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Squrmy said
Well, I think allowing the Germans to regroup is probably necessary for the battle of Crete to continue for more than a few more posts, right? Or were there/could there be more waves of paratroopers dropped into Crete over the following days?


We're a platoon going up against hundreds. Even if we secure major success in our little counter attack, it's a bit like the Third Reich invading Russia - sooner or later we'll get bogged down by their superior numbers, take losses we can't afford, and then inevitably we'll be retreating all the way back to Heraklion with our tail between our legs.
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Exactly. I mean, the reason that Scott is advancing right now is because there are very scattered paras, but there are a lot more dropping in, and no doubt, will come to this drop zone to reinforce it and basically overwhelm it. Which is basically when they do leg it.
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Exactly. I mean, the reason that Scott is advancing right now is because there are very scattered paras, but there are a lot more dropping in, and no doubt, will come to this drop zone to reinforce it and basically overwhelm it. Which is basically when they do leg it.


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Sturmgeschutz said
We're a platoon going up against hundreds. Even if we secure major success in our little counter attack, it's a bit like the Third Reich invading Russia - sooner or later we'll get bogged down by their superior numbers, take losses we can't afford, and then inevitably we'll be retreating all the way back to Heraklion with our tail between our legs.


There's Rethymnon that needs to be considered too, which would under the same situation as here, and the Rethymnon-Heraklion corridor was in action shortly after Chania was being attacked by the Germans.

I suspect the current setting of the RP takes place between the two cities in the Rethymnon-Heraklion sector, but it's hard to tell because the crude map is very, very crude. I can't tell if the two line that's running east-west is a road or a river, which makes attempting to orient everything I'm doing especially awkward and difficult (and I believe it is showing in the quality of my posts and length of my last).

I found a landmark I could use to orient myself while researching the area but in true style I lost it. There's only so many ways I can describe the same scrub-land hills before getting myself bored and lost.



Though I do suppose I could add goats and amuse myself with that.
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Goats are always an interesting addition. Will they be screaming and annoying the rest of us?
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Goats are always an interesting addition. Will they be screaming and annoying the rest of us?


They could always relentlessly devour Crete.
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You know what? Let's throw monkeys into the fray as well, why the heck not?
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Oh, alright - silly me, then! So.. we're sort of in the situation where they'll soon regroup and push us back? I assume you'll take the initiative on saying when that happens, Sturm? I'll get a post up either today or tomorrow, depending on how much time I have. :)
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> [quote=Sturmgeschutz] > We're a platoon going up against hundreds. Even if we secure major success in our little counter attack, it's a bit like the Third Reich invading Russia - sooner or later we'll get bogged down by their superior numbers, take losses we can't afford, and then inevitably we'll be retreating all the way back to Heraklion with our tail between our legs. > [/quote] > > There's Rethymnon that needs to be considered too, which would under the same situation as here, and the Rethymnon-Heraklion corridor was in action shortly after Chania was being attacked by the Germans. > > I suspect the current setting of the RP takes place between the two cities in the Rethymnon-Heraklion sector, but it's hard to tell because the crude map is very, very crude. I can't tell if the two line that's running east-west is a road or a river, which makes attempting to orient everything I'm doing especially awkward and difficult (and I believe it is showing in the quality of my posts and length of my last). > > I found a landmark I could use to orient myself while researching the area but in true style I lost it. There's only so many ways I can describe the same scrub-land hills before getting myself bored and lost. > > > > Though I do suppose I could add goats and amuse myself with that. "What Myles was looking at was the Commonwealth's first and perhaps last line of defence against the German's westerly assault. Behind the line, about two miles or so, sat Heraklion. The officer winced as he saw the German planes make their dives, dropping incendiary charges and unleashing their cannons on whatever took their interest. " Was mentioned in my first post, stating we're directly WEST of HERAKLION. We're two platoons confined to a smaller area of operations, as opposed to the whole front. I did this to retain focus. There's also an attack ongoing on the east side of the town, near the airfield. Rethymno is so many miles to the West that I'm not worrying about that yet. Heraklion must be defended before we can start dealing with German successes elsewhere. Next time, don't drop miles out of the damned zone. You want to stop playing the Mad Max of the Crete wasteland? Maybe happen upon Freyburg + staff in his command car on some road, as he travels between local headquarters. Dat way you got a uniform if you want it, a car, maps and all kinds of other stuff ANNNNNNNND deal yet another blow to Allied command. Maybe even use the radio to try and advertise a better landing zone? I don't know. Either way, stop chasing goats. And the grey line represents what passes as a road in Crete, so probably a hardened dust trail.
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ONL, Konrad, you've got a Fallschirmjager platoon launching themselves into your attack. They don't know your exact whereabouts as of yet, but are aware of your presence, so expect them to react the moment you take action. As mentioned, they have a squad and an MG34 held back to lay down covering fire. Aside from that, three squads of eight men, so 24 soldiers in total, are storming across the open ground in an attempt to retake the landing zone. They want to make it safe for their comrades dropping out of the sky, so that they have time to disentangle and grab their weapons. Proceed as you will.
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I was planning something similar- they're going to run soon, or at least think about pulling back to the guns, and from there, who knows.
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In any case I decided to take advantage of the whole "Characters" section for threads and dumped my app there. I'll probably set up a catalog too, for easy back-reference.
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I got a post up. I'm not sure if I jumped the guns by Sean seeing the advancing Germans (and I apologize if I did). I may have also over exaggerated their threat to the British defences, but as I'm not very knowledgeable in modern warfare, you'll have to forgive my ignorance (if Sean is completely wrong for seeing them as a large threat, I'll edit my post). If there's any issues, lemme know. :)
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Gonna post soon.
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Might be an interesting RP coming up from me shortly- if you're into this RP, you might like it- it's a little post WW2 however, and is almost the polar opposite of the scenario we're in. [This Being It.](http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/75259/posts/ooc)
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I'd post but I'm working on posting in my NRP. I got ten pages worth of words for that one and I still have to more things to get to.
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Well, I'm glad people are still here - I was beginning to feel like I'd killed this one. I'll give your RP a lookie, Kingkonrad. :>
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I assume the lack of posts are due to the migration of the Guild?
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I'm just pre-occupied. I'm sort of watching and waiting right now to see if anyone else will post in the thread so I can confirm if it's still worth my time.
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I'm here - I've not got a clue where the GM is, though. Without him we're somewhat screwed.
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