One of the battalion’s flanks was set firm thanks to aiding their attack, though the other was open. Supporting the right had been seen as too risky due to enemy armored presence. Most of the Twaryian’s local mobile armored assets had surely been destroyed in the last battle, but Twaryian stocks were vast, and a risky operation to mop up stragglers of the defeated units wasn’t worth weakening the battalion for what was to come.

The battalion officers had left their units to attend what was promised to be a short briefing. As the nominal commander and sponsor of the unit Countess Haile Margareta Rendsdottir-Hageldorf put it, haste was more important than excruciating detail- especially with sundown coming in only a couple of hours. Major Sanen Yule, the more active leadership of the battalion, had left the front on personal request. So far as he cared to share, the objective could only be the recapture and fortification of Kobberhus, the town that now lay ahead of the battalion. It was a strong position, on top of being a transportation hub- not an intended one, but it would be the furthest up the line to bring rail transport in this region for both yourselves and the invaders.

Under the cover of trees, by Yule’s insistence, the battalion’s lieutenants gathered in a circle, seated to standing to accommodate them all, around where the Countess had spread a map over a sheet on the grass. First was the expected enemy, and nobody really expected to hear anything they didn’t know already, only framed in a different way.

The enemy present, identified from radio interceptions and analysis, was primarily the Twaryian 15th Reserve Infantry battalion, that had holed up in Kobberhus and around it along with its support company, made up of lesser-quality vehicles than had been encountered before. Aerial observation and transmission interceptions had confirmed the presence of anti-tank guns of the 4-centimeter type- reinforcements would likely come from the northeast, if anywhere, and there was not likely to be many of them, being made up of what remained of the severely wounded 8th and 10th Mechanized Battalions mauled earlier that day. Word from the rest of the line indicated that the Twaryians were retreating everywhere else while they could- if the enemy stubbornly fought here, it could only be as a delaying action, or because they couldn’t retreat in their present condition.

The reason for that had become apparent, with intercepted transmissions as well as odd reports from air recon. At first glance, it would have seemed that the Twaryians were fighting amongst themselves, but they weren’t. Not technically. A force that was referred to externally as the 8th Indemnity Battalion, once set to be a potentially terrible obstruction to the capture of Kobberhus, what with the presence of its armored assets, had decided that instead of aiding in the defense it would stage an uprising.

What they expected to happen wasn’t particularly clear. They were appealing to somebody on the Open Radio channels, but nobody understood what language they were speaking- only that they were calling to somebody, and that they were definitely turning their guns on the Twaryians. Not that they were suddenly friendly, either. The task force of the Rendsdottir Battalion that had taken a forward position at a village had fought them, and though their defense was halfhearted, the people that were called Petrekorans were plenty willing to defend themselves against your advances.

“These Petrekorans might be an invaluable ally,” Major Yule murmured, gloved hand scratching his collar, “Judge Above knows we’ve not many of those right now. Naukland’s lodged little more than a diplomatic protest.” Politics rather far above most of your heads, besides that Naukland was much more powerful than Twaryi, and though they were not allies, they were of the same race as most of you, and ought to object against the encroachment of the rejected bat-eared bastard spawn of Caelus.

“Can you understand their language to even begin at negotiations, Major?” Haile sniped at the implications, “We’ve one man who even speaks Caelussian. The best we can do is ignore them and let them distract the enemy. If they get in our way, we’ll obliterate them.”

“…But, Lady Countess,” Yule coughed, holding something back, “If this Petrekoran formation was standing beside the enemy here rather than against them, we could very well have had little chance of success in a direct assault as we are doing now.”

“Do you even know who or what Petrekorans are?” Haile challenged, and when met with silence, she spoke further, “They are Caelussian conscripts, from one of the lesser members of their Federation. Petrekora is some nothing country that was made an example of for being too arrogant of their place. Brash and ill-cautioned peoples, and as far as they’re concerned, they may as well be fighting in Zhantao. Hardly trustworthy. If they surrender and hand over their equipment, I’d show leniency, but otherwise, the moment they stop being convenient, they’re an enemy as much as the Twaryians are.”
“Say some unspoken agreement is reached on the front lines, though,” the Major tried to coax his point of view along.

The Countess bit her lip in forced contemplation, a bead of sweat trailed makeup down her cheek. “Then the men had best keep an eye on who they trust their flanks and rear to. There has been no attempt by them or their command to reach out to us.”

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“Very well.” Yule nodded in tired acceptance. It was admittedly easier said than done- save for their helmets and weaponry, Petrekoran soldiers looked near identical to Twaryian ones, with black baggy uniforms and cloaks, and the captured Petrekorans not only kept mum, but seemed unable to understand even the few Twaryian phrases that the odd soldier knew, let alone the much more fluent Lieutenant Wesker. Any encounter with them would be a process of discovery, and depending on their disposition, a potentially deadly process.

