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Hong Kong was defended by a formidable series of hill defenses, including emplaced machine guns, barbed wire, mine fields, and artillery. However, it was severely undermanned by the British who considered Asia a backwater compared to the European theater. The other consideration was political. Instead a detachment of green Canadian troops was sent over.

Despite repeated efforts by the Chinese to integrate defenses, the colonial government refused to allow them on their side of the border. Instead, a compromise was reached whereby the Chinese would send troops to attack from the north. They would remain entirely on the Chinese side of the border in Guangdong province. Their job was to act as an external relief force, attacking the Japanese lines of communication from behind once the invasion began.

Chiang Kai Shek felt betrayed by British military incompetence. He had mobilized three Chinese army corps to march to the colony's rescue, only for the British to surrender after just 17 days. The formidable defensive hill lines which the British boasted could hold off an army for weeks was breached within hours.

The Chinese argued afterwards that British colonial pride meant losing the city. If they had been allowed to occupy the defenses then they would have been able to hold off the attackers.

Let's say in this timeline that the colonial government disobeys London and decides to allow the kmt into the area. They had a better appraisal of the dangers of the advancing Japanese than Churchill did.

This is not a fair fight. The Punisher has 3 days to prepare a abandoned factory into a kill zone. He has been briefed about the chaos space marine capabilities.

There are 8 in total. None of them are using magic or have demonic allies. Instead they are overconfident - actually quite dismissive and angry - that it is just one normal human they are wasting their time on.

The factory itself is a sprawling complex of wide spaces, narrow gantries, multiple air ducts, deep industrial slag pits, heavy machinery, unstable concrete pillars, giant steel stamping presses, and even a pool of molten iron.

Scenario a - punisher has access to a complete load out of modern 21st century gear and weapons including a few drones, plastic explosives, radar, etc.

Scenario b - punisher has access to normal Astra Militarum load out of gear, including explosives, sentry guns, and heavy weapons. But now the chaos marines are accompanied by a mob of 40 cultists armed with scrap weapons.

Jason Statham and Jackie Chan pair off in a duel. Both are in peak physical conditioning and in their prime. The catch?

They are both half drunk.

The matches take place in a) expensive luxury restaurant b) museum art gallery c) on the top of a moving freight train

Between each round they magically regenerate any damage suffered, including fatal injuries. They are allowed and encouraged to use the environment to their advantages.

Bonus round : instead of being drunk they have not slept in 36 hours.

Carmen Sandiego and her gang have stolen Sherlock Holmes' original pipe. He is furious and must go after them. Each time he finds one of Carmen's minions, he gets 1 step closer.

Settings: 1)where in the world? (Victorian era);

2. where in time? (Carmen finds a time machine and Sherlock follows);

The hussars are representative from their famous 1683 charge against the Ottomans at Vienna. Instead this time they are facing 1 1/2 times their number of Germanic knights. The Teutonic Knights are representative of their late northern Crusade strength.

The battlefield takes place on the vast open plains of eastern Europe. Each side faces off directly against the other.

Round 1 - cavalry charges

Round 2 - the survivors of round 1 dismount and engage in hand to hand melee combat

Who wins?

Winged hussars - primary weapons -22 ft long hollow lances, sabers, backup weapons include daggers and single shot pistols. Armor - partial plate mail much lighter than the knights.

Teutonic Knights - primary weapons -15 ft long heavy lances, longswords, warhammers, maces. Backup weapons, half axes and daggers. Armor - full plate mail and shields

Each side is blood lusted. Assume that gunpowder weapons will NOT scare off the knights. The fight is to the death.

Edit knights have shields too

Akuma (strongest version) appears on a Chaos Space Marine flagship. He somehow walks out of the shadows on the bridge and challenges Abaddon (strongest version) to hand to hand combat.

Compared to the towering giants around him, Akuma seems like a tiny dwarf. Despite the size difference, he is entirely unfazed.

Prequel: Akuma vs 10 bodyguards, elite terminators with empowered Chaos powers. They rush him all at once.

If Akuma can beat the bodyguards then Abaddon agrees to the duel. Best of 3 rounds. Who wins?

