anything that comes close to my fleet will be fired upon. We have the most advanced Radar Fire Control along with 5", 40mm Bofors, and 20mm all guided and controlled by this system.

Just a pledge of Safe Passage would suffice and maybe a minesweeper to get me through the straights.


OOC: Hey mike you might not have to airstrike, i have something more interesting set up

The 3rd fleet has arrived a Oman, and requests docking at the nearby facilities of MadderMike in order to resupply with oil, and begin their patrols.

The Light Crusers and Battleships will be based out of Oman in order to prevent a large scale breakout of the Ottoman fleet, with the Heavy Crusers performing small scale patrols near the border of Iran. The destroyers will be conducting constant patrols near the entrence to the Persian Gulf. The subs will be conducting close in patrols within the gulf in an attempt to blockade the Ottoman fleet inside. The aircraft carriers will remain in reserve at Oman, while they await a good chance to damage the enemy.

OOC: Mike, please tg me details on what my intelligence personel would know about the capabilities of the Ottoman battle fleet, and their ground based aircraft that could theoretically strike my forces. Rough estimations on numbers, capabilities, ect. It doesn't have to be accurate, it just needs to be what my admirals would know.

Nigeria Surrenders!

Allied forces from Manarth, Congo and Algeria have accepted the unconditional surrender of the Nigerian forces. Outclassed, outgunned and outmanuvered, the Nigerians who survived the initial attack surrendered today, Oct. 19th at 2100 hours to the joint forces. The divisions used to conquer the nation will be brought home with other division, yet to be named, replacing them in peacekeeping roles.

Algeria has gained the province of Mali, and the Kingdom of Congo has gained the province of CAR. Manarth has taken the rest. The Destroyers Manarth siezed are being given to the Congo to bolster their coastal defence.

In Constantinople

The Sultan looks over the reports from his navy. "Most excellent you are telling me Admiral Ozuol that we have ten carrier battle fleets?"

Admiral Ozuol replies "Yes most esteemed master. We have tricked the foolish MadderMikians and the Evil Manarthians with our crusers covered with the fake canvas tops to look like carriers. We only bring them out in foggy rainy weather. It must scare them to think we have so much power."

Sultan Otto enlightens his staff "We will be working with the Egyptians to convince them to allow us to help in the construction of a canal in the Suez to connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. This will allow both countries to protect themselves against the increasingly agressive MadderMikians and the Manarthians."

OOC Note: I know the Suez was constructed in 1869 but WWII Egypt has stated it doesn't exist yet.

Posting for WWII Egypt because the game doesn't want to send me a confirmation email.

King Anthony XII: Egypt will happily ally itself with the Ottomans in order to remove the threat of the MadderMikians and Manarthians. We will begin providing grain at cost to the Ottoman Empire and will begin joint construction of a canal connecting the Red Sea and Mediterranian near the Suez Peninsula. We shall call it, the Second Nile Canal!

Egyptian naval forces in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean include:

1 Aircraft Carrier, Wasp Class
2 Arizona Class Battleships
4 Armored Crusers
3 Light Crusers
10 Destroyers
A small but unknown number of subs.

Vice Admiral Iarvus Quinti Com 3rd Fleet: Well, it appears that the Ottomans outnumber us in fighting strenght, although they are a bit strong on airpower. I have no clue as to what the MadderMikians have available to join the fight, or if they have any naval forces to speak of at all, so we may be going alone on this one. At least nothing to speak of has happened yet. Either the Ottomans don't know we're hear yet, or their affraid of our naval forces.

Rear Admiral Horatius Nelsi: My Armored Cruser Squadron is standing by to hit anything they put in the water exiting the gulf, but with the Egyptians in on this too, I don't know what we should do.

VAdm Quinti: I think the best cource of action would be to isolate and destroy one of the fleets, so we could attack the other with near impunity. I'm inclined to do it to the Ottomans first, since they are the country whom our allies are invading directly, we can mop up the smaller problem of the Egyptians then, at our leasure.

Captain Tacitus Flacci Com 1st Destroyer Screen: Sir, if you will permit me I have an idea. The Ottomans rely heavily on aircraft carriers, is that not so? And without them our battleships could wreck havoc on their lines without fear of an air attack except from the coast.

VAdm Quinti: That is true, go on.

Cpt Flacci: Well sir. I've been studying the strengths and weaknesses of our carriers and other ships, and as long as we're willing to make a small sacrifice, I believe we can destroy most, if not all, of the Ottoman Empire's naval air superiority in a single attack.

VAdm Quinti: What sort of sacrifice are we talking about?

*Cpt Flacci goes on in detail*

VAdm Quinti: Very well, Nelsi, are you willing to do your duty?

RAdm Nelsi: Yes, sir.

VAdm Quinti: You heard the young Captain, I want your Armored Crusers moving into the Gulf to hunt down any ship with an Ottoman Flag you see. Quickly hit what you see and run, just make sure nothing gets by you. Soon enough we should get the response we want.

OOC: Anyone else besides me checking the posts?

OOC: My internets down.


Gonna be a lil while

OOC: 'k What are the odds that everyone ignores the game for a while?

IC: Manarth Held Terriorty of Nigeria

Germanius Decimi: I see, Duke... Harmonius is it?

Translator: *Repeats the message in the local toung*

Duke Harmonius: *Makes what to Germanius appears to be pointless noises*

Translator: The Exaulted Duke says, "We agree to your request for 300 servants. Please deliver the booze and gold promptly and we shall have your slaves waiting."

Germanius: Explain to the Exaulted Duke that we aren't getting "slaves", they're indentured servants.

Translator: *After confering* He says it doesn't matter what you call them, he'll get them for you.

Germanius: Good, just so long as he has them ready to go by the time the ship arrives.

Translator: He assures you his military will lay siege on an enemy village tonight.

Germanius: *aside* What have we gotten ourselves into.

OOC: mike you attacked my fleet with 55 "zero's" carrying torpedo's Please Clarify



I've never heard of a Zero capable of carrying that much of a payload.


links please

this is what i'm going off of.

http://www.warbirdalley.com/zero.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/fm/compass/zz91.htm

Kate.


http://www.compass.dircon.co.uk/Tenzan.htm

Jill.


http://www.angelfire.com/fm/compass/jdb.htm
Val.
and Judy.



hope that helps out.

OOC: As soon as I can I will correct the error. I thought you wanted me to call off the attack??

OOC: As soon as I can I will correct the error. I thought you wanted me to call off the attack??


OOC: I changed my mind, This could very nicely.

::In the Arabian Sea, 2 Full Size Carriers(both Lexington class), 3 Battleships(1 Montana, 1 Iowa, and 1 South Dakota), 5 Armored Cruisers(Northhampton Class), 12 Light Cruisers, and 12 Destroyers are escorting 7 Troopships carrying 2 full divisions of armored equipment and soldiers. Everything needed to support this understrength Corps.

The Task Force Steams Northward at 20 Knots.

On Diego Garcia the Last of the B-24's and P-51's that are stationed there land while the first of the B-29's.

Submarine base and refueling stations at Diego Garcia construction continues::

OOC: Fixed

IC: Persian Gulf

Onboard the OES Curved Blade <snip>
Captain Emir Omar Shahatzan orders his 20 Kates loaded with torpedos, adds 10 dive bombers and 20 Zeros for cover and attack. He turns into the wind. He signals his small battle fleet with flashing light about the massive attack fleet CoC has sent into their homeland.
The zeros first spot the CoC fleet and radio to their compatriots, they also used hand signals and some of the pilots had begun to use flashlights to send morse code.

With six Kates coming in low targeting the CoC Battle Cruiser HMRS Rockhampton, three each targeting the three different armored cruisers, two each for the light cruisers and one for the Cruise liner.

The dive bombers concentrate on the HMRS Rockhampton, the zeros strafing any ship they could.

***Urgent Encoded Message to WWII Dubelco****

The Sultan would like to set up trade with your esteemed country, we offer the finest chromium and boron in exchange for your finest avation radios, and insturmentation.

::Rear Admiral Kimmel aboard the Rockhampton is in the Command and control center when one of his radio operators makes a report::

Operator: SIR! we have 50 bogeys, 20 at low level probably torpedo aircraft and 30 more at higher level I don't know whether they are the CAP or Dive bombers.


Kimmel:Evasive maneuvers! Begin tracking with our 5" and 40mm's and fire at will

::at maximum range AAA is exploding all around the Torpedo Craft, The battle fleet begins zigzagging and grouping closer together for greater volume of Anti-Aircraft fire. The Cruise liner being unarmed makes for maxium speed to avoid the fray. A single torpedo hits dead center and "breaks her Back" she sinks within a minute. Taking to the bottom 5,000 CoC Marines and a regiments worth of tanks. 23 survive. The Rockhampton takes 4 hits from the divebombers and 1 near miss. her number 1 turret is knocked out, her boilers are out and she begins to take on water. As the Aircraft come closer 20mm and .5" machine gun and cannon fire streak into the sky. 1 of the armored Cruisers takes a torpedo hit and lists heavily to starboard, Destroyers and light cruisers put up a heavy volume of fire and also send out boats to pick up seamen from other ships and also to help put out fires.::

::The other two cruisers very luckily escape unscathed::


::Randomly one of the destroyers has a large explosion in her bow as if she hit a mine.::


::Admiral Kimmel puts out a radio message to CoC Headquarters::

Kimmel: We are under attack from Ottoman Aircraft, Stop, Heavy Casualties, Stop. Requesting Assistance. Stop


::At CoC headquarters orders are sent out to the Naval Taskforce in the Arabian sea to make flank speed to rescue the stricken fleet.::


::A Naval Zepplin HMRS Akronout of Diego Garcia head towards the fleet at 70 knots, hoping to help scout out enemy forces. This zepplin carries 4 old bi-planes mounted with long range fuel tanks for scout aircraft.::




OOC: Ok mike i want to see some blood here, this is the most accurate AAA of its era and there were a fair amount of ships and guns out there.

The HES Gazelle ( and her sister ship the HES Zebra had earlier watched the CoC ships steam by. Both captains noted the large number of ships the CoC was bringing along, and radioed back to the main fleet their possition.

Realizing the oddity, the captain of the Zebra decided to launch one of his 3 recon seaplanes to follow the CoC forces at a distance, while the Crusers followed behind into the Gulf.

Suddenly, the aircraft notices other aircraft flying down at the CoC fleet.

Quickly turning around, they fly back to the Crusers, and, upon landing, quickly relay their observations to the captain of the Zebra, who radios it in turn to the Gazelle and it's CO, Rear Admiral Horatius Nelsi.

Immediatly, he raises the Red Z flag signifying preparation for imminant battle, and they steam foward towards the CoC fleet. Radioing back to the main force behind them, the prepared to find out what was left of the CoC fleet, and whether the CoC was at war with them, or their unwitting allies.

Manarthian forces have landed in Antarctica, with the first shipment of "indentured servants" harvested from the Nigerian colonies. All in all, about 3000 Manarthian volonteers as well as a similar number of Nigerians have landed, and set up camps in the mineral rich locations along the peninsula near Chile and Argentina.

::Her Majesty Queen Tammi IX's plane lands in New Dehli along with 25 of her "Queens Own'" body guard. ::


The Queen's plane is met by Ranee Sahbree Srvassa Chief Minister of the State Department and daughter of the Supreme Rajah. "Welcome your majesty." She says as she curtsies almost to the ground. "My father The Supreme Rajah Subrama Nehruhali Srvassa extends his most warm welcome to our land. In the interest of safety in these most uncertain of times The Supreme Rajah requests you accept transportation in his bullet proof Dusenburg."

The streets from the airport to the embassy of the Council of Clan are lined with the Rajah's Elite 1st and 2nd Corps. One hundred thousand men dressed in their finest uniform, line the streets, all armed with the latest Mauser rifles all facing away from the street and into the crowd. Each battalion leader is facing the street and is prepared to salute the Queen as she passes.

::After the battle the crippled armored Cruiser also begins to sink, most of the crew is rescued off of the ship, The Rockhampton's Boilers are Relit. But they are unable to use the #1 Turret, disabling use of some of her 12" guns. She is no longer taking on water but can only move at speeds of 18 Knots. The Battlegroup moves on towards Kuwait City.::



::The Southern Battlegroup moves into the straights of Hormuz with a constant Combat Air Patrol::


::Queen Tammi receives the message from her Prime Minister that he needs her authorization to make a Declaration of War Upon the Ottoman Empire, She sends back her authorization and then inquires about Tigers.::

In the Persian Gulf


Major Marif Kabbah, squadron leader of the six Kates assigned to the HMRS Rockhampton and the nine Kates assigned to the Cruisers was amazed at how quickly the fleet had spotted the air attack. His electronics experience was limited to the pitiful radios the fleet was using on their aircraft. If he had heard about radar he would have thought it like magic. The anti-aircraft fire was everywhere. He knew the Kates had to fly in a straight line for a long time to properly launch the torpedos. He watched in horror as one by one his Kates were taken down. He radioed back the co-ordinates of the war fleet and tried to describe the intense triple A fire. He watched as his brother LT Omar Kabbah managed to torpedo one of the cruisers. Major Kabbah was hit in the side by a fragment and was losing lots of blood. He knew he wasn't going to reach the Rockhampton and turned to the cruise liner. He managed to get off the torpedo just before he crashed into the sea.

Of the six Kates assigned to the Rockhampton two dropped their fish too early and fled. Major Kabbah turned to the cruise liner and managed to hit it. The other three were shot down before releasing their loads.

