It was LONG
It was Difficult
It was INTENSE
It was Painfull
It was gratifying
In the end.. IT was AWESOME
It was a my honor to command the AXIS during the first time an event like this was run. I had some great help and I knew I was going up against a great Allied command team. I had worked with them in the previous scenario and KNEW they (especially Dantoo) would plan and think of every way possable to attack and how we would defend.
I was faced with some last minute challenges... Brooke had to deal with a friend passing on (sorry for your loss sir) So I lost my CO for my scout squadron, and My XO for the event.
Friday night I was in the hospital urinating blood............ I passed a kidney stone
But even though I was sore I made it Saturday morning.
I have to apologize to SIM, we never did get that ATC running right. I am sorry man. It really would of helped in the later frames but I had too much going on early to figure it out on the fly. I missed the Friday night meeting we had planned. The hospital had wifi I guess
I had to take over the scout team and direct them as I know that finding the bombers was a priority. I took off as a scout with the rest of the team OddCAF Nutzoid and Mitchell and 1iJack. We went out searching for Bombers they talking to me and me on Teamspeak. Needless to say I had a lot going on.
I found Mossies and ghosted them to lead the Finns to them. The Finns dispatched them
but I took a hit and had to bail.
Next round as we were looking for Bombers..... I found them over 92 very impressive Buff drivers
26 formations all dropping...
The Next phase was ANTWERP I knew where they were going but they had many ways to get there. I sent out the scouts and took off again myself. Found the bombers and held the heavy fighters back behind Antwerp and sent them in as the bombers were found. I did not fall for the mass of Spitfires south, well not completely. I did commit JG11 and the Finns to them to tie them up.
Well we still had time in the second phase and we are all in the tower talking and then someone NOT GOING TO MENTION NAMES HERE.. said "Would it not be funny to attack England right now?" Then a Chorus of LETS DO IT
So we went out of the scope of winning the event to having FUN and launched and flew NORTH But we found a LOT and I mean A LOT of Spitfires and a massive furball began. I and the finns skirted around it and made it to England. I got in a fight with the Allied CO But lost
Killed the wrong SPIT
So the Allied CO Killed the AXIS CO over ENGLAND? YUP
Then back to the plan.. The fins had found a lot of P-47s East of England and we shifted the planes to Antwerp to find them.. Sneaky NOE attack and popped up North coming in... The launch window was 10 min away and we could see them coming. Damn they are going to get a free pass on Antwerp. Stragglers showed up and harassed them the WE ALL LAUNCHED and chased them all the way home. i got reports that ALL Bombers KILLED..
Me.. I got shot down again
Next Phase PARIS
I knew where you going and I knew you had not taken out 117 yet Me and my scouts were looking.... No DAR BAR anywhere No activity I had all my fighters over PARIS waiting OH THE COMPLAINING !!! So I sent in Finns They found Spitfires
Then I saw the gap and flew there POOF there you were!
I called in 1/4 of the calvery to harass you but the big battle took place just north of PARIS where the Bombers were once again shot up.
Then there was a long period of NOTHING! So we went looking for trouble. This is when I got in a 1 VS 1 fight with a SPIT that made this entire event worth everything!.
The spit bounced me from high and we broke into eachother 5 times
We turned and turned
then I got inside
Then................
Bye Bye CorkJr......
I was not done
ended that sortie with a safe landing
Then the last run to PARIS I was tired my guys were exhausted and I think we wanted it to be over.. With an hour to go and I knew where they had to go. I just sent all the fighters NORTH Big mistake as all but a few were shot down. and that left the bombers with a free pass on Paris. I told ROC on command channel it is going to SUCK if they win this thin in the last 10 minutes of a full 12 hours........ Except for ZONEY calling out the bombers and telling me he is going to attack there was no one left... then to hear him scream for help being chased by p-38s into 125 EPIC
I got a lot of complaints about the event but I had a blast. I know a 50 50 balance would of been better for fights. but having to be smart and know when to fight and when not to is important. being able to launch every hour made it a very FUN event
Nefarious and I am glad I could be a part of it
Thank you to all who flew AXIS with me
My group leaders who stepped up to help with the mundane tasks that need to get done. Thanks to Devil505 who got the NEW GUY!
"how do you start the plane again"
To fudgums who stepped up when it looked like I was not going to make it in.
To 49 guys for flying planes that got killed every time
To Camo and the Finns for KILLING SO MANY SPITFIRES!
To all Axis guys for putting up with me...
and to ROC for the help.
Until Next time
