01-29-2016, 05:40 PM
Winter's pack
View from above:
War diary.
This isn't going well. Our last major counterattack near industrial site was a limited success, but that was last good news. Then the weather, and snow storm. It is a blessing, and a curse. Americans cannot send their helicopters, and Russian soldier fights best at the winter. But the weather bites us as well. Cold, short on supplies, and men are tired. I couldn't get some of them to wake up to watch duty. I let them sleep. No one attemps anything in this weather. Can't see a damn thing out there. Americans have their fancy night vision. What do we have? Flares, and their best-before date was during Stalingrad.
Junior sergeant Bulgakov reports in. He reports of distant sounds of engine out in the sea. He is not sure though. We are not expecting anyone. Americans? In this weather? Hardly. We have Albatros-class (Grisha-V) corvette somewhere, and naval minefield. They should detect the intruders. I should recall them, and let them sleep, but I've got a bad feeling of this. I give them order to check SE shore.
(Flares you spotted at your rear before and shortly after x-ing the narrow ford)
I fall asleep for ..20 minutes. A call in the radio. Sentry near battery FDC reported of movement in forest. Idiot! Why not to send someone to check it out instead of bothering me! Patrol on western island reports sweep complete. Nothing found.
(Patrol you evaded at southern shore. They passed you 25 m away. You held fire)
Gunshot! Accidental discharge, or something else? I cannot raise anyone at FDC. Later a lone survivor reported that battery commander died with a empty pistol in his hand and command truck attempted to escape. Driver was able to return fire, but it did very little. Battery XO's Uaz returned ASAP, and was gunned down. Americans. Special Forces. GRU reports that elements of 2nd Recon Battalion out of Camp Lejeune are among Marine reinforcements.
(I don't remember exact course of events, but this is first fight at command center where you found the truck and where Variable nuked the Uaz)
Battery XO wants to relocate launchers. Just our luck. 10 minutes ago 1st Company called in fire support against enemy counterattack. Call is made. Launchers will not relocate. They will continue firing. My men will deal with the Marines. Had they wanted to hit them from air, they would have struck by now. My ZSU-23 is undergoing maintenance further away but I order it to hunt down the Marines. It shreds them to pieces.
Gunfights breaks loose. No one is able to report location. Unlike Americans, we can't afford a radio to every grunt out there. VDV Gaz Tigr is searching for the enemies but can't see shit out there. We lose two launchers. Explosions. But now we have some location where to search. Motor Rifle company is responding to my alarm. It takes 15-20 minutes for reinforcements to arrive. It is undergoing RnR and will send BMDs and infantry.
It looks like two enemy teams.Our last Grad is out of ammunition, and holds fire. Americans cannot spot it. Their team misses it by 30 meters. Or they mistake it to a truck. Driver is hiding under vehicle. He manages to grab vehicle radio, and reports Americans are heading for northern shore, near our supply point. Their first mistake.
I radio reinforcements. Helicopter team cannot land in this weather, but comrades in Navy arent that much of chickens. Patrol boat departs to assist, but they report they cannot see a thing, and cannot identify who is who. Later the idiots crashes boat on a rock. That's Navy.
Americans have put up a huge firefight near our supply point. I dispatch all available forces. Some teams have lost leaders and are scattered. First BMD makes to the scene, but it cannot see a thing. It moves too close and is destroyed. They put up fierce resistance but have backs against the sea. Now it is just a matter of time. Their god was not merciful this time.
Sergeant on ground calls in mortar fire. Denied. I don't want to destroy last of my supplies. My men perform frontal assault, and come to CQB distance. Enemies just appeared from the fog. Patrol boat reports unable to move, but bow HMG is still operational. I command it to fire at expense of collateral damage. Soon firefight dies out. We recover bodies of 10 enemies. Sleeve patch indicates CiA. Last time they defeated my counterattack while defending supply crates, but now their watch has ended.
Seriously, I cannot say when exactly it 'went south'. You didn't do anything that was precisely 'wrong'. On contrary, both teams did great job! You avoided contact, managed to move close, and spotted launchers with audiovisual cues. Perfect.
It is matter of time before you are detected, and spirit of scenario is to avoid it as long as possible, and then finish the job with quick brute force and bug out. More you spend in prolonged firefight, more the odds are against you.
You missed last Grad by narrow margin. It had stopped firing. I put up a flare, but either you missed it, or mistook it for a truck. Grads have random locations. Had it been in different spot, outcome might be different. Going north, then east by shore was certainly a good guess. Alarm had been sounded earlier, and you got reinforcements heading your way. More you put up fight in one spot, more accurate info enemy was to have, and in end you got your backs to sea and it was matter of time. There wouldn't have been any non-cheesy way to get you out of that one.
Mission worked pretty well, but AI was totally blind which led to lots of unintentional encounters. Patrolboat was crewed by landlubbers and bonehead helicopter refused to land a full squad on your asses. At least in one case enemy fireteam almost bumped to you. It isn't necessarily bad in this weather but I wish they could see just a little better. I put lot of manual flares, but still. So if anyone still complains about AI seeing too well, get your payback on this mission : )
Seriously, awesome job, especially leaders.
