Rolled 3, 55, 7 = 65 (3d100)

>>5882792
>young man in the garb of a tanker with one arm in a sling hops up onto a tank
Looks like taking care of the wounded will be part of the offer of surrender.

>>5882796
Aaaaand my roles are painfull to look at now.

Rolled 9, 29, 65 = 103 (3d100)

>>5882792

Rolled 2, 76, 27 = 105 (3d100)

>>5882792

Rolled 61 (1d100)

The young man hops down from the tank and walks up to you despite his young age he has the look of someone who's seen a lot of combat and reminds you of the likes of your airborne troopers. “Im Duke Mason of house Bethel and I dont recognize your name and you wear no house sigil who do you ride for knight?” You straighten your overcoat somewhat before responding. “I ride personally for Queen Meredith and lead her armies”

Duke mason snorts at this before shaking his head “It matters not if your some jumped up Yeoman I demand full honors and be allowed to take my knights and houseguards back to our lines in exchange I will no longer fight Meredith's forces and only battle the junta” You eye up the tanks.”. and If I refuse to give you free passage and demand your disarmament?” Duke mason smirks “Eight tanks and a couple hundred houseguards can do a serious amount of damage and we might even escape.

>accept his terms and give him free passage
>demmand her surrender his men and equipment to you and become a POW
>write in

>>5882827
>demmand her surrender his men and equipment to you and become a POW

>>5882827
>>demmand her surrender his men and equipment to you and become a POW

>>5882827
>(Write in) Demand they disable their tanks before leaving.

>>5882827
>demmand her surrender his men and equipment to you and become a POW
>write in "Eight tanks and a couple hundred better equiped conscripts. Try that against thousands of hardened veterans with tanks, which outmanouvered and disabled a few of your O so dangerous tanks. Combine that with some explosives which can be called from the sky, which your unit was not even a high value enough target to be used against. Listen here I have been made noble for my deeds not because of my birth. Your men will be treated fair and well, like I did to any other noble as Elizabeth Neal Regent for Duke Eric Neal can attest to. They where simply left behind to fend of against the bandits on their own and we supplied them and thought gave those bandits a good whallop. Why keep an out to a king which can't even defend its subjects against bandit raiders.

>>5882920
On the other hand I do like the kid. Is somewhat a younger version of ourselves if it comes to balsines.

>>5882920
I would like to point out these are Ducal houseguards some of those guys have seen more combat than anyone in your entire force calling them better equipped conscripts is a gross understatement of their equipment and skills

>>5882948
Okay calling the houseguards experienced veterans then.

>>5882827
>accept his terms and give him free passage
if he means their personal weapons (pistols, heirloom swords), sure. but the tanks are staying here.

>>5882827
>accept on the condition we keep the tanks

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>demmand her surrender his men and equipment to you and become a POW

roll me 1d100-10 best of three please

>>5883608
How embarrassing I dropped my trip

>>5883608

Rolled 73 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>5883624
Ah heck messed up the options one sec

Rolled 22 - 10 (1d100 - 10)

>>5883608

Rolled 81 - 10 (1d100 - 10)

>>5883608

>>5883704
That's not a crit success but it's pretty good even with the modifier. We might be able to talk ourselves out of this.
>Tanks need gas/diesel or else they get demoted to Pillbox.

Now with a success like this theres a good chance the nobles spike their guns before surrender would you all like to allow them to leave with their banners swords and personal weapons more or less trading the POWs for the tanks? they are noble they are worth alot as prisoners fyi

>>5883867
Nah man. Tanks can be repaired. High ranking/experienced men should not return to the enemies side.

>>5883867
If the officers surrender without fuss, they'll be allowed to keep their personal sidearms until they report to their pow camp on their honor not to use them to attempt an escape.
(so they don't get executed by less forgiving reformists). Otherwise, those weapons will be sent along with their banners to Queen Merideth's court.

You sigh looking up and down the circled tanks eyes trailing over the battle worn faces of the houseguards. “I cant in good conscience let you and your armor to leave Duke it risks you and your men killing more of mine or some other man fighting for my queen.” He stands there, his shoulders sag as you kill any last hope of him escaping with some form of his command intact. “Those tanks are not of my Kings Sir drayton I liquidated most of my holdings to purchase them they are my property alone what you ask of me is tantamount of suicide for my House. I gambled on gaining lands and outright pay from my king here and now I will end my first war destitute and lesser because of that gamble.”

He gives the order for his men to throw down their guns and the infranrty comply but one of the tank crew starts a fire inside one of the tanks and it guts the vehicle several other tank crews have to be dragged from their tanks by your men. The housguards and tank crew are marched out of the camp with Duke mason leading them protected from the conscripts who had finished the rest of the nobles off during your parley with the duke. Your men note that there are pretty much no survivors amongst the nobility or houseguards save for Duke mason and his men. There comes the problem of what you want to do with the conscripts.

>try to recruit them wholesale
>send them to POW camps and recruit selectively
>Release them allowing them to head home or do what they may in monarchist territory
>write in

>>5884131
>try to recruit them wholesale
Since they're in high spirits from breaking free from their masters, I'd say this is the best opportunity to recruit them.

>>5884131
>write in

Give them a choice.
They have the opportunity to join up or allow them to return home.
The fact we give them a choice and not simply put them all into a POW camp would generate some good will and maybe convince conscripts of other forces that surrendering to us is a sweet deal.

>>5884131
>allow them to return home
They might just end up getting drafted back in, if not incarcerated for rebelling

Speaking of POW camps, can the QM describe what they're like? How are the POWs treated?

>>5884176
The officers and any capture nobility tend to be keep in what was a large scale prison for dissents in Nevefar its not the bad

Regular soldiers and conscripts living in hastily constructed camps they get what aren't to dissimilar to a barracks as living quarters and are feed a decent amount although that may change once the stores of grain run out from the poor harvest of 1284

anyone who can prove residence in reformist territory and willing surrenders can return to their homes if they make an oath of loyalty to Queen meredith

>>5884131
>>Release them allowing them to head home or do what they may in monarchist territory

>>5884152
+1 If they wanna risk going home and getting themselves killed when word of their treason comes out that's up to them.

>>5884131
>>send them to POW camps and recruit selectively
also maybe look at finding some sort of compensation for the actual tanks, and a reminder that he'll be a whole lot less destitute at the end of this than the fellows who decide to keep fighting.
>>5884151
he means the houseguard and the surrendered nobles with the tanks, not the levies. we basically already recruited the levies, we just have to give them their blue arm bands.

>>5884192
we should look at getting the POWs to work for a living. Nothing too onerous but just because we had one failed harvest doesn't mean we need to have two, and we need somebody to do the bleeding heart bullshit like handling displaced persons and whatnot.

Maybe give the kid a deal, 12 months manning a desk in the displaced person office and then if he's proven himself reliable, he can look at a commission with the Queen's Army. Or continue on there, if he prefers. Joining the Displaced Person office wouldn't put him back where he was before he bought the tanks but it would mean that he didn't have to worry about being ruined, had an honorable path ahead of him, and didn't turn his guns on his allies. Also it might just give him something to think about before he goes off head first into any more wars.

>>5884152
Support.

>>5884131
>>5884392
Supporting.

Adding:
>Get our coat of arms stensiled by one of our men. It should be the airborne crow on a blue and red background.
BTW I would like us to carry a red and blue armband to symbolise our commitment to the flag and crown, but that's not a vote now.

