Read the whole thread over at Playskewls.
Inchfan, Dog Company, Teamsters: " ...driving about 20 inf to an emergency recap on Willem, all going well, 4th gear hauling ***. Folks on the truck saying be careful, don't kill us all. I smartly replied with something like: no worries, i'll get you in alive Then I rolled the truck. Killed em all."
Werwulf: " For me it was walking into a CP and seeing a guy under the table reading a map and assuming he was HC. It turned out he was an ei paratrooper that shot me a moment later. It was dark but still a noobish mistake."
Ce, Retired ArFr CinC: " Having 78 paras plummet into the ground 10 seconds after I took off.."
Inchfan: " LOL, I remember that, I was one of the paras."
Dangler: " Mine was coming up behind a he111 and taking his wing off. He started a flat spin at about 3 or 4k so I thought fly over him a bit and admire my handywork on its way down. Well... long story short I took a tg round through the floor and into my head. Pwnt by a one wing 111."
Geckopow, CO KOSB: " was flying CAP at Haybes with the new spitfire(very nice), hada few sorties, went for a ciggy, came back, noone was around, then i was attacked by a 109 and 190, so i hugged the AI in Haybes for some protection while i tried to save my *** from both enemy pilots, i got shot down, then i realised that Haybes was captured and was actually german!...doh"
Buggsy: " I raided an allied AB as a rifleman.
It was a short, quick, get in get out operation.
I ran into AB, grenaded an AA gun. Ran to the vehicle spawn and shot another AA gun that just spawned (2 bullets in commander, 3 bullets for gunner), then quickly ran out of the AB through the hole in the AB wall behind vehicle spawn, as another AA gun was pounding the area I was in. Just outside the AB wall I saw an EI in a berm so I raised my gun, aimed real carefully and *click*. I DIDN'T RELOAD!
*reload* EI turned around and shot me."
Anfiach: " I spawned into a defense several maps ago and I saw an opel parked underneath the filling station. So, I ran over to it and emptied 2 magazines from my smg into it...
.....I was playing Axis."
Buggsy: " I entered a CP once, and saw a dead EI on the ground, so I ran to check the radio, look back and the dead Ei got up and started shooting at me with a rifle.
HE WAS PLAYING DEAD WITH HIS KNIFE OUT AND NOT MOVING!"
MrFreeze, CO 1775th: " I have many but my most recent was when I spawned an opel to set up an MS. Saw a few ATGs at the FB so I offered them a ride to town. They must have thought, "boy that mrfreeze is a really nice guy." That's when I drove them into the river while driving and typing at the same time. I don't remember their names but I am sorry whoever you are."
Manecoon, AHC: " Had some winner in the AHC that loved me so much for playing axis all those years that he was talking smack on the HC channel.. And for once I was just shutting up.. Well I was pmming a mssg to a squadie and referred to the officer as .. well lets say.. Something with ears... but instead of a .r I used .hc... So then it was on again lol"
tisdag 30 december 2008
måndag 27 oktober 2008
Campaign 47 an Allied victory
(October 27th - From the Front)
(BE) Campaign 47 started on October the 3rd at 1200 CT. When Allied forces captured Aachen, Victory was declared and Campaign 47 the second victory in a row for the Allies. Campaign 48 starts this wednesday 29th after intermission.
(BE) Campaign 47 started on October the 3rd at 1200 CT. When Allied forces captured Aachen, Victory was declared and Campaign 47 the second victory in a row for the Allies. Campaign 48 starts this wednesday 29th after intermission.
British Paratroopers on their way to Turnhout
Armoured warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,81
October 10th 0,65
October 7th 0,61
Infantry warfare
Axis vs. Allied
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,81
October 10th 0,65
October 7th 0,61
Infantry warfare
Axis vs. Allied
October 27th 1,00
October 10th 1,03
October 7th 1,05
Air warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 1,03
October 10th 1,06
October 7th 1,05
Naval warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,87
October 10th 0,96
October 7th 0,88
Combined warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,96
October 10th 0,95
October 7th 0,93
October 10th 1,03
October 7th 1,05
Air warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 1,03
October 10th 1,06
October 7th 1,05
Naval warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,87
October 10th 0,96
October 7th 0,88
Combined warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,96
October 10th 0,95
October 7th 0,93
Fallschirmsjägers last desperate attempt at retaking the Airfield of Aachen
Top Sorties
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES KILLS CAPS K/D RTBS TOM
1. Lt Col Buxo FR Army 1 883 3 004 73 2,66 803 6 635
Top Killer
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES KILLS CAPS K/D RTBS TOM
1. Lt Col Buxo FR Army 1 883 3 004 73 2,66 803 6 635
Top Killer in single sortie
CALLSIGN PERSONA LAST UNIT STREAK ACHIEVED
1. Lt Oj UK Army Matilda 112 kills Oct 05 2306
Top Rifleman
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES CAPS KILLS DEATHS K/D TOM
1. Lt Col Buxo FR Army 795 73 1 074 403 2,67 2 016
Top Trucker
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES RTBS RESCUES MIAS KIAS TOM
1. Sgt Maj Alboria1 DE Army 501 358 28 12 103 4 855
Top Tanker
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES KILLS DEATHS K/D RTBS TOM
1. Maj Sparky78 FR Army 256 324 85 3,81 77 3 425
Top Fighter
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES KILLS DEATHS K/D RTBS TOM
1. Maj Quintisv DE Air Force 146 277 7 39,57 122 4 349
Top Destroyer
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES KILLS DEATHS K/D RTBS TOM
1. Capt Tora1 FR Navy 45 37 8 4,62 41 2 808
Cornered Rat Doc explains how Victory is decided: " Campaigns have NEVER relied on factories being captured. It has always relied on how much of the entire game world (as a percentage) was owned by the victors. That's 92% right now (it has been as much as 94% and as little as 90% while we calculated what was good and bad about the remaining territory left uncaptured at victory) ... whether or not factories get captured depends more on which way you get to the 92% captured that is required for victory.Victory is not declared by any person at CRS, when the required percentage is reached, the World@War Gazeete automatically prints a victory headline based on that percentage, and this is driven by a script attached to the game database."
tisdag 21 oktober 2008
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fredag 17 oktober 2008
Sturzkampfflieger raids british factories
(October 17th - Oberkommando die Luftwaffe)
(OKL) Sturzkampfflieger Tempest7 reported from his raid on the british factories: " 72% damage to british facility 3. 10% to british facility 2 (that wasn't the intended target someone didn't listen). Was great fun tho... gotta work on an organized egress people got caught up in their own dogfights and couldn't rely on the mutual protection from the other 110's and that caused heavy casualties. We did meet with heavy resistance tho so I am very impressed with how the guys on mission handled themselves all the way to target... Good Job guys we should do even better next time."
