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The BEF haven't gotten any new orders this round have they? As in, the brigade commander hasn't posted any new orders for the BEF.
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:The BEF haven't gotten any new orders this round have they? On corps and division level yes, but not on the brigade level. I'll wait for the last moment, and then post basic emergency orders for them. It'll basically be: Charge artillery on Dejeneur, then charge Quatreprouts, then head for the crossroads near Clemenceau and wait. e: I mean, I could include the clause "If the order is delayed by more than one turn, continue to attack Quatreprouts, then head for Dejeneur" I guess, but I really don't like the idea of doing the brigadier's job for them. my dad fucked around with this message at 17:23 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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my dad posted:On corps and division level yes, but not on the brigade level. I'll wait for the last moment, and then post basic emergency orders for them. It'll basically be: Charge artillery on Dejeneur, then charge Quatreprouts, then head for the crossroads near Clemenceau and wait. Charge the infantry, artillery can't shoot chits in melee anyways so they won't matter in the fight. If the brigade routs, the artillery is gone, if it doesn't, we just charge the artillery and nothing changes. But infantry can shoot into melee, so aiming for the guns hurts us more.
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Feb 27, 2017 17:24
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:Charge the infantry, artillery can't shoot chits in melee anyways so they won't matter in the fight. If the brigade routs, the artillery is gone, if it doesn't, we have the same result. I beg your pardon? Where is this rule written?
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Feb 27, 2017 17:25
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my dad posted:I beg your pardon? Where is this rule written? quote:Rifle Companies which, during their movement, move into base-to-base contact with an enemy company which it Spotted on a previous turn, initiate Close Combat. Infantry companies perform a Bayonet Charge; Cavalry performs a Cavalry Charge. Units who are being charged suspend the Order of Priority rules and instead fire on the charging company. A unit may be charged by multiple opponents at once. A unit in Close Combat may not be targeted by enemy artillery. And besides, Trin said attached companies don't count for the rout count so killing the artillery doesn't actually make the job any easier.
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Feb 27, 2017 17:28
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:And besides, Trin said attached companies don't count for the rout count so killing the artillery doesn't actually make the job any easier. Let's hope that the artillery is attached to those infantry chits, then. Sure, I'll adapt the emergency orders. I guess the cavalry chits can do the unlimbered artillery sniping better, anyway.
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Feb 27, 2017 17:32
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my dad posted:EMERGENCY ORDERS, DIVISION LEVEL Signing off on this.
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Feb 27, 2017 17:33
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:
Yeah. I don't think there's anything to be done about that except maybe to specify that they should move to the outskirts and fire until dead or out of targets before joining with the 96th or whatever the closest friendly brigade is.
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Feb 27, 2017 17:34
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:
They should be fine as long as they are touching the edge of the town, right?
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Feb 27, 2017 17:48
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sullat posted:They should be fine as long as they are touching the edge of the town, right? I think that's going to cost me a turn of firing on the charge. C'est la mort.
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Feb 27, 2017 17:52
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PROVISIONAL BEF ORDERS Alright chaps. Get into battle line as best you can. Follow this map here. Infantry will storm Dejeunner. Go as fast as you bloody can. Take out the artillery. Then the machine guns. Then the bloody infantry. Do not stop for anything. The MG and the 12 pounder will follow us behind us. Deploy at the marked positions. Wait two turns at that position, and provide fires support. After that, if you see our boys advancing, then move up. If you see them falling back, hold fast and cover our retreat. Once our restreating men pass you, head back into the town or the town outskirts and prepare to make a last stand. Important conditional: Once Dejeunner is taken -- rush to Quatreprouts and hold it at all costs. If the commanding officer's orders reach us on turn 3 or later, rush to Quatreprouts and do not attempt to take Dejeunner. Bacarruda fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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Feb 27, 2017 18:04
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Please aim for the infantry and MGs first, the artillery is the last priority in a bayonet charge.
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Feb 27, 2017 18:05
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I've edited my orders with notes for what to do if we survive Dejeuner and better orders for the MG.xthetenth posted:Orders to the 6e Cavalry
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Feb 27, 2017 18:11
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Half of tbk's division isn't going to post orders, it seems. 
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Inbetween now and Trin posting, anyone is authorized to chime in for the missing orders. (No, observers, you don't count)
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Feb 27, 2017 18:35
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I'm on my phone on the bus - who needs orders? my dad posted:Inbetween now and Trin posting, anyone is authorized to chime in for the missing orders. (No, observers, you don't count) 55e emergency orders As per general Tebeka's orders, entrench on the spot. Engage enemies in range with rifle fire. Remain on defensive stance.