My concern is... can we feed the POWs? If we can't, it's best to let them burden the other guys with feeding them.

>>5884766
For right now theres plenty of food to go around but the largest concern is most of the farms in the north are subsistence farms not the large scale operations of the south. Queen merediths government has considered the fact they may need to purchases grain from abroad on credit

>>5884769
As a reminder what exactly is our advantage at the moment? Like the Junta has the capital, the bandits have the industry, and the Monarchists have the farmland (With most of the military being split among the Monarchists and the Junta) so what exactly is our niche other than moral superiority (as long as the commies don't win)? Better commanders?

>>5884917
Nah, we have the industry. The bandits just have the mineral wealth needed for industry

>>5884958
Ah alrighty makes sense.

>>write in Give them a choice. They have the opportunity to join up or allow them to return home.

In terms of value as prisoners the conscripts are more or less worthless so you decide to offer them two options. They can join up with your force and fight for Ferrovia and her people or they can return home as they see fit. A selection of your senior NCOs spread out amongst the conscripts seeing whos willing to join up. A group from your MASH unit also move amongst the conscripts offering medical assistance when able.

While they do that you a section of your mechanics from your maintenance section for your own tanks begin to go over the seven capture medium tanks they each seem to have taken some for a damage but they all seem operational Its going to take time for crews to be trained up on them but hopefully they should be ready to join your advance within a month.


I need a 1d2000 best of three please for how many of the conscripts you manage to recruit

Rolled 1190 (1d2000)

>>5885055
2000 men. That's a lot of FAG(GOTS).

Rolled 278 (1d2000)

>>5885055
>1d2000
wow that's a lot

Rolled 1284 (1d2000)

>>5885055

>>5885094
1284 ironic the year the war started

the conscripts are already armed with rifles from the last war they are currently wearing subpar uniforms give it a month and they should be ready to join you on front who would you like to organize them

>2 under strength battalions of roughly 600 men
>1 over strength battalions 1 of 1200 men
>Write in

>>5885139
1 over strength battalion, because it reduces the number of officers and ncos we need to give up / train. Like add the extra dudes at the squad level and go from there. (Instead of organizing them into extra companies)

>>5885161
+1
Same we don't have a lot of NCOs and need time to train more officers.

>>5885161
as much as I do not like it, yes we should go for this though once we get enough NCOs and officers we split that battalion up so we can cover more ground

>>5885139
>2 under strength battalions of roughly 600 men

>>5885161
+1 Besides it's always easier to lose men then gain them.

>>5885139
>>1 over strength battalions 1 of 1200 men

>>5885139
>1 over strength battalions 1 of 1200 men

>1 over strength battalions 1 of 1200 men with oversized squads and plattons instead of more companies

Your really surprised by the amount of conscripts who decided to don the blue over going home the majority of them who dont join you are apparently from the north's various small villages and the cities. They mostly seem to want to just go home and see their families. You wish them well allowing them to take whatever food is in the camp and anything they can carry in terms of clothes or spare. The weapons of the various houseguards and nobles are set aside for the conscripts once they are done training.

Your going to need to scrape around amongst your own men to find NCOs and officers to command the new battalion one you wonder if you should roll into the FAG or form a new command structure for. The rest of the next two days are spent rearming and resting from the last week of lightning assaults. There is one notable thing brought to you in those two days a man from nortons command brings you a patch he had sewn for you saying it should be you insignia for your knighthood Its a Airborne crow on a red and blue blue background.

The rest is over and its now time to continue your advance in lieu of orders from high command
>roll new battalion into FAG
>form new command
—--------------------------------
>Keep going south (monarchists)
>Go east (river crossing against Junta)

>>5885631
>>roll new battalion into FAG
Keep it simple. Other than Norton, we have Paratroopers and Not-Paratroopers. And the FAG were also a conscript levy who defected to us. Plus we can look to our brighter FAGs for Junior NCO material for the new Battalion.
>>5885631
>>Keep going south (monarchists)
Yeah

>>5885631
>Go east (river crossing against Junta)

>>5885631
oh woops didnt realize I missed an option when copy pasting

>Go west (mountain combat against bandits)

>>5885631
>>5885702
Aren't the Junta in the west and the bandits in the east? In any case:
>Go east (river crossing against Junta)
We've got the marines for it after all.

>>5885631
>>Keep going south (monarchists)

I think we should keep going south since that's what we trained for. Also, news must be spreading how we released conscripts free and only accept those who want to join up.

That should agitate the conscripts down there to maybe work against their tyrannical lords.

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also updated map

Blue: Reformist forces
Black: Junta
Yellow: bandits
Green monarchists

>>5885631
>Keep going south (monarchists)

>>5885785
>>roll new battalion into FAG
I forgot to add my other selection

>>5885631
>roll new battalion into FAG
>Keep going south (monarchists)
Food security is needed.

>roll new battalion into FAG
>Keep going south (monarchists)

Roll me 3d100 best of three please

Rolled 90, 20, 64 = 174 (3d100)

>>5886472
R-R-Rolling.

Rolled 39, 44, 75 = 158 (3d100)

>>5886472

Rolled 14, 91, 5 = 110 (3d100)

>>5886472
Rollin in the deep

Southward you keep pushing the communists and regular infantry join you once again in the push although the communist brigade is heavily battered they seem to have brought in more trucks and makeshift tanks. You men set off in the early morning hours making good headway as the hills and valleys give way to the expansive plans of the south. Many of the fields lay fallow the farmers meant to take care of them having been scooped up by the monarchists warmachine. You even pass some of the conscripts you freed as you push south, many of whom seem more then happy to give your scouts information on the terrain ahead.

The scouts soon encounter something out of a history book in the form of an old star fort from the Kreshi wars; it seems a force of monarchists have encamped there. Your scouts manage to spot the fact the fort is maybe occupied by at most 500 men most of whom seem to be there to guard and support a handful of artillery. You have no real artillery experts in your force been your scouts state the guns are far larger than your 80mm mortars.

>Gunships available strike the fort with them(will be unavailable for the rest of the week)
>artillery duel the guns with your mortars
>general assault (the guns will be destroyed by their operators)
>Night assault with a small force
>write in

>>5886566
I am fine with either
>Gunships available strike the fort with them(will be unavailable for the rest of the week)
or
>Night assault with a small force

Honestly like if we can get those artillery pieces intact that would be great.

>>5886566
>Night assault with a small force

As much as I really really want those artillery pieces, is the metal worth cost in blood?

I wonder if given we have so many conscripts there's someone who knows a few weaknesses in the old fort or secret ways in.

>>5886566
>Night assault with a small force
500 men, old time fort.
Our men elites with smg's urban combat training.
>Write in: let men memorise sketches made of the fort to give them an idea where things are.
>write in: Take the sneakiest men we got. Give the night assault men as many grenades as they need and than more. Paint their faces black and dim parts of their uniforms (anything that shines is either removed or covered). Let's call them Night Crows (yes I have someting for crows now due to this quest. Orders are as follows: Use bladed/silent weapons to kill sentries and create a gap/ enter unnoticed if possible, get in create, find command ,decapitate/capture, create chaos, capture munition/communiction. force a surrender and if not possible create as much damage and exfill.
If sentries can not get taken out silently or they cannot sneak in unnoticed lively usage of grenades, continuation of mission or exfill at operations leader command.