Picture by Sturzkampfflieger Tempest7
Fighterpilot Sniper62, 617. Dambusters reported from The Royal Airforce formation whom pursued the Luftwaffe formation: " That was fun. to bad you guys were able to slip by us and get to tgt :( as soon as i logged in i checked the map and saw two red squared NE of lille area, so i started screeming my head off on ch 55 lol so i made a mission and lifted....only made it to 20k before i started heading East. we didnt lift soon enough to set up a screen so you guys just kinda went around us lol there were 13ppl on my mission and i saw acouple hawks...anyway i got 3 outa 3 110s. heres the video of when we finally found you all....thats about all the action i saw, flew past 2 09s heading east to try and track down the rtbing 110s."
Hangar thread video
(OKL) Sturzkampfflieger Tempest7 reported from his raid on the british factories: " 72% damage to british facility 3. 10% to british facility 2 (that wasn't the intended target someone didn't listen). Was great fun tho... gotta work on an organized egress people got caught up in their own dogfights and couldn't rely on the mutual protection from the other 110's and that caused heavy casualties. We did meet with heavy resistance tho so I am very impressed with how the guys on mission handled themselves all the way to target... Good Job guys we should do even better next time."
Picture by Sturzkampfflieger Tempest7Sturzkampfflieger Timmy41 flew in the formation as well: " I tried to RTB, had an awful spit5 pilot on me, i hit him alot with TG and he still followed me. i had lost a rudder and an engine, in such a way that i had to full rudder the other way to keep me from auguring, and even soo, i was flying at a 10 degree slip and AP wouldnt work. so the spit pilot spent alteast 5 passes on me on my way to the french coast, as i struggled to keep the plane in the air, then finaly when i was over land, my other engine gave out and i toppled into a treeline at a very low speed. i thought i was goign to survive the crash at first, as i was controlling it in such a way that the plane would have very little vertivle velocity and alot of horizontal velocity, hopign that i would simply skid to a stop, but i hit the trees."
Fighterpilot Sniper62, 617. Dambusters reported from The Royal Airforce formation whom pursued the Luftwaffe formation: " That was fun. to bad you guys were able to slip by us and get to tgt :( as soon as i logged in i checked the map and saw two red squared NE of lille area, so i started screeming my head off on ch 55 lol so i made a mission and lifted....only made it to 20k before i started heading East. we didnt lift soon enough to set up a screen so you guys just kinda went around us lol there were 13ppl on my mission and i saw acouple hawks...anyway i got 3 outa 3 110s. heres the video of when we finally found you all....thats about all the action i saw, flew past 2 09s heading east to try and track down the rtbing 110s."
Hangar thread video
lördag 11 oktober 2008
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tisdag 7 oktober 2008
Drop over Longwy and Virton FB
(October 7th - Combat Stats & Records)
(BEF) 2nd Lieutenant Sport20 reported: " As I sat in my seat on the C47, I couldn?t help but think about home. My mind drifted away from the mission and to my favorite pub back in Surrey. I could nearly taste the delicious cold ale on my lips when my thoughts were snapped back into focus as the jump leader, Shad0w64, had us stand up. We called out our equipment checks and latched our static cables to the wire humming over our heads. The plane shuddered as the door was flung open revealing nothing but darkness, propwash filling the cabin. Our pilot, Bartsass, expertly lined up on our final course, adjusting the throttles to idle to make our approach as silent as possible.
The DZ approached and I stepped towards the door, peering out at the faint lights of Virton in the distance to the south. As the platoon?s sniper, I was first out, to set up an covering position west of the infantry camp at the enemy forward base, which had been established between Virton and Longwy along the allied front. My parachute opened with a reassuring jolt, and I took account of my surroundings. A flak battery opened up below as the rest of the squad exited the aircraft, bright orange tracers drawing a line across the night sky. I was relieved to see each one of them with a good chute.
As I landed in a hedge, I immediately heard the unmistakable staccato chatter of an MG34 firing at close range. Expecting to hear the sound of bullets ripping through my flesh, I quickly realized he was sitting in the open, spraying my mates, never having seen me come down behind him. I took quick aim (he was only 50m away) and fired, the round entered his right flank and bounced around his ribcage. Unfortunately, he was able to get four of my friends before I could get him. As the rest of the team?s charges were placed on the infantry tent, I ran and took position on the opposite side of the ridge to the southwest with a clear 200m shot. I quickly dropped another LMG who had attempted to take cover in a berm. The pink mist from his shattered head lingered in the air for several moments.
At the same time, an Opel troop carrier had left the FB depot and was driving up the hill I was on. As he got closer, I took aim, about 100m away, and fired. The blood from the drivers freshly departed head sprayed the interior of the cab as he slumped over the wheel and the truck slowly drifted to a halt. I turned my attention back to the FB and watched infantry pour out of the tents and try to take defensive positions. Several members of the Covert Ops squad had shown up by truck and were attacking the base from the north, diverting the infantry?s attention as a second C47 roared overhead. I took aim at a MG34 gunner who deployed his weapon in the open in a futile attempt to shoot at the descending paratroopers. The bullet from my rifle tore through his upper back and came out of his neck; his death scream drowned out by the sounds of battle. Blood painted the green grass red, as the barrel of his gun smoked in silence.
I turned my attention on the flak battery which had punched holes in the C47 and was now turning its attention on the attacking infantry. As both the infantry camp and the vehicle depot succumbed to satchel charges, the enemy became desperate. The gunner of the FlaK28 was spraying wildly, only pausing for his partner to keep shells feeding into the receiver. As the barrel swung around away from me, I took aim, and fired. The bullet entered the small of the back of the supporting crewmember, and he dropped like a fresh sack of potatoes. The gunner did not notice his departed comrade for several moments, giving me enough time to adjust my aim, and wait for him to stop. Spotting his dead partner, he paused, the deafening silence encompassing the air around the battlefield. He looked around in paralyzing fear at the sea of dead men, most of which wearing his uniform, that surrounded his position. My heartbeat, steady and rhythmic, beat in my ears. I released my breath slowly, and with definite purpose squeezed my trigger. The sharp crack of my rifle broke the death silence of the area and the round entered the chest of the gunner. I could hear the round pierce his flesh, forcing a final gurgling grunt to escape his mouth. From 325 meters, I could hear it as if he was next to me. His limp body rolled out of his seat and lay still on the ground, helmet slowly rolling away.