“Enough about them,” Haile declared with a smack of a swagger stick against the map on the ground, “They don’t matter in the grand scheme. Soldiers of Vynmark. I’ve had to keep quiet about this, but your most important objective here had to remain hidden from your knowledge until the very last moment.” She pointed above Kobberhus. “Last night, an airship was forced to make a crash landing at this location. Aerial scouts have confirmed that it is relatively intact, though obviously, the site has been seized by the Twaryians. Your primary goal is to reach this airship,” she tapped for emphasis on the location, “and recapture it and the surrounding ground, and to secure both it and any of its passengers and crew.”

Blank stares all around.

“…Pardon me?” Major Yule shook his head, as though clearing dust from his ears. “What of the town? Who or what is on this airship? This is the first I’ve heard anything of any airships.”
“You will know them if you find them,” Haile said firmly, not elaborating whatsoever on who they were supposed to be. “This town was evacuated days ago, they will be plenty obvious in not being Twaryians or Caelussians. I suppose Kobberhus’s recapture is necessary in a strategic sense, but priority is on the recovery of this airship and its occupants. They may have fled to hide in the surrounding villages and towns, it’s true, but they must be found.” A thwack of her stick on the ground. “High Command has also requested, as an important but lesser priority, I suppose, for two tasks. One, is that Kobberhus is likely to host, from the density of radio transmissions, at least a divisional command headquarters. This headquarters is either to be captured or destroyed, as we’ve caught them before they can fully evacuate. Such a disruption of their local command will surely result in a rout. The other objective is to capture all settlements along the railway, especially the northwest-most station. Simultaneous operations will be retaking ground to make that railhead in particular of great use in a counteroffensive.” Another whack of the stick. “Any questions must be brief and to the point! The very minute matters at this stage. Immediately prepare your units for assault if you’ve no queries Major Yule cannot answer for me.”

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Operation Two- “Kobberhus Assault” – Summary
The Twaryians are making a stand at the town of Kobberhus- likely delaying so that their divisional headquarters can retreat. The primary defending enemy formation is the Twaryian 15th Reserve Infantry Battalion, along with a company of supporting assets, and organic anti-tank and mortar assets.

Primary Objectives are as follows-
1-Secure and recover downed Airship and any passengers or crew.
2-Capture Kobberhuss through occupation of Kobberhus Castle.
3- Recapture all settlements along the rail line.
4-Destroy enemy local command capabilities.

Likely units to encounter are T-8 anti-tank conversions, T-8 machine gun type, and CC-4 light armored cars, as well as heavy infantry presence. Grand Council Army Command feels it should be known that Twaryian Reserve units make heavy use of female combat personnel- as to not shock or dismay those who might have found out such by surprise. They are nevertheless not to be underestimated, and are as zealous and fanatical if not more so than their more physically advantaged counterparts.

While this enemy is less well equipped, they will be holding in defensive positions in urban terrain. Battalion mechanized artillery is on standby, and mortar units from the Sodrakron 4th Infantry have been assigned to support the Rendsdottir Battalion attack on Kobberhus.

>Preparatory Barrages will be available in limited capability on the first turn’s opening.
>Mortars have limited range compared to artillery, but have no delay on their support attacks. They may be called upon for high explosive or smoke attacks, or reserved for counterbattery on assets within their range.

Grand Council Army Command has also prioritized delivery of specialist equipment for infantry, as well as fuel and stimulants. This priority will remain in effect until further notice.
>Fuel shortages have been remedied and fresh mounts obtained- Dragoons and Motor Dragoons now have Move 4 instead of 3.
>New Infantry Special Equipment- Assault Armament Primary Weapons and Flamethrower Special Weapons

At least one company strength unit of enemy reinforcements from the 8th and 10th Twaryian Mechanized Vanguard is expected to come from the northeast. Interceptions indicate this may be an anti-tank specialist unit called to support the 15th Reserve Infantry against another factor- the 8th Petrekoran Indemnity Battalion, which is known to have unknown armored equipment along with its infantry capabilities.

Grand Council Army Command is still presently reviewing what official action to take concerning these “Petrekorans.”

All said, the most critical objective is the recapture of the downed airship and whomever was upon it. Should all other operations flounder, this mission will be a success with this singular objective fulfilled, and considered a failure if it is not accomplished.

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>Commander attendance check and Unit Deployment is now open- Operation will begin on Friday Morning. Any players not in attendance will have their units placed in RESERVE.
>Note that deployment may occur within enemy range- so you may come under fire immediately in the opening turn’s fire phase. By the same token, once deployment is done, you may have to do spotting rolls yourself.

Notable addendums- C-4’s m/24-32s have been allocated to C-1 and C-3, and C-4 has taken the T-15s. C-4’s experience gain from the last mission has thus been nullified, and the experience from this mission will not result in an EXP level up. C-6 has claimed a T-8. Infantry squads and casualties have been replenished.

Infantry rework is now in effect. Base movement of transports is now 4- mounting transports costs one movement, but dismounting is free and can be done at any time in a turn. Infantry Weaponry is now divided into Light and Heavy- only one weapon of each type may be used in a turn- ie, AT Rifles and Grenades may be used, but not Rifles and Grenades (Grenades in abstract being the combined usage of them and infantry weapons in the attack anyways). Machine guns do not have their own attack, but instead amplify attack power against soft targets- they still have Range 5 for making suppression attacks, though they technically do not roll their own attacks.