Eben Emael. time boys

>>5886566
>>Night assault with a small force
>>5886574
supporting
pssst... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Douaumont
>On 25 February 1916, Fort Douaumont was entered and occupied without a fight by a small German raiding party comprising only 19 officers and 79 men, entering via an open window by the moat.

>>5886566
>>Night assault with a small force

>>5886662
>>5886574
That is indeed more like it. Eben Emael would be a paradrop.

>Night assault with a small force

alright some commando shit

Roll em 4d100 best of three please

Rolled 19, 37, 24, 60 = 140 (4d100)

>>5887303
well, here's hoping

Rolled 41, 51, 73, 84 = 249 (4d100)

>>5887303
and praying.

Rolled 69, 62, 39, 47 = 217 (4d100)

>>5887303
Damn the rolls are not that good.

>>5887312
Lets see here 69, 62, 73, 84

Honestly despite the overall terrible rolls I say things worked out toward our favor in the end. (Assuming im understanding this roll system correctly)

>>5887312
Yeah, the first two were bad before my rolls. Luckily it now is pretty decent. It will still be somewhat messy, but I do think the mission will succesfull.

Two platoons of 30 men each should do it you select them from your airborne, specifically first company, who have the majority of the great war veterans men who have experience with night assaults. Captain Norton or as he's begun calling himself Major norton even supplies them with grappling hooks he avoids explaining why he has.

Your men armed with a large amount of SMGs carbines and as man hand grenades as they carry approach the fort in the dead of night. The fort seems poorly guarded. You figure they don't know the entirety of their local frontline force is either dead, captured or fighting for you now. A grappling hook is thrown onto the ramparts and your men scamper up the side of the crumbling fort. The men have to kill a few men on the ramparts with knives and bayonets but before long they set to work first capturing what appears to be their makeshift armory and later capturing the gatehouse.

They are finally spotted by a roving patrol and the alarm is sounded but its too late by then. Your men set to the bloody work of killing the sparsely armed men who try to recapture the armory and gatehouse but in the dark they dont stand a chance against expert killers like your men. The main part of your force arrives relieving the two platoons and capturing the rest of the garrison only taking a scant 250 men prison the rest killed in the fighting

1d100 best of three please to see what kind of guns you captured

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>5887386

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>5887386
> Captain Norton or as he's begun calling himself Major norton

Ok this guys cool but he is a absolute extremely ambitious glory hound who I honestly expect to do something schitzo to our detriment at some point if we don't keep him in check. Lets not get a 4th Populist Dictator faction in what is already quiet a internal clusterfek

>>5887390
I was thinking about only doing a single roll for this one and honestly Im glad I didnt

>>5887400
I as a person participating in this am also glad you didn't do that.

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>5887386
I'll roll the last

>>5887386
>Captain Norton or as he's begun calling himself Major norton
I mean let's promote the guy. We are currently a general after all.
Also write the marshal/queen about handing out medals to the boys who did the night assault and that guy who took out a tank with a firebomb. Maybe also other guys who did some crazy shit, but I may have forgotten.

The scant POWs are marched out and it's not long before Taylor calls you over to the gunpit that's been dug in the center of the fort. You're not an expert on artillery but you can tell the five guns you're looking at are proper heavy duty pieces. The men check over them making sure they weren't sabotaged or anything during the fighting thankfully they weren't but the men do find writing in Corelian on the guns these are massive 10.3cm Howitzers either bought or lent to the monarchists from one of the many corellian successor states. They are far to heavy for your airborne to use as they are meant to be a fast and mobile force.

The men make quick work of securing the fort and preparing it to be used as a forward base. You make sure to put in recommendations for medals and commendations to Field marshal Alric for the men who took part in the night assault.
>Form an independant artillery battery
>attach them as support to the FAG
Please roll me 3d100 for next phase of the the offensive

Note if you had rolled lower then a 10 for the guns you would have gotten some painted logs that were being used as training tools

Rolled 64, 6, 31 = 101 (3d100)

>>5888245
>Form an independant artillery battery
Heavy guns need that independence.

Rolled 89, 9, 26 = 124 (3d100)

>>5888245
>Form an independant artillery battery

I know nothing about modern/semi modern artillery doctrine so I'm just gonna assume >>5888254 is right.

>>5888255
Attached is handy for lighter mobile guns which can keep up with our motorized. Heavy guns station themselves on a needed position and give fire support to all neighbouring units, since heavy guns have a longer setup time and range. The need to be more on the backline and should not be moving with motorised (unless we can make the equivalent of an SPG with those howitzers)

Rolled 25, 4, 52 = 81 (3d100)

>>5888245
>Form an independant artillery battery

>>5888301
I hope whatever the middle roll is isn't too important cause I think this is our biggest job so far.

>>5888348
For attack rolls it generally goes

Coordination

Recon

Stealth

>>5888359
Recon says big enemy forces ahead, we run away... it turns out we ran away from cows.

>>5888245
>>Form an independant artillery battery

>>5888245
Can we fit the 103mm howitzers into gunships?

>>5888245
>>Form an independant artillery battery
>>attach them as support to the FAG
both, the FAG can have an independent artillery battery (continuing the idea that if they are under our command they are FAGs regardless of actual role.)

also did you mean a 10.3 INCH (25.4CM) gun because a 10.3cm howitzer is doctrinally a light/multipurpose howitzer that you can tow around with a truck without any problems (or toss out of an air plane, maybe even with a parachute attached to it, as a matter of fact) while a 10.3 inch gun is something you'd pull off a cruiser or even a battle cruiser like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-inch_gun_M1895 (old by the time of our story)
or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_cm_SK_C/34_naval_gun (fuck-off big gun)

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>>5888619
but in contrast here's a 105mm howitzer being operated by the 82nd Airborne Division

>>5888619
They are 10.3cm which are not that big but there are bit too large to be dropped with your airborne they can be easily pulled by your trucks yes

>>5888633
in that case then yes I think they should be organized as a battery within the FAG rather than independent of it.

but also like I said my general rule is if they don't jump out of planes and they're a part of our unit they go to the FAG (and that is also important if we want to make sure that we don't have other reformist factions try to steal our shit after we stole it first.)

like all it takes is a "Hmm.... yes, that's a nice independent battery.... Say, Sir Drayton, you don't suppose we could borrow it to break a Siege in King's Rest? It could really win the day..." and the next thing you know it is on the other side of the country and outside of our order of battle. So even if they operate independently of the rest of the FAG (at our discretion) they need to be a part of the FAG.

Also I just realized I've seen the M1895 gun I linked IRL.

Your men make quick work of pushing south your forces doing well to avoid getting stuck in the spring mud. Its only a little past noon when you have something odd happen. You're sitting in the back of a truck with most of your adjuncts filling out reports and requisition forms from high command when the convoy suddenly stops.

Stepping out of the truck there seems to be some sort of commotion at the front taking your carbine with you walk up to the front finding a group of people several with cameras all well dressed arguing with the crew of the lead truck. Its not long before the young lieutenant in charge of the lead truck notices you and comes over to you. “Sir these people are claiming they are reporters from the international press and that they have permission from King Elric to visit the frontlines” These supposed press dont realize they already passed the monarchist frontlines and instead have ran right into you somehow bypassing your scouts

>speak to the press
>order them arrested
>write in

>>5889098
This is either the most 4d chess way possible of getting info from the enemy or their actual press in which case arresting them would be an absolute PR disaster.

Anyway as of right now they think we are King Elrics forces so since whatever they report is inevitably going to reach its way back to the King we could use this as a chance to pull off some deception using careful wording to make the King think things are going great at the frontline or atleast cause confusion when what the press says conflicts with his actual military reports.