The nine Kates assigned to the cruisers did little better. Four were shot down early, two dropped their torpedoes, only LT Kabbah's managed to hit its target. LT Kabbah managed to escape but the other Kate turned towards one of the destroyers to strafe it and was hit by 20mm fire and exploaded. Of the remaining five Kates two dropped early and escaped, three missed their targets due to evasive maneuvers. These three narrowly escaped the battle site with extensive damage to their planes. Because the planes were lightly constructed two fell apart on the way back to the Curved Blade.

The dive bombers did better percentage wise, four managed to hit the Rockhampton and returned to strafe the ship. Two of these took heavy hits and fell apart. The other six missed their targets and immediately turned tail for home. One of these disintegrated as a 5" shell exploded right next to it.

The Zeros did little better. Ten stayed high to wait for any air attacks and didn't engage the fleet one was hit by AA and due to the construction ditched on the way back. The ten that did engage the fleet were hit often and still managed to fight until they went down. The bravery of these Zero pilots was noted by LT Kabbah. Out of ten Zeros none returned and only two pilots managed to climb out and parachute to the sea.

Kates sent 20 Recovered 6
Dive bombers sent 10 recovered 7
Zeros sent 20 recovered 9
Experienced pilots lost 26 out of 50 two swimming in the ocean.

In the Persian Gulf

The HES Zebra pulls up near the sinking CoC cruseliner, as it is the first ship they encounter as they race foward, while the HES Gazelle soldiers on ahead. Already the ship has gone down, and soldiers and sailors are flailing around in the water. Without hesitation, the Horatius Nesli gives the order to lower all available lifeboats. Even if the craft was sunk by his allies the MadderMikians, he would feel duty bound to rescue the sailors. Real sailors knew that ships fought against ships. The sailors were not his enemy, the sea was.

He personally borded one of the boats lowered into the water, and told the Brother (Petty Officer) that was about to board that he would take command of that one. Sailing out, he was immediatly besiged by the drowning soldiers. His small craft almost capsized several times as the survivors swarmed over it. Already he had witnessed two of his craft tip over. He pulled out his pistol and leveled it at the soldiers and sailors grabbing for the oars.

"We will save as many of you as we can, but any boat that does not come back with all of my sailors on it... I will shoot all on board!" He pointed his pistol on a CoC Staff Sergeant who hadn't seemed to get the message. "Now, any officers, please place your hands on the side of the boat. My sailors will help you on."

As he sailed back with a CoC Army Captain, 2 young looking Ensigns and several higher ranked NCOs, he noticed that his boat had thrown netting over the side, and a large number of the sailors were swimming towards him. "Good initiative" he muttered.

"So," he asked, turning to his rescuees/captives. "Who precicely fired the first shot?"

In the Persian Gulf

Onboard the OES Curved Blade Captain Emir Omar Shahatzan orders his battle group to the last known co-ordinates of the CoC fleet. He stays well off in his carrier awaiting more planes from the Iranian naval airbase at Bushehr. His battle fleet consists of one Admiral Graf Spee ( OES Sultan's Fury) pocket battle ship, two lightly armored cruisers and 3 destroyers. Although the gun directors and the design of the 11" main naval rifles are excellent, the Ottoman Empire navy doesn't believe in replacing the rifle barrels as often as the German engineers recommended. This effects both the range and the accuracy of the main battery.

The same is true of the 5.9" batteries. Soon they see the smoke from the air strike and close in. The appearance of the Manarthan ships supprise them but they wade in anyways. The OES Sultan's Fury opens fire on the HES Zebra. The two cruisers open fire on the remaining CoC cruisers. The destroyers begin making high speed torpedo runs at the HES Gazelle.

Northern Border of WWII MadderMikian Saudi Arabia

General - Rajah Phil Rassionphipa is addressing his most senior staff. "Tomorrow we attack the Ottomans in Kuwait. We have nine hundred Panzer tanks, sixty-five thousand ground troops, eighty-three Stuka dive bombers and one hundred and two ME 109s. Proudly I announce that we have a new squadron of FW 190s six of these brand new most excellent fighters."

He continues "We will drive the uneducated into the sea!"

Brigadier General Phanishwar Vaswani thinks to himself What a pompous fool he only has about three hundred working tanks and ten thousand troops the rest of the troops are logistics providers and hangers-on. We could suffer serious casualties if this isn't run properly. The air wing is even less ready. This may be my chance to advance. If Rassionphipa screws this up in front of our new allies the Supreme Rajah may take the opportunity to eliminate one of the pretenders to the throne.

::the Number 2 and 3 Turrets of the Rockhampton turn on the approaching Ottoman force and Open fire with a full broadside at the Sultan's Fury(with the #1 Turret Knocked out that leaves 6 12" guns(Radar Controlled) the two Cruisers open up with their 8" batteries (all radar controlled). The ships begin to zigzag while the light cruisers move in to deal with the enemy destroyers with their numerous 5 and 6" guns. The CoC destroyers close in on the Ottoman Cruisers at flank speed and begin torpedo launching attacks::



::The HMRS Akron launches her scout planes while 100 miles out, they report in with the Rockhampton, get her exact berings while the second CoC taskforce moves into range while in Radio Contact with the Akron::

Horatius Nelsi climbs aboard the Zebra as a sailor rushes up to him. "Sir, we've spotted quite a few ships steaming towards the CoC fleet..." Another sailor interupts him. "Sir! The Zebra is reporting being fired upon by hostile craft. Torpedos in the water!"

"Tell them to return fire on the enemy ships. I've just been informed that it is the Ottomans that are to blame. You!" He points to a sailor. "Get back to the bridge on the double and tell the radioman to get the Admiral on the horn, then set a cource right into the thick of it. It's time to drop the hammer on the Ottoman fleet. You!" He points to another. "Get to Lt. Commander Pulcri and tell him to get our 5 scout planes in the air."

Not looking to see how fast they are carrying out his orders, he rushes towards the conning tower. Once there, he pulls out his binoculars and looks out over the battle. Smoke from the guns obscured much of what was happening in the CoC line, but he could make out the Gazelle firing away at the destroyers. The maneuvers she was making made hitting them at the distance they were remaining difficult, but she hadn't been hit with a torpedo yet. He watched as she turned away from the Destroyers, attempting to make a run for it. He frowned, as the lack of Aft Armament would not allow her to hit the destoryers, but realized that getting away intact rather then knocking a single ship or two to the bottom was the wisest move. For the first time, he wished he the ship had been a Mogami Class. Two aft turrents would have been a big help.

Glancing to the left of the battle, he noticed a slightly larger ship fleeing from the engagement, towards his ship. Glancing for a closer look, he spied the Ottoman flag atop a Pocket Battleship, steaming his way. "S***!" He cried, jumping down and running for the bridge as the first puff of smoke was emitted from the Ottoman ship. It came down with a splash about 500 meters short, but still close enough to worry him.

Getting onto the bridge, he noticed his ship steaming quickly toward the German vessel. "No! Turn it around!" He cried. "They have us outgunned and out ranged!" Another shot came down, this time only meters short of the ships front. "We're still about 200 meters out of range." Replied the Leutenant in charge of gunnery coordination, an arch father in the Flacci clan. "Besides, the CoC ships are moving to intercept him. We can take him."

Just then the third shot came down, on the conning tower. The ship rocked slightly as the powerful 11" shell tore through the thin steel protecting the observation men. "Well, no help for it now. We're in too close to outrun them. Tell the gunners to get ready to fire on the Ottoman ship."

"We're within range!"

"Open fire! All 8" guns!"

The 10 8" guns aboard the Zebra open up firing a spread patern toward the MadderMike ship.

on-board the Sultan's Fury

LT Anwar Marshif the officer in charge of the number one turret had studied in Germany, understood German, and knew the engineers had done an excellent job. His crew were trained, the guns were loaded expeditiously, and his gun director was extremely precise and accurate. LT Marshif had begged his superiors to replace the guns when the germans had instructed in the manuals. The fact that each barrel now had almost twice as many rounds fired through them as recommended explained why only one round had hit the Zebra.

When the Rockhampton begins to fire on the Sultan's Fury The CO, Captain Abdul Bin Fasteem, orders the number two and three turrets to return fire. Soon the combined attack of the Zebra and the Rockhampton started to rain down on the Sultan's Fury. The number two and three turrets were taking about twice as long as necessary to reload. The 5.9" batteries were just as bad. Two of the starbord 5.9" batteries were knocked out, one of the port side was out. Fires were raging in six different areas of the ship. The poorly trained men were trying to battle the fires, and continue to fire upon their targets.

One of the light cruisers was hit in the engine room and only had one screw turning making it very difficult to avoid the torpedo attacks. Two of the destroyers were smoldering ruins, sinking fast.

Onboard the OES Curved Blade
Planes from the Iranian naval airbase at Bushehr begin landing and were being rearmed and refueled to continue the attacks on the CoC fleet. Scratchy radio reports were coming in saying there was Manarthian ships involved too.
The Curved Blade was able to put nineteen Kates, twelve dive bombers and seventeen zeros into the air.

OOC: More to come.

::11" shells begin landing near the Rockhampton, one near miss actually impacts directly with rudder jamming it. Forcing the Rockhampton to begin a large turn that swings it through the three fleets in a constant circle. Another Shell rips through the armor of the CnC center of the ship killing Admiral Kimmel and the captain of the battle cruiser. Commander Sam Carston takes command. Another 11" shell impacts on the radar knocking out the Radar Fire Control for the whole ship::



OOC: BTW the Rockhampton is a 35,000 ton battle cruiser based off of the USS Alaska CB-1
http://www.multied.com/Navy/cruiser/Alaska.html

http://www.fact-index.com/u/us/uss_alaska__cb_1_.html


it's about twice the size of the Pocket Battleship.

Two more hits land on the HES Zebra destroying one of the 8" turrents and punching a large hole right along the water line. Not enough to sink the ship, but enough to make it list to starboard for a good 3 minutes, screwing up the fireing of the remaining 8 guns during that time, until the crew managed to compensate for the damage.

The ship was taking water, but not fast enough, or with in enough places, to be a detriment to its staying afloat. The remaining 8" guns continued to hammer on the OES Sultans Fury as fast as they could be loaded, and with the HMS Rockhampton assisting them, the sailors felt they had little to fear.

Meanwhile, far away from the battle, the HES Gazelle had taken a torpedo hit by one of the destroyers on the rudder and was taking on water fast. The remainder of the Manarthian fleet had been sighted by the Gazelle, who could only limp towards them at 5 knots, radioing ahead that the battle had begun.

::The Southern Taskforce comes within range of the battle and launches 35 F-4U-4 Corsairs to provide Air Cover for the CoC battlegroup.::




:: 64 De Havilland Mosquito Night Fighters land at Diego Garcia::


Diego Garcia now contains:


Aircraft (Naval/Air)
150 B-24 Liberators
60 B-17 Flying Fortresses
220 B-29 Superfortresses
34 PBY-4
15 PBY-1
135 P-51 Mustangs
200 F-4U-4
75 P-38 Lightnings
SBC-2 90 Helldivers
64 De Havilland Mosquito Night Fighters

Naval
25 S Class Submarines
13 Destroyers
1 Essex Class Aircraft Carrier(seperate compliment of aircraft)
1 GP Aircraft Carrier
4 Light Cruisers
2 Northhampton Class Cruisers (Armored Cruisers)
1 Portland Class Cruiser
1 Iowa Class Battleship


Land
1 Airborne Infantry Division
1 Armored Division
1 Infantry Division



Roughly 70,000 Men
175 T-34-85
110 IS-II Heavy Tank
25 M-4 w/Flamethrower
12 M-4 w/anti-mine flail


Infantry equipped with M-1 Garand and M-1 Carbines
M-3 Greaseguns given to artillery and other support units
M-1911A1 handguns to MP's and Officers

OOC: posting as the GM in regards to the Edenstein wars


IC: ::Balkanian forces allowed Edenstein to come far into romania then come straight north cutting off the main body of Edenstein's forces creating a large pocket. Then the Balkanian Army starts a massive advance Eastward moving into edenstein as they strangle the pocket.


In Germania, The germanian army actually manages to stall Edenstein advance and begin to march eastward into Edenstein held Poland with the Attacking armies smashed and in full retreat.


In Nordelande, The norwegian specials cap off the entire command staff killing every general officer in that 13 division army while the Finnish divisions march on and capture Leningrad. The main Edenstonian army is trapped up in the mountains and is under relentless attacks from marine landings in strategic Fijords, Airborne landings and Naval Bombardment. Having not even met any opposition forces the Edenstonian troops are starting to run low on fuel and supplies in this barren tundra with 80% of their armor currently unusable::

:: A miscommunication reporting the position of the Ottoman fleet gets back to the Vice Admiral in charge of the southern task force. He immediately orders to the air the Rest of the F-4U-4's (with 3, 1000lb bombs apiece for skip bombing). Helldivers are loaded with a single 1000lb armor piercing bomb and Devastator Torpedo Bombers are loaded with a single torpedo.


that puts up 45 Helldivers, 35 more F-4U-4's, and 48 Devastator Torpedo Bombers.::




::The Helldivers coming in high with the Corsairs and Devastators coming in low they approach the Manarthian Aircraft carriers.

The 35 Corsairs as Cap begin swatting any Jap Tech aircraft from the sky::

In the ports of Aqaba and Sharm esh-Shaykh

Twenty-one Minekaze class destroyers (3X 5"/40)
Three Oyodo class light crusiers (6X 6.1"/60 8 3.9"/64)
Six Myoko class Heavy cruisers (10 X 8"/50, 8 X 5"/50)
One Unyru class aircraft carrier with 33 dive bombers and 32 Zeros (8 5"/50)

Steam out of port to meet up the WWII Egypt task force just south of the Sinai Peninsula.

OOC:Wayne where is your southern fleet?