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EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR WHAT I'M MOSTLY SURE ARE THE 52ND AND 53RD BRIGADES The red arrow guys go along the red arrow and go into the formation pictured and if anyone gets within charge-and-stab range they charge and stab, then fall back into position if there's nobody left to charge and stab. The blue arrow guys go along the blue arrow and just sit there and shoot at anyone that looks German. Edit: It occurs to me that I should specify that the red arrow guys will only be ordered to charge and stab Germans. Tehan fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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Feb 27, 2017 18:49
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Keep running, you craven communist coward. (55th already got their orders, thankfully, but I appreciate your initiative!)
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Feb 27, 2017 18:53
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That's everyone, I think!
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Ah mon Pere general, you mistake me for my dissolute identical twin brother, who is also called Reneé. He is the communist, I am a dedicated soldier waiting for a command! If I don't get one, the patriots will kill me. Of course if I do, the boche will kill me. And if I stay at home and my wife finds out about my affaire dangeroux avec the waitress, she will kill me. Edit: looks like I've finally found a suitable idea for my portrait for the next one lenoon fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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Feb 27, 2017 19:22
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Feb 27, 2017 20:01
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 We await! lenoon fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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Feb 27, 2017 21:29
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lenoon posted:
We who are about to die would like to schedule drinks with you at a convenient time and place of your choosing.
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Feb 27, 2017 21:33
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By the way, I'd just like to remind everyone that the next set of turns will be followed by nightfall. Be prepared to make very long-term plans.
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Feb 28, 2017 01:08
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panic in the roll20 as trin announces something interesting has happened, but does not explain
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Feb 28, 2017 02:29
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Where My Dad shows pessimism which has spread much confusion among the rank and file.
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Feb 28, 2017 02:32
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More than merely interesting, something unexpectedly bizarre.
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Feb 28, 2017 02:33
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"The adjudication is taking double the time it should because I keep having to pause and shake my head in utter disbelief" - Trin Tragula, 2017 
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Hunt/dynasty warriors crossover confirmed?my dad posted:By the way, I'd just like to remind everyone that the next set of turns will be followed by nightfall. Be prepared to make very long-term plans. Last order was my last will and testament and now you want very long term plans? 
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Feb 28, 2017 02:38
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last will and testament is the longest term plan anyone can make
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Feb 28, 2017 02:42
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sullat posted:More than merely interesting, something unexpectedly bizarre. Maybe the war's over. Maybe it's peace...
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Feb 28, 2017 02:49
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no, we just ran out of ammo for the 75mm
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Feb 28, 2017 02:57
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thatbastardken posted:no, we just ran out of ammo for the 75mm We've probably used like 6 months production of 75mm shells today in our sector alone.
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Feb 28, 2017 03:01
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Gentlemen, it appears Lu-Bu has captured Quatrepoux. No, don't ask how, im not sure either.
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Nine of Eight posted:Gentlemen, it appears Lu-Bu has captured Quatrepoux. No, don't ask how, im not sure either. When an enemy company Breaks Off or Retreats Suppressed: Do not pursue
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_pAII16pw Turn 22: 1730 The first thing that happens this half-hour is dull and humdrum; a German company suddenly makes a dash for the Bois de Baguette, and your guns, caught by surprise, miss as they attempt to fire on it.  Your Eastern brigades attempt to re-deploy, with varying amounts of success.  Baguende is re-occupied.  Right. That's the end of sensible for the time being. Let us now join Crazytown, aka Dejeuner Ridge, twinned with Insanity and Elan.  