The trio of Italian boats navigated the Venice canals, speeding through the twisted maze of waterways. Around them, the sinking city burned as all hell rained down upon it. Twisted hunks of metal - ruined vessels from previous forays, created jagged obstacles in their path. The high-pitched whine of gunfire sounded all around them. Suddenly, the gunfire ceased.
"Three German boats behind us," reported the junior pilot, Green-Five
"Stay on target.." replied Green-Seven as he began evasive maneuvers. "Stay on target."
Machine-gun fire raked across Five's stern, his motor began to smoke. "I'm hit!"
"Get out of there, Five!" Green-Two, the lead vessel yelled back. "You can't do any good back there!"
"Sorry!" Green-Five rounded a corner, exiting the main canal trench. The German boats let him go, zooming after the two continuing Italian vessels. Green-Five weaved back and forth, desperately trying to shake them off. With merciless precision, the central German boat tracked him, then fired a burst of rounds into the boats fuel tank. Metal spewed in all directions as the fireball filled the canal.
Suddenly alone, Green-Two began his evasion pattern. Behind him, the central German boat tracked him, waiting for the Italian ship to fall into his gunsights. "Hmm, the Captain thought. The Luck is strong with this one."
Ahead, the German command post loomed. A dark metallic egg rising above the canals. As the Italian readied his bomb, the German behind him prepared to fire. Suddenly, a torpedo fell out of the sky, exploding the German boat on the right flank. Overhead, a Turkish plane zoomed by, the pilot giving a thumbs up and yelling "Yee-haw!!" The planes machine gun began to strafe the canal, pulverizing the German boat on the left. The central boat, spinning to avoid the explosion, hit some wreckage and launched up out of the canal and onto a city street.
"You're in the clear, kid!" Yelled the Turkish pilot. "Now blow this thing up and lets go home!"
Grinning broadly, Green-Two launched his bomb. Seconds later, explosions rocked the city as the German command post erupted in flames.... Venice had been retaken...
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Apologies to Lucas for the above hack-job. Yes, with a daring raid on Venice and a joint Austro-Turkish foray into Trieste, the rebel alliance deals a blow to the dark side and prevents a German solo. The Kaiser reaches 17 centers, a whisper from the 18 he needs for world domination. Meanwhile, receiving no help from France, England loses their last center in Brest and becomes eliminated.
Two retreats were needed after the Fall moves, but one was an automatic disband and the other had only one option so I took the liberty. The German army in Trieste was disbanded and, as mentioned, the black army in Venice was forced out to Piedmont. Mike, if OTB is preferred please just let me know. Otherwise, I'll set the Winter 1907 Adjustment deadline for Monday, October 1st (11:59 PM GMT).
Please let me know if you spot any errors in the adjudication. Cheers all,
Trout
DC104 Invitational A Standard Game Game Started: May 29, 2007
Current Turn: Fall 1907
Next Deadline: Winter 1907 Adjustments Monday, October 1st (11:59 PM GMT)
The Rowdy Cast
Austria: Bruce Ray raybrucea(at)aol.com ([email]raybrucea(at)aol.com[/email]) England: Steve Lytton stevelytton(at)hotmail.com ([email]stevelytton(at)hotmail.com[/email]) France: Felix Kam Chung felixkamchung(at)mac.com ([email]felixkamchung(at)mac.com[/email]) Germany: Mike Sims mike(at)jenningstech.com ([email]mike(at)jenningstech.com[/email]) Italy: Kevin O'Kelly kodiplomacy(at)gmail.com ([email]kodiplomacy(at)gmail.com[/email]) Russia: Mikael Johannsen m_don_j(at)hotmail.com ([email]m_don_j(at)hotmail.com[/email]) Turkey: Erik Swiatek swiatek(at)ruc.dk ([email]swiatek(at)ruc.dk[/email])
Humble GM: Former Trout former.trout(at)gmail.com ([email]former.trout(at)gmail.com[/email])
CURRENT SEASON:
FALL 1907 FRENCH PRESS:
DEATH TO THE KILLER OF THE FIAFRANCHETTO!!!