Brainstorming aside I say >speak to the press

>>5889177
>speak to the press
Sorry bleg

>>5889177
Alternatively we could do the opposite and make it seem things are going awfully right now but this while probably making some outside forces think twice about supporting/continuing to support the King would most likely lead to him oversaturating this front with alot more troops then we can handle (while weakening other fronts)

>>5889098
>>speak to the press
>>order them arrested
Politely explain the situation to them and that you'll be glad to give them an interview later but for now they can't leave, and when they do they'll be heading back to Neverfar instead of Clark's Landing, unless they want to ride the tiger all the way to its final destination. Their choice.
Also it will be a two-way interview where they answer all the questions we ask them about troop numbers and disposition and the general morale in Monarchist territory and in return we might give them some nice sounding quotes and soundbites.

>>5889184
Actually, know what forget my schitzo babble this is probably the best way to go about it. +1

>>5889186
we need to be nice to the press so they make us look good when they write about us. that doesn't mean we can't force them to do what we want in matters of military necessity.

>>5889184
Support.
lol, lmao, journo moment.

>>5889098
>>5889184
Supporting. It'd be interesting if we let them interview our men since we have a hodgepodge of an army that includes ex-Junta, enlisted convicts from the Kresh mountains and the Monarchist conscripts that rebelled.

>>5889184
+1
Fuck the press they become our monkeys instead and give us PR points

>>5889184
+1

You hand your carbine to one of your adjuncts before walking up to the reporter's hands clasped behind your back. The cameras turn toward you several flashing as photos are taken and you even notice a film camera aswell. “What seems to be the issue here?” The most well dressed of the reporters turns to you. “I have the express permission to tour the frontlines here from your king I demand to be let past or Ill report to this to him!” You give the man a kind smile. “Well there will be some issue with that I am Sir Edmund Drayton sworn knight to queen meredith and you've already passed the monarchist frontline”

The entire group of reports all take on looks of shock and surprise, many of them looking around suddenly noticing the blue armbands of your men as well as the markers on the trucks. The man speaks in a somewhat nervous manner. “That would be my mistake. I'm sorry Sir Drayton I will take my compatriots and return to King Elrics lands” You hold up your hand stopping them as they begin to slowly move back toward the car they arrived in. “Unfortunately sir I cant allow you to do that now that you've seen my forces” looks of horror cross many of the faces of the reporters “I'm going to give you two options either go to my queens capital in nevefar where you can go where you please afterwards or follow along with my advance”

The reports relax after realizing your not going to arrest or murder them before they begin to mill amongst themselves all but two eventually deciding to head to nevefar under armed guard. The two people who chose to stay were a young reporter from Marsalia named Atticus and his cameraman. You allow him free reign to speak to your men as you prepare for the next days offense push.

please roll me a 3d100 best of three please

Rolled 70, 20, 44 = 134 (3d100)

>>5890053

Rolled 52, 36, 46 = 134 (3d100)

>>5890053

Rolled 33, 28, 76 = 137 (3d100)

>>5890053

70, 36, 76
Man our scouts are really dropping the ball.

>>5890119
Yeah, but not as hard as last time.

>>5889286
The articles would certainly be interesting...
"Journey to Neverfar"
"The 1000 mile journey between the King and Queen"
"Motley crew with a strange vision of the future."
"On the Warfront: A tale of two siblings."
"Communists, Monarchists and Reformists combined: How can such a army exist?"

>>5890336
"The School of War: Reading and Writing Between Battles"
That is if we have been teaching the newly joined illiterates. I seem to remember that the communists hated that everyone knew bits of the Bible and instead turned to folk tales with communist principles when teaching people how to read.

>>5890336
"Drive with the crow."
"From peasant to knight."
"The way of acquisitioning yourself a fort by Major Norton."
"From trenches to the sky: How simple levies joined the elite."

>>5890406
"Order amongst chaos."
"A levy, monarchist, knight, reformist, communist, no title can fully describe him."
"Under a Crow's watch."

>>5890410
"A tale of revolution: How the masses rose up against their true enemy. Their opressors."
"The Queensmen at the front."
"The men wearing the blue following the man in black."

>>5890410
I keep on forgetting how much of a weirdo our character is. Communists call him a class traitor. Reformists fear his monarchist sensibilities.

There's not a big faction behind us either. I won't be surprised when the fighting is done if the factions take us out from our powerful position and suppress us. Maybe even trump up charges or something.

I don't really see a happy ending.

>>5890502
He is quite the oddity amongst the people in power but hes building a pretty scary following amongst the average people it doesnt hurt he also has an extremely devoted force of highly skilled killers at his beck and call

>>5890502
I think our best personal outcome will be a Georgy Zhukov constitutional monarchy edition. As long as we continue to develop love among the common folk, loyalty among the military, and prevent the communists from taking control we stand a pretty good chance at a happy ending once all is said and done.

(For emphasise we CANNOT let the commies win if we want a good ending they have a literal list of people they want to murder already and while we convinced the representative to remove our name from it nothing stops them from just readding it the millisecond it's convenient)

>>5890612
Speaking of communists this reminds me of something I wanted to ask. I know many nations are providing military and intel support to certain sides they favor but i'm a bit surprised at the apparent lack of foreign manpower support. Especially since we are direct neighbors with Arbeiteria which is a communist nation. I'm curious how things are going to pan out and if there's a chance Arbeiteria may decide to directly intervene if it looks like the commie faction is getting too shafted.

>>5890638
bit a curtain peek here but Arbeiteria is currently fighting a widespread outbreak of anti communist partisans thats keeping most of their fighting force tied up

the rest of the world not supplying men can be blamed on the fact the great war only ended a decade ago many of the nations are still suffering from the manpower lose (the great war left nearly 16 million men dead in military casualties alone)

>>5890976
That sounds like something Drayton would be aware of but not focused on.
>>5890612
>>5890502
I feel like we have a pretty decent section of the industrialists/capitalists on our side who agree with our view of keeping the monarch as a ceremonial head of state for continuity and stability, but democracy, social welfare, and education for the common people (meaning better employees for the capitalists) and land reform which lets them get one over on the Nobility.

>>5890502
Then monarchists try to appease us as much as possible for not joining junta, monarchists, communists, or bandits. They either fear we might overthrow them or we are being backed by a foreign power with our own agenda.

>>5890518
We must be a folk hero to the public for forging our own path and somehow survived being encircled, staying encircled, clapped junta, drove our asses to their lines, jumped with our airborne, and immediately starts fucking up monarchists.

The reporters are sent off and Atticus makes himself busy pestering your officers and enlisted men with questions. He learns pretty quickly to leave Norton alone after the marine threatens to tie him to the front of one of his landing craft. The advance makes good time but before long the distant cracks of gunfire can be heard off in the distance it appears your recon teams have hit contact and by the information you receive from the radio it must be a sizable force they are dealing with.

The main body of your force moves into position and the focus of whatever enemy force is attacking your recon teams stays on them. Your mrotars a pre sighted and your armored force is prepared


>gunship attack (warning risk of friendly fire due to lack of good recon)
>maneuver attack
>bombardment attack(risk of friendly fire)
>regular infantry attack
>write in

>>5891353
>gunship attack (warning risk of friendly fire due to lack of good recon)

>>5891353
Can we fire maximum range for the mortars and have recon adjust it to avoid friendly fire? If not.