I stayed in my position for several more minutes, watching for any hidden enemies waiting to leave their cover. When none showed, I recovered my rifle and casings, and checked my map. Virton was only 2.7 kilometers to the west, and I started a slow jog, stopping only to check my surroundings for any hidden surprises. According to my watch, it was 41 minutes after leaving Montfaucon when I entered our AB to the welcome of some friendly French soldiers. It?s good to be alive "
Read this AAR over at CSR.
(BEF) 2nd Lieutenant Sport20 reported: " As I sat in my seat on the C47, I couldn?t help but think about home. My mind drifted away from the mission and to my favorite pub back in Surrey. I could nearly taste the delicious cold ale on my lips when my thoughts were snapped back into focus as the jump leader, Shad0w64, had us stand up. We called out our equipment checks and latched our static cables to the wire humming over our heads. The plane shuddered as the door was flung open revealing nothing but darkness, propwash filling the cabin. Our pilot, Bartsass, expertly lined up on our final course, adjusting the throttles to idle to make our approach as silent as possible.
The DZ approached and I stepped towards the door, peering out at the faint lights of Virton in the distance to the south. As the platoon?s sniper, I was first out, to set up an covering position west of the infantry camp at the enemy forward base, which had been established between Virton and Longwy along the allied front. My parachute opened with a reassuring jolt, and I took account of my surroundings. A flak battery opened up below as the rest of the squad exited the aircraft, bright orange tracers drawing a line across the night sky. I was relieved to see each one of them with a good chute.
As I landed in a hedge, I immediately heard the unmistakable staccato chatter of an MG34 firing at close range. Expecting to hear the sound of bullets ripping through my flesh, I quickly realized he was sitting in the open, spraying my mates, never having seen me come down behind him. I took quick aim (he was only 50m away) and fired, the round entered his right flank and bounced around his ribcage. Unfortunately, he was able to get four of my friends before I could get him. As the rest of the team?s charges were placed on the infantry tent, I ran and took position on the opposite side of the ridge to the southwest with a clear 200m shot. I quickly dropped another LMG who had attempted to take cover in a berm. The pink mist from his shattered head lingered in the air for several moments.
At the same time, an Opel troop carrier had left the FB depot and was driving up the hill I was on. As he got closer, I took aim, about 100m away, and fired. The blood from the drivers freshly departed head sprayed the interior of the cab as he slumped over the wheel and the truck slowly drifted to a halt. I turned my attention back to the FB and watched infantry pour out of the tents and try to take defensive positions. Several members of the Covert Ops squad had shown up by truck and were attacking the base from the north, diverting the infantry?s attention as a second C47 roared overhead. I took aim at a MG34 gunner who deployed his weapon in the open in a futile attempt to shoot at the descending paratroopers. The bullet from my rifle tore through his upper back and came out of his neck; his death scream drowned out by the sounds of battle. Blood painted the green grass red, as the barrel of his gun smoked in silence.
I turned my attention on the flak battery which had punched holes in the C47 and was now turning its attention on the attacking infantry. As both the infantry camp and the vehicle depot succumbed to satchel charges, the enemy became desperate. The gunner of the FlaK28 was spraying wildly, only pausing for his partner to keep shells feeding into the receiver. As the barrel swung around away from me, I took aim, and fired. The bullet entered the small of the back of the supporting crewmember, and he dropped like a fresh sack of potatoes. The gunner did not notice his departed comrade for several moments, giving me enough time to adjust my aim, and wait for him to stop. Spotting his dead partner, he paused, the deafening silence encompassing the air around the battlefield. He looked around in paralyzing fear at the sea of dead men, most of which wearing his uniform, that surrounded his position. My heartbeat, steady and rhythmic, beat in my ears. I released my breath slowly, and with definite purpose squeezed my trigger. The sharp crack of my rifle broke the death silence of the area and the round entered the chest of the gunner. I could hear the round pierce his flesh, forcing a final gurgling grunt to escape his mouth. From 325 meters, I could hear it as if he was next to me. His limp body rolled out of his seat and lay still on the ground, helmet slowly rolling away.
I stayed in my position for several more minutes, watching for any hidden enemies waiting to leave their cover. When none showed, I recovered my rifle and casings, and checked my map. Virton was only 2.7 kilometers to the west, and I started a slow jog, stopping only to check my surroundings for any hidden surprises. According to my watch, it was 41 minutes after leaving Montfaucon when I entered our AB to the welcome of some friendly French soldiers. It?s good to be alive "
Read this AAR over at CSR.
måndag 6 oktober 2008
Dinkers 5 advice to the new Commanders
(October 6th - From Axis discussions 02-18-2008, 02:18 PM)
(OKA) Under the title 5 good tips for the newer HC guys to know, retired General and living Legend Dinker gave the new High Commanders some advice back in february 2008: " S! hc guys. For those that dont know me im an ol retired hc guy that has been meaning to post some secret tips from my long experience as a squad XO and former division officer witin the 12th Armee to which many i learnt the hard way by trial and error that i felt i should share. Some of these tips might seem silly to some of yous but trust me they really work ive died alot, been pmed dirty words and flat out been pwned in order to discover some of these basic secrets/tips that are effective. First but not least one thing ive noticed especially during allied prime time i see happen alot that i wanted to stress is:"
1. when going for an nme forward base which alot of hc spend there time doing when outnumbered....the standard thing you see is a .axis message " msp open for x fb blah blah".... now this fb is obviously important every axis player (or allied visitor) has just seen the .axis for help. now theres no doubt you will get help on the Foward base but sometimes and often this help turns out to be a complete waste of supply that only entertains the nme deffending the fb that was before luke warm and now smoking hot with mercs a charging/shooting...so tip 1 is never ever ask or get a .axis on a nme forward base that is deffended on an obviously high priorty allied atack use a few guys from the brigade or mission channel and take your time go together and hit it at the same time.
2. whats the most important thing to do when trying to lead a deffence? well many will say guard the spawn or guard the bunker and both of those are pretty good options but ive found out that if your the oic really and truley somtimes losing the spawn cp and letting the atk happen is a good thing what you want is (for the nme to maintain there attack at a level where your entertained but effective if your deffence is to stuburn the nme will more than likley warp to a deffence or another attack somewhere else which if you think about it can even hurt your sides other ongoing attacks food for thought)..bottom line though is that you COMMUNICATE whats happening to the players spawning in and the best way to do this is not from the cp or bunker....really it is from outside of town preferably from a well place hidden deffensive MS where you can give INFO as early and accurately as possible...you will be amaized at just how effective everyone is if you are typing/updating pming the guys you see on your map can be when you do this..i learnt this years ago one day i decided screw the spawn cp im gonna lay in the church high up and watch everthing come in and man o man was everyone getting good kills except me of course lol but it was sure fun seeing the results of good info/warning giving the deffenders plenty of time to set up.
