The game is based on El Justo's Vietnam scenario. This team plays South
Vietnam in a race for Victory Points against the another team playing North Vietnam.
Our Leader
Her Gunny
The Theme Song
Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those reds —
The only good commie is the one who's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Roster
Bede
AlCosta
wolf_66
cubsfan6506
Tank_Guy#3
We are currently waiting on the .biq to begin play.
AlCosta sent this in a PM
Vietnam in a race for Victory Points against the another team playing North Vietnam.
Our Leader
Her Gunny
The Theme Song
Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those reds —
The only good commie is the one who's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Roster
Bede
AlCosta
wolf_66
cubsfan6506
Tank_Guy#3
We are currently waiting on the .biq to begin play.
AlCosta sent this in a PM
Spoiler :
AlCosta said:GOOD MORNING VIETNAM! Hey this is not a test, this is rock and roll. Time to rock it from the Delta to the DMZ! (You have to include one Vietnam movie reference in here )
As you might (or might not) know, we are the five players for the South Vietnam team in the Full Metal Jacket SG. Also, as you might (or might not) know, I helped BETA-test The Vietnam War for El Justo, so I know some loopholes and what not.
We need to think of a strategy for our game, and we're going to need to stick with it, because trying to do two different things at once is hard, if not possible. Believe me, I've tried. The South Vietnamese get a lot, and I mean, a lot of auto-produced units, and they are all very strong (they're US units). There are 2 strategies that I have tried while playing as the South, and they're both pretty effective in terms of securing victory points.
Strategy 1 is to invade North Vietnam from the border between the countries. This strategy works efficiently against an AI opponent who cannot react as fast, but after several turns, you start to lose units and support units making it further to push on. I made it up to Than Hoa using this strategy (you'll see it when you get the .biq). The thing to remember is that US Infantry and Marines are a lot stronger than North Vietnamese Infantry. South Vietnamese usually have little trouble taking them down with US bombing strikes. We have 2 carrier groups of about 20 planes each, along with several South Vietnamese planes based in Saigon and other important cities. Also, with this strategy, we can take care of the Vietcong throughout our countryside sort of efficiently. At its basic level, it would require us to use our Delta and Ranger teams to crawl throughout our countryside spotting Vietcong units for our Bombers and Fighters to bomb. Then, we take care of them with our South Vietnamese units via Huey helicopters. The Huey is used to bring Infantry units all throughout the map in a single turn, so we can bring soldiers from any city to about any spot on the map. This strategy needs to work from Turn 1 to succeed, because if we get bogged down in either spot, we could be in trouble.
Strategy 2 is to focus on our countryside VP locations and the Ho Chi Minh trail. This would require extensive use of Delta and Ranger units to look for locations, followed by extended bombing runs from our planes based off of carriers. This strategy, as far as I can tell (I've been using it in my recent game), is not as effective or fast. But it most likely works better in the longer run. This strategy requires that we keep recycling units to defend our new VP locations, because the North Vietnamese, in my experience, will continue to send units after us. It also means we'd have to send many units to the border cities with the Ho Chi Minh Trail, because this is where most of the NV units come from.
Just some things to remember/take note of for this scenario. IIRC, North Vietnamese units can use our railroads, so it might be a good strategy for us to keep some units at random points in our railroads to keep them from moving about our country quickly. Be careful of using Delta and Ranger units in combat, they are so crucial, I don't think I can even put it into words how much you need these guys as South Vietnam. In fact, I'd recommend not using them in combat unless you have a sure win. Also, naval combat in this scenario is non-existent to useless. Only 2 of our ships (in the last BETA test, IIRC, El J changed it) can move. NV only has 2 ships, a junk ship and a transport, and our Radar Picket ships will dominate them in combat. I've been using these ships as a way to monitor Haiphong. Also, be wary of making bombing runs over Hanoi and Haiphong. Both of these places are protected by MiG's and AA's. Also, don't think the Ho Chi Minh trail is 100% safe to bomb either, there are plenty of MiG's and AA's in that area too.
Please read and reply to the whole team (AlCosta, Bede, cubsfan6506, Tank Guy#3, and wolf_66). Please review these strategies, and feel free to comment and/or ask questions about the strategies and scenario in general.