Registration is open again briefly- though I’m not expecting many more people popping in. It will absolutely close for next mission. That’ll be…a point of no return, depending on what happens in this operation.

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>>5451204
Previous thread is here- and though the manual is in this post, I'll repost it here. Though I haven't made any changes to it yet, some precedents were set in the last thread. I still have to make a list of errata.
Portraits are still in the works. I'll have them (and any last minute amendments to the character cards/unit roster) ready for when the operation starts.

Forgot to mention, Dragoons are free to declare any equipment changes. Likely, considering the rules for them have changed.

As per usual, the green zone is where Recon may deploy if they wish, and Blue is the standard deployment zone.

>>5481575
So all infantry get the same amount of weapons regardless of EQP level?

>>5481595
No- Motor Dragoons get two special weapon picks, and Horse Dragoons only get one. If there were any Panzer Dragoons, they'd get three.
It's just you can only shoot one of each type, Light slot and Heavy slot, per fire phase.

>>5481602
For Objective 3 do we have to physically occupy the settlement tiles as well or just destroy the garrisons?

Okay so Assuming Machine guns, rifles, And grenades are there by default my special weapons will be
>Marksman Loadout
>anti tank rifle

Also The amount of dice that will be rolled if someone rolls up with assault weapons and flamethrowers they can do 27 attacks and in theory decimate an entire platoon

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>>5481574
Thanks for having us tanq.
>Deploy aa24?
>Facing N
I can't really tell where 24/25 are so I want to go in this spot on the pic. Hopefully it will give an accurate picture of the Pets.

I do hope that the Grand Council hands out actual medals at the end of all this instead of fucking flowers.

>>5481606
You don't have to move in and sit in them until the end of the operation, no, but High Command would much prefer they be captured intact.

>>5481612
Not quite. Though Machine Guns are indeed default, they are the default usage of the special weapon allowance. Machine Guns are a special weapon. Meaning that, if no preference is named, a basic infantry unit is going to use its special weapon point to have machine guns.

So basically, for a horse dragoon to have a special weapon, they have to trade in their machine guns, unless they're Krogh where an equipment point was traded to have another weapons slot (and a particular exotic choice of weapon, at the time).

>>5481624
How does using the roads through the woods impact movement, if at all?

>>5481630
Roads give free movement through woods so long as you stick to them. Though getting ambushed on roads in the woods is probably not a good idea.

>>5481632
Are units considered to be in cover when they're on a sloped tile facing the enemy?

>>5481575
>Reporting in

It says that I got distributed m/24-32's here >>5481575 but on the sheet >>5481571 I still have four? Is this just not updated yet or was there a logistical error?

Otherwise, do we have any white flags we can mount to the tops of our vehicles in case any of us wanted to parley with the Petrekorans?

Deploy at z59. Intent is to generally travel northwest and try to mine the road through the northwest woods, if I have someone to hide behind. Unless someone else needs a pioneer. If y'all need me to open the fortress gates, let me know and I'll follow the urban assault team.

Does command anticipate any need to mine the tracks? Have the enemy been using the rail line to the east of us?

>>5481644
I didn't have a section for that and the slopes are meant to be more gradual in actuality than they're represented on the map, but being on the downslope and peeking over is indeed an advantage. We'll say yes- so long as somebody isn't looking down at you from the top of a slope, and is instead up and over.

>>5481646
>Is this just not updated yet or was there a logistical error?
It was meant to be C-5, not C-3. Vix and Martins, as C-4 requested. The units that actually lost tanks and all that.
> do we have any white flags we can mount to the tops of our vehicles in case any of us wanted to parley with the Petrekorans?
Truce flags are readily available in both official and improvised capacity.

>>5481650
>Does command anticipate any need to mine the tracks? Have the enemy been using the rail line to the east of us?
As far as it's known, the rail lines have been too recently seized in relatively haphazard advances to have an abundance of traffic yet. Command would rather not have to mine the tracks to prevent approach from the east, but they also might not have a choice. They definitely think that this would be the point to hold at, though, at present.

Alright, boys. Let's get this shit.
Don't know where I want myself quite yet so I'll hold off on deploying for a little bit.
I'm guessing I'll either end up far east or far west.

>>5481575
I'm in attendance, so to speak. Will hold off on deployment until later, since I'd best not strike out on my own with that atrocious MOV of 2. Just to confirm, as far as we know so far, nothing encountered so far can hurt me unless they crit, right?

>>5481624
Can I use my 2 special weapon slots to have 2 heavy weapons?

>>5481663
As far as you know, yes.

>>5481665
Yes. You just can't fire off both of them at the same time in a fire phase.

>>5481574
The map has what looks to be tank destroyers deployed for enemy forces. Are these T-8 conversions like the AT Guns are, or if not, what intelligence do we have on them?

There seems to be quite a contingent of Petrekorans present. Might I suggest Lieutenant Wesker along with an escort move to meet them under parley? Surely they have *someone* that knows the Twaryi tongue in their conglomeration.

>>5481574
Do field AT guns have the same 60 degree forward firing arc as Jagers do?