The only exception to this advice is knowing if the attack comming is just a mole attack..this takes a nose and some understanding of whats going on currently in game to predict so if you can grasp the mole attacks and predict them well your best bet on them is in fact to be stubbrun by holding the cps/abs so that they either give up or forced to bring more to entertain you.
3. how best to lead an attack?really the same can be said as i just mentioned on the deffence your best bet is to get somewhere with best view on the town preferably the AB as highly elevated as possible so you can see as much going on....from there if you can try and get at least 2 msps going 1 Should ALWAYS...be set up in the direction that your tanks and atgs are comming in to keep EI off the tanks and friendly atgs and the other should be set up with the priority to belive it or not Kill Atgs and mark nme if you can do this and Communicate whats going on well along with PM players you see that might be in danger you will see alot of good things happen eventually... now never make the mistake of screaming we need this spawn cp or we need that to early and often becuase trust me most players already know this and are trying to cap them so they dont have to walk there lazy virtual butts to town, if the attack is good the spawns will eventually be capped so really unless you want to rally a few smgs to cover it theres no use in screaming that you need it everyone knows this already it will happen in time if all other things as mentioned are going ok....also never be affraid to back off town some back to the fb Area if deffence is good....often switching gears becoming more defensive and letting them come to you is a good thing even at the fb youll be suprised at how many attacks can go from crap to wow they comming to fb and wasting there supply now to we have a renewed attack (as long as theres players killing stuff there having fun fb or town) so if fb is boring you need to pick on town again so thell entertain you not by you going to them in a zerg but picking on them just enough to force them out to you (cat and mouse) perhaps at your fb or into your ambush outside of town...remember move those attacks points dont be emberassed if you have to move them far out that just means you got a good fight is all which is a good thing if everyone is aware
4. defending an fb...often when an important FB gets hit if the deffence is good your really better off not killing the nme truck...if you can mark it and do .orders for someone to drive a 232 to it and just kill the sappers spawning out of it ...youd be suprised at just how many sappers will be dead to some HC guy who just did a .allied to blow your fb and 232 suprise in minutes youve killed 30 of the 50 towns supply of sappers and your possible attack has just become way easier.
5. .orders really are useful dont be affraid to change them....if your not accomplishing what you want change them to somthing that you or the players helping can realistically do...ww2ol is a unique game and noone likes to die always remember this the one who shifts gears best and predicts the other ones moves/number concentration/posistion best is usually the winner hereS! dinker aka dirk dinkler.
Read the rest of Dinker's advice here.
(OKA) Under the title 5 good tips for the newer HC guys to know, retired General and living Legend Dinker gave the new High Commanders some advice back in february 2008: " S! hc guys. For those that dont know me im an ol retired hc guy that has been meaning to post some secret tips from my long experience as a squad XO and former division officer witin the 12th Armee to which many i learnt the hard way by trial and error that i felt i should share. Some of these tips might seem silly to some of yous but trust me they really work ive died alot, been pmed dirty words and flat out been pwned in order to discover some of these basic secrets/tips that are effective. First but not least one thing ive noticed especially during allied prime time i see happen alot that i wanted to stress is:"
1. when going for an nme forward base which alot of hc spend there time doing when outnumbered....the standard thing you see is a .axis message " msp open for x fb blah blah".... now this fb is obviously important every axis player (or allied visitor) has just seen the .axis for help. now theres no doubt you will get help on the Foward base but sometimes and often this help turns out to be a complete waste of supply that only entertains the nme deffending the fb that was before luke warm and now smoking hot with mercs a charging/shooting...so tip 1 is never ever ask or get a .axis on a nme forward base that is deffended on an obviously high priorty allied atack use a few guys from the brigade or mission channel and take your time go together and hit it at the same time.
2. whats the most important thing to do when trying to lead a deffence? well many will say guard the spawn or guard the bunker and both of those are pretty good options but ive found out that if your the oic really and truley somtimes losing the spawn cp and letting the atk happen is a good thing what you want is (for the nme to maintain there attack at a level where your entertained but effective if your deffence is to stuburn the nme will more than likley warp to a deffence or another attack somewhere else which if you think about it can even hurt your sides other ongoing attacks food for thought)..bottom line though is that you COMMUNICATE whats happening to the players spawning in and the best way to do this is not from the cp or bunker....really it is from outside of town preferably from a well place hidden deffensive MS where you can give INFO as early and accurately as possible...you will be amaized at just how effective everyone is if you are typing/updating pming the guys you see on your map can be when you do this..i learnt this years ago one day i decided screw the spawn cp im gonna lay in the church high up and watch everthing come in and man o man was everyone getting good kills except me of course lol but it was sure fun seeing the results of good info/warning giving the deffenders plenty of time to set up.
The only exception to this advice is knowing if the attack comming is just a mole attack..this takes a nose and some understanding of whats going on currently in game to predict so if you can grasp the mole attacks and predict them well your best bet on them is in fact to be stubbrun by holding the cps/abs so that they either give up or forced to bring more to entertain you.
3. how best to lead an attack?really the same can be said as i just mentioned on the deffence your best bet is to get somewhere with best view on the town preferably the AB as highly elevated as possible so you can see as much going on....from there if you can try and get at least 2 msps going 1 Should ALWAYS...be set up in the direction that your tanks and atgs are comming in to keep EI off the tanks and friendly atgs and the other should be set up with the priority to belive it or not Kill Atgs and mark nme if you can do this and Communicate whats going on well along with PM players you see that might be in danger you will see alot of good things happen eventually... now never make the mistake of screaming we need this spawn cp or we need that to early and often becuase trust me most players already know this and are trying to cap them so they dont have to walk there lazy virtual butts to town, if the attack is good the spawns will eventually be capped so really unless you want to rally a few smgs to cover it theres no use in screaming that you need it everyone knows this already it will happen in time if all other things as mentioned are going ok....also never be affraid to back off town some back to the fb Area if deffence is good....often switching gears becoming more defensive and letting them come to you is a good thing even at the fb youll be suprised at how many attacks can go from crap to wow they comming to fb and wasting there supply now to we have a renewed attack (as long as theres players killing stuff there having fun fb or town) so if fb is boring you need to pick on town again so thell entertain you not by you going to them in a zerg but picking on them just enough to force them out to you (cat and mouse) perhaps at your fb or into your ambush outside of town...remember move those attacks points dont be emberassed if you have to move them far out that just means you got a good fight is all which is a good thing if everyone is aware
4. defending an fb...often when an important FB gets hit if the deffence is good your really better off not killing the nme truck...if you can mark it and do .orders for someone to drive a 232 to it and just kill the sappers spawning out of it ...youd be suprised at just how many sappers will be dead to some HC guy who just did a .allied to blow your fb and 232 suprise in minutes youve killed 30 of the 50 towns supply of sappers and your possible attack has just become way easier.
