Yang Wei-Li and Reinhard, and yes the game

Kong Wong (Kongwong@mail.datadepot.com)
Thu, 03 Jul 1997 21:29:47 -0700 

Up-load those two games so everybody can play and talke about it.  I
played Gin3 and I loved its music.  However, the computer is cheating on
almost every move.  To counter that, I had to use save/load to win
certain battles.  Like the battle of Amlitzer, Yang had to run as fast
as he can because Reinhard's main force's start position is right beside
him.  

Reinhard is not a lucky but talented Admiral.  So it claimed in the
series.  I don't view it this way.  Most of his so called victories
largely depend on the stupidity of his enemy.  Like in Astate, it is
common knowledge for officers to have flexibility in their plans.  A
large battle like that must have a lot of option for the Ailliance.  A
sound battle plan consists many alternatives.  I can't believe those
vice admirals can be that stupid.  It is almost like the author must
down play everybody just to make a genius out of him.  Amlitzer is
another stupid Aillance mistake.  The Aillance went in without an
objective and acted like an occupying force rather than a mobile one. 
Anybody could have beaten the crap out of them when they couldn't secure
their supply route and supply shipments were without escorts.  (In Logh
IIIsp, I retreat all the fleets and caught Kircheis in Iserlohn.  He
died)  
Yang on the other hand was never given a fair chance to fight.  Nothing
is fair in war.  But he was always the one who had to clean up the
mess.  The largest force ever assembled under him was the one he had
against Reinhard in Iserlohn.  And even that one had only thirty hundred
thousand ships.  He handle himself well in crsises and had enough
extrondinaire tricks to win some unbelievable battles.  
To be a great general or admiral, what counts is not how great the
victories are but how well did he handle himself in losing.  Reinhard is
not a good loser.  Yang is.  That is the difference between them. 
Beside, in the Psycological warfare, Yang played Reinhard in his palm.
I guess not everyone will agree with me, especially about the bad words
on Reinhard.  That is understandable.  

At last, whoever is translating those books, you are doing a real fine
job.  Here is a little thing.  Field Marshall is the top guy in the
Army.  For Navy, or in this case the Space Force, the top guy is Admiral
of the fleet or Fleet Admiral.

The most corrupted Democracy is still better than the best dictatorship
of them all.