>>5481683
>>5481674
On this note, how mobile are AT guns? Are they capable of rotating and moving, and if so, how quickly?

>>5481674
Do railroads provide any movement bonus?

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>>5481693
Only if you hitch your tanks together and become a choo choo train

>>5481678
I doubt they'll be mounting anything heavier than the 4.5cm guns. Small comfort, since that's enough to pierce a 24/32 that hasn't been up-armored.

>>5481680
I'm down to run escort duty, not too keen on shooting these petrekoreans. though you'll have to do the heavy lifting when it comes to armor since I'll have to ditch my AT so I can deal with infantry better

>>5481699
Good thing all my boys are sporting Vynmarks best armor enhancements!

>>5481704
But of course! Think nothing of any armor, surely a bunch of... passionate foreign rebels, can't sport anything like the beasts we just fought, right?

>>5481707
Oh, right, you're the -1 EXP guy. I hope the extra armor is worth the penalties.

>>5481707
we don't really know, best to just overestimate their capabilities and just bring more bang and guns than needed. Granny always said a little extra didn't hurt nobody.

>>5481710
-1 initiative and -1 on attack rolls to force most enemies to roll 10 to damage me I think is a pretty good trade. Especially when this malus goes away with this mission.

>>5481712
You know, I sacrificed EXP gain from last battle for the very same effect, so I guess you're onto something.

>>5481711
I would caution against bringing too much to what is supposed to be a parley, we should really keep things to a minimum to not arouse alarm or suspicion. We don't want to divert from the other fronts/objectives too much anyways.

Alright so:
>Deploy on Z25

Also would like to request that the Prepatory Barrages be concentrated on the enemy mortars at jj30 and nn32.

>>5481714
Man that's easy for you to say while hiding in an armored beast I gotta stay out here with nothing but this nice uniform, but if you insist I won't bring a flamethrower

>>5481674
I'm assuming the assault armaments replaces the rifle right? or can you have both?

>>5481678
>Are these T-8 conversions like the AT Guns are?
They are. T-8 chassis with a gun shield and a 4.5cm gun mount. They're not ideal or well liked vehicles.

>>5481683
They are armed with 4cm guns, which are small enough to still be wieldy on foot, and thus do not have the same firing arc restriction. This would be different with larger sizes.
>>5481689
They move at the same rate as infantry, and have free pivot actions. Even though dismounted infantry don't pivot, per se. Heavier guns would be unable to move without a tow.

>>5481693
The railroads themselves, no, but a road is assumed to be beside this one, so it would count as a road.

>>5481719
>I'm assuming the assault armaments replaces the rifle right?
They do. Though as said it's quite powerful in its niche.

>>5481729
For the castle itself are the defenders mechanically able to fire over the urban terrain/houses around? (and in reverse for us to be able to fire on them from outside the town without obstruction)

>>5481729
Sorry for asking too many questions but I'm also curious as to what would happen if an EQP 2 dragoon took Assault armaments and rifle grenades would that mean they could not carry a machine gun and would be stuck with light weapons?

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>>5481574
I would like to deploy on [Z28], facing North and move 1 tile North to [aa28].

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>>5481574
Scratching at his stuble and zoning out the argument between two lovebirds of the battalion, Wester began studying the map in detail. The town of Kobberhus lay on a small hill, a strong defensive location that dominated the local area, all centered around the old castle grounds. He'd been there before, passing through when he was transferred east a few years back when the Twayrian saber rattling began in earnest. Back then he'd never had the time to visit the castle in person, the thought of having to demolish it's walls or gates saddened him greatly. He hoped it could be taken with mostly intact, though it's unlikely the Bat-Ears would surrender such a defensible location without a fight; especially since it is the most likely location of any command elements left in this sector of the front.

Another itch, this time underneath the chin. He scratched at it in slight irritation. He needed a shave, another few days like this and he might start enjoying the sensation. After the town was taken, there would be time. But not until then.

Glancing over the surroundings of the town, he nodded thoughtfully to himself. This was good, plenty of space to make use of the entire battalion's strengths.
Having ceased an outlying village the Dragoons were in excellent position to begin their assault on the town proper, the forest and the slope providing the neccessary cover on the approach.
To the North lay open fields that stretched as far North-By-Northwest as the eye could see. A Tanker's Paradise. The armored units would be able to move unhindered and at speed to envelop the town and sieze the railway stations without delay.
To the South East, on a crossroad lay a small village much like the one fought over in the previous battle. It would serve as the strongpoint for halting any enemy counter attacks.

Satisfied with his own strategic conclusions, Wester spoke up:
"Gentlemen, I believe I have the beginnings of a plan for this operation." Picking up pebbles from the forest floor, Wester began placing them on the map to serve as makeshift unit indicators.
"The main assault will come from the Center and be a directed thrust towards Kobberhus Castle. A majority of our Dragoons can advance almost unopposed up to the town limits through the forests, using the slopes as cover. A preceding bombardment of these two locations will destroy any forward Twayrian positions and allow for swift entry into Kobberhus itself." Moving the pebbles up the hill to symbolize the advance, Wester turned to the Left flank next.
"While the assault is ongoing, our armored elements, supported by a platoon of Dragoons will advance up the road towards the railroad junction with the intent to envelop the city, thus cutting off any last hope of the Twaryian command elements escaping the city." More pebbles being placed for emphasis.
"Meanwhile, the right flank will secure the Crossroads and hold it against enemy counter attacks attempting any eveloping action of their own."

