12-12-2016, 03:20 PM
Good post, Freeman! I liked that style. Too bad I'm not a story teller....
Anyway, yesterday:
Hindu Kush Milk Run
(Ops Lead)
This was a pretty frustrating start for me as Ops leader. First of all, some of us had problems with ACRE not connecting, the rest had problems with ACRE not working. Literally standing next to Alwarren, he couldn't hear me. It was quite a mess.
Unfortunately, my leading suffered from that. So I'm not going to say too much about the mission, except for one thing: When you are under fire, you take cover, without the team leader telling you to. This is true for infantry, and it's true for any vehicle. So when you are under fire as APC crew, get the hell out of the line of fire, and don't wait to be orderd to get out of fire. The ideal way is to go backward full speed, or, as I suggested, taking cover behind the rock formation at the ridge. But standing in the open is definitely not a good idea.
The Bomb
(Spotter)
Not really much to say. The sniper team started on a flat roof about 200 m out from the target. Since one team was immediately detected, we opened up, shot a few guys, and then were out of targets. Then a nuke went off and everybody died.
This Land
(Alpha Grenadier)
Alpha was taking a long way around the target area to cut off a possible retreat by the HVT. To that end, bombs were planted on the roads leading out of the village. We then tooke cover on top of a small hill overlooking the scene, and waited until we heard the alert klaxon go off. We heard a car door close, and at the same time, a patrol came up the small hill, and then the car suddenly appeared. Variable ordered the bomb to go off which Freeman promptly answered, but the slight delay in communications was enough for the car to speed past the bomb and escape.
We dispatched of the patrol and went into the town to find transportation. We lost two men in the process, including our team leader Variable, with Alwarren replacing him as team lead. We found a truck, but at that time, we knew we'd never reach the HVT, so we drove northward towards our extraction. After a short incident with a few stragglers, we reached the link-up point, and escaped towards the Afghan border.
Neutral Zone
(Alpha Medic)
This was an awesome mission. We came in from the hillsite and distributed along the rocks, then opened fire on the enemies in town. After a short firefight, the town was ours, and then, the real meat of the mission began. We had word that enemies were incoming, so we were tasked with setting up defences. Everyone was after a general that was in the base in cricital condition attached to a life support.
I was manning the mortar, which I made frequent use of, until the ammo was out.
There was a UAZ on the road with an SPG-9, which I manned afterwards. That's when the air assault started. An MI-8 and shortly thereafter an american Chinook appeard, as well as an unknown black Hind. Luckily, we also had UN air support in form of another Hind. The enemy Hind was brought down by ours, the Chinook and Mi-8 by RPG fire from Bravo.
The latter nearly crashed onto me:
Luckily, no harm done (except a 100 year old minaret tower destroyed).
Finally, we had word from command that the US dispatched two F-22 with Napalm bombs to incinerate the place. We took the general loaded everyone into a truck. Mish was absent-mindedly inspecting daisies blooming on the roadside, so he obviously didn't hear the order to get into the truck, which delayed us quite a bit and endangered success of the mission. We got out with a truck that was half dead and had to be repaired along the way. While reparing, we heard the planes approach... then, this:
Shortly after, we go back to base and had our well deserved beer. Hell of a mission!
Anyway, yesterday:
Hindu Kush Milk Run
(Ops Lead)
This was a pretty frustrating start for me as Ops leader. First of all, some of us had problems with ACRE not connecting, the rest had problems with ACRE not working. Literally standing next to Alwarren, he couldn't hear me. It was quite a mess.
Unfortunately, my leading suffered from that. So I'm not going to say too much about the mission, except for one thing: When you are under fire, you take cover, without the team leader telling you to. This is true for infantry, and it's true for any vehicle. So when you are under fire as APC crew, get the hell out of the line of fire, and don't wait to be orderd to get out of fire. The ideal way is to go backward full speed, or, as I suggested, taking cover behind the rock formation at the ridge. But standing in the open is definitely not a good idea.
The Bomb
(Spotter)
Not really much to say. The sniper team started on a flat roof about 200 m out from the target. Since one team was immediately detected, we opened up, shot a few guys, and then were out of targets. Then a nuke went off and everybody died.
This Land
(Alpha Grenadier)
Alpha was taking a long way around the target area to cut off a possible retreat by the HVT. To that end, bombs were planted on the roads leading out of the village. We then tooke cover on top of a small hill overlooking the scene, and waited until we heard the alert klaxon go off. We heard a car door close, and at the same time, a patrol came up the small hill, and then the car suddenly appeared. Variable ordered the bomb to go off which Freeman promptly answered, but the slight delay in communications was enough for the car to speed past the bomb and escape.
We dispatched of the patrol and went into the town to find transportation. We lost two men in the process, including our team leader Variable, with Alwarren replacing him as team lead. We found a truck, but at that time, we knew we'd never reach the HVT, so we drove northward towards our extraction. After a short incident with a few stragglers, we reached the link-up point, and escaped towards the Afghan border.
Neutral Zone
(Alpha Medic)
This was an awesome mission. We came in from the hillsite and distributed along the rocks, then opened fire on the enemies in town. After a short firefight, the town was ours, and then, the real meat of the mission began. We had word that enemies were incoming, so we were tasked with setting up defences. Everyone was after a general that was in the base in cricital condition attached to a life support.
I was manning the mortar, which I made frequent use of, until the ammo was out.
There was a UAZ on the road with an SPG-9, which I manned afterwards. That's when the air assault started. An MI-8 and shortly thereafter an american Chinook appeard, as well as an unknown black Hind. Luckily, we also had UN air support in form of another Hind. The enemy Hind was brought down by ours, the Chinook and Mi-8 by RPG fire from Bravo.
The latter nearly crashed onto me:
Luckily, no harm done (except a 100 year old minaret tower destroyed).
Finally, we had word from command that the US dispatched two F-22 with Napalm bombs to incinerate the place. We took the general loaded everyone into a truck. Mish was absent-mindedly inspecting daisies blooming on the roadside, so he obviously didn't hear the order to get into the truck, which delayed us quite a bit and endangered success of the mission. We got out with a truck that was half dead and had to be repaired along the way. While reparing, we heard the planes approach... then, this:
Shortly after, we go back to base and had our well deserved beer. Hell of a mission!