>maneuver attack

>>5891353
>>maneuver attack

>>5891353
>>maneuver attack

>>5891353
>maneuver attack
Blue on blue. Fuck no and with reporters even less.

>>5891353
>>maneuver attack

>maneuver attack

alright roll me 3d100 best of three

Rolled 22, 44, 75 = 141 (3d100)

>>5892144

Rolled 85, 34, 4 = 123 (3d100)

>>5892144
Big money, no whammy.

Rolled 76, 69, 38 = 183 (3d100)

>>5892144

Your men have really gotten good at combat maneuvers loading up in their trucks and sweep around the edges of the enemy formations with the armor acting like a wedge for your forces to push through when possible. It seems like the force your dealing with is still somewhat distracted by your recon sections because the head of your attack manages to sweep right on past them and then swing around to their rear.

The enemy force seems to be around three battalions strong seemingly held up by less then 200 men in your various recon sections. Your not sure if this is a sign of the lack of skill on the enemies part or the fact your own force is very skilled


>close the encirclement
>attack and wipe them out
>write in

>>5892390
>attack and wipe them out

>>5892390
>>attack and wipe them out
They are distracted. Harvest them.

>>5892390
>attack and wipe them out

>>5892390
>close the encirclement
They seem to be in disarray, and we're half-way done completing the encirclement.

>>5892390
>>attack and wipe them out

>>5892390
>>close the encirclement
if they're fighting this poorly they might be levy troops who are willing to surrender

>>5892390
>close the encirclement

>attack and wipe them out

alright roll me 3d100 best of three to bring the hurt

Rolled 25, 69, 7 = 101 (3d100)

>>5893162

Rolled 6, 12, 100 = 118 (3d100)

>>5893162
Big money

>>5893184
Lmao

Rolled 32, 95, 44 = 171 (3d100)

>>5893162

Rolled 59, 52, 98 = 209 (3d100)

>>5893162
Lets ago

>>5893196
Ah darn ya just beat me out

>>5893184
Regardless based 100

The main body of your force turns suddenly crashing into the rear sections of the enemy force which is clearly a mix of conscripts and houseguards. It seems they truly werent expecting the full might of nearly four battalions worth of infantry to slam into their rear many of the enemy throw down their weapons and surrender on the spot. The dust soon settles and you realize many of the men wear the personal sigil of King elric himself; apparently this force was a personal levy raised from Elrics personal estates in the south.

The fact their king lost nearly two thousand men with such ease will be a blow to the monarchist moral and legitimacy. Likewise while organizing the enemy to be shipped back to friendly lines you hear word that the aqullian government has stopped fence sitting and finally recognized Queen meredith as the rightful ruler of Ferrovia a large step in legitimacy of her government.

Your men have been pushing for the better part of a week now. Would you like to take time to rest and be ready for the next leg of the attack?

>keep pushing
>rest and wait for supply lines to catch up

>>5893352
>keep pushing
>personal levy raised from Elrics personal estates in the south.
Lmao get fucked.

>rest and wait for supply lines to catch up, honsetly we are already streching super hard our men and supply lines, best to hold for a bit and let our men rest and the logistics catch up,overstreching has been the death of too many armies, and we already fought like 4 different battles

>>5893352
>rest and wait for supply lines to catch up
As much as I'd like to keep moving forward, I have to agree with >>5893372 . At least now we'll have ample time to reinforce our front line.

>>5893352

>rest and wait for supply lines to catch up

>>5893352
>>rest and wait for supply lines to catch up
>>5893372
100% agree. Maybe the RNGods were trying to tell us something.

>>5893352
>>rest and wait for supply lines to catch up

>>5893352
>rest and wait for supply lines to catch up

Logistics wins wars and choosing to march on without proper logistic support might as well be suicide.

>>5893352
Also at the risk of bringing upon us eternal damnation, I must ask will we find out soon how things are going at the other fronts? It's a bit odd that every frontline seems to be stagnant except for ours for some reason.

>>5893785
In terms of frontline movement the junta has taken advantage of your attacks and pushed south now that the monarchists have been weakened

The Reformist faction as a whole more or less has most of its concrete fighting force with you supporting your flanks while they more or less attempt to build an army from scratch

Monarchists are too busy getting their asses beat by you to do anything

The bandits have been having a blast destroying Kreshi republic units that attempt to push them out of the mountains

there have been a couple of naval skirmishes in the last couple months the monarchists lost a destroyer to the junta

simply put the junta know better then to push a river crossing against a dug in enemy like the reformists

>>5893832
>while they more or less attempt to build an army from scratch
incidentally that's what a lot of the Houseguard POWs will be good for. Not as soldiers, but as instructors for new recruits (assuming they're not ideologically committed to Elric and the nobility and were Houseguard because it's a decent career)

incidentally as we take more of Elric's land and soldiers, if we need to slap the Junta around a little bit I think **gresh (can't see the rest of the name) is pretty vulnerable if we go around it and cut it off from the rest of the Junta forces. just something to think about.

>>5893352
>rest and wait for supply lines to catch up

We are out of ammo for our shovels.

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The order is given for a general halt to the advance. Your men are tired and your supply lines are bogged down by the early spring mud. The situation in ferrovia currently stands as the monarchist forces are desperately trying to halt your advance and a Junta advance along the western coast. The grain situation in friendly territory has gotten worse in the last month as Aquilla, the second largest grain supplier in the civilized world, suffered from a bad harvest last year and this has caused grain prices to increase making it much harder for Queen Meredith's government to purchase grain on credit.

There are sporadic reports from the fogged seas that the rouge ferrovian navy has been spotted near the largest landmass in the sea known as Carland engaging in some sort of conflict against the various tribes. Their exact intentions are unknown to all but themselves. There is some political moves in nevefar as Queen meredith has approved the formation of a house of commoners and a house of lords styled off the old Arveiterian system of government as the first step in governmental reform. There is likewise some advancement in military equipment as a small aircraft company in Albrects ford has begun to manufacture a dedicated Close air support diver bomber aircraft. The first of these crafts have already seen combat in striking junta asset across the river from albrects ford.

It is may 1st 1285 2 year of Meredith's Reign

>just rest and recover
>talk to one of your officers/followers (write in)
>write in

>>5894266
>write in: Schedule a filmed interview with the reporters who tagged along. Keep it professional, but allow some personal questions.
>talk to one of your officers/followers. Norton to ask about the whole Major thing, check the state of his troops and the brothers to also check up on the FAG and our para's.

>>5894273
+1

>>5894273
Supporting

>>5894273
+1
Oh shit we don't have grain. Roll for who starves.

>>5894273
supporting
I think making Norton a major makes sense but we might want to find out why he didn't just ask us for a promotion we both know he would have gotten. (of course, he probably figured we wouldn't have a problem with it and didn't care if we did)

>write in: Schedule a filmed interview with the reporters who tagged along. Keep it professional, but allow some personal questions.
>talk to one of your officers/followers. Norton to ask about the whole Major thing, check the state of his troops and the brothers to also check up on the FAG and our para's.

You arrange for Mr Atticus to interview you which excites the young reporter but first you wish to speak to Mr Norton. You find one of your oldest friends had staked out his force in an abandoned manor along the frontline. The marine camp bustles with activity as marines move about or lounge around, you note a large amount of luxury goods be it furniture, alcohol or other finery is stored around the manor no doubt eventually bound to some buyer back in Nevefar.