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>>5481748
Rising back to his full height, Wester let his gaze pass over all the assembled officers before speaking once again:
"I will lead my platoon up the slopes to Kobberhus proper, I would at the very least want to see four other Dragoons by my side. It will be a slog to break through and any man idling elsewhere will make it that much harder to secure the town. Lieutenant Kannenpflanze! >>5481663 ." He fixed his stare on the mercenary noble.
"While I understand that each commander has supreme jurisdiction on their units deployments, I would very much like to see your tanks besides us as we assault the town. Your new metal boxes are armored enough to withstand most, if not all, of the Twayrian counter fire, and their guns are heavy enough to break fortified strongpoints in half. Yours would be an asset and a half to ensure the assault doesn't get bogged down and surpressed from prepared machine gun positions."

>Deploy According to image
>>5481575
>Swap out 1x Machine Gun for 1x Flamethrower
>New Loadout: 1x Machine Gun, 1x Flamethrower

>>5481751
I suggest going with the Assault armaments with that flamethrower. I can go machine gun and marksman so I can cover cover more ground with the machine gun

>>5481574
Adrian listened approvingly to the plan laid out by Lieutenant Wester. This would be a chance for him to show the full potential of his platoon of dragoons. He hadn't completely embarrassed himself in their previous battle, but he was still haunted by the number of his men who died under his command. This time he wouldn't underestimate the enemy; he wouldn't be sitting idly and waiting for them to come to him. He would make the best use of these new weapons his platoon was offered, and would take the fight to the enemy. And with any luck he would wipe them all out.

>Special weapon selections: Assault armament, Flamethrower
>Deploy in the tile directly to the west of Wester's platoon

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>>5481575
Oh boy, I knew this was going to have lots of urban fighting but taking a castle is something else. Good news at least is castles are not renowned for their mobility and we have artillery for now.

>Switch Special Equipment to Assault Armament and Flamethrowers
Having to use a flamethrower in a city fight is never fun, but having to use it against the all female reserve sections will probably be a special kind of horrible.
>Deploy at Y29

>>5481571
On my unit card I have INI-3(1), which looks like it should actually be INI-5(3) to match with Wester's numbers based on our shared EXP-2.

>>5481732
For the castle, no.

>>5481735
>what would happen if an EQP 2 dragoon took Assault armaments and rifle grenades would that mean they could not carry a machine gun and would be stuck with light weapons?
Yes- they'd have spent their two special selections. Though the question of how they'd fire rifle grenades from said armament might be for another time, considering that particular combination neuters itself anyways.

>>5481783
Will fix.

>>5481828
Is there any significance to the dotted boundary around the Petrekorans?

>>5481839
It's just the general region where they are. None of the speculated enemy units are confirmed to be where they are- it's just a vague idea of what might be where. So really, the 8th Indemnity might be anywhere within that region, or maybe a bit outside in places.

>>5481841
Out of curiosity now that the decision has since passed are you able to reveal the consequences choosing to press on immediately? I assume the Division HQ would have managed to flee successfully for one.

>>5481574
What do we know about the stats of the 4cm AT guns?
How many people should we expect from the airship? We'll need to provide transport for them.

>>5481748
I agree with this plan. I also think we should make a liberal use of smoke bombardment on approach. And once the central group enters the town, more Dragoons should use the road from South-East to quickly reinforce them from the flank.

>I'll deploy at the right flank, T50
And I think Giovanni and Wesker should deploy there too, since the right flank is the one due to enemy reinforcement with potentially heavy armor.

>>5481658
I propose far west, since we haven't secured the right flank.

>>5481895
No, wait, Wesker is better in the East to parley with Petrekorans.

>>5481895
>What do we know about the stats of the 4cm AT guns?
I recall them being equivalent to our 3.7cm guns.

>>5481899
Yeah, they're same guns that the standard T-8s are using.

>>5481751
Kannenpflanze nodded along with the Dragoon Lieutenant's rather sound plan. This man was clearly not just experienced, but also quite capable. Was he the one that had captured that lot of bat-ears during the last battle? It could have been, but Kannenpflanze was bad with faces, especially when it came the footsloggers. He perked up at his name being mentioned. It seemed as though the Lieutenant wanted his new tanks to tag along with the infantry during the assault on the town. Kannenpflanze crossed his arms and nodded once more in agreement.
"You'll have no cause to worry. I'll be right there with you. There's nowhere else I'd rather be, in fact. If my platoon were to try open country, we'd be choking on the 24/32s' dust in no time. This terrain is a much better fit for us. Have artillery flatten the southern edge of the village, maybe lay down some smoke with mortars, and we'll be well-covered as we approach. There are a few things I should mention, though." Kannenpflanze glanced over at the three boxy machines idling some distance away from the officers' gathering, "They're big and imposing, yes, and that HE shell can gut any bunker with a good hit—as you've said—, but it's still a shitbox, just like the T-8. Seems the bat-ear faith forbids rounding off sharp edges in the crew compartment, giving a damn about optics and visibility, and having coaxial machine guns. All of that to say that while me and the lads can level any fortification in your path, there's precious little we can do if we have a mob of bat-ears scrambling over our hulls. I'll be counting on you to rinse them off of us should that happen."
>>5481574
Deploying to Z27, next to Wester's platoon.