DIE PENGER DIE
FALL 1907 ORDERS:
ENGLAND:
F gas - spa (nc). [DEFEATED by MAR 2:1]
FRANCE:
F MAO-BRE [DEFEATED by PIC 2:1] F WMED-MAO [BOUNCE with MAO 1:1] A MAR-SPA OK F TYN-ROM OK F LYO-S A MAR-SPA OK
GERMANY:
F IRI-NAT OK F Pic-Bre OK F ENG S Pic-Bre OK A Bre-Par OK A Ruh-Bur OK A Mun-Tyr OK A Ven-Rom [DEFEATED & DISLODGED by ROM 3:2] A Tus S Ven-Rom OK A Tri S Alb-Ser [DISBANDED by ALB 2:1] A Gal-Vie [BOUNCE with BUD 1:1] A Pru-Sil OK A Lvn-Mos OK A StP S Lvn-Mos OK A War S Lvn-Mos OK F GOB-Swe OK
ITALY:
A Rom - Ven OK F ADR S Rom - Ven OK
RUSSIA:
A Rum --> Gal [BOUNCE with GAL 1:1] A Ukr --> Mos [DEFEATED by LVN 3:2 A Sev S A Ukr --> Mos OK F Bla S A Rum OK A Ser S A Alb --> Tri OK A Arm H OK A Bul S A Ser OK
TURKEY:
F Apu S Italian A Rom -> Ven OK A Gre S Russian A Ser Hold OK
AUSTRIA:
Albania - Trieste OK Budapest - Vienna [BOUNCE with GAL 1:1]
EARLY WINTER 1907 RETREATS:
German A Venice is Auto-Retreated to Piedmont
German A Trieste is Automatically Disbanded
WINTER 1907 ADJUSTMENTS:
ENGLAND: DISBANDS 1 FRANCE: No Adjustments GERMANY: BUILDS 3 ITALY: No Adjustments RUSSIA: DISBANDS 1 TURKEY: No Adjustments AUSTRIA: No Adjustments
UNIT / SUPPLY CENTER BREAKDOWN
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ENGLAND:
1 Supply Center - Bre GAIN: 0 Armies LOSE: Bre 1 Fleet - Gas DISBANDS 1
FRANCE:
5 Supply Centers - Par, Spa, Tun, Por, Mar GAIN: Rom 1 Army - Spa LOSE: Par 4 Fleets - Rom, Lyo, Wme, Mao
GERMANY:
15 Supply Centers - Mun, Kie, Ber, Bel, Hol, Den, Swe, Lon, Edi, Ven, Nwy, Lvp, Stp, War, GAIN: Par, Bre, Mos Vie LOSE: Ven 10 Armies - Tus, Bre, Ven, Gal, Stp, War, Mos, Bur, Tyl, Sil BUILDS 3 4 Fleets - Nat, Bre, Eng, Swe
ITALY:
2 Supply Centers - Nap, Rom GAIN: Ven 1 Army - Ven LOSE: Rom 1 Fleet - Adr
RUSSIA:
7 Supply Centers - Mos, Sev, Rum, Bul, Ser, Ank, Con GAIN: 6 Armies - Ser, Bul, Arm, Rum, Sev, Ukr LOSE: Mos 1 Fleet - Bla DISBANDS 1
TURKEY:
2 Supply Centers - Smy, Gre GAIN: 1 Army - Gre LOSE: 1 Fleet - Apu
AUSTRIA:
2 Supply Centers - Tri, Bud GAIN: 2 Armies - Tri, Bud LOSE: 0 Fleets
NEXT DEADLINE: WINTER 1907 ADJUSTMENTS DUE MONDAY, OCTOBER 1ST (11:59 PM GMT)!!