In the Persian Gulf
On-board the Sultan's Fury the forward end of the ship was taking large amounts of damage the forward turret no longer could turn and was pointed almost 45 degrees to port. The crew were valiantly continuing and the gun director would fire when something came within the target area. The aft turret was out of commission and all but one of the 5" mounts were out.

Three of the main power diesels were also out and smoke from many fires made it almost impossible to see while on deck. Reluctantly the Captain decided to turn tail and run.

The twelve dive bombers from the OES Curved Blade just arrived on the scene, six went for the Zebra and six for the Rockhampton. The zeros spotted the HES Gazelle and begin to strafe the ship. The kates were late arriving on the scene and they lined up on the Rockhampton, the Zebra and the Gazelle. Some lined up on the CoC Cruisers.

A parting shot from the latest circuit bringing the Rockhampton within range of the Sultan's Fury pierces the hull near the waterline and she begins to list to port, slowing her down to about 9 knots.

The Manarthian Aircraft Carriers, upon seeing the CoC aircraft approach, thought nothing out of the ordinary. Upon having their aircraft swatted out of the sky, they began to panic. Only CAP has launched from the decks thus far.

Losses: 6 Zeros shot down, 2 trailing smoke.

The remaining 32 Zeros in the air turn and engage the F-U4s. Another 20 attempt to scramble from the HES Revenge.

The captain of the HES Rightiousness, thinking quickly, and recognising the COC planes as non-Ottoman craft, began to broadcast on all available frequencies with a ceasefire request, as the other ships in the fleet began running up white flags.

Then the Ottoman aircraft began their runs on the HES Zebra and Gazelle.

Already damaged from the torpedos, the Gazelle is an easy target, and the Zeros are able strafe her easily. Although with none of the AA damaged, she puts up a heavy fight.

The Zebra is not as strong, thanks to the damage inflicted by the Sultan's Fury's heavy guns. With light AA thrown up, she takes 2 direct hits from the bombs. One manages to penetrate and hits one of the "8 gun's magazines. The resulting explosion can be seen by everyone involved, as the ship's bow separates violently.

1 CV: HES Faith,
2 CA: HES Cheetah, HES Ape
3 CL: HES St. Patricus, HES St. Indigus, HES St. Ortus
3 DD: Z-26, Z-27, Z-17

Have been assigned to bolster the forces currently in Manarth owned Nigeria.

New Divisions have been commissioned, following the training of new draftees:

36th Infantry, 37th Infantry, 38th Armored, 39th Armored, 40th Infantry, 41st Infantry, 43rd Infantry, 46th Infantry, 45th Armored.

Current forces in Nigeria:
II Corps: 7th Infantry, 16th Infantry, 22nd Infantry
V Corps: 28th Infantry, 11th Armored, 46th Infantry

Current forces moving to assist MadderMike (OOC: Chose what location you want them to help defend or attack)
VII Corps: 36th Infantry, 38th Armored, 4th Infantry
X Corps: 9th Infantry, 23rd Armored, 30th Infantry

Posting for Wayne, due to lack of internet power
WWII CoC

The radio message comes forward, calling off the attack on the Manarthian vessel, and sending the CoC aircraft against the Ottoman ships.

The entire line of torpedo planes line up for attacks on the pocket battleship, while the divebombers move to take out the carrier.

The CoC destroyers lay down a smoke screen in an attempt to block any additional Ottoman ships from spotting the navy.

The Rockhampton takes 4 hits and and 2 near misses. It begins to sink. Carson abandons the ship, moving the flag to the neaby Portland class Cruser.

The Northampton class moves foward and engages the pocket battleship with it's 9 "8 guns and 3 "21 torpedo tubes. It's moving at 28knots.

The CoC crusers fire AA at the torpedo bombers. No torps hit the crusers, but one hits a nearby destroyer, sinking it.

(OOC: This battle is taking place in the strieghts, the Southern Fleet is to the South East of the streights in the Arabian Sea.

Also, please TG Wayne with the list of troops/aircraft/equipment/artillery at the airbase your aircraft are comming from)

Continuation of new Manarthian reinforcements:

New Ships commissioned:

2 Yamato Class: HES South Africa, HES Nigeria
1 Tone Class: HES Hippopatomus
1 Shokaku Class: HES Triumph

New forces trained:

44th Airborn Infantry Division

The Sultan's Fury puts up a heavy barrage of 20mm and 40 mm anti-air cover as she is listing more and more. None of the 5" guns are working and the 11" guns are all kaput.

The dive bombers having delivered their loads begin to attack the torpedo planes lining up on the Sultan's Fury. The zeros are concentrating on the F4s of the twelve dive bombers from the OES Curved Blade three were hit by AA and ditched before going 5 miles. Two others were downed by F4s. The zeros attacking the HES Gazelle flew up to meet the arriving CoC planes and began to attack them. Three went down immediatly and two more were trailing smoke and headed for home. The kates were taking heavy damage and all but five were lost. The remaining five headed for the Curved Blade.

OOC: The Curved Blade (the aircraft carrier) is 200 miles away from the battle. (The Persian gulf is 600 miles long) The airbase at Bushehr is another 100 miles from the carrier.

The Sultan's Fury puts up a heavy barrage of 20mm and 40 mm anti-air cover as she is listing more and more. None of the 5" guns are working and the 11" guns are all kaput.

The dive bombers having delivered their loads begin to attack the torpedo planes lining up on the Sultan's Fury. The zeros are concentrating on the F4s of the twelve dive bombers from the OES Curved Blade three were hit by AA and ditched before going 5 miles. Two others were downed by F4s. The zeros attacking the HES Gazelle flew up to meet the arriving CoC planes and began to attack them. Three went down immediatly and two more were trailing smoke and headed for home. The kates were taking heavy damage and all but five were lost. The remaining five headed for the Curved Blade.

OOC: The Curved Blade (the aircraft carrier) is 200 miles away from the battle. (The Persian gulf is 600 miles long) The airbase at Bushehr is another 100 miles from the carrier.







IC: The F-4U's http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/corsair_f4u.pl (do not confuse them with F-4F's, completely different aircraft) having the advantage of altitude, speed, firepower, armor and the ability to outclimb and even out turn the Zero are having a turkey shoot. The F-4U's carrying the 1000lb bombs come in low alongside the immobile Sultan's fury and begin to skip bomb it from both port and starboard sides.

(Skip a stone, same effect that these bombs will have. thats 35 F-4's coming in with 3 bombs apiece)


The Torpedo aircrafts rear gunners return fire to the attacking divebombers but still lose 14 of their number to attacking aircraft and 20 to Anti-Aircraft fire

(How many torpedo's hit?)

::The Divebombers unable to find the carrier in the gulf return to towards the battle in the straights and 20 of them begin to bomb the Sultan's Fury. while the rest line up on the remaining Ottoman ships and dive on them.::

::The Northampton class Cruiser comes alongside the Stricken Sultan's Fury and commences to pound away at it with its full broadside including Torpedo launches from its Starboard Torpedo Tubes (all 3, out of 6 total)

Nigerian Coast

The HES Z-34 and HES Z-39 (Shiratsuyu class) were keeping an eye out for submarines, as they escourted the merchant fleet, lead by the armed merchantman HES Prophet's Ultimate Love from Nigeria to the colonies of Antartica. Suddenly, an unfamiliar shape appeared on the Northern Horizon. Closing in on the merchantmen, (going about 18knots), was a rather large ship.

Attempts to contact the ship via Manarthian telegraph transmissions were ineffective, and suddenly the skipper of the HES Z-39, which had swung around to get a better look reveiled the worst possible news.

"It's a Battle Cruser! Alaska Class!" The Lt. Commander reported. "It's flying an Egyptian Flag!"

The other destroyer's skipper, a full LT. swung his ship around, as the merchantmen scattered in all directions.

"Move foward, give him a spread of torpedos and keep him occupied," came the orders over the radio. "And may the Prophet see us through this one."

The HES Z-34 pulls up with the Z-39 as the Alaska class opens up at range with it's big guns. The first two shells splash down in front of the destroyers. In the distance, the merchantmen flee at the best speeds they can manage.

Lt. Com Z-39: Okay men. Fire the torps, turn tail, and see if we can't keep her at a distance. We're faster than she is, we can take 'er.

They fired their torpedos at the Alaska, as the first set of "12 shells came screaming down on the Z-34.

In the end, no sign of the Z-34 or Z-39 were found, and the HES Duovirus reported seeing the HES St. Rencius, a slower merchant ship following behind the Duovirus, blow up from what appeared to be shells. No other casualties have been confirmed, but the HES Siemper Canis, HES Prophet's Ultimate Love and HES Tacitus Militas also did not return to any Manarthian held location.

(OOC: Wayne, the HES Siemper Canis just barely managed to run to Brazilian territory, before running low on fuel. It's currently requesting safe harbor.)

Losses: 2 Destroyers, 1 Armed Merchantman, 2 other Merchantmen.
About 600 sailors.

Ok if im missing any info pm me. I doubt i'll look into the thread too much daily as im working 12+ hours daily.. sometimes 7 days a week.
Claiming The northern and easter half of south america. ( Brazil, equador, Colombia, Venevuala, guyana, suirinam, fr guiana) And im Allied tech.

http://www.atlapedia.com/online/resources/World_pol_map.jpg

Decent map.. I need a copy of a ww2 political to go off of... Hell more over I need to see a claimed territory map as is... theres no way in hell ive got enough time to read all of this bbs tonight. Ok on with the show.

:sniper:

Gonna run off 2 fronts.. posting each of them in turn per respective side/front of the continent. East and west of the andes mts. Naturally naval support with each. And im running a 3rd front in the caribbean to start it off.

Several ports have been prepped and ships are launching. Launching from trinidad and tobego bases and venesuala ports are:
Ships
2 alaska battle cruisers
1 yorktown class aircraft carrier (90 planes)
20 f-7f tigercats
30 f-4u-4 corsair
30 f-4u-1
10 sbc-2 helldivers
1 midway class aircraft carrier ( 137 planes)
37 sbd dauntless
20 f-7f tigercats
20 catalina flying boats
10 pby-4
30 f-4u-4 corsair
20 f-4u-1
4 indianapolis class cruisers
1 northhampton class cruiser
6 brooklyn class light cruiser
15 fletcher class destroyers
30 motor torpedo boats
10 s class subs

On standby are
20 C-47 Dakota loaded with paratroopers
5 haskell class transport ships
10 amphibious assault craft
Awaiting the word after initial cleanup has begun of the region, to claim territory.

The ships plan to travel north to puerto rico hitting it from the southside circling around to the east side of hati/dom repub, west fromt here to jamacia then up north to cuba.

Leaving colombia bases and air strips on the DPM western (northern front)
an air assault combined with artillery strikes and moving in armor. In an attempt to push their territorial holdings further north (just pas tthe yucitan penn.. hopefully.) the "Empire" of WWII DPM sends in a premeditated airstrike consisting of:
30 de hahiland mosquitoes
20 p-61 kingcobras
15 il-2 stumeyvich
escorted by:
50 p-47 thunderbolts
25 p-38 lightnings
30 p-51 mustangs
For an initial strafing of aa sites, tanks and other targets of value.

Enroute land forces speed their way to the front engaging on targets.
4 infantry divisions
3 motorized div
and 2 armored divs
(More details if needed on land setup.(Need resistance numbers first...) Post initial air losses/defenses/resistance as ground forces are moving in AFTER the airstrike commences.)

[QUOTE=WWII Manarth]Nigerian Coast
(OOC: Wayne, the HES Siemper Canis just barely managed to run to Brazilian territory, before running low on fuel. It's currently requesting safe harbor.)
QUOTE]

*A telegraphman sits on his post at a DPM controlled brazillian harbor scratching off letters as they come across the tele*

TG man: Umm sir.. The HES Siemper canis is requesting safe harbor...

*His CO turns about with a slightly puzzled look on his face* Where the hell from? Nigeria?

TG Man: Actually hes not too far offshore sir. Details are sketchy so far.

Co: *Thinks a moment* Tell him hes granted. I'll phone my CO on it. If any shit arrives though... hes off of my harbor faster then a set of prom panties, got it?

Tg man: I'll relay the message sir... *Taps in the morse back to the HES Siemper Canis*

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::A Hood Class Battlecruiser flying the flag of WWII Egypt is prowling the South Atlantic it comes upon an unarmed, unescorted freighter flying the CoC Flag::




:: The Hood signals that the freighter should surrender, when no immediate reply comes from the SS Tortoise, [don't know the designation for Egypt] Giza rotates the #1 Turret of twin 15" and fires two shots across the bow::


::The Tortoise runs up its white surrender flag::

Several ports have been prepped and ships are launching. Launching from trinidad and tobego bases and venesuala ports are:
Ships
2 alaska battle cruisers
1 yorktown class aircraft carrier (90 planes)
20 f-7f tigercats
30 f-4u-4 corsair
30 f-4u-1
10 sbc-2 helldivers
1 midway class aircraft carrier ( 137 planes)
37 sbd dauntless
20 f-7f tigercats
20 catalina flying boats
10 pby-4
30 f-4u-4 corsair
20 f-4u-1
4 indianapolis class cruisers
1 northhampton class cruiser
6 brooklyn class light cruiser
15 fletcher class destroyers
30 motor torpedo boats
10 s class subs

On standby are
20 C-47 Dakota loaded with paratroopers
5 haskell class transport ships
10 amphibious assault craft
Awaiting the word after initial cleanup has begun of the region, to claim territory.