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>>5481574
Deploy at Z26 facing north. I'll go try to link up with the third party and hope that they don't straight up gun us down the moment they see us.

>>5481920
>>5481751
Rheiner gave a little distressed sigh when he realized just how close the battalion is to engage with the Twarians another time. He escaped with his life before, now he is expected to face them again today. Secretly he regrets being convinced to support an immediate assault, but the knightly side of him, or what he desperately wants to be - demands for him to press on despite his concerns.
Watching the fellow Lieutenants already formulating a plan Hannes had to join in, the thinking distracted the thoughts of impending doom.
"I'll deploy a bit west of you two and will take the road, hopefully the third element won't immediately engage Vynmark units on sight, I'll try to loop around the town and take the primary objective, I hope we can catch enemy reinforcements in the flank if this works out."

>>5481602
Rip, wanted to try my hand at creating a AT dragoon platoon with 2 AT rifles and 5 integrity + camo, but it seems like you closed the abuse thatd make that work properly.

>>5482022
On the other hand Stealth AT Rifle with marksman equipment sounds amazing considering AT doesn't reveal your positions and camo allows you to not be spotted in general above 2 tiles when in cover.

>>5482042
Add Triumph of the Biter and things get even crazier. You're probably going to have to pick Landgraf's Own/Zuide Steel and go down to horses to have enough EQP, though.

>>5482042
>>5482045
Yeah, its a bit different but that's the path I intend to go down. T-8s were armour 1 right? With Landgraf's own that lets me get 5 AP2 attacks from the front with 7 range, and with Camo and stealth attack that lets me create a zone of death against light tanks, while potentially even getting flank snipes against T-15s.

Also I already did the math, with Landgraf's own I just need to go down to trucks in order to get two special weapons + camo, which is what I need for this strat. Would have been nice to have an lmg aswell but there seems to be plenty of anti infantry experts around.

Speaking of, does anyone have the stats of the T-8 and T-15? I remember that you managed to capture some of them last turn but the last thread has over a thousand posts and I dont want to go over that with a comb to find it.

>>5482061
T-15:
>ATK 2
>DEF 1
>INI 1
>ARM 5
>MOV 2
>HP 3
>7.5cm Cannon, 8mm MG

T-8 (Cannon):
>ATK 2
>DEF 1
>INI 1
>ARM 1
>MOV 4
>HP 2
>4cm Cannon

>>5482049
yeah so I might just sit out on attacking the city and run with escort duty for wesker or if he doesn't show up I'll help with taking the surrounding town because Caravan's favor don't do much but it does give me cover while on the move

>>5481828
Well the idea of assault armament+rifle grenades was to pepper the enemy before getting into range 1 with them because that -2 to attack is crippling if you don't have a +2 to attack with exp 3 and more often than not you're probably going to be fighting dug in enemies since I'm assuming enemy infantry can dig in instantly so with the assault armaments you're going to have a -5 to hit when it comes to fighting dug in+ terrain feature outside of range one, a -4 to hit them if they're just in cover outside of range 1, and a -3 if they're dug in out in the open outside of range 1 . Also the rifle grenades lets you smoke further away making closing the distance with the assault armaments easier since if you smoke with the grenade and move up you'll just be at the edge of the smoke with rifle grenades you cut the enemy line of sight so they probably can't shoot you and since movement always comes after shooting they're going to have to move closer to you if they want to get a bead on you through the smoke.

>>5482086
Thanks. Also shiiet, even with Biter AT rifles cant pen T-15s from the flanks. Oh well, makes prioritizatiom easier I suppose.

Otherwise, how viable do people think just making the mother of all frontal assaults is? We have like 3 companies worth of infantry + a lot of mechanized support available, so just applying all that mass to the city and moving forward like an angry tide spewing out bullets and grenades would probably work.

>>5481898
The west*

>>5482109
The skirmish syndrome knows no mercy or compassion.

>>5481574
>Name:
Reuther von Totmann
>Unit Class:
Dragoons (+1 INT)
>Unit Trait:
Landgraf’s own (+1 EQP, -1 EXP)
>Commander Trait:
Triumph of the Biter
>Token:
Peacefields (Song Clover)
>Unit Modification:
Trade 1 EQP for camouflage
>Stats:
EXP 0, EQP 2, INT 5
>Special Weapons:
AT-Rifles
Marksman Equipment

>Commander Description:
A young Netinauk and a Landgraf, if a fairly modest one, von Totmann likely could’ve commanded a Cuirassier platoon. Unfortunately he holds strong opinions on the viability of infantry in a world that is increasingly becoming dominated by larger and more dangerous tanks, and put his money where his mouth is and decided to raise his own platoon of Dragoons, equipped with the finest optics, AT rifles and camouflage he could afford (or more accurately his family cared to waste on him). A seemingly bored gaze, a flat tone of voice and careful, deliberate movements make him appear apathetic to most, although perhaps someone able to keep his cool will be of great value in these trying times.