You find Norton in the manor's dining hall cleaning a very nice automatic handgun that you doubt the man had purchased. “Norton somethings we gotta talk about” He doenst look up from the handgun as he cleans it “It about my promotion?” you aren't surprised he knows why you came here Norton has always had a knack for seeing trouble coming “It is I want to know why you just took the promotion instead of just asking for it. He hums as he keeps cleaning the gun “Pragmatism really I either took a promotion or risk getting seconded to navy and getting to sit on some destroyer for the rest of the war, That and technically you're not my commanding officer so its not like you could have given me a promotion anyway” He stops for moment before looking up at you “Did you know i'm now the highest ranking marine in the entire Reformist armed forces?” You blink in surprise at this information “ I did not actually” He smiles “Had a fop from the navy try and talk me into the position of marine corp commandant actually but that aint me i'm here for the combat and anything I can get my hands on.” He gestures to crate of wine bottles “Take a bottle and have a good one Edmund”
You take your leave from the manor and make your way to where you agreed to meet with Mr Atticus

what would you like to focus on during the interview

>Your background
>recent victories
>Reformist Ideals
>write in

>>5895085
>Start with your background then go through your exploits try to keep it exciting and concise
>>Sell him a story for now

>>5895085
>>5895113
+1
Would like to add:
>keep an level of profesionalism

>>5895085
I want to really emphasize this
>Reformist Ideals

>>write in
I also want to address the obvious injustices of the past like the mines the mountains and the hopes of correcting them. I mean, we discovered people who shouldn't be there. Should dovetail with reformist ideals too.

>>5895113
>>5895146
>>5895337
supporting all this

>>5895085
>>Your background

>>5895113
+1
"Yes I am originally a peasant, no I am not communist, yes I am a monarchist working with reformist ideas, no I am not a junta spy, yes I am originally part of the military branch of the old kingdom. And no I am not a triple spy. How would that even work?"

You've made arrangements to use the dining room of a local merchant's house as the location for the interview. Taking a seat across from Mr atticus as his camera man sets up his camera youve honestly never been filmed before but Atticus assures you to treat it like any other interview.

He shuffles around a set of note cards until his cameraman finally gestures to him telling him the camera is recording.”Im Here with General Edmund Drayton a officer of the Reformist forces under Queen Meredith of ferrovia, now Mr drayton why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself” you rest your hands in your lap “Well I grew in a small farming village in the deep south I signed up to officer candidate school under a new scholarship program for yeomen in the last couple months of the great war and was assigned to the 1st Airborne, I worked my way up the ranks and now I fight for the rightful queen of ferrovia Ive proven time and time again that my men are far better soldiers then anything the pretender or the junta can throw at me”

He nods as you speak “Thats pretty accurate from what then men Ive spoken to have said although some of your men have mentioned you don't seem like a hardliner democrat or communist” you shift somewhat in your seat

>I consider myself a monarchist
>I consider myself a democrat
>I consider myself a Ferrovian above all
>write in

>>5896248
>>I consider myself a Ferrovian above all

>>5896248
>write in I consider myself both
I mean if we are being honest here that's pretty much what our guy is. He ultimately wants what is best for the country and in his eyes that's pro-democracy with a non-negotiable constitutional monarchy. Feel its better to say this then the copout "i'm a ferrovian obviously"

>>5896309
Also obviously when I say I consider myself both I mean both a monarchist and a democrat

>>5896248
>I am a servant of ferrovia

>>5896405
supporting

>>5896248
>write in:
"Hardliner democrats want to rip out the entire royal system without realizing the chaos it would plunge the nation into without a plan. Hardliner communists may want equality for all but not everyone is a farmer, doctor, family man, or business owner so what is equal to one is not equal to another. Both have ideas but both are too extreme and will cause unneeded strife while a more moderate approach is necessary."

>>5896248
>I consider myself a Ferrovian above all
>>5896311
>>5896657
the common term for someone who wants to do away with the monarchy is a Republican (because you replace the Kingdom with a Republic)
So we could have Drayton advocate for democracy, but maintain that a constitutional monarchy is the best way to do it with Meredith acting as ceremonial head of state, but with actual legislation being adopted by a democratically elected assembly.

Also I think he should reach out to the commies a bit by mentioning that he feels the same way a lot of them do about the conditions of our people, and that we need a social safety net in the form of universal education for children, adult education for people that never got one, and a basic standard of health care for everyone.

>>5896727
Also just for fun,

"I consider myself a Ferrovian before I accept any other label, though I will not shy away from being called either a democrat or a monarchist, for I am both of those things. I support having an elected body of representatives to create our laws, because as a Ferrovian first and foremost, I want to give a voice to every Ferrovian.
It would be a betrayal of my sacred oaths to go against our rightful Queen Meredith, who has done much to unite the reformist movement. Our nation can no sooner cast her aside than a man could tear out his own beating heart. What's more, I feel that the good Queen Meredith is uniquely suited to unite our nation, to heal us, and to bring us together again as the family we are and ought to be.
It is because I consider myself a Ferrovian first and foremost, that I strive to maintain a moderate, conciliatory attitude even in the fires of war. My arms are open to welcome all who seek to join her Majesty's cause, even if they have previously been fighting for the Junta or Elric the Pretender. If you surrender to my men, I can promise you that you will be treated fairly and you will not be forced to take up arms against your former comrades, whether you were forced into this war against your will, or you felt it was your duty to volunteer."

>>5896248
>I consider myself a Ferrovian above all
>write in: "The future is a change of the current system. In what directions shall be decided by the population and the righfull heir our Queen."

>>5896248
>I consider myself a monarchist

>>5896749
i support this write-in

>I consider myself a Ferrovian above all

You mull over your response for a few moments “I'd call myself a ferrovian above all else but its not uncommon for people to call me a democrat or a monarchist because im both, Ferrovia needs to change we can't sit as the last vestiges of a feudal state well into the 13th century It will kill us not just as a nation but as a people but we cant move forward as a nation without a strong leader Queen meredith has already proven to be that leader she has already begun the necessary reforms to give the peoples a voice. I truly believe she will shepard in a new age of prosperity and reform her father unfortunately did not live long enough to see done”

Atticus shuffles through his note cards a bit “Mr Drayton your not very popular amongst the communists who fight alongside you. Is there anything you want to say to them as a whole?”

>Write in

>>5897366
Go fuck yourselves.

>>5897366
>"We are fighting on the same side for a better Ferrovia. You will all be able to voice your opinions throught the democratic proces. If the people want more capitalism. Let them. If they want more shared ownership. Let them. All under the legitimacy of the crown. Let's keep what happened in Beville in the past. Back then I didn't have the power to change much. Now I can change stuff so similar events won't have to get that far. Those executions... Apologies... bad memories you know. Next question please."

>>5897389
Supporting
>>5897366
Also point out
"I may not see eye to eye with them on everything, but I certainly agree with them regarding the importance of providing for the education and welfare of all our citizens. What's more, many of their troops have shown admirable bravery over the course of this conflict, and I'm thankful to be fighting alongside them."
Like qualify it just enough that we don't imply approval for their war crimes, but don't explicitly condemn them or point them out, either.

>>5897366
>>Write in
No comment.

>>5897389

I don't like this part.
"Let's keep what happened in Beville in the past..."

This will only enrage the Communists, for those who watched their comrades massacred to be told that 'Let's Keep what happened in Beville in the past'. I would remove this part completely and instead tack on >>5897418

Or go "I have tasted the bitter fruit of helplessness in the past. After going through that, the present crucible of choice, as torturous as it is, is like milk and honey. I choose to create something better and new. And I hope they will choose the same."