The situation looks exceptionally grim as xthetenth gathers up his men for one last poo poo-or-bust charge up Dejeuner Ridge. They'll have to do it without MG cover, too, as their MG support is busy moving into the Outskirts. Manly embraces are exchanged as they mount their horses and prepare to die. But then some things become apparent. For one, the German 10cm howitzers are in the process of unlimbering, and can't fire. The 15cm howitzers are still trundling gently into place. For another, the utterly selfless charge of the 97th Infantry Brigade has put them close enough to the German machine guns to draw the MGs' fire. And third, the positioning of the German infantry is such that everyone's screening each other from the horses. The only companies with clear shots are ones who moved first, with initiative, and who consequently moved 8", seeing no targets, and made themselves ineligible to use rifle fire. What this means, in short, is that the cavalry charge succeeds unopposed and there will be a close combat phase. But first. The German MGs open fire. It is said that greater love hath no man than this; that he should lay down his life for his friends. Well, that's the 79th's job, and they do it well enough. They then make a morale check and fail; next turn they will begin retreating suppressed in the direction of Graisse.  Now xthetenth's comrades draw sabres and charge the gunners, caught unlimbering.  Two howitzer batteries are ruined and another bravely runs away, retreating suppressed. The General follows suit. And how! And how! There'll be medals all round for this hour's work, if any are left alive to be decorated with them!  He scorns the bombs of a single mortar battery, brushes off the fire from an enemy brigade commander, and scatters the 15cm howitzers as his comrades did their 10cm friends.  And there's still three more turns to go, for God's sake. This is just utterly ludicrous. Surely they can't survive the six o'clock hour. Turn 23: 1800 French initiative Some people that none of you care about any more move in ways nobody can be bothered with any more.  The cavalry continues to boldly go, and as they wheel about to charge again, they spot (as depicted by the red marker chit) a German runner heading in the general direction of Saint Croissant!  On the back side of the hill, the 175th has emerged from its trenches and now finds itself in an ideal position to sweep up the fleeing howitzers!  Many of them had to take their full movement to get into range, but a few rifle companies open fire, and they make their shots count.  xthetenth's comrades meet their end at the hands of the German machine guns as the BEF charges forward at the German FKs, again catching them unlimbering!  Their comrades' rifle fire proves telling, with an MG suppression; and from behind them, a French 155cm howitzer roars into life, dwarfing all the other gun reports, and suppressing a German FK with the greatest of ease.  xthetenth sends three more enemy companies fleeing before him and then falls on the FK; one BEF company is repelled by supporting rifle fire, and then the one that closes to contact fails to have any effect on the German guns!  At this point I swear very loudly, having noticed that somehow one of the three remaining 6th cav companies got accidentally switched off and didn't get switched on again when I came to run Turn 22. I quickly retrace the path it would have taken and am pretty sure no German would ever have had a shot at it (or if they did, they would have rolled badly anyway), so drop it into place charging the FKs.  And once again that gun battery resists an enemy charge unharmed in a stunning display of  What more can possibly happen? Turn 24: 1830 German initiative More things you've ceased to care about.  The 97th retreats to the Bois de Graisse and attempts to un-gently caress itself.  North of Dejeuner, the 175th drops its guns for a split second to dispatch the 15cm howitzer battery; on the south slopes, the FKs open fire in self-defence, but there are now too many enemies bearing down on them to avoid close combat!  German machine guns open up on the BEF from Quatreprouts and cause casualties; the BEF's MG responds.   One BEF company has somehow managed to survive the fire of two machine guns and two German rifle companies and drills right through the MGs with the bayonet, killing one and forcing another to retreat suppressed!  xthetenth's companions are suppressed, but the General requires no friends as he zips across the field, operating in ideal conditions for cavalry, and drills mercilessly through the remaining German infantry.  Who would have thought, analysing the situation as it appeared yesterday, that it would end up like this? Who knows? Not me, though I never lost control.  xthetenth was face, to face, with the man who sold the world. (And then he sliced his chest open with a sword.) [Note: Here is what you saw when the MGs in Quatreprouts opened fire.]  Turn 25: 1900 German initiative In the last proper light of the day, some more things happen in the East.   The 97th begins to rally in Graisse.  German arse hortillery has unwisely ridden into Fraisechamps and pays the price.  The newly-arrived German cavalry, inspired by your example, attempts to charge the green reservists of the 175th!  The 175th's unlimbered guns do most of the work; the MG finishes it, although one rifle company is killed by a German weapon. Atop Dejeuner, xthetenth and the British brigadier attempt to gather their men and figure out what the hell they can possibly do to top this evening's work; just to the south, the German MGs in Quatreprouts conduct some light target practice.  And so, amazingly, incredibly, improbably, with the last shaft of true daylight before the battlefield begins to recede into the gloom of night, this, this is what you can see.  You have removed 154 enemy companies from the board and lost 131. Owing to my schedule, the next soft deadline is Thursday March 2nd, 9am GMT. I believe that there is, by way of compensation, plenty to discuss.
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holy gently caress thats beyond my wildest expectations 
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New mission objective: xthetenth must survive.
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PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING TO THE CENTRAL POWERS THREAD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrvGcCK0o_o
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