I'll refrain from placing my platoon until tanq confirms I am legally allowed to enter as a latecomer and I have put more thought into our situation.

>>5481565
I'm here, deployment looks a bit like a mess though so I don't know where I wanna be. I'm holding off but I just wanna post that I'm here so I don't get left out later.

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Anyhow, some tactical notes of my own:

Assault weapons seem somewhat weak; the -2 to offense in range 2 and 3 engagements is gonna be very painful when that crops up in the city fighting, since everyone also has tons of cover there, and while multi attack 2 is a bit better then the blast d2 the grenades get it isnt that much better; grenades will get 1.5 hits for every 2 hits of the assault weapons. You cant use both at the same time so its a pretty meh sidegrade since everyone gets grenades for free. The preferred close combat weapon is clearly the flamethrower, and I'd probably keep the machine gun for utility and general punch if you're able to.

As for the plan, I generally agree with Wester. I'd suggest putting the main force of dragoons and tanjs both to assault Kobberhus, and then use the strip of open ground to the west of Kobberhus to facilitate maneuvers. Just keep leapfrogging and clearing one strip of the city at the time until we get to the castle, at which point we can launch an assault on the airship which is the most important objective. I again strongly suggest we concentrate the majority of dragoons and tanks, aswell as significant recon assets here to drown the enemy infantry and AT assets with our firepower. Even if the neutral forces turn out to not want anything to do with us we should still be able to pull this maneuver, with them providing a secure flank against enemy counterattacks.

>>5481828
>the question of how they'd fire rifle grenades from said armament
I was under the impression that if you choose assault armaments the platoon still has their rifles and can attack with them, and the assault armaments are just a supplement to those. Since rifles aren't a special weapon I don't see why they would be replaced by a special weapon selection, just like I assume we also still have our hand grenades. Is that not the case?

>>5482202
I assume the A. Pack's for people that want the heavy weapons slot for something else like AT rifles or MGs.

Suppression + Assault is generally a decent strategy, looks like if you can suppress a unit hard enough they not only won't be able to move they actually can't shoot.

>>5482224
You can carry multiple heavy weapons unless I misunderstood something, so there's no problem carrying a flamethrower aswell as your preferred choice of machine gun or AT rifle. Assault weapons + machine gun is weaker then grenades + flamethrower in range 1 fighting aswell, if I understand the mechanics correctly, so you dont seem to be gaining anything here either way. Rifles, grenades, flamethrower and machine gun is just better at both point blank and longer ranges then assault weapons and machine gun.

>>5482086
Alright I made it. What was that about an escort? I was thinking of going on one of the 2 flanks around Kobberhus.

>>5482109
>>5482134
Probably West then, though as I remember the Petrekorans don't actually speak Caellusian? Maybe there is one who knows.

Moving through the forest road in the middle to the Green in the West there is a lot of open terrain so using smoke will be needed to advance to the railway hub/cross.

I could try to coordinate us there and see about what these Petrekorans are about. But I wouldn't put my hopes too high for them to help out in any way. I'll admit that sometimes it may be better to stand and watch what they do.


So who's up to go West then?

>>5482308
I'm going west >>5481994 so feel free to join me, I plan to loop around the town and try to secure the main objective.

>>5482308
>Petrekorans don't actually speak Caellusian?
If they were intended to fight under Twaryian command, they had to understand orders somehow. Someone definitely should speak Caellusian there.

>>5482319
Well I think i'll be in. Will probably try to cover you guys from the start before moving in. Securing that road makes us go faster. The concern are the artillery within Koberhus proper. But I trust our infantry to take the town with Zeal.

>>5481574
>Deploy on Z-25 facing North

>>5482320
Oh I meant more that the leadership or "officers" can probably communicate. Worst comes to worst sign language of some form. And if we are not on good terms like we might hope for we are still armed.

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"It seems I- ahem, we arrived just in time! Platoon, no time to rest it seems, we'll be going into action immediately."

>>5481748
Having listened to Wester's plan, von Totmann piped up:
"Ah, if I may? I believe I have identified several pieces of key terrain; key terrain one (1) through six (6), from west to east. KT 2 is already in our possession and as you said is the place we should launch our main assault from. However, if we control KT 3 and KT 4 then we will have effectively put any forces remaining in Kobberhus in a 'cauldron', unable to exit the town without being put under fire. KT1 meanwhile is potentially dangerous to our main assault, and would be nice to seize. The most important part is that it isnt controlled by actively hostile forces however, if they arent shooting at us they dont matter right now. KT5 must be seized to secure our right flank, as you said, but Id suggest expanding our objectives there past flank security and make an attempt at seizing KT4. That meanwhile means that KT6 is an important consideration since they put any action there in danger."