>>5897389
adding the changes made in
>>5897519

>>5897519
support this

>>5897519
support when someone dislikes you at a fundamental level even bringing up shite like that is only good for making them hate you more.

>>5897845
I agree. (I'm >>5897418 as well, I was on my phone when the vote started)

also don't take the journalist's words completely at face value considering Drayton gets along quite well with Mr. Baker who is one of the more influential commies and Mr. Baker said we have been taken off their kill list (for the time being)

You stroke your chin for a moment "We are fighting on the same side for a better Ferrovia. You will all be able to voice your opinions throughout the democratic process. If the people want more capitalism. Let them. If they want more shared ownership. Let them. All under the legitimacy of the crown. I have tasted the bitter fruit of helplessness in the past. After going through that, the present crucible of choice, as torturous as it is, is like milk and honey. I choose to create something better and new. And I hope they will choose the same."” You shift in your seat "I may not see eye to eye with them on everything, but I certainly agree with them regarding the importance of providing for the education and welfare of all our citizens. What's more, many of their troops have shown admirable bravery over the course of this conflict, and I'm thankful to be fighting alongside them."

Mr Atticus smiles at the camera “an excellent sentiment Mr Drayton is there anything you would like to say to the world at large? The agency I work for sells news films all over the world and i'm sure many people outside marsalia will see this film”

>write in

>>5898995
"I could never put my own pride before the good of my nation, so for those of you watching in other lands, I humbly beseech you to aid our cause in whatever way you can, whether it is directly, or by encouraging your leaders to support Queen Meredith and the legitimate government of the Ferrovian people. Ferrovia will never forget those who came to our aid in this, our hour of need."

>>5899006
Support

>>5898995
Tonight. You.

>>5899006
supporting

"I could never put my own pride before the good of my nation, so for those of you watching in other lands, I humbly beseech you to aid our cause in whatever way you can, whether it is directly, or by encouraging your leaders to support Queen Meredith and the legitimate government of the Ferrovian people. Ferrovia will never forget those who came to our aid in this, our hour of need." Mr Atticcus turns to the camera smiling “Wise words from Mr Edmund Drayton general of the Ferrovian kingdom under Queen Meredith” He does a cutting motion to the cameraman the camera is shut off. “For someone whos never down a film interview before you didnt do half bad Drayton youve got the speech of a politician down” The camera man walks off leavening you two alone in the dining hall the young Marsalian staring you down with a steely gaze

He leans back in his chair pulling out a pipe lighting it and taking a puff “Off the record what's your plan if you win?”

>Politics
>continued military career
>retire
>write in

>>5900067
>Write in: Let me guess? some spook question?
>continued military career
to help keep the nation safe for turbulent times to come.
>Politics
To represent certain voices during better times.
>retire on a farm.
To fuck off and let the younger once handle it.

>>5900067
>>continued military career

>>5900067
>write in
Become king.

>>5900087
+1

>>5900067
>>retire

>>5900067
>continued military career
Rebuild the military, from the ground up.

>>5900087
>First thing I'm going to do is go to bed, have a nice meal and figure out what I'll do after the war

>>5900067
>>continued military career
Just long enough to hand over to the new generation to come.

>retire
Then go fuck off be a grumpy old fart. Maybe write a few books

>>5900067
>write in
"We'll, I'd like to spend more time jumping out of Airplanes for pleasure, rather than business. Or at least with fewer people shooting at me. In my spare time, I suppose I will do whatever the People of Ferrovia need me to."
With a smile and a wink. Keep him guessing.

You smile at the young man's question ”Did some spook ask you to ask that question Mr atticus” He begins to sputter at you accusation before you wave your hand at him “I'm just joking Atticus. I could always stay in the army the damn thing is going to need to be rebuilt from the ground up or I guess I could go into politics help the people, I could even retire to a farm in the south maybe I dont know which I want pick yet”

You shake Atticus's hand and he informs you it will be around a week until the interview is shown in ferrovia. For outside the country it will take longer not just because of transport but also due to the need to translate the questions and answers. You head off to the main camp and begin to walk amongst you men talking to the officers and enlisted alike to see about concerns and any issues you can help with. The only real solid complaint you receive is the fact rations are starting to become smaller as the grain crisis in the north grows.

>move on to next offensive
>write in

>>5901246
>move on to next offensive
Let's get this bread, literally.

>>5901246
>>move on to next offensive

>>5901246
>move on to next offensive
>write in: allow some limited foraging (hunting not taking shit from civilians of course.)

>>5901319
We might want to identify the nearby Grain Elevators and mills, both on our side and the other side. Presumably in the south these would be owned by the nobility, so we can definitely take anything we need so long as it doesn't cause a localized famine in the near future. In the longer term, they can get supplied from elsewhere. Bread would be nice but we can just boil the wheat and add salt to make gruel as well.
Also if the nobility has other food stored in their estates that can be requisitioned as needed.
Major Norton might have some helpful ideas.

>>move on to next offensive

>>and allow the confiscation of private grain stockpiles of nobles

roll me a 3d100 best of three please

Rolled 98, 13, 9 = 120 (3d100)

>>5902428
Big money no whamies!

Rolled 100, 2, 69 = 171 (3d100)

>>5902428

Rolled 18, 40, 43 = 101 (3d100)

>>5902428
big money

>>5902474
100, 2, 69. Man so close to such a meme roll

>>5902495
if he rolled that it would somehow add up to 420 instead of 170

With skill and efficiency only brought on by good training, sharp officers reinforced by combat, your men gather themselves up and prepare for their continued push south. Its late in the evening the day before your renewed attack when you receive information that new combat units fresh from the Nevefar training fields will be joining the advance under one of the new reformist officers.
You watch as they march into position besides your own force replacing the communists who are diverting west to deal with a push to your west from the junta. These men are green as they come, their uniforms are brand new redesigned from the old ferrovian army uniform of the great war which your own men still wear. You are somewhat surprised to notice that there are women mixed in with these now forces in combat roles. It's not a complete surprise as the Communists have a healthy mix of women mixed in with their own combat forces but still odd that the new army decided to integrate like this.

Your men set off the next morning making good time down the southern roads, occasionally passing the odd farmer out in the fields sowing seeds; the wide majority of these people are young boys, women and the like, the men of age having been scooped up already. Its near noon when the convoy suddenly halts and the peel of gunfire can be heard as the lead vehicle is attacked it appears youve driven right into an ambush.

>fight through it
>circle the vehicles and wait it out
>write in

>>5902675
>write in
Surrender

>>5902675
>>fight through it

>>5902675

>circle the vehicles and wait it out
Given that we're advancing and the enemy probably has time to prep traps and further ambushes...

>>5902675
>>fight through it
the most effective way to deal with an ambush is a counterattack, if they can fix us they can finish us

>>5902675
>fight through it

>>5902675
Its gamer time
>Write in:
>WE HAVE SIGHTED THE ENEMY
>PUSH TOWARDS THE ENEMY POSITION! MOVE TO ELIMINATE THEM!

aim to destroy the people ambushing us, either we win, they get scared and peel off, or we lost and die

>>5902675
>fight through it
Good thing they didn't ambush the entire convoy.

>fight through it

Only a dead man sits in an ambush

Roll me 3d100 best of three please

Rolled 99, 62, 52 = 213 (3d100)

>>5903479
>Only a dead man sits in an ambush.
Oorah motherfuckers.