5. .orders really are useful dont be affraid to change them....if your not accomplishing what you want change them to somthing that you or the players helping can realistically do...ww2ol is a unique game and noone likes to die always remember this the one who shifts gears best and predicts the other ones moves/number concentration/posistion best is usually the winner hereS! dinker aka dirk dinkler.
Read the rest of Dinker's advice here.
söndag 5 oktober 2008
The Defence of Montmedy
(October 5th -France )
(AHC) Tomba, French Country Chief of Staff, announced: " What an amazing defence. Starting around 7pm Australian time, the Allies faced 4 Axis Brigades against our poor, little and very lonely single brigade. None the less, we engaged in a form of defence not seen by this command for a long time; an overly organised one Right from the AO placement Allied troops were defending our only FB (Orval), and giving the Axis hell from a perimeter around town. Others guarded flags, and all flags were covered within the first ten minutes. This continued for the entire battle. As well, the Axis MSP's were being marked and destroyed, and more Allied players continued to spawn, creating a good number for defence.As the battle progressed, the Allied line of ATG's and sappers in the field continued to wreak havoc against enemy PZ's, and it was a welcome sign for players in town not to see any panzers, bar the occasional 232, until the final stages of the battle. As well as our line outside of town, in each CP we had dedicated guards, who served right until the end. In fact, the communication was fantastic, and only four times did a CP fall in the first three hours. It was the final twenty minutes which saw, after repeated Axis paratrooper attempts, a wave finally work and depots fall. They all fell, very quickly - as expected. While we attempted to fight back and keep hold, the Axis had far greater numbers, and the panzers rolled into town after smashing through our lines, supporting their infantry very well and taking hold of all of the CP's. With three spawnables, there was nothing left for the Allies to hold on with.
Rather than waste supply, the call was made to fallback. Allied players responded positively to this, and rather than running to their doom, they despawned and allowed the fallback to work. It was after this defence that many players spawned straight into another town, to defend and to push back the Axis forces. Montmedy was an impressive case of teamwork. It was a town that statistically stood no chance, yet through communication, organisation and participation, the Allies held it for over 3 hours and 19 minutes against the Axis forces outnumbering them 4:1. I was extremely, and am extremely proud of the way Allied players conducted themselves, responded quickly and held their heads high in this defence, even when we had to fallback. It was a pleasure to OIC the defence as players did anything and everything to keep the town for as long as we could.It is in this light I would like to thank the following depot guards. I apologise if I missed anybody, but as I guarded the "Long CP" for the entire battle, I'm fairly sure I managed to scout out those on the map who were guarding a CP. The following people spent time in a CP guarding - some longer than others - and deserve a big thank you. Well done guys!"
(AHC) Tomba, French Country Chief of Staff, announced: " What an amazing defence. Starting around 7pm Australian time, the Allies faced 4 Axis Brigades against our poor, little and very lonely single brigade. None the less, we engaged in a form of defence not seen by this command for a long time; an overly organised one Right from the AO placement Allied troops were defending our only FB (Orval), and giving the Axis hell from a perimeter around town. Others guarded flags, and all flags were covered within the first ten minutes. This continued for the entire battle. As well, the Axis MSP's were being marked and destroyed, and more Allied players continued to spawn, creating a good number for defence.As the battle progressed, the Allied line of ATG's and sappers in the field continued to wreak havoc against enemy PZ's, and it was a welcome sign for players in town not to see any panzers, bar the occasional 232, until the final stages of the battle. As well as our line outside of town, in each CP we had dedicated guards, who served right until the end. In fact, the communication was fantastic, and only four times did a CP fall in the first three hours. It was the final twenty minutes which saw, after repeated Axis paratrooper attempts, a wave finally work and depots fall. They all fell, very quickly - as expected. While we attempted to fight back and keep hold, the Axis had far greater numbers, and the panzers rolled into town after smashing through our lines, supporting their infantry very well and taking hold of all of the CP's. With three spawnables, there was nothing left for the Allies to hold on with.
Rather than waste supply, the call was made to fallback. Allied players responded positively to this, and rather than running to their doom, they despawned and allowed the fallback to work. It was after this defence that many players spawned straight into another town, to defend and to push back the Axis forces. Montmedy was an impressive case of teamwork. It was a town that statistically stood no chance, yet through communication, organisation and participation, the Allies held it for over 3 hours and 19 minutes against the Axis forces outnumbering them 4:1. I was extremely, and am extremely proud of the way Allied players conducted themselves, responded quickly and held their heads high in this defence, even when we had to fallback. It was a pleasure to OIC the defence as players did anything and everything to keep the town for as long as we could.It is in this light I would like to thank the following depot guards. I apologise if I missed anybody, but as I guarded the "Long CP" for the entire battle, I'm fairly sure I managed to scout out those on the map who were guarding a CP. The following people spent time in a CP guarding - some longer than others - and deserve a big thank you. Well done guys!"
Depot Guards
Ckdex
Greatone
Adv
Seumas13
Pierro
Downu
Jd7
Cwo4evil
Ajems
Spikey
Assour
Bionicg
Mondy
Klodvig
Pas2nom9
Genric
Snake44
Catfive
Cordad
Gagsy
Dirtpig2
Three6ty
Covdad
Salador
Wedgehed
Lucard
Janus
Iiiihhad
Ckdex
Greatone
Adv
Seumas13
Pierro
Downu
Jd7
Cwo4evil
Ajems
Spikey
Assour
Bionicg
Mondy
Klodvig
Pas2nom9
Genric
Snake44
Catfive
Cordad
Gagsy
Dirtpig2
Three6ty
Covdad
Salador
Wedgehed
Lucard
Janus
Iiiihhad
However, it also gives me great pleasure to annouce a few awards.
Combat Merit Brigade
Recognition For outstanding work in the field of duty, awarded to:
Snake44 Pierro Assour Bionicg
These players went above and beyond the call of duty. They assisted greatly in the defence of the town, and served the Allies dutifully.
