From: Robertson, Brendan <Brendan.Robertson@d...>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:07:23 +1000
Subject: [GZG] [brushfire]day2.5-daycycle-part2 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
So much for short and simple campaign. *** Col Atkinson let his reserve through the streets to try and flank the firefight raging around his tanks. A scratch unit of his own IFV, two mobile Dragoon IFVs and a recently repaired light AFV. With a quick reorganisation of his infantry and he had almost a full platoon. "Lt Rider; SITREP." A very frazzled sergeant responded instead "Lt Rider is down sir, Sgt Elvar here. We've got smoke everywhere, but it appears that enemy infantry are decamping to the west. We're busy with the PA forces..." <sounds of secondary explosions and burning plasma> "...but they're having trouble getting through the armour. APFC exhausted and rapidly losing mobility, so not going to be able to chase." "Affirmative, help is on the way. Try and keep the PA on you, ignore the infantry. We'll be there in two, repeat two minutes." A fireball to the north indicated the possible flow of battle, except C&C still had the location static. Sweeping around the last corner, smoke was clearly visible and blocking effective line-of-sight to the combatants. Two bounding suits of PA immediately drew fire as they emerged from the smoke, and then the sudden deceleration as infantry squads dismounted. Smoke swirled and the balance shifted in favour of the fresh troops. Small firefights between PA and infantry supported by AFVs and the surviving tanks quickly began to clear. One last flurry of fire from a trapped Hooligan missile team and then nothing moved. As the debris was cleared and casualties treated, it became apparent that both sides had suffered heavily in the engagement. Hudak's troops had pulled out for the moment but the cost of taking the town had been high. As soon as everything was secure, it would be time to go back on the offensive with the entire sector hanging in the balance. More to come later (Officers; I need new orders heading into the evening. John, intel is as expected, no contact yet. Laserlight, let me know how you want to handle the fallback. Both of you know there's a recon chessgame somewhere on the road between Q & K). *** Confirmed casualties to date (dead or wounded): Hudak's Hooligans: HQ: 5 troopers First Platoon: 19 troopers Second Platoon: 12 troopers + GMS/L Third Platoon: not engaged Support Platoon: 2 x GMS/L SUV (1 destroyed, 1 damaged), 1 x Mortar SUV Assault Platoon: 14 PA (including 1 plasma gunner) Tank Platoon: not engaged Logistics Platoon: not engaged Atkinson's Arrows: HQ: 2 troopers Dragoons: 2 IFVs (1 destroyed, 1 damaged), 1 IFV damaged and repaired, 13 troopers Heavy "Lance" Troop: 3 light tanks (1 destroyed, 1 mission killed, 1 damaged) Light "Sabre" Troop: 1 AFV destroyed, 1 trooper Mortar Section: no casualties. Support services: not engaged. Brendan 'Neath Southern Skies http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernsk/ IMPORTANT 1. Before opening any attachments, please check for viruses. 2. This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential information for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies of this email. 3. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and are not a statement of Australian Government Policy unless otherwise stated. 4. Electronic addresses published in this email are not conspicuous publications and DVA does not consent to the receipt of commercial electronic messages. 5. Please go to http://www.dva.gov.au/feedback.htm#sub to unsubscribe emails of this type from DVA. 6. Finally, please do not remove this notice.