The Sound of Drums - A British Hearts of Iron II AAR

[Maniacal]

Well then, I wish it claim King AND General!

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Y'know, I genuinely thought you would say that.

Denied. You have a far greater role to play

 

[Maniacal]

I can be God? Cause I totaly dibs Ares.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Alright, touche. And good choice of god.

But no. You can't be a god.

 

[Maniacal]

Maybe I cannot be a god, but I'll damn well forge my own legend!

 

[Captain2]

If you change your mind on that no deity rule, I call Loki

 

[germanicus12]

Most of the British Royalty served in the Royal Navy anyways...

For all I know, my Lt could be the Prince of Wales.

 

[Jos Ballenbak]

Free Norway!

King !? If we want a King he should be fearsome, bold, roundhousekicked and he must have a beard, that is why only Chuck Norris could be our King.

 

[Jos Ballenbak]

PS: Why am I the illustrious Zombie Hunter not in the Council of Doom?

 

[Maniacal]

Free Norway!

King !? If we want a King he should be fearsome, bold, roundhousekicked and he must have a beard, that is why only Chuck Norris could be our King.

Chuck Norris jokes got old two or so years ago. And he isn't even alive at thistime.

 

[Yuri2356]

Chancellor, eh?

This can only go good places.

 

[steviejay]

If I am allowed to give my council after my absence....

Would it not be possible, rather than strip units from elsewhere, to use the RAF and Navy to wear down the units sufficiently to an extent that the units already in Scandinavia could mop up themselves?

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

PS: Why am I the illustrious Zombie Hunter not in the Council of Doom?

Fixed - I put you as commander of a division, though I regard you as second in command of the Egypt Army after PrinceScamp.

If you change your mind on that no deity rule, I call Loki

I find it amusing that my recognition of most gods comes from Stargate SG-1, rather than from actual study.

Chuck Norris jokes got old two or so years ago. And he isn't even alive at thistime.

Indeed. And I would never allow him to be our monarch. Bruce Campbell on the other hand...

If I am allowed to give my council after my absence....

Would it not be possible, rather than strip units from elsewhere, to use the RAF and Navy to wear down the units sufficiently to an extent that the units already in Scandinavia could mop up themselves?

Indeed it would - with the First Flotte trapped and the Luftwaffe apparently unwilling to launch an attack I am tempted to redeploy many of our ships and aircraft. I think it would be wiser to wait another month however - it's still summer and Germany are renowned for surprising us.

I would not suggest using units designated for the Far East if I believed Japan were about to declare war. As it stands Japan has let the opportunity pass for 1940, we should be worried about our Far East possessions during 1941.

 

[sheep21]

Norway eh?

Quash the invasion as soon as possible, that way with a temprary outlay in more troops we can free up more for the longer term (I do have afew pints inside off meP_).

Once that has concluded the resinforcements can be shipped to Burma\Malaya as riginally planned./

 

[Jos Ballenbak]

Maybe I'm thinking too far ahead, but what should we do with Norway when the Finns join the Axis?

 

[steviejay]

Does MI6 or SOE have any ideas of where the bulk of the Wehrmacht is? The toe hold in Norway is only a fraction of what we saw trust through France and Africa still seems very much an Italian theatre (all the better!) so they're not there either. Hitler may delve into the Occult but I still find it unlikely that he can make a million men disappear!

Also, I believe from earlier posts that Hungary are part of evil Axis but what of the other Eastern Europeans? Are Romania, Greece and Bulgaria still free or are they siding towards the forces of evil?

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

Decision Making Time

There is a very real chance that, with current numbers, the situation in Norway could continue for a very long time. Is the Cabinet prepared to accept this, or would they prefer we send additional reinforcements, mop up German forces and finally move them to India? Obviously, this will delay the Indian reinforcements by a couple of months.

Send more troops to Norway!

 

[Jos Ballenbak]

Send more troops to Norway!

This is complicated. I want Norway liberated to have as many fronts on the Germans as possible but if Finland joins the war on the Axis side I don't think we can hold Norway or we need to be very committed and we could help in a Soviet front.
ARGH, ARGH



what should we do???

I think our Foreign minister, Armaments Minister and our Head of state Kan should decide!

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I think I've quite openly made my intentions clear - protect all other nations from Axis threat to whatever end. I'm glad to see such support for the protection of Norway.

As for Finland joining the Axis - what intelligence do you base this upon? They are certainly leaning towards German protection, but only due to the threat of the Soviet menace which, let's be honest, is still to announce it's intentions. We may be at war with both Hitler and Stalin by the time the year is out - do not forget that.

Edit: Attempting an update for Wednesday, and I actually have to play the savegame for the first time in several months

 

[aronnax]

Norway cannot fall! What would be point then in our valiant victory when we knocked out the Germany Navy before they could land a single unit in Norway if we do not keep up the constant protection of Norway!

We cannot let Admiral Cleric's victory be overturned. We MUST not let Admiral Cleric's victory be overturned. The Navy is our safeguard agaisnt Hitler, and if we let Norway fall because of bad patrol timing, then we shatter our safeguard, to our allies, to our citizens, to us!