Combat Merit Hero Recognition
This player served for long periods of time guarding depots, and without him the defence efforts would not have been nearly as successful as they were. He is awarded the highest level of Combat Merit Recognition; the Combat Merit Hero Recognition.
Congratulations sir! Ckdex, well done mate, and congratulations! Again, well done to all players, and I'll see you defending the next town - or taking it
Axis Denied Commander Cross
It is a distinct pleasure to be able to even think about giving this award to a player. This award is a very new, very high award for those who meet this criteria:Awarded to both AHC Officers and Pbase for doing the day in day out guarding duty in CP, FB or a Bunker preventing the Axis from gaining a stronghold. Awarded by Country level CinC or CoS and CinC or CinC Staff .In this defence there was a player who was present from the near beginning. His communications and efforts guarding one CP stopped the Axis from taking it for the entire battle. His positive attitude and dedication is constantly noticed - by this commander especially - and he is a credit to his squad, the 22nd Mech, and the Allied side. For his efforts tonight, and his efforts at all times, join me in congratulating Spikey for the "Axis Denied Commander Cross," a very high Allied Award.Well deserved Spikey!
Meritorious Unit Commendation
I'd like to award this to the 22nd Mech, whose members served throughout the defence in a sterling fashion, co-operating fully with the AHC and the Command. Congratulations to the 22nd Mech, brilliant work! Just as a sidenote; this defence deserved all of these awards. It was one I have not seen for a long time, and the entire night of defending justified these awards. The players and squads awarded served in Montmedy, but this was and is only the tip of the iceberg to what they do for the Allied side.
Read the Announcement at the Allied forum.fredag 3 oktober 2008
Campaign 46 statistics
(October 3rd - From the Front)
(FTF) With Düsseldorf and Monchen-Gladbach under Allied control, Campaign 46 is now declared an Allied Victory! The campaign started september 25th at 1252 CT and ended october 3rd.
Luftwaffe deployed the Ju52, Bf110c, Stuka and Heinkel against the Royal Airforce C-47, Hurricanes, Spitfires, Havocs, Blenheimers and the French Airforce JU52, Hawk75, D520, Blenheimer and DB7. Luftwaffe shot down 6 231 enemy aircrafts and lost 6 467. 13 067 Bf110c took off, 36 % returned to base, 9% rescued, 4% missing in action and 51% killed in action, jagdfliegers spent a total of 152 040 minutes in the air against the Allies 222 168 minutes. The Allies won the kill versus death war with 0.06% but had an advantage with 70 000 more minutes of Aircrafts in the air.
Das Heer deployed 15 041 panzers who spent 145 622 minutes on mission against the Allies 14 989 tanks and 217 223 minutes on mission. 102 364 soldaten was sent off to war and they spent 526 146 minutes on the battlefield against the Allies 517 714 minutes and 94 225 deployed. To conclude the ground war the Allies had more tanks on the battlefield and the Axis more infantry.
Kriegsmarine deployed 949 Fairmiles with a total of 9 526 minutes on the sea against the Allies 1 025 deployed and 9 338 minutes. Kriegsmarine managed to send 52 destroyers to war against 72, Kriegsmarine sunk 11 and lost 10 at sea.
#1 BY SORTIES Lt Osmosis DE Army 920 sorties.
#1 BY KILLS Lt Col Buxo FR Army 504 kills.
#1 BY CAPTURES Lt Raptor89 FR Army 66 captures.
#1 BY RIFLEMEN Maj Marcusa FR Army 102 sorties 26 captures, 157 kills, 21 deaths, 7,48 k/d, 395 minutes on mission.
#1 BY SUB-MACHINE GUNNERS Lt Col Sexiboy FR Army 141 sorties, 48 captures, 176 kills, 79 deaths, 2,23 k/d, 597.
#1 BY TRUCKERS Lt Col Kallossa DE Army 182 sorties, 106 rtb, 13 rescues, 10 mia, 53 kia, 399 tom.
#1 BY FIGHTERS Maj Quintisv DE Air Force 58 sorties, 136 kills, 5 deaths, 27,20 k/d, 47 rtb, 2 068 tom.
#1 BY PATROL BOATS Lt Col Mattuo DE Navy 68 sorties, 49 kills, 10 deaths, 4,90 k/d, 61 rtb, 964 tom.
(FTF) With Düsseldorf and Monchen-Gladbach under Allied control, Campaign 46 is now declared an Allied Victory! The campaign started september 25th at 1252 CT and ended october 3rd.
Luftwaffe deployed the Ju52, Bf110c, Stuka and Heinkel against the Royal Airforce C-47, Hurricanes, Spitfires, Havocs, Blenheimers and the French Airforce JU52, Hawk75, D520, Blenheimer and DB7. Luftwaffe shot down 6 231 enemy aircrafts and lost 6 467. 13 067 Bf110c took off, 36 % returned to base, 9% rescued, 4% missing in action and 51% killed in action, jagdfliegers spent a total of 152 040 minutes in the air against the Allies 222 168 minutes. The Allies won the kill versus death war with 0.06% but had an advantage with 70 000 more minutes of Aircrafts in the air.
Das Heer deployed 15 041 panzers who spent 145 622 minutes on mission against the Allies 14 989 tanks and 217 223 minutes on mission. 102 364 soldaten was sent off to war and they spent 526 146 minutes on the battlefield against the Allies 517 714 minutes and 94 225 deployed. To conclude the ground war the Allies had more tanks on the battlefield and the Axis more infantry.
Kriegsmarine deployed 949 Fairmiles with a total of 9 526 minutes on the sea against the Allies 1 025 deployed and 9 338 minutes. Kriegsmarine managed to send 52 destroyers to war against 72, Kriegsmarine sunk 11 and lost 10 at sea.
#1 BY SORTIES Lt Osmosis DE Army 920 sorties.
#1 BY KILLS Lt Col Buxo FR Army 504 kills.
#1 BY CAPTURES Lt Raptor89 FR Army 66 captures.
#1 BY RIFLEMEN Maj Marcusa FR Army 102 sorties 26 captures, 157 kills, 21 deaths, 7,48 k/d, 395 minutes on mission.
#1 BY SUB-MACHINE GUNNERS Lt Col Sexiboy FR Army 141 sorties, 48 captures, 176 kills, 79 deaths, 2,23 k/d, 597.
#1 BY TRUCKERS Lt Col Kallossa DE Army 182 sorties, 106 rtb, 13 rescues, 10 mia, 53 kia, 399 tom.