Duel conditions : unarmed, no armor for Abaddon either

Akuma's powers: bullet time reflexes, teleportation, inhuman speed, strength and toughness, regeneration, shadow magic, can throw multiple fireballs that can shatter concrete.

Special moves: Akuma, using the Satsui no Hado, has shattered large meteors with a single strike and effortlessly punched an entire island into the ocean. There is also Shun Goku Satsu (Raging Demon). Akuma's ultimate move which can one shot an enemy.

Abaddon's powers: Chosen of the chaos undivided. Inhuman strength, regeneration, toughness, magic, can summon demons, etc. But most of his powers are tied to his weapons and armor which are expressly disqualified from the match. However, if you think that it's in character for Abaddon to cheat, then feel free to address how he would do so and how it changes the fight.

I'm trying to find out if there's any novels or movies exploring how a modern time traveler would go back to the Qing era and redo history. Maybe try to win the opium wars by giving advanced guns to the army or take out any British drug dealers. For context, there are popular books in the West like the Guns of the South where time travelers give AK47s to the Confederate army in the US civil war, the Ring of Fire series where time travelers kickstart the industrial revolution in 1600s Europe, etc.

I just found out about him. He's a fascinating character. A few years before the fateful siege of 1453, he donated a lot of money to repair the walls of Constantinople and admired the Byzantines. Yet, during 1453, he was forced by the Ottomans to attack the very same walls! This was due to his reluctant status as a vassal.

While not personally present during the siege, he was said to be deeply remorseful about his actions and reached out to the Hungarians to begin an alliance. When Mehmed II found out about these negotiations he declared war. Oh, Durad's daughter was also Mehmed II's wife (some sources say his father's wife or aunt) so he was also using this as another pretext to invade Serbia.

During the siege of Belgrade, there were many veterans of the 1453 siege present. This included the same Serbian soldiers who had fought under the Ottoman banners. These survivors knew what had happened in the aftermath of the conquest so they urged a fanatical defense of their city.

John Hunyadi of Hungary held overall command. The Pope had also sent a charismatic priest, John Capistrato to recruit infantry. Where before these men had dismissed the Byzantines' pleas for help now they acted urgently.

Even though the defenders were outnumbered at least 12 to 1 (some sources claim 25 to 1), they still managed a victory. But this cost them dearly as plague killed many of the survivors (plague also hit the Ottoman camp). Brankovic, 79 years old, would die later that year, leaving the throne empty and numerous contestants fighting for the spot. He had been born in 1377 so had seen the rise and fall of numerous Byzantines and Ottomans, including the pivotal battle of Ankara against the Timurids, the Ottoman civil war, etc.

Edit if anyone is more familiar with Serbian history please correct anything I said. Brankovic's daughter is also an interesting character in her own right.

Skynet sends a kill team of its most advanced robots to infiltrate and conquer a forge world. There are only 12 units, several T-1000s, T-Xs, T800s, and led by a T-5000. Their mission is to kill, capture, or assimilate the reigning tech priests.

The scenario starts off with the Mechanicus forces unaware of the Skynet forces. They are teleported into the lower reaches of the forge world and must make their way to the central Admech command areas.

Will they succeed?

Agent Smith from the Matrix series spawns in the Warhammer 40K universe. His goal is to make it to Mars and seize control of the Martian priesthood.

His powers are from the third Matrix film trilogy. Can he do it?

Edit

A. Smith spawns on a standard hive world

B. Smith spawns on a forge world

C. Smith spawns on a (insert your choice) world

Both the American Wild West and Eastern European steppes were frontier zones in their time. They both consisted of vast plains, perfect for cavalry warfare.

During the time of the Cossacks, they had to fight multiple factions -Polish to the west, Russians to the North and East, Ottoman Empire to the South. Alliances were also constantly shifting between the sides.

The goal of the Cossacks is to form their own country. Can it be done? Instead of black powder guns they have breech loading repeating rifles, six shooter revolvers, light artillery, Gatling guns, and dynamite.

Edit 1600s Eastern Europe was a very interesting battlefield. Due to the terrain, tactics which had fallen out of favor in Western Europe hundreds of years earlier were still in widespread use. This included cavalry charges by heavily armored knights like the Polish winged hussars. Horse archery was also still effective as were charges by saber wielding light horsemen. Guns were slow to reload, had limited range, and often misfired.