Rolled 45, 30, 81 = 156 (3d100)

>>5903479
big money

>>5903483
not a great roll but the 81 helps

>>5903485
m8. With these rolls these rolls it would feel like we ambush them instead of us. No need to shit on rolls.

>>5903490
I just fully expect a perfect 300 every time I roll and am just as disappointed every time I don't get it as I was the first time I didn't get it.

>>5903497
Honestly outside of your recon rolls you guys tend to roll decently well maybe too well which is why im considering moving away from the 3d100 best of three system for my next quest

Rolled 88, 45, 87 = 220 (3d100)

>>5903479

>>5903500
The 3d100 system does definitely lean towards the player favor although I will say the overall luck for this quest has been generally above average compared to most quests. Could have the enemy roll their own 3d100's and use a power of difference system if you wanted to even it out or just experiment and use a new system all together. Just spitballing ideas.

>>5903527
>>5903500
yeah, the amount of 100's we got is just an abnormal amount.

>>5903527
I may just run a one shot between the end of NOTB and whatever I run next to test systems


also I wound like to say we are around 50% through the quest at this current point unless you or the reformist faction suffer heavily from bad rolls

>>5903547
It's nice to have a quest with a clear end goal instead of being totally open ended.
I also like that our character is having a major effect on the macro scale, it's fun to see how his actions affect the big picture.

The realization your caught in an ambush startles you only for a half second before training takes over. The screaming voice of the Drill isntructors and training officers at OCS a decade in the past ring clear in your head. The men who sit in an ambush are dead men. You swipe the headset from your radio operator and shout over the panicking voices over the radio. “Push forward ram any wrecks out the way DO NOT STOP UNTIL WE ARE CLEAR!”. The convoy lurches forward as you take up your own carbine leaning out the back of your own truck you open fire at the muzzle flashes coming from a nearby woodline.

You aren't sure of the effect your convoy is having on the enemy as the only real thing you see are the occasional muzzle flash and the howl of mortars. The ambush couldn't have lasted more than a couple of minutes but it felt like it took hours for the convoy to successfully push past it. You slid a fresh magazine into your carbine your heart beating a mile a minute as you take in the status of your truck which is full of your various aides and a small security team. There's a trio of bullet holes in the truck's canvas cover and your radio operator is nursing a grazing wound to his leg but it seems like you managed to avoid any casualties in your own truck.

Reports from the rest of the convoy report some injuries but besides a single dead gunner from the lead gun truck it seems you unit came away from the ambush far better than you had any right too. The reformist unit to your west reports a few hours later that the enemy force that attacked you seemed to have already bugged out, apparently utilizing hit and run tactics.


>try to pin them down
>keep pushing
>write in

>>5903552

Im not a big fan of the quests that run in the 100s of thread and are impossible to catch up to Id like to keep NOTB under 15ish thread if possible

>>5903566
>Flush out the fuckers.
Any guy with tracking or stalking experience take point. Upon sighting the enemy flush them out.
Once out in the open turkey shoot time. weapons free, extreme violence required.

>Im not a big fan of the quests that run in the 100s of thread and are impossible to catch up to Id like to keep NOTB under 15ish thread if possible. seems perfect for me and if you want to make a sequel you can do that this way. (chapterlike)

>>5903566
>keep pushing
We can't let a small group of skirmishers bog down an entire convoy, we have bigger fish to fry.

>>5903566
>>keep pushing
I guess if it is a problem we might have to have outriders securing the areas around the road while we move through

>>5903566
>keep pushing
While annoying they shouldn't be too much of a problem as long as they aren't strong enough to break our supply line and continue to keep to just hit and run. Annoying as hell? Yes. Annoying enough to delay an entire caravan just to kick their ass? Probably not.

>>5903566
>keep pushing

>keep pushing

3d100 best of three please

Rolled 3, 22, 31 = 56 (3d100)

>>5904254
and 100, 100, 100

Rolled 81, 4, 50 = 135 (3d100)

>>5904254
Check this shit out

>>5904254
Come on, big money

Rolled 75, 19, 16 = 110 (3d100)

>>5904264
Pfft forgot/ post my roll
Big money

You decide to simply bypass the ambush force, the time and effort not worth hunting down a force that's simply too ineffective to damage a formation in any reasonable manner. Then manage good time down the road the farther south they go the more well maintained the roads are. The first signs of the truly massive noble estates also begin to appear: private granaries and paved roads signs of the truly obscene wealth the southern nobles hold. Many of the granaries have already been emptied or burnt to the ground.

Its late in the evening of the second day when you meet the next sigh of resistance to a heavily entrenched town. The town must be home to close to 5000 people and has been turned into a veritable fortress. Your recon teams were spotted very quick and were unable to gather any real intel about the fortifications or enemy concentration inside the town. Likewise the enemy has several recon aircraft do flybys before you were able to call in a couple of the fighter craft supplied by Mr Leroy to chase them off. The enemy knows your coming.

>Gunship attack (available only once a week)
>armored attacked
>Rolling barrage followed by infantry
>write in

>>5904362
>>Rolling barrage followed by infantry

>>5904362
>Gunship attack (available only once a week)
>Rolling barrage followed by infantry
The 10.3cm howitzers are going to come in handy, though we need the gunships to spot and destroy the enemy artillery, if they have any.

>>5904362
>>Gunship attack (available only once a week)
>>Rolling barrage followed by infantry
>>5904383
seconding

>>5904383
+1

>>5904383
+1
Yeah breaking a fortress is worth using the gunship on.

>>5904383
>>5904362
+1
Superior firepower? Of course.

>>5904383
Yall are just trying to create combined arms warfare and im game for it

>>5904635
Well I mean, yeah.

>Gunship attack (available only once a week)
>Rolling barrage followed by infantry

Teaching the monarchist the wonders of air suppourt and artillery

please roll me 3d100 best of three

Rolled 47, 8, 85 = 140 (3d100)

>>5905284
Please rng give me a good roll

Rolled 74, 14, 34 = 122 (3d100)

>>5905284

Rolled 23, 96, 83 = 202 (3d100)

>>5905284
Man something about the middle roll is just consistently awful as of late.

>>5905295
...nevermind

>>5905295
Good job lol

The aquillian fighters keep the skies clear as your gunships come in low toward the town thye begin to circle. The town is packed to the gills with infantry and what appear to be infantry support guns. They open fire peppering the town in 20mm and machine gun fire as they radio into the independent artillery battery to begin laying down accurate fire.

The mortars begin to roll a barrage of HE and Frag rounds up the corridor of advance for your men as the tanks and armored cars slowly approach providing cover for your infantry. The gunships run low and the infantry get too close for the heavier artillery to keep firing. It becomes the infantry's job to break whatever is left of the enemy's resolve. The first layer of defenses are trench works which your men make quick work of with their submachine guns and hand grenades. The next layer is the outskirt house which require house to house clearing. During this the first reports of the Marsalian mercenaries being mixed in with monarchist conscripts is reported. There's now just the inner town which is densely packed with houses and shops left for your men to push through.

3d100 best of three please

Rolled 19, 21, 13 = 53 (3d100)

>>5905546
Entrench warfare. Fuck.

Rolled 61, 64, 36 = 161 (3d100)

>>5905546
urban warefare... ouch

Rolled 51, 93, 73 = 217 (3d100)

>>5905546
Combined arms... It's alright.