#1 BY FIGHTERS Maj Quintisv DE Air Force 58 sorties, 136 kills, 5 deaths, 27,20 k/d, 47 rtb, 2 068 tom.
#1 BY PATROL BOATS Lt Col Mattuo DE Navy 68 sorties, 49 kills, 10 deaths, 4,90 k/d, 61 rtb, 964 tom.
måndag 29 september 2008
The campaign 17 project - Part 1
Campaign 17 saw the introduction of Attack Objectives with mobile spawns. Suddenly World War II Online was a new game regarding tactics and strategy. Generalmajor Svedala, Stellvertrender Befehlshaber des PR Korps, Oberkommando der Achsenmächte (XO PR) made an attempt to record the campaign and to write a story from beginning to end. Mind that english is not my first language. One AAR credit to Schultz, Spelling dr07, initial Writing tips Yahtzee. This is the progress so far:
Life on the virtual Battlefield
From the annuals of generalmajor Svedala
- Campaign 17, day by day
December 31st 2004 to February 26th 2005
Last edited: Aug 26 2006
(The implementation of Mobile spawns and attack objectives)
December 31st 1500 CT, 1939, Köln
The call to arms came when least expected. The axis armed forces enjoyed a well deserved vacation in Köln after a descicive victory over the allied forces. Peae
Generalmajor Svedala, Stellvertrender Befelshaber des PR Korps was sipping on some cognac from the liberated territories while his adjutant oberst Pittpete entered.
” We have been nerfed?” Pittpete said waving with some papers.
” What do you mean? Nerfed, don´t know that word!?” Svedala answered in a calm manner, fully occupied by the aroma of the congnac.
” You silly swede…” Pittpete started but changed, ” Herr general. The gods does not favour us as they have changed the ownership of the whole Britain, almost whole France and Belgium and…”
” How awkward.” Svedala lost the interest for drinking more. ” That is somewhat rude, is it not?!”
” Yeah, they don´t give a rats ass for us. Anyway, FeldmarshallXX Megablam has recieved orders from Calistor; Oberbefehlshaber der Achsenmächte, to move on the enemy at once. As we speak, allied forces are rolling over our borders !”
Svedala took the papers and read thru them.
Irrgang? Erkhlwaffung?? reported that all axis equiptment where now Tier 0, meaning panzerkampfwagen 38, 3 f and 4 d was the main body of das Heer, and the 109E was Luftwaffes best fighter. Kriegsmarine, well they had the same, because they only had Vacant Schmidt doing research, and he was always busy with, well beeing vacant. It seemed like the newly formed Fallschirmjäger was ready thou and plenty of fresh junker 52 pilots eager to perform their duties.
” Well, the equiptment is back to basic. Somewhat discouraging, doing it all again. Well, let´s do something for our workers so they get going. Mabye some posters of nekkid Berlin Betty, will do the job” Svedala proclaimed and lost it for a while, to a daydream that is.
Life on the virtual Battlefield
From the annuals of generalmajor Svedala
- Campaign 17, day by day
December 31st 2004 to February 26th 2005
Last edited: Aug 26 2006
(The implementation of Mobile spawns and attack objectives)
December 31st 1500 CT, 1939, Köln
The call to arms came when least expected. The axis armed forces enjoyed a well deserved vacation in Köln after a descicive victory over the allied forces. Peae
Generalmajor Svedala, Stellvertrender Befelshaber des PR Korps was sipping on some cognac from the liberated territories while his adjutant oberst Pittpete entered.
” We have been nerfed?” Pittpete said waving with some papers.
” What do you mean? Nerfed, don´t know that word!?” Svedala answered in a calm manner, fully occupied by the aroma of the congnac.
” You silly swede…” Pittpete started but changed, ” Herr general. The gods does not favour us as they have changed the ownership of the whole Britain, almost whole France and Belgium and…”
” How awkward.” Svedala lost the interest for drinking more. ” That is somewhat rude, is it not?!”
” Yeah, they don´t give a rats ass for us. Anyway, FeldmarshallXX Megablam has recieved orders from Calistor; Oberbefehlshaber der Achsenmächte, to move on the enemy at once. As we speak, allied forces are rolling over our borders !”
Svedala took the papers and read thru them.
Irrgang? Erkhlwaffung?? reported that all axis equiptment where now Tier 0, meaning panzerkampfwagen 38, 3 f and 4 d was the main body of das Heer, and the 109E was Luftwaffes best fighter. Kriegsmarine, well they had the same, because they only had Vacant Schmidt doing research, and he was always busy with, well beeing vacant. It seemed like the newly formed Fallschirmjäger was ready thou and plenty of fresh junker 52 pilots eager to perform their duties.
” Well, the equiptment is back to basic. Somewhat discouraging, doing it all again. Well, let´s do something for our workers so they get going. Mabye some posters of nekkid Berlin Betty, will do the job” Svedala proclaimed and lost it for a while, to a daydream that is.
” Fetch my officer uniform!” Svedala ordered schutze Poot. ” Sir, you have no officer uniform. It’s not here?!” Poot said and shuddered as he came back from the closet. ” Don’t be silly. I need to go to Wuustwezel now. It’s there in the closet, where I left it!” Svedala went into the closet and looked around. ”Wth? Where is my uniform?!” Svedala made a couple of phone calls, and his uniform was no where to be found. It had just disappeared. After filling out the forms to get a new officer uniform, and somewhat disturbed that someone had taken his fine uniform, he borrowed an enlisted uniform and jumped into his 232 to head for Wuustwezel and the war. Svedala stepped out from his 232 at Wuustwezel and was immediately gunned down by concealed british riflemen outside of the armybase. In the meanwhile other brave axis soldaten was gunned down from the barracks. Svedala made his way, wounded and upset, to the barracks to get some help. After being patched by a medic and in a new infantry uniform he makes his way out of the barracks armed with a brand new anti-tank rifle. It doesn´t take long before the first enemy is within range. Svedala kills a British A13 commanded by Kfs1 with ATR, the A13 had killed 10 infantry before engulfed in flames. Later that evening using Roosendaal-Kalmthout FB as the point of attack, Svedala continued to use his ATR and killed UK Army Brig Gen Mandrill who drove an A13 and had killed seven axis soldaten. Following the excitement Svedala decided to return to his tent and do some paperwork. Soon a familiar face showed up in the opening. Oberleutenant oo6oo7, 3rd Panzergruppe reported for duty, quite eager to get to work. ” I’m back from my retirement under the ¨Welcome back soldaten¨ program”
" Nice to see you, Herr Oberleutenant,” Svedala replied and took a look at the situation map. ” Report to Esch for duty! They will soon be in need of a trained soldaten.”
