Setting Jhamjarhistan Ablaze!

[Doug ex-em4]

Brilliant, Snapcase. This gets better and better and what an inspired addition to this wonderful yarn. Good old Leon, probably my favourite of the murderous, barbaric demagogues.

A splendid tale which draws on a wonderfully eclectic reservoir of material....

aka etc

[Blackwolf]

Always brilliant!
I may have something for you of historical interest 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Always brilliant!
I may have something for you of historical interest 

Sounds intriguing!   

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Brilliant, Snapcase. This gets better and better and what an inspired addition to this wonderful yarn. Good old Leon, probably my favourite of the murderous, barbaric demagogues.

A splendid tale which draws on a wonderfully eclectic reservoir of material....

aka etc

Glad you are a fan of Leon, maybe that will be your role in the game if I manage to bring it to fruition! 

[Doug ex-em4]

Glad you are a fan of Leon, maybe that will be your role in the game if I manage to bring it to fruition! 

Well, in the sixties, I convinced myself I was a Trotskyist if that helps...?

aka etc

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Well, in the sixties, I convinced myself I was a Trotskyist if that helps...?

aka etc

I hereby appoint you commander of the Bolos! As C-in-C Red Army, you have 3,000,000 soldiers at your disposal. Probably slightly less when we get to play the game at DevLAM '21!   

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

In the fields our tanks are rumbling,

See the foe is on the run.

Forward then Tachanka,

With each bullet from your gun.

Hey Tachanka gun from Kiev,

You're our joy and you're our pride!

The Red youth army's gun-carts racing,

Four wheels whirring as they ride!

One of Trotsky's little surprises!

[Doug ex-em4]

In the fields our tanks are rumbling,

See the foe is on the run.

Forward then Tachanka,

With each bullet from your gun.

Hey Tachanka gun from Kiev,

You're our joy and you're our pride!

The Red youth army's gun-carts racing,

Four wheels whirring as they ride!

One of Trotsky's little surprises!

Splendid stuff (and something Veteris Scrotum would have benefited from). When did you get that little beauty....?

I’m reminded of my favourite line in Eisenstein's October. A revolutionary rushes into a room where all the bigwig revolutionaries are, as usual, having a meeting. "Comrades" he shouts "Great news - the bicycle corps are on our side....!" Cue scenes of wild excitement and cut to close-up images of furious pedalling. I feel that representatives of the famed Bicycle Corps are a must-have in Trotsky's entourage.

Dashed clever, these Bolshie cyclists. The bikes ride the men. That should confuse the counter-revolutionaries.


aka, OGPU etc.....

[NickNascati]

Absolutely bloody wonderful from start to finish!

[Vagabond]

Absolutely bloody wonderful from start to finish!

Too true

[OSHIROmodels]

Great fun 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

NickNascati, Vaggers and OSHIROmodels, many thanks. The madness continues...

Tuffers was taking his appointment as OIC Transport, Snapforce very seriously. After being treated to an evening of delights at Madame Kharrsi’s, by Aggers, Tuffers was feeling a bit jaded but keen as mustard to fulfil his side of the deal. Walking slowly through the morning heat of Peshawar Cantonments, after a bit of brekkers, Tuffers hit on a brainwave. He always had his best ideas after a good kipper or two. He had been tasked to obtain the use of more vehicles and he knew where he could lay his hands on another pukka lorry for the motorised column.

He sought out Colour Sergeant Major ‘Bungalow’ Botham. Bungalow had worked himself a cushy number as OIC Mobile Bath Unit and was seeing out his time before discharge, pension and a ticket home from Deolali, back to blighty and retirement. “I say Bungalow”, shouted Tuffers, “I need to borrow that old Foden steam lorry that you drive the tin baths around in”. “What’s in it for me?” grunted Bungalow. “Well, old stick, I can sign your chitty for a week’s leave in the fleshpots of Peshawar” retorted Tuffers. “Done”, said the Bungalow and shuffled off to pack his bags for a week on the razzle in Peshawar.

Having given the Foden the once-over, Tuffers felt it needed a bit of beefing-up. Once steam was up, he drove it over to the armoury and signed a request in triplicate for Corporal Boycott to fit a Lewis gun to the tail gate. Once that was done, Tuffers felt he had a suitable vehicle for the platoon of Gurkhas appointed to Snapforce. There were eight of the fearsome Nepalese warriors with their shining kukris from the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, Frontier Force. Tuffers always felt it was a cunning plan to be on the right side of these taciturn fighters.

To be continued...

[Doug ex-em4]

Magnificent...looks great and a smoothly worked deal by Tuffers. Which reminds me. Is there any truth in the rumour that Pilot Officer Andrew “mad as a badger” Flintoff is heading your way on extended leave and looking for a jolly ruckus to join in?

Bronstein

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

I understand that the aforementioned RAF pilot, Freddie is heading this way to avoid the backlash after leading the English team to a humiliating Ashes defeat this year (1921)! We hear, here in India that the touring English team, captained by 'mad as a badger' Flintoff was no match for the Australians in March of this year. If memory serves, we haven't done so badly since 1882!

[Doug ex-em4]

I understand that the aforementioned RAF pilot, Freddie is heading this way to avoid the backlash after leading the English team to a humiliating Ashes defeat this year (1921)! We hear, here in India that the touring English team, captained by 'mad as a badger' Flintoff was no match for the Australians in March of this year. If memory serves, we haven't done so badly since 1882!

Indeed....maybe the idea of substituting Johnny Douglas with "badger" as captain was ill-advised. Let’s hope the return series in England later this year will bring better results....

D'Emfore.....
aka etc