The ships plan to travel north to puerto rico hitting it from the southside circling around to the east side of hati/dom repub, west fromt here to jamacia then up north to cuba.


ok a couple of things
The flying boats can't take off from the midway

as well you can't use the midway, she wasn't launched until march of 1945

Caribbean fleet edited...
Midway got refitted into a ranger. Added a few more minor ships. Aircraft edited on carriers also.
Ships
2 alaska battle cruisers
1 yorktown class aircraft carrier (90 planes)
30 F-4u-4 Corsair
40 SBC-2 Hell Divers
20 TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber
1 ranger class aircraft carrier (86 planes)
16 TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber
30 F-4u-4 Corsair
40 SBC-2 Hell Divers
5 Bouge class carriers (28 planes)
56 F-4u-4 Corsair
48 SBC-2 Hell Divers
36 TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber
5 indianapolis class cruisers
2 northhampton class cruiser
12 brooklyn class light cruiser
15 fletcher class destroyers
40 motor torpedo boats
15 s class subs

On standby are
20 C-47 Dakota loaded with paratroopers
5 haskell class transport ships
10 amphibious assault craft
landing craft tanks
landing ship tanks
Awaiting the word after initial cleanup has begun of the region, to claim territory.

OOC: Back from Thanksgiving. Let's rock.

Response from HES Siemper Canis

THANK_YOU_STOP_WILL_ARIVE_SOON_STOP_NOT_BEING_FOLLOWED_STOP_STOP

Atlantic Coast, Nigeria

The local defense fleet has been put out to the water in order to defend the trade in the area. The fleet consists of:

HES Faith
HES Mozambique
HES Ape
HES Cheetah
HES Z-40, Z-3, Z-17, Z-43, Z-47, and Z-22

In addition the local subs have begun regular patrols of the common trading routes. (4 subs on a rotating basis)

Imperial Palace: Queenstown, South African Province. Manarth

Cardinal Patroculus Mercuti (Domestic Affairs Assistant): I'm telling you, we've increased our territory at a great cause. Have you heard the reports comming in from the Persian Gulf? That's at least 5000 minds our leader has ordered to the Prophet or the void.

Cardinal Mathius Quinti (Spiritual Affairs Assitant): I'm not sure you're head is on streight my son. Emperor Valonius has only followed his head, not the voided heart you seem to be interested in.

Cardinal Patroculus Mercuti: I see that's how you feel. I must be going to deliver my report on our cultivation of Nigerian soil. I bid you the Prophet's blessing.

Cardinal Mathius Quinti: And I you.

Response fto HES Siemper Canis

Please dock at dock #2. The traders here have the finest of colombian cocaine and brazilian caracas for you to sample while on shore. A refueling service is available by request for kerosine gasoline and diesel ships. Please make your quantity and type via the dockmaster.

Manarthian Troop Movement

Nigeria Defence
V Corps: 28th Infantry, 11th Armored, 46th Infantry
VIII Corps: 18th Infantry, 26th Infantry, 35th Infantry

Egypt Expiditionary Force
II Corps: 7th Infantry, 16th Infantry, 22nd Infantry
VI Corps: 6th Armored, 8th Armored, 12th Armored
IX Corps: 24th Armored, 34th Armored, 39th Armored
XIII Corps: 33rd Infantry, 40th Infantry, 43rd Infantry
XIV Corps: 25th Armored, 41st Infantry, 44th Airborn

Manarthian forces are slowly moving North from Nigerian held lands into the Sahara and Egypt held land, slowly building a railway after them.

They are escourted by the Manarthian Air Corps:
40 JU-88 Bombers
60 Assorted top line Fighters
60 Assorted low class Fighters
(TBD when I get around to looking up stuff)

The Sultan's Fury slips slowly into the depths. The remanants of the crew having scrabbled like the soul-less rats they are battled each other for the few life boats not stolen or sold in the last port visit. Officers could be seen shooting sailors trying to overload the few tiny craft. Sharks began to show up attracted by the explosions and the blood in the water.

At the air base at Bushehr
(300 miles from the Straits on the Iranian side of the Persian Gulf)

100 zeros - 20 out to the curved blade
52 dive bombers 20 out to the curved blade
20 kates 10 out to the curved blade
25,000 troops in the area in six different camps. 1,000 armored half tracks, 2,500 supply/troop trucks, 500 Japanese cheap as junk tanks thirty of the little japanese destroyers probably only fifteen able to get under way. Ten heavy cruisers only eight ready to get to sea. Six light cruisers all sea worthy, one real aircraft carrier one fake aircraft carrier (Canvas tarps made to look like a flight deck.)

The overall base commander Under Shah Kaleed ibn Muskeen has just put the entire area on alert. The sketchy reports of enemy forces arriving in the gulf has him nervous. He makes sure his command car has plenty of petrol to make the trip to Tehran.

Manarthian Expiditionary Forces

Moving foward, east through the desert, the Manarthian soldiers have arrived at the Nile River, just up river of Kosti (http://www.atlapedia.com/online/maps/political/Nth_Africa_E.htm) and are preping for the push foward to take the city of 50,000. Egyptian armed forces in the area consist of 3 infantry regements and an armored battalion, as well as an Egyptian sized squadron (12 planes as opposed to the Manarthian 10) of B-25 bombers (still new to WWII aircraft, tell me if I get it wrong), and a similar number of fighters (I'm not sure of the type yet).

At dawn, the Manarthians launch their 44th Airborn Division to the North, at Khartoum, and with their JU-88s flying overhead, begin to bomb the city of Kosti, catching the defenders by suprise. Taking advantage of the situation, the VI corps moves foward and surrounds the city, with regements of the 12th Amored swinging out to size the airfield. The few aircraft that make it into the air are shot down by the fighters accompanying the push foward.

II Corps quickly releaves VI Corps, who with XI, XIV and XIII move foward towards Khartoum and Omdurhman. As the Egyptian regements try to break free, II Corps sets up a perimeter, allowing the enemy to smash into a wall of resistance. The armored battalion is almost able to force a breakthrough before being stopped by the 350th Brigade of the 25th Armored, which had happened to be traveling around where the battalion had tried to smash through. Other than that, and the continued pocket of resistance in Kosti, the area ahead was secure.

In Khartoum, the 44th Airborn quickly took up possition in the south of the city, securing several buildings and prime defensive areas for themselves. With their 3 lb field guns dropped from the air, they dug in and prepared to do their best to keep the Egyptian Armored Divisions stationed there and in Omdurman from breaking them.

Casualties reported:

II Corps: 7th Infantry (4%), 16th Infantry (2%), 22nd Infantry (3%)
VI Corps: 6th Armored (1%), 8th Armored (1%), 12th Armored (3%)
IX Corps: 24th Armored (0%), 34th Armored (0%), 39th Armored (0%)
XIII Corps: 33rd Infantry (0%), 40th Infantry (0%), 43rd Infantry (0%)
XIV Corps: 25th Armored (13%), 41st Infantry (0%), 44th Airborn (10%)
3 Fighters
1 JU-88

WWII Egypt's Forces

3 Armored Divisions
1 Infantry Division
in Omdurman

4 Infantry Divisions
2 Armored Divisions
enroute from the North

The Sultan's Fury slips slowly into the depths. The remanants of the crew having scrabbled like the soul-less rats they are battled each other for the few life boats not stolen or sold in the last port visit. Officers could be seen shooting sailors trying to overload the few tiny craft. Sharks began to show up attracted by the explosions and the blood in the water.

At the air base at Bushehr
(300 miles from the Straits on the Iranian side of the Persian Gulf)

100 zeros - 20 out to the curved blade
52 dive bombers 20 out to the curved blade
20 kates 10 out to the curved blade
25,000 troops in the area in six different camps. 1,000 armored half tracks, 2,500 supply/troop trucks, 500 Japanese cheap as junk tanks thirty of the little japanese destroyers probably only fifteen able to get under way. Ten heavy cruisers only eight ready to get to sea. Six light cruisers all sea worthy, one real aircraft carrier one fake aircraft carrier (Canvas tarps made to look like a flight deck.)

The overall base commander Under Shah Kaleed ibn Muskeen has just put the entire area on alert. The sketchy reports of enemy forces arriving in the gulf has him nervous. He makes sure his command car has plenty of petrol to make the trip to Tehran.


OOC: Air losses?

we had a bit of a fighter battle going.

::The CoC task force in the gulf with its remaining Vessels pull out of the gulf making for Diego Garcia. The Southern Task Force in the Arabian Sea recieves new orders and turns south heading for the Cape of Good Hope.::

::The CoC Navy Announces the Launching of
2 Essex Class Aircraft Carriers
1 Iowa Class Battleship
8 Portland Class Cruisers
5 Brooklyn Class Light Cruisers
12 Fletcher Class Destroyers

These ships are to bolster the Eastern Fleet.::


::From Diego Garcia 120 B-29 SuperFortresses Load up with 8,000lbs of bombs and head for the Ottoman Base that launched the Raid on the CoC ships. They are going in at High Level until they reach the Persian Gulf and they swing North West at low level over the Iranian Coast to pound that naval installation::

OOC: Air losses?

we had a bit of a fighter battle going.

IC: Once again poor training, abysmal radios, half-hearted maintenance resulted in heavy losses for the Ottoman air force. Of the 30+ zeros sent out, less than 50% made it back to the Curved Blade. Two different waves of dive bombers totaling 29 dive bombers only 17 returned to the carrier and two of those were pushed off the ship as total wrecks. Only one kate made it back, the long even flight path to launch the torpedos took a heavy toll on the kates.

*** In Istanbul ***

The Sultan upon hearing of the huge losses in the first major encounter of the war, is dismayed. He orders all factories to double production. He has boot squads round up able bodied men to put into the army and navy. All men of royal blood were drafted and sent to a 10 week Officer Candidate school.

::The B-29's Close in on the Bushehr after flying over 3,000 miles at wave top level, they climb to 10,000 feet and in close Formation to maximize their Defensive Armaments. They each drop their Loads over the Harbor and the Airbase releasing 1920 500lb bombs in the area in carpet bombing attacks. After dropping their loads they turn west to cross the Persian Gulf at nearly 360mph radioing to MadderMike requesting somewhere to land::

WWII Andaluciae has arrived to throw it's set in to the game.

The territory we claim would be the western US and Western Canada, as well as Alaska.

The States and Provinces we'd like to occupy are: California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory, Alaska

We'll be using allied technology, and our government is a Republic. With mild fascist leanings. No anti-semitism or anything like that though. I'm gonna play neutral for a little while until I can figure out which side to take up.

Ok, I think that's about it...

Egypt

Manarthian forces press foward, with the spearhead of VI Corps reaching Khartoum and relieving the 44th Airborn Division. The lines of the enemy have been drawn, with a large enemy force encamped across the river in Omdurman. While an Egyptian Amrored division was bottled up and destroyed in Khartoum, and while all three remaining bridges are in Manarthain hands, 2 Armored Divisions still remain, as well as 4 infantry divisions, a 5th Infantry and 3rd Armored being held in the Northern city of Merowe in reserve.

However, the good news for Manarth is that no other reinforcements are availiable in all of southern Egypt, the rest having been sent North to defend the border with MadderMike (2 Mechanized, 6 Infantry, 3 Armored), in Libya defending the other border with Chad (5 Infantry, 3 Armored), or prepped in Port to ship out (4 Infantry, 2 Armored, 1 Mechanized).

Manarthian forces, comprised of IX Corps and the 41st Infantry out of , moves North on the other side of the river toward Omdurman, taking light casualties in it's vanguard before withdrawing and camping about 50 km to the south of the city. All forces are silent for now, awaiting further orders.

In Kosti, Egyptian forces continue to hold out, but the Manarthian's II Corps are content to simply shell the city and hold a perimeter. A couple of strong efforts to break through only resulted in massive Egyptian casualties, and at most a group only about platoon size actually making it through and beyond the Manarthain lines before being hunted down. Manarthain casualties are light, but significant.

Casualties (Manarthian):
II Corps: 7th Infantry (8%), 16th Infantry (5%), 22nd Infantry (7%)
VI Corps: 6th Armored (2%), 8th Armored (5%), 12th Armored (4%)
IX Corps: 24th Armored (1%), 34th Armored (1%), 39th Armored (0%)
XIII Corps: 33rd Infantry (0%), 40th Infantry (0%), 43rd Infantry (0%)
XIV Corps: 25th Armored (13%), 41st Infantry (0%), 44th Airborn (23%)
CoC Corps: Enroute (OOC: Forgot the units being sent. Please refresh my memory via TG)

In the name of readiness the Andaluciaen Chancellor has announced that all Andaluciaen males between the ages of 18-45 must participate in a week of "training." Industry is also being revamped to more of a wartime footing than previously, and construction of aircraft carriers has been upped.

Egypt

With the arrival of the CoC 15th Armored, 37th Airborne, and 25th Infantry Divisions, the Manarthian forces moral is at a high. The CoC Divisions, arrainged differently and slightly larger than their Manarthain counterpart, are quickly attached to the Manarthian Corps.

Some quick reorganizations are made, as the Egyptian soldiers dig in around Omdurman. New orders are given to the Allied forces, with VI Corps ordered to hold on to Khartoum, XIV Corps ordered to defend the supply lines linking Khartoum and the Manarthian built railway system to the South, II Corps ordered to continue to hold the line in Kosti, XIII Corps ordered to probe the southern approach to Omdurman, and IX Corps to ford the river to the east of Khartoum, and then to cross the Nile via pontoon bridge to the North of Omdurman.

Further conflict occured as the Egyptians counterattacked, pushing south into XIII Corps with their 3 Armored Divisions in an attempt to break through. Troops pulled foward from the CoC 37th Airborn and Manarthian 7th Infantry were able to hold them off, after their intial sucess, but the push caused heavy casualties on XIII Corps.