” Will do.” The Oberleutenant replied and disappeared out in the darkness and they chilly night.
January 1st
Veteran soldaten Svedala deployed with his trusty rifle at a mobile spawn from Schilde Army base the following morning. The sun was on the rise and a silent morning breeze welcomed him to the battlefield. It was time to go for Antwerp and bind as many enemies as possible to the area in order to give the other units a chance to breakthrough the front. Jogging thru a sparse forest, Svedala soon meet an enemy rifleman. Less then a hundred meters away the enemy soldier thru himself to the ground and while Svedala sidestepped the shot missed, giving him time to kneel, aim and fire, sending captain Virtz from the UK Army to oblivion. The countryside was infested with enemy soldiers, taking position to ambush any axis advance in the area. It was impossible to go unnoticed as panzer or opel, but as infantry, Svedala made his way, and found another British rifleman in a berm scouting in another direction. Svedala shot his adversary and checked his papers. He was called Biffa, an enlisted rifleman from the UK Army and had made his way from a mobile spawn from Bergen Op Zoom. It was now certain that they were determined to control this area, and as planned, they where committing troops to keep it that way. Svedala and a few other riflemen were here to make sure that it would stay interesting for them to keep troops here. Patrolling the area and avoiding enemy scout vehicles, Svedala found a lonely sapper running over a field, straight for the axis mobile spawn. Letting the enemy get a shot at the opel would not be a good idea. So Svedala kneel, aimed and sent colonel Thecouch to the ground with his second shot. He then proceeded to relocate to Aarschot to join in on the attack on Lier. As a grenadier, Svedala killed three British infantry and one Vickers. Later, with an SMG, he killed corporal Thefsg and Brig Gen Dufnut who made a feeble attempt to stop Svedala. The FB was under pressure and enemy sappers where making attempts to bring it down. Svedala killed two enemy sappers with a flak30. With Lier capped Svedala spawned a rifleman at the Lier Army base in order to fend off a British counter-attack and killed two British sappers, a riflemen and an ATR. Later, with a fresh rifle, Svedala killed one smg and one rifleman. Reports showed that the British were using mobile spawns from Mechelen. Boarding a junker52 Svedala travelled with haste to the Zeeland islands to congratulate the troops for taking Veere earlier today. At a city hall oberst Bluff, stellvertrander befehlshaber der 3rd Kampfgruppe, 1st Panzerdivision went thru the operation to debrief brass on the assault on Veere. Officers from 1st Panzerdivision as well as 2nd Panzerdivision were present and the two officers who lead the assault, Batigol and Dvdoc sat on front row and between them a merry mayor, slightly drunk on mäsk.
” Things started off relatively normal with a last resupply run of the night. Whalley had made three previous Junker runs to Brouwershaven and a run to Kamperland to keep supply up incase of defense. On the last run at about 0450 Hrs, members of the 2nd Panzerdivision joined the group and we had a combined group of around twenty-five men. With these numbers, we debated hitting Veere, which was empty due to early morning hours. After deliberation, operations commenced and we were underway to Veere. Flieger Whalley and myself as gunner landed the troops northeast of Veere under fire from anti air artillery. From that point on, 2nd Panzerdivision was tasked with taking the depot linked to our town and 1st Panzerdivision with capping all other buildings. This immediately turned into a simulcap for the most part and all forces gathered in the army base for a final push. Enemy air became dense from this point on and several enemy fairmilles and a single enemy destroyer spawned into the harbor trying to stop the blitz. With the army base totally locked down at about 0510 Hrs we held the bunker and eventually capped it for a overall victory on the city. The engagement all in all lasted about forty minutes with minimal casualties due to enemy infantry but most of casualties to enemy air. It was a great night for the 1st Panzerdivision and I would like to give a special thanks to 2nd Panzerdivision for whom this attack would not have been possible!”
Stepping down from the podium, Oberstleutenant Bluff, bursting with pride looked out once more to get a glance at his 1st Panzerdivision banner flying it’s colors above the army bunker. ” Now, let us all go to the pub, drink and be merry.”
” I’m not having what his having!” Whalley protested, also a bit scared of getting his Flieger uniform soak with something as terrible as mäsk.
” Don’t worry!” Dvdoc said, and took out a bottle of brazilian cognac. ” We will have some of this to go with the local beer.”
” Always drink the local beer!” Leutnant Slob proclaimed from the hallway. ”Because it’s free. Yehaaaw!!”
The officers made their way to the pub, admiring the houses of the liberated town of Veere. With only time for one beer, Svedala made haste for his Junker to head for Luxembourg and a long awaited award ceremony. Situated in Luxemburg generaloberst Schaller, Oberfehlshaber der 12th Armee, saluted his troops for the last campaign. Svedala attended to make sure there would be enough beer to go around from the local brewery. He worked the taps, while Schaller stepped up to the podium, taking his time looking at his warriors.
” This is the award that was passed out Thursday night following the command meeting to all members of 12 Armee for your efforts in our victorious campaign against the Allies. Wear it with pride. Fantastic job to every one of you, you are a very talented group of soldaten that consistently put the hurt on the Allies through hard work, discipline and brilliant strategy. I'm very happy to be part of this Armee. On to our new Battles and victories.”
Obergefreiter Lampie passed out on the spot, due to a combination of to many medals on his chest and to much lite beer. He didn't fall hard, as Leutnant Slob, known to be a lite beer drinker already passed out, and provided a human airbag for Lampie. Tired and hungry after a day in the field and running between the barrels of real Swedish beer and American lite beer, and somewhat suffering from Junker lag,
Svedala hitched a ride with an opel returning from the frontline. Fed and tucked in bed he went thru the report and found something interesting from Das Heer, Oberfeldwebel Burne109 reported that elements of the 105th Panzerbrigade, amongst them kommendeur Moores, landed and secured a mountain in the Alps. Situated well over five kilometers above sea level the troops where searched and found Edelweiss for their unitforms. Also Befehl Mcdeath was recognized for an outstanding effort. The report stated that officials from Oberkommando der Wehrmacht recognized Mcdeath, 3rd Panzergruppe, for an outstanding effort earlier today, after Mcdeath have killed eight enemy units and attacked multiple targets during a mission and he was still missed in action. Another report from the same unit said that during heavy fighting in Schilde, Oberleutenant oo6oo7, killed eight enemy infantry fighting over the railroad bridge in Antwerp. With reports of success as a soft pillow, Svedala fell sound asleep.
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