Wanting opponents please!

[Cupressus]

I already have four battles, all in initial phase, so I don't ready to start one more battle. Thanks.

[naughtkris]

I already have four battles, all in initial phase, so I don't ready to start one more battle. Thanks.

No worries. Let me know if that changes.

[Cupressus]

Hello. I'm ready to start new battle if you still want to play. You can set up on your choice, or tell me your preferences and I'll set up.

[naughtkris]

Hello. I'm ready to start new battle if you still want to play. You can set up on your choice, or tell me your preferences and I'll set up.

Yes, I am up for a game.

Since you beat me on my attack last time, I'll give you the chance to make a counter attack and maybe gain some ground.

I'll set something up shortly,  just be aware that I'll be out of the country from July 30th to Aug 7th, and unable to take turns till I get back.

[naughtkris]

Hello. I'm ready to start new battle if you still want to play. You can set up on your choice, or tell me your preferences and I'll set up.

OPORD Those Dam Yankees

Situation: After the costly recon by force into the German ski resort ended with limited success, NATO forces were forced to pull back for rest and resupply. This retreat has opened up a corridor of opportunity for the Soviet Taskforce Ivan Drago (TF I.D.) to capture the German town of Muhlberg and more importantly the dam and water reservoir in proximity of the town. It is late December but unseasonably warm at 22C. This could explain the haze in the air. The dam is defended by an outfielder unit reported as Task Force Rocky, which intel reports has gone from last place to first in their Divisions Baseball league almost overnight.

Mission: TF I.D. shall conduct an attack under the cover of dawn on the approach of the dam, then push on into the town itself. Expect dug in defences as these yankees had the luck of the devil and spotted TF I.D. on its approach. The dam is split between the primary dam and a smaller spillway retainer. Both have road access, but the spillway is exposed and of less tactical value. The dam proper has access trenches for when the western made hydroelectric systems get installed. It also has telephone and electrical poles that might resemble trees on a map. TF I.D. has 45min to complete this task before complete daylight and NATO reserves can respond.

 
Service and Support: Air support is authorized; Arty is authorized including pre-planned strikes. No Naval support is available due to still replacing losses from the Battle of Tsushima. Though spotted on the approach Intel confirms that TF Rocky has not had time to arrange pre-planned arty, though it is suspected they are in the process of arranging support for the battle itself. NATO air support is active in this operational zone, but unknown if any will be directed to this engagement due to pilot shortages for Christmas Leave.

Command and Signal:  TF I.D.'s one up will be monitoring the battle via radio in his commandeered luxury suite. This limits control to 45mins as he'll be too drunk by then to give any coherent orders, though he did state at the Division planning meeting that he was having pits in the ground dug for any soldiers unable to carry out his duties during the attack. Intel reports that TF Rocky's command will be located somewhere in the operational zone who is identified as Major J.Hardy. With light jamming of their radios, this NATO TF is known to use an extensive vocabulary of hand signals to communicate. Due to a logistical error, the rations received for TF I.D. are from WW1, so soldiers are expect to scavenge the town for their next meal. It is suspected the NATO local supply cache is flush with plump hotdogs and steamed buns. Packets of Kubansky will be issues along with ammo to use as a condiment.

[naughtkris]

"Those Dam Yankees"  AAR

Soviet TF consisting of 5x t-72 and mechanized infantry with a mix of ~16 BMP1s and BTRs. Support was 2x ZSU and Luxembourg's national GDP worth of arty and MLRS. 

Location- A German electric dam and the village it is controlled from. Due to civilian needs, the service road was kept clear, but AP mines and barb wire was deployed elsewhere on the dam, near two mechanics and control buildings.  Civilian authorities asked that AP mines not be placed within the vicinity of the village.  Left and right flanks protected by man made water obstacles. Small service causeway on mid-left flank. Dam/Bridge service road on mid-right flank.

NATO TF consisted of an engineering company, an M1 Abrams just finishing an engine swapout, and an under strength Battalion that was on rotation, playing some baseball, eating some hotdogs.

With little warning of the horde of evil soviets coming down the highway like a red tidal wave, the NATO troops dropped their gloves and ran to their makeshift stand-to positions. Then the 20mins or so of arty started to fall all along the watchtower and both banks of the water obstacle. Even the men with properly dug foxholes had obscene levels of casualties.  Advanced scouts on the left side of the water obstacle crept up to the firing line in time to see enemy armour and infantry advancing to flank the dam. After a short exchange, one t-72 destroyed, a few soviets troopers dead, and the the soviet forces pulled back and committed elsewhere.

With the relentless arty still going on, the soviet forces started to probe the bridge. A BMP or two were taken out by m-72s, followed by some small arms exchange. The fight for the actual bridge never went past that. Unfortunately at that time, an arty shell spooked a horse who then kicked the M1 Abrams, which then fell into forward gear before the maintenance was completed. With a shocked look on the crew's faces, the tank raced forward at full speed down the straight shot of road and onto the dam, then over the dam, ending just outside the enemy deployment zone. Luckily, the tank gunner had brought his wife's hand held vanity mirror, and used it to aim over his shoulder at the rear of a t-72 that was now behind the M1. The gunner fired his trick shot, through the first BTR, bouncing between BTR two and three, bouncing up and under the forth before lancing through the fifth and sixth BTR before embedding the shell into the rear of the t-72 (which didn't seem to do anything).

Unfortunately, the M1 was now parked among enemy ZSU and reserve tanks. The low morning light lit up from all the firepower being placed on the heroic M1, while 60 or so soviet troopers try climbing out of their burning transports, none made it.

Due to that spooked horse, the soviets now knew the dam access road was mine free. Then the smoke arrived. At the junction between the NATO side of the dam and the start of the village, two or three minutes of large scale smoke rounds created night. The upside was that the shelling had stopped.  Around this time, the Soviets tried to probe with three aquatic BMP- one was sunk, one made it across but stubbed by a TOW, and the third turned around and returned to fight at the dam. 

Once the smoke stopped raining down, a golden plated horde started coming down the dam road.

The NATO engineers on the bridge tried to slow the assault but only managed to take out a ZSU and a BMP.

What little was left of the NATO infantry tried to rally and set up a defensive line along some hedgerows, while AT is being setup on the edge of the village. Then the large cal MRLS started to land on the town. It was short, but very destructive.

Then the last remaining Soviet ZSU got behind the NATO firing line and started mowing down the defenders. Some 36 troopers died within 10 seconds.

Another blunder was the NATO commander yelling at his engineering to throw their demo charges at point blank range. Since they are not trained to do that, about 20 more combat engineers died to btr and small arms fire from close range in the smoke.

The enemy pushed their four tanks into the edge of the village (and maj victory zone). The majority of the NATO troops were broken and their AT mostly destroyed or way out of position. Using m-72s and rife grenades, some ~seven more BTR/BMPs/ZSU were hunted down and destroyed. One t-72 was blown up from a Dragon round, and another t-72 immobilized and crew running.

By the end of the battle, two slightly damaged t-72s remained in the village Maj Vic zone. All other infantry/crew had been killed. On the bridge, the soviets had seven soldiers and two BMPs.

~100 NATO troops, though mostly broken, regrouped and prepared to retake the village and cut off the two tanks from retreat.

A Draw....



Another match?

[Cupressus]

No, thanks, too busy.