Casualty list:
II Corps: 33rd Infantry (3%), 16th Infantry (6%), 22nd Infantry (7%)
VI Corps: 6th Armored (4%), 8th Armored (5%), 12th Armored (5%), CoC 15th Armored (1%)
IX Corps: 24th Armored (1%), 34th Armored (1%), 39th Armored (0%), 41st Infantry (0%)
XIII Corps: CoC 25th Infantry (9%), 40th Infantry (11%), 43rd Infantry (10%), 25th Armored (20%)
XIV Corps: 44th Airborn (23%), 7th Infantry (11%), CoC 37th Airborn (2%)

Reinforcements newly trained are enroute for the Infantry, Paratroopers, and Tiger II Tanks, however no Mark IV tanks are available at this time. ETA for partial reinforcements is 3 days.

Atlantic Ocean

Shipments of supplies between Antartica and Nigeria are proceeding at a snails pace. Already food supplies for the current inhabitants are streatched, with the Nigerian indentured servants subsiding on about 1200 calories a day, and even their overseers on a 2.5K calorie diet.

The Nigerian indentured servants and some of the African nationals have begun grumbling about the poor treatment of their bretheren, and the amount of deaths from work in the local mines and lack of food. While those of Niponese ethnicity bemoaned the current state of affairs, and those few decendents of Nordic remain torn on who to blaim.

As the next shipment arrives, with more indentured servants, captured from their villages by self styled "Dukes" and traded to the Manarthains, and some food. However, an attack by Egyptian submarines sunk a frieghter filled with grain before being chased off by the escourting destroyers, and so the grumbling continued.

Fuck it.. Im out.

Johannesburg, South African Province, Manarth
Ancestrial Home of the Quinti, 3rd hour of the 3rd Watch

A very descrete individual chuckled silently in his head as he dodged yet another insomniac member of the Quinti family. While the family had great spiritual powers and duties, and seemed to be up the entire night performing some ritual or another to various minor prophets or aspects of the main One, they didn't seem to notice a very descrete individual moving silently through the house towards the main sleeping quarters.

All the great Houses of Manarth (and some of the smaller ones) had guards and walls, as they did in the old days when the houses fought one another for dominance. In this case the one guard on the western approach was already asleep. A little cloraphorm made sure he would stay that way until sunrise. And the wall was only 3 feet high worth of stone.

The very descrete individual was careful of the noise he made, as he opened the wooded frame door. In a house such as this, made in the traditional style of the Quinti Niponese ancestors, any sound traveled quite well. He made his way up to the large Nordic style bed the old seemed to favor. "Yes." the decrete individual thought, "yes this is the one."

There was the head of the Quinti family resting with a African woman in her 30s. "Obviously neutered," he thought. "One of the Retori clan perhapse." Marriages between races were common enough now, provided the husband had enough wealth, but even in this era, and even at the old Quinti's age, no self respecting man would risk a racialy mixed child.

The very descrete individual pulled out of his person a vial of cloudy liquid, and very carfully dropped five drops into Quinti's mouth. He paused, considering a sixth, but the old man's snore quickly subsided into an interminent cough, and he decided against another dose. "Five should be plenty for a man of 70 summers. I can use the rest on my next job, and bill for all of the bottle on this one."

As the old man's cough turned more violent, the very descrete individual slipped out, past the family members and sleeping guard, unseen into the morning dawn. By the 2st hour of 1st light, Cardinal Mathius Quinti was pronouced dead from accute pulminary infection. And by the 1st hour of midday, his sucesser, first born son Bartus Quinti was appointed Cardinal, assistant to spiritual affairs.

Gathering in Perth for the Invasion of Egypt and Palestine
1st Heavy Rifles Division
2nd Armored Division
5th Armored Division
9th Armored Division
3rd Infantry Division
8th Infantry Division
12th Infantry Division
15th Infantry Division
17th-20th Infantry Division
1st and 2nd Marine Divisions

Known as 3rd Army


Organized into 3 Corps
I Corps
1st Heavy Rifles
3rd Infantry (Motorized)
8th Infantry (Motorized)

II Corps
2nd Armored Division
9th Armored Division
12th Infantry Division (Motorized)
20th Infantry Division (Motorized)

III Corps (Reserve)
5th Armored Division
15th Infantry Division
17th Infantry Division (Motorized)
18th Infantry Division
19th Infantry Division

2nd Marine Expeditionary Force: (Making the Landing)
1st Marine Division
2nd Marine Division


Aircraft Gathering (Close Air Support) (Army Air Force)
1,000 IL-Stumeyvich Attack Aircraft
200 A-36 Apaches
500 P-51 Mustangs
100 Hawker Hurricanes
120 B-25H Mitchells (14 .50 Cal Machine Guns, 1 75mm Cannon, 2,000lbs of Bombs)
85 A-26 Invaders

Marine Aviation gathering
400 F-4U-4 Corsairs
100 TBF Avengers
200 SBC-2 Helldivers


Naval Support Unknown:








Commander Carson promoted to Captain and given an Alaska Class Battle Cruiser.


Perth Becomes a Hotbed for Soldiers. Gathering this many men in one City draws notice. Citizens are told this will be the first mass war-game played by the CoC Army to test its armored ability and refine new tactics.

Gathering as well are over 100 Troop Transports and Cargo Ships, organizing into a massive Convoy.

Actual Combat Naval Support hasn’t arrived but the Army is Expecting 5 Battleships, 1 Battle Cruiser, 8 Cruisers, 4 Full Size Aircraft Carriers, 2 Light Carriers and 5 Escort Carriers. As Well as 8 Light Cruisers and 25 Destroyers.

Prime Minister Wallace speaks to Parliament about the Ottoman Oppression


“Ladies and Gentlemen of Parliament, We have been at war with for several weeks with the Ottoman Empire after we sent a Naval Taskforce to the Persian Gulf to Evacuate CoC Civilians from Kuwait City and Basra so they would not be caught between MadderMikkian and Ottoman Forces that are sure to invade that region. Unfortunately Ottoman Forces saw fit to Attack our taskforce causing Massive Casualties and Sinking the Alaska Class Battle Cruiser, HRMS Rockhampton in 2 waves of Air Assault from an Unknown Ottoman Aircraft Carrier and a Gun Duel with an Ottoman Pocket Battleship which also resulted in that vessels Destruction. We were supported and probably saved by the Intervention of 2 Manarthian Cruisers, both of which were lost in that battle.

Manarth our new ally is engaged in a deadly struggle WWII Egypt, they have crossed over 2,000 miles of Harsh Desert to engage with Egyptian forces in the Sudan after a Manarthian Convoy was ambushed and Destroyed by an Egyptian Merchant raider. We have sent 3 Divisions to Sudan via Nigeria to assist in that operation. I have gathered Parliament here before me to ask for a Formal Declaration of War on Egypt and the Ottoman Empire. After we have crushed these nations we will once again be able to live in peace with the rest of the world. I am also requesting Parliament vote for the activation and preliminary training of 23 Reserve Divisions incase another nation seeks to take advantage of our large and rich border regions."

::The B-29's Close in on the Bushehr after flying over 3,000 miles at wave top level, they climb to 10,000 feet and in close Formation to maximize their Defensive Armaments. They each drop their Loads over the Harbor and the Airbase releasing 1920 500lb bombs in the area in carpet bombing attacks. After dropping their loads they turn west to cross the Persian Gulf at nearly 360mph radioing to MadderMike requesting somewhere to land::

At Bushehr Airbase the B29s arrived without warning. Twenty-five Zeros climbed up to meet the B29s. Meanwhile the bombs blasted hangers, runways maintenance buildings and some of the fuel tanks. Fires were blazing everywhere. The AA batteries were barely operational when the B29s moved out of range.

Under Shah Kaleed ibn Muskeen calls the airbases in Sirhan and Lar to go and look for the B29s.

The damage done by the B29s was extensive but the runways were repaired quickly as they were mostly rock anyway. Muskeen calls High command begging for FW190s and ME109Es. The Zeros just aren't up to the task of B29s.

The MadderMikian Airfield at Manama Bahrain gets the radio message and using a very rudimentary radar system vectors the big planes in for refueling. The Commandant warns the Squadron leader that the waters of the Persian Gulf are heavily patroled by the Ottomans. MadderMike has excellent shore batteries but the approach to the airfield must be at high altitude then dropping down at the last minute to land.

Omdurman, Syrian Province, Egypt
3rd dieisque 2nd decadieis belli

(OOC: Some nice links for the battles going on. YAY INTERNET!!! http://www.itmb.com/map_samples/sudan.jpg http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/sudan_khartoum68.jpg )

The Egyptian Airforce has finally gotten intelligent, and moved all of their medium range bombers based of the coast of Egypt (those not in striking range of prime MadderMike targets) to the south, basing them in Ed Damer with the reserve forces previously housed in Merowe. Out of the original 300 B-25's sent to guard the coast, only 60 remain in their original possitions, mostly to the North, ready to move against MadderMike. In addition, 228 fighters have been moved from the coast to support them, as well as 1/2 of the HLS (His Lordship's Ship) Osirus (CV Wasp Class) compliment of torpedo bombers, having been hastily re-equiped with bombs for divebombing.

Manarthian reinforcments have arrived, with an additional 150 JU-88's, 100 Me-109s and 10 experimental JU-488s opperating out of Nigeria. In addition, raw recrutes and seasoned veterens requesting transfers to active duty have arrived to bolster the ranks of infantry lost in the recent battles. Temporary plattoons have been attatched to the 44th Airborn Division, as the trainees have not yet had parachute training and the military leaders back in Johannesburg don't want to waste any trained personel while they are still trying to form another Airborn Division. No medium tanks have arrived either at this time, although heavy tanks have arrived to replace those lost in earlier battles.

The Manarthian IX Corps forces a crossing to the North of Omdurman, at the town of Shandi/Abu Khurug. They leave the 41st Infantry pointed North against a possible counter attack, and move their 3 Armored Divisions South towards Omdurman, making it to Beryab by the end of the day.

Another attempted breakthrough to the south of Omdurman is pushed back and counterattacked by XIII Corps, as the damaged, but still viable divisions push the Egyptian lines back from El Samra to El Ushera before the Egyptians are able to halt them with a well fortified trenchline.

In Kosti, the Commander of the Egyptian Infantry Divisions, surrenders after a brutal siege to the 33rd Infantry. II Corps turns North as XIV Corps works to hold the city, and the country side.

As the word of XIII Corps success comes over the radio, VI Corps moves out siezing the oppertunity. They manage to move over the first hurdle, occupying Khartoum North before being halted at the bridge over the Nile.

The Manarthain Airforce continues it's bombing of Omdurman, having shifted from it's earlier goal of demoralizing the Kosti defenders, with some of it's fighters running airsupport for IX Corps.

The Egyptians manage to bomb the 41st Infantry as they set up shop along the Omdurman approach, and their reserve forces have moved out to deal with the 41st.


Casualty list:
II Corps: 33rd Infantry (4%), 16th Infantry (7%), 22nd Infantry (8%)
VI Corps: 6th Armored (6%), 8th Armored (5%), 12th Armored (8%), CoC 15th Armored (3%)
IX Corps: 24th Armored (1%), 34th Armored (1%), 39th Armored (0%), 41st Infantry (4%)
XIII Corps: CoC 25th Infantry (9%), 40th Infantry (13%), 43rd Infantry (13%), 25th Armored (24%)
XIV Corps: 44th Airborn (23%), 7th Infantry (11%), CoC 37th Airborn (2%)


Stength adjusted for reinforcements:
II Corps: 33rd Infantry (0%), 16th Infantry (0%), 22nd Infantry (0%)
VI Corps: 6th Armored (3%), 8th Armored (4%), 12th Armored (3%), CoC 15th Armored (1%)
IX Corps: 24th Armored (1%), 34th Armored (1%), 39th Armored (0%), 41st Infantry (0%)
XIII Corps: CoC 25th Infantry (9%), 40th Infantry (2%), 43rd Infantry (1%), 25th Armored (15%)
XIV Corps: 44th Airborn (5%), 7th Infantry (2%), CoC 37th Airborn (2%)

Johannesburg, South African Province, Holy Empire of Manarth
7th dieisque 1st decadeis Duodecimi; tertius annus Valonii
*Classroom of Horatia Decimi, quarti anni pueri (4th Grade)*

Horatia: Okay class, it's time for a lesson on Manarthian culture. First off, who can tell me what the date is? How about you Claritus?

Claritus Meridi: The seventh day in the the first tenday of the 12th Month

Horatia: Good, and the year?

Claritus Meridi: The third year of Emperor Valonius.

Horatia: Very good, you may be seated. As you should know by now, we grownups have a special way of keeping track of the dates. We call the day a dieis, and the tenday a decadeis. And we also have special names for all the months. Who can tell me a months special name? Tacita?

Tacita Flacci: St. Valonii is the 3rd month.

Horatia: That's right, Tacita. Our Emperor decreed that our 3rd month should be named after him, since that's the month of his birth. Our current month is called Duodecimi, because none of our recent Emperors were born this late in the summer. But enough review. Now I'd like to talk about family structure.

Now, who can name to me the imperia familia and the rest of the virtutae familiae? Aeneus?

Aeneus Matriculi: The imperia is the Flacci, and the rest are the Quinti, the Decimi, the Retori, the Meridi, and the... the... Mer... Merci?

Horatia: Very close, can anyone help him finish the last one? Iulius?

Iulius Mercuti: THE MERCUTI!

Horatia: Very good, that's quite enough Iulius. Now, as you know the head of these families are the Cardinals of Manarth, who assist the Emperor in making his decisions. And ctizens of these familiae are all monks in His Eminence's Church. Now, who here is a member of the magnae familiae? Yes, Aeneus, you are, as are you Tomus. The magnae familiae are the other ten families, that with the virtutae familiae, founded the Holy Empire of Manarth. Now, many years ago their was a great war between the families, and the magnae familiae joined forces against the virtutae familiae. And even though they lost, they swore their loyalty to the virtutae familiae, and the Emperor Ardeus was so moved by their act, that he agreed to let them back into the Empire.