At this point, things were just about to start and all looked well... : )
View from above:
War diary.
This isn't going well. Our last major counterattack near industrial site was a limited success, but that was last good news. Then the weather, and snow storm. It is a blessing, and a curse. Americans cannot send their helicopters, and Russian soldier fights best at the winter. But the weather bites us as well. Cold, short on supplies, and men are tired. I couldn't get some of them to wake up to watch duty. I let them sleep. No one attemps anything in this weather. Can't see a damn thing out there. Americans have their fancy night vision. What do we have? Flares, and their best-before date was during Stalingrad.
Junior sergeant Bulgakov reports in. He reports of distant sounds of engine out in the sea. He is not sure though. We are not expecting anyone. Americans? In this weather? Hardly. We have Albatros-class (Grisha-V) corvette somewhere, and naval minefield. They should detect the intruders. I should recall them, and let them sleep, but I've got a bad feeling of this. I give them order to check SE shore.
(Flares you spotted at your rear before and shortly after x-ing the narrow ford)
I fall asleep for ..20 minutes. A call in the radio. Sentry near battery FDC reported of movement in forest. Idiot! Why not to send someone to check it out instead of bothering me! Patrol on western island reports sweep complete. Nothing found.
(Patrol you evaded at southern shore. They passed you 25 m away. You held fire)
Gunshot! Accidental discharge, or something else? I cannot raise anyone at FDC. Later a lone survivor reported that battery commander died with a empty pistol in his hand and command truck attempted to escape. Driver was able to return fire, but it did very little. Battery XO's Uaz returned ASAP, and was gunned down. Americans. Special Forces. GRU reports that elements of 2nd Recon Battalion out of Camp Lejeune are among Marine reinforcements.
(I don't remember exact course of events, but this is first fight at command center where you found the truck and where Variable nuked the Uaz)
Battery XO wants to relocate launchers. Just our luck. 10 minutes ago 1st Company called in fire support against enemy counterattack. Call is made. Launchers will not relocate. They will continue firing. My men will deal with the Marines. Had they wanted to hit them from air, they would have struck by now. My ZSU-23 is undergoing maintenance further away but I order it to hunt down the Marines. It shreds them to pieces.
Gunfights breaks loose. No one is able to report location. Unlike Americans, we can't afford a radio to every grunt out there. VDV Gaz Tigr is searching for the enemies but can't see shit out there. We lose two launchers. Explosions. But now we have some location where to search. Motor Rifle company is responding to my alarm. It takes 15-20 minutes for reinforcements to arrive. It is undergoing RnR and will send BMDs and infantry.
It looks like two enemy teams.Our last Grad is out of ammunition, and holds fire. Americans cannot spot it. Their team misses it by 30 meters. Or they mistake it to a truck. Driver is hiding under vehicle. He manages to grab vehicle radio, and reports Americans are heading for northern shore, near our supply point. Their first mistake.
I radio reinforcements. Helicopter team cannot land in this weather, but comrades in Navy arent that much of chickens. Patrol boat departs to assist, but they report they cannot see a thing, and cannot identify who is who. Later the idiots crashes boat on a rock. That's Navy.
Americans have put up a huge firefight near our supply point. I dispatch all available forces. Some teams have lost leaders and are scattered. First BMD makes to the scene, but it cannot see a thing. It moves too close and is destroyed. They put up fierce resistance but have backs against the sea. Now it is just a matter of time. Their god was not merciful this time.
Sergeant on ground calls in mortar fire. Denied. I don't want to destroy last of my supplies. My men perform frontal assault, and come to CQB distance. Enemies just appeared from the fog. Patrol boat reports unable to move, but bow HMG is still operational. I command it to fire at expense of collateral damage. Soon firefight dies out. We recover bodies of 10 enemies. Sleeve patch indicates CiA. Last time they defeated my counterattack while defending supply crates, but now their watch has ended.
Seriously, I cannot say when exactly it 'went south'. You didn't do anything that was precisely 'wrong'. On contrary, both teams did great job! You avoided contact, managed to move close, and spotted launchers with audiovisual cues. Perfect.
It is matter of time before you are detected, and spirit of scenario is to avoid it as long as possible, and then finish the job with quick brute force and bug out. More you spend in prolonged firefight, more the odds are against you.
You missed last Grad by narrow margin. It had stopped firing. I put up a flare, but either you missed it, or mistook it for a truck. Grads have random locations. Had it been in different spot, outcome might be different. Going north, then east by shore was certainly a good guess. Alarm had been sounded earlier, and you got reinforcements heading your way. More you put up fight in one spot, more accurate info enemy was to have, and in end you got your backs to sea and it was matter of time. There wouldn't have been any non-cheesy way to get you out of that one.
Mission worked pretty well, but AI was totally blind which led to lots of unintentional encounters. Patrolboat was crewed by landlubbers and bonehead helicopter refused to land a full squad on your asses. At least in one case enemy fireteam almost bumped to you. It isn't necessarily bad in this weather but I wish they could see just a little better. I put lot of manual flares, but still. So if anyone still complains about AI seeing too well, get your payback on this mission : )
Seriously, awesome job, especially leaders.
At this point, things were just about to start and all looked well... : )