(OOC: If you read this far, I commend you.)
Claritus Meridi: And the bonae familia, and the quartae familiae?

Horatia: I'm getting to them, sit down, or you'll have to sit on the girl's side of the class. Now, the magnae familiae all have a leader, who's called the quartus Cardinal, and all their men are monks. Now the bonae familiae are families who have risen above the rest and who's good stock and breeding shows through despite their low beginnings. They are permitted to marry into the bonae familiae of similar race, and their leaders are all Arch Bishops. The decendents of the leaders of these families are monks, and are permited to rise up the ladder of the church.

The quartae familiae on the other hand are the workers on which this nation is founded. They give their all so that we upper families may spend our time on more important things, like philosophy and culture. Of cource, a truly gifted quarter may attempt to rise into His Eminence's Church, but a riggerous exam is required to ensure that in spite of their breeding they have been blessed by the Prophet. The head of their family is a Monsiegnior of the Church, and every now and then you will see a Bishop in a quarta familia petitioning to become a bona familia. All together, we have 109 total families in the Empire, not including the foriegner families, which aren't even big enough to matter. Well, that's it for now, it's recess time, and Abbot Decimi is holding a Cricket game. Hurry along now!

::4 of the B-29's slowed down due to engine problems and were pounced on by Zeros, 3 of the bombers were lost to the fighters even putting up their wall of fire from their twin 20mm cannons in the tail.::


::The Remaining bombers attempted to make difficult landings on Bahrain and 4 of them crash landed. Once there they taxi and Park, their Commander Colonel Dolittle heads for the base commanders office, asking about supplies and the possiblity of moving his Bombers to a base that can't be put under Naval Attack::


::Meanwhile in Diego Garcia Supplies for the Bomber Command in Bahrain are loaded onto Freighters and 150 P-51 Mustangs take off and head for a Saudi Airbase so they can support Bombing Missions all through the Ottoman Empire.::


::60 B-24's load up with 5,000lbs of bombs and 60 B-17's load up with 7,000lbs of bombs. They are attacking Sirhan and Lar, the B-24's go to the farthest base and the B-17's to the closest base. They fly in Close Formation at 20,000 Feet without fighter cover then they go on to Saudi Arabia Seeking an Airbase::


OOC: umm could you explain what you meant by runways made of rock, do you mean Gravel?

Bushehr Airbase
Under Shah Kaleed ibn Muskeen was watching the bulldozers finishing spreading the crushed stone on the two runways. The crushed stone caused a higher failure rate on the aircraft tires but made it easy to create or fix the runways. We have lots of rocks and sand Thought Muskeen.

Many of the fires were under control and the damage reports were streaming in. Fifteen zeros were lost on the ground four more were lost in chasing the B29s. Eight Kates were damaged as were almost all of the dive bombers. Repairs were going to take time as two of the three machine shops were heavily damaged. There was no working hangers so all the work had to be done outside in the desert heat.

Muskeen ordered a thousand AA88s He figured he would be lucky to see a hundred and fifty. He envied his counterpart in Lar he had ten ME269s and over three hundred AA88s. He also had almost two hundred zeros with another ten FW190s. Lar had three different airfields. Sirhan was a different story they had more zeros than anyone but they were scattered about in ten different locations. There was a huge fleet of oil trucks to refuel them but any major repairs had to be done at the main base. Some planes had to be trucked into the base to be fixed. Sirhan only had a few AA batteries and in Muskeen's opinion the worst pilots in the Empire.

Sirhan's commander was the Sultan's second wife's brother and as Muskeen liked to say -- a drooling idiot.

Sudan Province, Egypt
9rd dieisque 2nd decadieis belli

A fierce battle rages in the smaller cities surounding Omdurman, as the Coalition Army pounds away at the smaller Egyptian force. Egypt's B-25's had stalled the southern push foward, but the armor crossing the river from North Khartoum, and the armor pushing from the north have bisected the Egyptian army, leaveing little room for retreat.

Some of the soldiers, with little supplies have fled west into the Waddi ed Dieqa, a collection of vallys and cliffs, and the bulk of the remaining forces are holded up to the south of Omdurman proper in El Ushera. Only 2 Divisions of Armor remain at about 1/2 strenght, and Manarthian forces have now surounded their army leaving no chance of escape.

The forces to the North of them have been obliterated or surrendered, with the exception of an Infantry and an Armored division at Ed Damer. While the forces there have attempted to move out and relieve the army trapped to the south, constant bombing campaigns along the road have rendered the road south practically inaccessable.

Egypt's military leaders are frantic, their commander in chief had gone to the front personally to oversee the defence, and is missing in action. The King of Egypt is equally nervous, and appoints his 2nd cousin, a Maj. Gen. to the post of Commander in Chief. They immediately set off bringing troops in from the border with Chad, reducing its numbers by 3 Infantry and 1 Armored and rushing them to the Nile river to dig in around the spiritual capital of Cairo. Those military units they have in port are hastily sent out, with a large fleet, to bring the war to the coalition's shores. (OOC: More details on this later)

Manarthain forces regroup, and leaving a small contingent to keep the Armored Divisions bottled up, they set off for the north to crack into Ed Damer.

II Coprs is left behind to hold the Armored Divisions in place, VI Corps is commissioned as the spearhead of the attack, XIV Corps is still holding the supply line from raiders to the south, IX Corps is following the VI corps closely, and XIII Corps turns north as well, but holds back slightly as a reserve.

Casualty list:
II Corps: 33rd Infantry (5%), 16th Infantry (7%), 22nd Infantry (8%)
VI Corps: 6th Armored (7%), 8th Armored (9%), 12th Armored (10%), CoC 15th Armored (5%)
IX Corps: 24th Armored (4%), 34th Armored (3%), 39th Armored (6%), 41st Infantry (8%)
XIII Corps: CoC 25th Infantry (10%), 40th Infantry (16%), 43rd Infantry (15%), 25th Armored (29%)
XIV Corps: 44th Airborn (23%), 7th Infantry (13%), CoC 37th Airborn (2%)


Stength adjusted for reinforcements and recovered injured:
II Corps: 33rd Infantry (1%), 16th Infantry (0%), 22nd Infantry (0%)
VI Corps: 6th Armored (5%), 8th Armored (6%), 12th Armored (5%), CoC 15th Armored (4%)
IX Corps: 24th Armored (3%), 34th Armored (2%), 39th Armored (5%), 41st Infantry (4%)
XIII Corps: CoC 25th Infantry (5%), 40th Infantry (4%), 43rd Infantry (5%), 25th Armored (18%)
XIV Corps: 44th Airborn (5%), 7th Infantry (3%), CoC 37th Airborn (2%)

Johannesburg, South Africa Province, Manarth
4th dieisque 2st decadeis Duodecimi; tertius annus Valonii
*Mercuti Family Home*

Cardinal Patroculus Mercuti: Well now Bartus, I say the new robes of office suit you well. I'm very glad you could come over, I have some date wine tea if you're interested.

Cardinal Bartus Quinti: I thank you, Cardi... er... Patroculus. I'm going to have to get used to being an equal of you. But you know I love wine tea. If you're willing to offer it I will gladly partake.

Cardinal Mercuti: No need to be formal with your words Bartus, we're friends now. I wonder, what do you think of your sudden appointment to Cardinal?

Cardinal Quinti: Well, I was shocked really. I always assumed that my younger brother, the Arch Bishop, would have gotten the spot. Especially after I was sent to MadderMike as an Embassador.

Cardinal Mercuti: Of cource you would, but I remembered what a great job you've done and asked the Emperor personally to consider you, and begged the Prophet himself to put the words in the Emperor's mouth and behold! Here you are.

Cardinal Quinti: I'm glad you have so much faith in me.

Cardinal Mercuti: But the question is do you have faith in the Prophet? I'm not sure of the new Cardinal Retori, and frankly it seems to me like his path is not guided by the Prophet at all, but by some false prophet. Watch with me in the meetings and tell me if the Emperor dominates him, or it is the other way around?

Cardinal Quinti: Bold words! Do you have any proof to back you claim?

Cardinal Mercuti: Not yet, but watch and doubt what you see. It is up to us to advise the Emperor, to steer him to the words of the Prophet, and it is your job most of all to hear his words. If he speaks not to the Cardinal Retori, then we must speak more of this.

Cardinal Quinti: I see. I shall consider this in my prayers to the Prophet. Now, can we talk about something more light. I fear this wine tea is already too thick for any more heavy conversation; say, have you seen the latest play by the Eastern American playwright, from the Florida Province. What is his name? He did this great satyre piece on a future war between a group of idiots.

Cardinal Mercuti: I did at that. Indeed, let us talk about it for a while.

::Dolittle contacts the CoC Army Air Force requesting instructions on where to fly his command. Barring Any Instructions and shipments of bombs, he plans on flying to Occupied Nigeria if Maddermike does not give his air force bases further inland. Dolittle hopes that he can stay in the Arabian Peninsula so that his forces(Soon hopefully to be bolstered by B-17's, B-24's and P-51's) would be able to carry out Heavy Bombing campaigns on High Profile Targets which Include ,In order of Importance, Istanbul, Ankara, Cairo, Alexandria, Tehran, Jeruselam, Beirut, Baghdad, Basra, Kuwait City, Amman, Damascus, Tel Aviv, Qom.::




OOC: mike could you post some casualties and what rose into the sky to meet my bombers?

Niger Province, Manarthian Territory

CoC Marines have been practicing boarding and siezing an old Manarthain WWI era Battleship, the old HES Swaziland, a Kongo Class. The groop has been cross training with Manarthian naval personel, who are learning how to avoid allowing thier ships to be siezed by hostile armies in control of the local ports.

The Manarthains managed to "scuttle" the Battleship 3 times, before the CoC forces managed to take it 3-1. Afterwords, the training was considered a sucess, and promotions were held almost universally for the LTs and Commanders taking part in the exercise.

As the global situation heats up, the Andaluciaen high command has decided to split up it's warships, sending cruisers and carriers off to outlier ports, some in the British Columbia area, some in southern Alaska. The battleships are being kept in California, namely at the ports in San Francisco and San Diego areas. Two cruiser squadrons and two aircraft carriers have been stationed along the texas coast.

::Tojo and his chief aides are discussing the recent developments in Asia::


Aide 1: Sir, now is the time to strike and take what is rightfully ours. Indo-China is ripe for the picking. We have reports that an enourmous portion of the CoC Army and Navy have committed themselves in North Africa and Southwest Asia. They only have 2 Full Size Carriers they have not committed anywhere. Their Air Force has also been largely transfered to Arabia and Diego Garcia. They cannot stand in our way. We shall show them the Superiority of the Japanese Navy in both Technology and Ability. We should also Seek out an Alliance with Andulucia before the Clans can. If we can secure that we could swing a great deal of our resources into an all out attack taking Indochina and Possibly Borneo before those round eye cowards can sue for peace.


Aide 2: You fool the CoC has activated its reserves, they have the strongest armored forces in the world and Excellant Air Power, Defeating them will not be easy. They still have an Entire Heavy Rifles Division in Indochina, THATS 2,000 TANKS. We cannot stand up to them. We have received Reports from the Ottomans of the excellance of both their Naval Cannon, and their Unnerving ability for shooting down Aircraft we have sold to the Turks. We must be cautious. And we are all forgetting that Andulucia is a roundeyed nation as well. They are going to be an enourmous threat. With their Pacific Possesions they have the ability of Cutting us off from our Empire. We must Secure Wake Island and Guam at the very least. We have a large amount of Forces in Truk near guam, we should make a move their and keep the Andulucians from striking us.


Aide 3: Everyone is forgetting China, if we can secure an alliance with them, we can attack both the CoC and Maddermike in South Asia as well as take Borneo. We use the Chinese for Infantry and we'll be able to keep both those nations busy. while our main thrust should be in Siberia, that region has the potential to allieveate our population problems as well give us much in the way of natural resources. Let China do the fighting and losing in the SOuth while we win up north. Its the perfect way to expand our Empire.


Tojo: I must think about all of these. I feel we should send an Emmissary to the Turks and the Egyptians so that we might be able to secure an alliance and keep all eyes to our west, not our south.

*General Voelker Schoor, Admiral Lewis and Prime Minister Tschanz discuss what to do*

Schoor: Well, what I see as the best option is to retask cruiser squadrons to Wake, Guam, Midway and Hawaii.

Lewis: We might want to put two battleships in Hawaii, and a carrier as well, make it a strong point.

Schoor: That would make sense, maintain armored divisions in the area as well?

Tschanz: Yes, I want our Pacific possessions to be made secure as possible.

Lewis: So, we do that?

Tshanz: Yes, although we'll maintain the bulk of the forces directly in Andaluciae, be ready to dispatch them if needed.

Schoor: Yes, that's probably best, have the fleet spread out so they cannot be hit all at once.

National Radio Adress of Emperor Valonius

Citizens and residents of Manarth, I greet you all in the name of the Prophet, as His representative on Earth, and the King in absentia of His Kingdoms of South Africa and Nigeria, and Emperor of His Consolidated Territories of Southern Africa.

My children, we have had a glorious victory on the ground against the heathens in Egypt; our armies and those of our allies drives theirs before us, like the dogs that they are. Our airforce, bostered with new technologies, has all but rendered their own obselete. Our navy, having secured the Atlantic for our selves and despite the tenacity of the Ottomans, has grouped together to make a full out push against the heathens in the Mediterranian.

I also come today to tell you this. Our long standing allies in Congo, those who have shared our blood and our religion (OOC: In a sence at least. The Congonese have a varient of Prophetism in which they worship their native gods in addition to the Prophet (55%) as well as some Christian (25%) and Islam (15%) IC: ) have joined the battle declairing war on our common enemy the Egyptians. We have recieved word that they will send two Corps (8 divisions) of their cavalry and infantry to aid us in our war against Egyptian/Ottoman domination.

::He goes on at some length in uninteresting matters before signing off::

5 Squadrons of Dauntless dive bombers have been deployed to Guam, the Phillipines, Midway, Wake and the bases in the Aleutians.

9 Squadrons have been deployed to Hawaii.

5 Squadrons of P-51 Mustangs have been deployed to Guam, the Phillipines, Midway, Wake and the bases in the Aleutians.

9 Squadrons have been deployed to Hawaii.

These planes are being delivered by transports of the Andaluciaen Merchant Marine.

2 Squadrons of B-17 bombers have flown themselvesto all above listed locations

1 Aircraft Carrier and 2 Battlecruisers are being sent to Hawaii.

::Admiral Mordechia Anchelwitz(CnC CoC Navy) is looking at a map of the red sea when an aide comes up to him handing him the latest Recce photos of the Phillipines. Anchelwitz has been pushing for seizure of those Islands for some time and is upset that they have to concentrate to the west.::

::The photos come from B-24 Liberator Bombers turned into Patrol aircraft for the CoC Navy. They show several Large warships and a large number of freighters in Manilla Harbor. As well as even some Photos of massive tent city around Manilla itself. Many landing barges are also in the harbor.::


::Anchelwitz calls his chief of staff, one Captain Heinrich Jaeger. and gives his orders::

Mordechia: Heinrich I want recconisance of Manila and the Phillipines in general Tripled. I also want a squadron of submarines to start conducting the recconisance and even land some agents in Manilla. I want to know what is going on their and I want to know NOW! This doesn't bode well. Oh and I want all japanese Citizens in the Indies and Australia rounded up.

Heinrich: Sir we can't do that, and even if we did we would get some of our own Indochinese as well as Manarthians.



::General Reuven Russie CnC of the CoC Army and Airforce is also receiving troubling information of Troops massing in Southern China. He issues orders to his aide Colonel Johannes Fleischmann.

Russie: Hans I want some AIA agents in china now, as well as I want the 2nd Heavy Rifles put into the field and start moving them north. The rest of our divisions and Airforce should be put on alert as well. Oh and how is our invasion fleet doing

Fleichmann: They are in the Arabian sea now, apparently they haven't run into any egyptian or Ottoman warships, they should be in positision day after tomorrow.

Russie: Get on the Horn with Dolittle and tell him as soon as we have suitable runways in egypt his Arabian Airforce should transfer there. Its seems that MadderMike isn't the ally they could be at the moment. Oh and Contact Manarth and see if they know anything about what is going on in China

Fleischmann: Javowl!

Main Palace MadderMike

The Supreme Rajah inspects the carnage left over from the coup attempt. He and his senior advisors have been holed up in the main banquet room fighting off the insurgents. Most of the senior advisors were killed or severly wounded in the week long attack. The Rajah suprised everyone with his prowess with small arms. He personally accounted for the death of fifty attackers, most of which were from a small sect headed by his first cousin on his father's side.

The Rajah finishes and directs his remaining advisors to contact MadderMike's allies and explain the situation to them. He tells the acting secretary of state to personally call Council of Clan and offer them use the massive airbase west of Riyadh. He calls his brother the commander of the airbase to clear the CoC planes for any assistance they need. He directs the acting Army Airforce Commander to ship the latest in fighter interceptors to the main base in Riyadh.

The Army Airforce Commander sends fourty five FW190s, three ME269s and one hundred thirty two ME109s.

::The 110 Flyable B-29's Take to the Air in Bahrain and head westward while towards Riyahd, while the remaining B-17's and B-24's (80 total aircraft, as they were handled roughly by the defending fighters) head their as well. Bombs are being offloaded in a harbor in Oman to be shipped by rail if possible to the airbase and the P-51's also land their::


::The 7 damaged B-29's remain in Bahrain with their crews hitching rides with the other bombers making for extremely crowded circumstances. Those 7 aircraft are gifts to Maddermike thanking that Empire for lending support.::




OOC: glad to see you posting again mike.

:: At 0400, 4 CoC battleships come along a stretch of Beach in Egypt lying 150 miles north of the Egypt/Sudan Border. In that harbor is a small Egyptian naval base with no aircraft and only patrol vessels. The Battleships show up and begin shelling with their 16 and 14 Inch heavy shells and also their smaller 5 and 6 Inch armaments. 3 Cruisers begin shelling with their 8" guns. Landing Barges carrying the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions hit the beach meeting little resistance and carry on to capture the Naval base and its harbors intact.::



::At 0430 300 Transport Aircraft taking off from Manarthian Nigeria fly into Egypt into Alexandria carrying the 3rd and 4th Marine (Airborne) and the 9th Airborne (Army) divisions over alexandria. 3rd Marine lands in the Docks of Alexandria and attempts to seize as many ships as possible in brutal Close quarters Fighting while 4th Backs them up at the docks preventing the Egyptian Marines from fighting back and getting to the ships. 9th Airborne Lands in the city and is attempting to capture Egyptian Government offices including all the leaders they can. Brutal House to house fighting is going on with Infantrymen carrying M1 Garands, Thompsons and BAR's fight similarly equipped Egyptian Foes.::



OOC: ready for the Egyptian Fleet to make a move in the Red Sea

Post for Egypt

In the harbor of Alexandria, the forces under Grand Admiral Popinopolis have thier hands full. Using improvised weapons, the commanders of the docked ships (see list below) and their crew have been trying like mad to hold off the CoC marines long enough to scuttle the craft, or make way from the docks, assuming no boarding party had arrived yet.

The 2nd Battlegroup of the Mediterranian fleet, stationed at Malta, was quickly recalled to Alexandria, but would be at least a day in arriving.

Quick and Dirty list of Ships and condition, Mediterranian Fleet:

1st Battle Group - Docked at Alexandria

Essex Class Carrier - HIMS Issis - Majority of aircraft in air, sized by CoC boarders
Yorktown Class Carrier - HIMS Osiris - No aircraft in air, scuttled before CoC marines could sieze, theoretically recoverable
Northampton Class Armored Cruser - HIMS Nile, defended by crew, sailed out of port, but sunk by CoC controlled destroyers
Brooklin Class Light Cruser X4 - HIMS Omdurman captured, HIMS Cairo scuttled, HIMS Alexandria captured, HIMS Carthage captured
Destroyers

(OOC: Will be edited more later)

::The 1st Heavy Rifles Division lands in the small beachead and backed up by another Armored Division and an Motor Infantry Division they break out from the beach head and begin to drive north for the Suez. The rest of the CoC Army lands while the Naval Escorts are scouting and Hunting for the Egyptian Naval Taskforce in the Red Sea so that it can not threathen the Landing. While Strike Aircraft from the Carrier, Mainly Corsairs and Helldivers scout out throughout the country side striking at any Land formations of Egyptians they can find.::


:: 100 B-29's equipped with two 10 ton bombs apiece(known as Blockbusters) one under each wing fly towards Istanbul and drop their loads mainly on governmental buildings and Industry.::

::40 B-17's head towards Cairo and drop 8,000lbs of bombs apiece on that city hitting Whatever Industrial targets they can find::

The splendid Dauntless Dive bombers of the Andaluciaen navy roar aloft from their two fleets in the Pacific. Then following them come squadrons of Corsair fighters. As the two strike groups bear in on their targets only a minimal response is received. The fighters roar in on the airfields, and the dive bombers hit the ships with all they've got. The battles at Truk and the Phillipines have begun.

*meanwhile...the Andaluciaen Prime Minister gets before the Senate to make an address*

Citizens of Andaluciae, Senators, I come before you today on a matter of grave national importance. We have launched aerial and naval attacks against the Japanese forces based in Truk and the Phillipines.

We have recently received very direct and obvious radio transmissions that Japan was planning to attack the CoC and try to take IndoChina. And not just that, but the radio intercepts led us to believe that the Japanese were planning a strike against our forces in the pacific. To prevent such an attack from harming such strategically vital places, we have launched a pre-emptive strike against the Japanese invasion forces.

We are willing to prosecute this war to its end, and we will do so.

*as the Prime Minister finishes his address, Andaluciaen submarines enter the area around the harbor mouth and settle to the bottom to wait for their prey to try and escape*

Post for Egypt continued

In the harbor of Alexandria, the forces under Grand Admiral Popinopolis have thier hands full. Using improvised weapons, the commanders of the docked ships (see list below) and their crew have been trying like mad to hold off the CoC marines long enough to scuttle the craft, or make way from the docks, assuming no boarding party had arrived yet.

The 2nd Battlegroup of the Mediterranian fleet, stationed at Malta, was quickly recalled to Alexandria, but would be at least a day in arriving.

Quick and Dirty list of Ships and condition,


Mediterranian Fleet:

1st Battle Group - Docked at Alexandria
Essex Class Carrier - HIMS Issis - Majority of aircraft in air, sized by CoC boarders
Yorktown Class Carrier - HIMS Osiris - No aircraft in air, scuttled before CoC marines could sieze, theoretically recoverable
Northampton Class Armored Cruser - HIMS Nile, defended by crew, sailed out of port, but sunk by CoC controlled destroyers
Brooklin Class Light Cruser X4 - HIMS Omdurman captured, HIMS Cairo scuttled, HIMS Alexandria captured, HIMS Carthage captured
Destroyers X8 - X5 Captured, X1 Destoyed in fighting, X2 scuttled

2nd Battle Group - Enroute from Malta
Ranger Class Carrier - HIMS Ra
South Dakota Class Battleship - HIMS Egypt
Northampton Class Amrored Cruser - HIMS Blue Nile, HIMS Sahara
Brooklin Class Light Cruser - X3
Destroyers X7

1st Cruser Squadron - Patrolling Mediterranian, now enroute.
Northampton Class Amrored Cruser - HIMS Yellow Nile
Brooklin Class Light Cruser - X2

1st Destroyer Squadron - Patrolling near Gilbratar for Subs
Destroyers - X3

2nd Destroyer Squadron - Patrolling near Alexandria for Subs
Destroyers - X2 one sunk by CoC controlled craft, another excapted making for Malta at 25 knots

Submarines
12 Total - 3 Siezed in attack, 1 Siezed but in repairs, 2 scuttled, 4 unknown, 1 sighted near Gibraltar by Manarthain citizen in Algeria, 1 excaped, making for Malta at about 15 Knots


Red Sea Fleet

1st Battle Group - Engaging CoC landing
Wasp Class Carrier - HIMS Seth
Alaska Class Battleship - HIMS Sudan
Northampton Class Armored Cruser - HIMS Valley of Kings
Destroyers - X4

2nd Battle Group - Hastily getting underway
Alaska Class Battleship - HIMS Lybia
Northampton Class Armored Cruser - HIMS Sphynx
Brooklin Class Light Cruser - X2
Destroyers - X4

1st Cruser Squadron - Afloat in Indian Ocean
Northampton Class Armored Crusers - HIMS Piramid, HIMS Red Sea
Brooklin Class Light Cruser - X1

1st Destroyer Squadron - Engaged with CoC landing
Destroyers - X2

Subs
8 total - 4 Suspected to be in Indian Ocean harassing MM/CoC/Manarth shipping, 1 Sunk by Manarthain Convoy, 1 harrassing CoC landing, 2 Unknown


Today

The 2nd Battlegroup has arrived to engage the CoC's newly controlled fleet. 1st Battlegroup of the Red Sea Fleet has engaged the CoC's landing fleet. In Cairo, there is nothing but Chaos as CoC Airborn troops control several key areas, and Egyptian armor is having trouble manuvering throught the tight streats of Cairo. The King has been captured by the CoC Airborn, but Prince Protagoros, the heir to the throne, has claimed kingship and is rallying the armies of Egypt along the MadderMikian border, and has support from the remaining Admiralty.

The Manarthians continue their sucess along the ground, siezing key cities and pushing into Egypt proper. Nothing stronger than a battalion size keeps them from reaching Cairo.

As the air strike against the Japanese forces in the Phillipines and on at Truk continue, Andaluciaen surface ships move into a quarrantine line around the harbor and the island. With the intent of destroying any Japanese ships attempting to leave.

OOC: Work is pounding me but I will try to keep up posting.

IC:The Main Airfield at Riyahd
The CoC aricraft begin to arrive at the airbase and crews run out to meet the planes. Signs of massive construction are everywhere, new hangers, new parking bays, new repair facilities and huge fuel distribution networks abound.

The machinists, the aircraft repair personnel are all from Pakistan and are highly skilled. Most came from the families of the renouned gunsmiths of Lahar. This was probably the best place in MadderMike to get any repair work done.

On the border of Saudi and Iraq (MadderMike and Ottoman Empire)
The invasion force of MadderMike was massing in several areas. The commander the newly appointed General Prince Srvssn now commanded almost three thousand Panzer II, III, and a few IVs. He also had fourty Tiger tanks. The tiger tanks were made in the sweat shops of Bombay. The machinery was fine, the armor was highly suspect. The iron works of Bombay was notorious for using scrap metal to reforge parts. The tank crews could sometimes poke a finger deep into the metal body of the tank.

Egypt Surrenders!

The King of Egypt, captured in the CoC attack on Alexandria, has officially surrendered to the combined powers of the CoC and Manarthain armies. While his son, the crown prince, still controls some of the remaining Egyptian armies, the vast bulk of the Egyptian army and navy are standing down.

The naval forces in the Red Sea have surrendered to the CoC, while the ones in the Mediterranian have requested assylum with the Ottomans. It is suspected that the Crown Prince will also seek refuge in Ottoman controlled territory.

The two Battlecrusers at large in the Atlantic have not been found yet. It is believed that they will not surrender, but who they will seek refuge with is not yet known.

Manarthian soldiers have reached Cairo and have made it their temporary capital in the Egyptian territories.

In Constantinople
Sultan Caliph Otto welcomes the Crown Prince of Egypt himself. They exchange pleasentries and get down to the business of war.

The Crown Prince of course wants to strike back at Manarth as soon as possible. They both want to get the battlecruisers in the Atlantic before someone else does. They both dismiss MadderMike as infidels and imcompetents. The Sultan admits he is trying to contact Andaluciae to exchange oil and chrome for radios.

Later in the day
The Sultan inspects the factories producing the new Italian designed tank. "This will stop the advance of the Cow worshipers of MadderMike."

::The 16 Divisions of the CoC Army in Egypt move into the Suez ammassing for an invasion of the Ottoman Empire::


::220 B-29's now based in Riyadh each load up with a pair of 10 Ton blockbuster bombs bringing the total explosives being brought on the bombing mission up to 8.8 million pounds of TNT::

Their target is Istanbul/Constaniople. They fly in at 25,000 ft. at 340 mph

::Escorting the B-29's is 120 P-51D Mustangs::

::40 B-24's and 65 B-25's strike Military air bases in Palestine and Trans-Jordan::

::Prize crews are beginning to be flown to Alexandria to take control of Egyptian Ships there::

In Constantinople
The air raid sirens sounded with an urgent blare. The fifteen hundred 88's began to fill the air with flak. The Sultan's Teeth, the First Air Corps began to scramble to meet the on-coming CoC forces. The First Air Corps always had the best. Two hundred zeros were the first to arrive, they were followed by sixty-two FW190s and one hundred and one ME109s. They began to pick at the B29s and the P51s. The last to arrive were the ME269s, six of them, they headed for the lead B29s.

The air was full of dog fights, flak and tracers.

In Palestine and Trans-Jordan

In the airbase at Amman Jordan Colonel Ozan Zanzeph was just completing his inspection of the new aircraft pads constructed in the desert sand. The planes could now taxi to the runways instead of being dragged by tractors.

The air raid sirens begain to sound and the Colonel ordered the 223 and 301 dive bomber squadrons, the 109, 110 and 111 fighter squadrons and the famed "Bloody Hand" squadron to attack the oncoming bombers.

In Tokyo

The Ottoman Ambassador requests a meeting with the prime minister of Japan. It is clear he is looking for allies.

*All Andaluciaen capital ships in the Pacific have been deployed from port, the ships are all escorted, and head out to meet with the carriers that were deployed for the initial strike against Japan, troop transports accompany the capital ships*

Reminants of WWII Egypt

The Egyptian Battlecrusers flee the African coast following their country's surrender to the Manarthain/CoC forces. They approach Caribean waters, requesting that they be held, until their government is back in power, in the United States of New Iberia (East US/Carribian).

Elements of the Egyptian Army have surrendered to Algeria, and parts of the Lybia Province have come under their protection. Manarth has taken control of the rest of Egypt, with the CoC gaining control of air and naval bases in the Sanai Peninsula, Sudan, and Egypt provinces, as well as official control over the entire Sanai Peninsula.

The Crown Prince has set up a government in Exile, which has the recognition of the Ottoman Empire, the Democratic-Republic of Somalia, the Holy Empire of Germania, and the United Kingdoms of Iberia, and the United States of New Iberia. Those recognizing the Manarthian/CoC claim to Egypt includes the Kingdom of Russia (recently weakened and with a new King), MadderMike, the Republic of Congo, the Kingdom of Algeria, The United Provinces of The Ivory Coast, and the newly formed Arch Diocese of Nigeria (Ruled by Arch Bishop Palonius Retorii).

OOC: I will be taking over for CoC until Wayne is able to post. Sorry I didn't post earlier, I was stuck in the boonies of Ohio, in the wasteland of dialup.

Post for WWII Japan

While the Japanese forces in Truk and the Phillipines were caught off guard, they were not quite unable to defend themselves. In the Phillipines several Zeros were running combat patrols, in preparation for the invasion of Indochina, and quickly dove in to the dogfight. Japanese warships and ground based flak began to pound the sky, searching for the fighters and bombers overhead.

On the ground, and on the carrier decks of the 2 ships already making their way from the port, naval and army personel scrambled to get their airplanes into the air. As the aircraft of Andalucia closed in and began to targe the runways, common soldiers, careless of their own personal safety, lined up to shoot at them with machineguns, rifles, or pistols.

The bombing runs do take their toll on the Japanese forces however: 2 of their newest aircraft carriers are sunk in Manila harbor, and a Battleship is heavily damaged. No smaller craft is hit, due to the selectiveness of the divebombers. Moderate damage has been done to the Japanese airforces around the base, but enough remained to drive off the second wave of attackers.

Andalucaian subs have destroyed 2 destoryers attempting to flee the port, before beign spotted by other ships. A taskforce of 7 destroyers are currently seeking them out. Aircraft carriers unijured from the previous fights (2) have begun making their way onto open water.

In Truk much the same is happening, but without the large naval taskforce in the area, the base is much quicker to crumble. Andaluciae on the second wave, manage to achieve partial air supperiority. While the runways remain intact, and Japanese planes are doing a fair job against the slower manuvering Andaluciaen planes, the volitility of their airframes and lack of radar have led to a war of attrition.

In the Japanese Islands, the Admiralty recieves word of the attack, and dispatches 2 divisions of Marines, and 2 of the remaining 5 aircraft carriers to reinforce the Philippines.

The Andaluciaens dissapointment over the failure of the second wave of attack planes is numbed by the knowledge that the Japanese have deployed destroyers out into the sea, where Torpedo bombers guided by radio control, and protected by squadrons of Corsairs, come roaring down below the gunwales of the desotroyers, while the submarines running silent, prepare to send their torpedoes into the Japanese destroyers.

CoC aircraft have begun moving away from MadderMike territory, towards their new home bases in the Suez and Egypt. Air raids continue against Ottoman targets, using incidiery bombs, but no ground attack has begun at this time.

Manarthian bombers and fighters have begun adding to the attacks, including 20 of the new Ju-488 heavy bombers, opperating out of Thebes. While the enemy has been sucessfull in destroying some of the attackers, more arrive every day to foward possitions.

The CoC has claimed Malta and are nearly finished completing the Suez Canal with help from the Manarthians. Bombing from MadderMike aircraft has slowed the progress, as well as attacks from local Egyptian irregulars, but the construction has continued.

Japan

The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs is meeting with a variety of people today. The Empire of China, The Ottoman Emprire, The United States of New Iberia, The United Kingdom of Iberia, The Republic of Brazil, The Kingdom of Kenya, and the Democratic-Republic of Somalia all have representatives present. The Japanese Minister begins:

"Gentlemen, we can all see a grave threat to our liberties as free people; I can see it and I assure you that if you open your eyes you will see it too. Kenya, Somalia, you have seen your neibors ravished by the self proclaimed "liberators" from Manarth. Ottomans, China, Iberia, you have watched as the CoC demolished your allies. New Iberia, Brazil, you have seen the threat as Andaluciae attacked our forces without warning. How long do we have to wait for our enemies to do the same to us. Alone, we could not take one of them, for they realize that strength is in numbers. We must correct this, by forming in our own numbers, and creating an alliance capable of stopping them once and for all.

"But we can't take them all out at once. But we can see their weakpoint, Manarth. Take one out at a time, and the rest will weaken. And Manarth is the weakest already. It's navy is not building fast enough, it's allies are waitiing for an oppertunity to pounce on it, it's army is spread thin, and it's economy is too dependant on imports. My friends, if we take Manarth out, Iberia and New Iberia have no war on their eastern flank. With Andaluciae out, everyone can concentrate on the CoC. But for this to work we need Manarth out of the way quickly.

"In addition, none can know about our plans but those on the highest levels. It must be a surprise when they find out we are all allies, and only then, when it is too late for them to do anything. The last thing we need is Andaluciae attacking New Iberia while their forces work against Manarth.

"So, what do you think of my plan...?"

They delegates discussed the plan into the night. In the end, the Japanese Minister had less than he wanted on his side, but more than he'd hoped. They could do this, if they did it right.

As the Andaluciaen attack against the Phillipines and Truk continue, new strategies are taken against each island fortress. At first it starts off seeming the same, with high altitude bombings with B-29s, their bellies covered by lower flying Corsairs and Mustangs, a mix of High Explosive and Incendiary bombs are used against their targets.

Japanese fighters scrambled to intercept the B-29s are met with a swarm of the fighter escorts, and the ferocity of the P-51 pilots is astonishing to the Japanese pilots.

While the bombardment continues against the Phillipines, at Truk a new situation is occuring. Having scoured the surrounding waters of enemy ships, the Andaluciaen fleet unleashes it's surprise. Marines in landing craft pour onto the beaches of Truk, with support from Heavy naval artillery and the B-29s, the marines advance inland, covered by Amphibious tanks, using flamethrowers against fortified positions. The confusion caused by the heavy weapons from the bombers and battleships, as well as tactical air support from the carriers covers their advance nicely.

Japanese Forces, Truk

The Japanese put up an admirable effort to defend the island stronghold of Truk from the Andaluciaen advance, but they are forced to give up ground quickly, and there isn't much to give on the small island.

The Japanese forces on the island, a divisions worth of Infantry, have managed to hold the landing parties just outside the main naval base, where the Japanese forces have sworn to fight to the last man. There is little hope that they will succeed.

Japanese Forces, Philipines

The Japanese continue to hold out on the island chain, though the loss of several destroyers from bombing raids and submarine strikes has lessened the moral of the naval personel in the sourounding area. The naval forces which had been poised to strike at the CoC just days before have been beaten, and all capable of moving under their own power have struck out for the Japanese Port of Formosa. They are escourted there by the two aircraft carriers dispatched earlier.

Japanese naval forces have decided to abandon the Amry to the Andaluciaens, and the Amry General Tatamushi Miroku has agreed to the plan. The remaining Army forces, and naval volenteers have dug in, and are prepaired to repel the invaders, should they land. 5 additional divisions have been brought in from the mainland to help with the defence.

Japanese Naval HQ

Admiral Hirotashi Hojo, commander of the Japanese navy, is a cautious man. While his Captains clamor for blood, Hojo prepares his countermanuver. Andaluciae doen't have to be destroyed just yet, they mearly need to be held off, contained. Time was on Hojo's side, assuming he could survive the attacks by Andaluciae.

"Now if I could find a way to eliminate just three of their carriers, they'd be forced onto the defensive while they built more.... But how... But how..."

Truk
The Andaluciaen forces have pushed the Japanese back to the main naval facility on the island, and have stopped for a short time to regroup and secure the surrounding area. General Slater, a renowned expert at mechanized warfare has arrived on the island and has given orders to:
-Begin construction on an airship capable of handling a large variety of airplanes. The Dauntless dive-bombers and P-51's arriving on the shorter airstrip are already being used against the Japanese in the naval position.
-Begin artillery bombardment of the naval facility in preparation for the ground advance.
-Move the T-34's to a blocking position outside of the facility, and prepare to assault it.
The heavy cruiser Duke Sobieski has also begun to bombard the naval facility with it's large cannons.

The Phillipines
Andaluciaen heavy bombers have continued to strike at positions in the Phillipines, a new emphasis has been placed on Corregidor. Fire bombs are being dropped on the jungles so as to defoliate some areas which Japanese forces could flee to.
A force of medium and light cruisers and destroyers has continued hit-and-run raids against the fleeing Japanese fleets, but have not inflicted any major casualties.
Several warships, including the Iowa class battleship Emperor von Starhemberg, have begun to bombard the area in and around Manila. Several fortified beaches have been bombarded by destroyers, with a seeming emphasis on the beach near Vigan.

The Andaluciaen Carrier Group
Two of the Andaluciaen carriers have taken their escorts and headed east, back towards either Hawaii or possibly the westcoast of Andaluciae. Their final destination is currently unknown.

The Andaluciaen Carrier Group
About 100 miles into their journey, the Andaluciaen carriers suddenly break off into two separate groups, one continuing on its path towards Hawaii, the other looping northwards, into unoccupied waters.

The Andaluciaen Admiralty
A report that has been circulating around the Admiralty has begun to receive endorsements from various officers. The report calls for a massive change in the composition of the Andaluciaen navy from a fleet of big-gun warships to aircraft carriers. The paper postulates that within a short time, carrier aircraft will sink several battleships at sea. Support for this paper is coming from some people in very high places, including the Secondary-Consul of War. It has accrued enough signatures to be brought to the Consul of War, and then possibly before the Consul himself.

North Bank Shipyards is one of the key Andaluciaen naval shipyards. Currently they are working on the construction of two Battlecruisers. Chief Engineer Dawson is in charge of the construction, when he receives a direct order from the Admiralty.

CE Dawson: What the hell is this? Jack, come tell me I'm not seeing things.

Jack Lawrence: (reads paper) You aren't Tom, they're telling you to...

CE Dawson: ...change the battlecruisers into aircraft carriers.

Lawrence: This has to do with the report on sea power that's been circulating...I know it...

CE Dawson: Yes, yes. And you notice this, the navy won't accept the ships if they are battlecruisers, they specifically want carriers.

Lawrence: Very interesting...

As Dawson calls in the foremen, his shock wears off, and the construction on the ships switches rapidly to a carrier.