>>5481574
Ulf was keenly following the discussion between the nobledaughter and the major. He was leaning on a nearby tree, a smoldering cigarette between his fingers. While his attention was mostly split equally, there was a hawk-like gaze aimed at the Countess, especially her Mark. To think, that the lifes of him and his comrades could be reduced to a bunch of scribbles on that thing.

"What a shit state o' affairs..." He muttered to himself and let the burned out the cigarette fall to the ground, stomping on it.
>>5482308
I'll join up

>Deploy on 16aa facing North
Also, I would like to bring a big nice white rag or flag or whatever the sign of a truce is, so that the Petrekorans don't shoot me to death.

>>5482349
I would say the easternmost rail crossing is also key terrain, since it overlooks the most likely enemy reinforcement routes.

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>>5482346
"Therefore I suggest some changes to the plan; expand the fireplan east a bit to help facilitate the eastern attack on the town, perhaps add a delayed smoke mission on KT6, waiting a couple minutes (2-3 turns?) for us to take the small built-up area there first. Almost all of our armored assets aswell as 2 companies worth of our dragoons should be assigned to the push on the western flank, but Im sure a single company of dragoons and some lighter mechanized assets will be enough to atleast make an attempt at seizing KT4. At the very least we may provoke their local reserves into responding to us instead of trying to blunt the main attack, and if we successfully seize KT4 then that drastically reduces their ability to reinforce or escape from the town. I'll assign myself to the right flank, my men will be well suited to fend off all sorts of light tanks and armored cars they may respond with."

>>5481895
>What do we know about the stats of the 4cm AT guns?
Equivalent to your own 3.7cm guns- range 7, pierce 3, explosive d2.
It's the standard type for Twaryian towed anti-tank, but not the only. To be fair, your formation is one of the few of your nation that it's rather helpless against.
>How many people should we expect from the airship? We'll need to provide transport for them.
About twenty, though it's pretty likely that the priority isn't exactly for the sake of the crew...

>>5482086
>>5482202
Fair point. Maybe the -2 to range is enough that the -2 to hit over 1 range is unnecessary. We'll ix it and see how it goes.
You aren't the only people here with subguns, though.

>>5482172
You're in. Infantry is relatively easy to throw in based off of existing events, really- the battalion just did an infantry battalion a favor, and they had spares to throw over.
It'd mean he came from the side of the minor battle before that benefited from the aid of tanks, but probably better that than the situation that was on the other flank where a counterattack was stymied by armor. If only he was there.

>>5482223
>Since rifles aren't a special weapon I don't see why they would be replaced by a special weapon selection, just like I assume we also still have our hand grenades. Is that not the case?
I was thinking they replaced them, but that's probably overcompensation. It feels a bit weird to have people lugging around both their rifles as well as submachineguns on their person, though they are mounted infantry, so if anybody's going to do that it'd be them.

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>>5482357
Awesome. I think I'll deploy at Y52, preferably already dismounted and preparing to leap straight into the little built-up area in front of me after it is hopefully hit by artillery. considering there may be enemy infantry in there I hope no recon folks are crazy enough to deploy inside of the place.

>>5482357
I would think the effect of the assault weapons would just to be to increase the mix of SMGs in the unit, not to replace every single rifle with an SMG or have every guy carry both. Historically I'm pretty sure most assault-oriented infantry still had rifles in them, except maybe the late-war Soviets with their fetish for SMG-armed shock infantry. Even a 50/50 mix of rifles and SMGs would give a unit a huge advantage in CQC while still allowing them to more or less retain their ability to fight at range. If you wanted to be really anal about it I guess you could decrease the rifle attack stat of a unit that's equipped with assault weapons to reflect the fewer rifles, but for mechanical simplicity I think it's fine for the unit able to do both.

>>5482351
That's true, but it isn't super relevant unless we put in the effort to seize it, which doesn't seem to be the plan.

>>5481574
>Deploy y-29
Also what is the effect of Incendiary

"Deploying in the middle of that forest i can help with town if there is need or start moving towards other objectives. I don't think my smoke helps too much in areas this open but i am somewhat open to ideas."
Vix looked back at her battered tank knowing it could not last too many hit at this condition.

>>5481574
>Equip Flamethrowers
>Equip Rifle Grenades
Holding off on where I'm deploying, still gotta figure it out with squad.

>>5481574
I'm here, I don't wanna lose my spot but I'm not completely certain where to deploy.

>>5481574
This tank destroyer unit's here too and I'm probably gonna be dragging him with me this time.

My loadout is:
>Marksman
>Machine gun

>>5482308
Said earlier I'll escort you west if needed, you're going to have to kill off the tanks if we encounter any since my loadout is no good against anything armored

>Deploying to a square adjacent to wesker
"I heard you were gonna talk to some fella named peter? I've some extra brandy in the back and some canned peaches in the back. If that don't help well The boys managed to strap some nice looking sights on our machine guns and rifles so We can deal with anyone planning to ruin your date with this peter fella"

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>>5481574


"Right then. Couldn't get any repairs in, so we've gotta be careful how we do this. Don't wander out front of any guns more than you can help it."

---

>Deploy aa16

>>5482417
"Hum...Well... yeah something along those lines but calling a date is a bit of a strech. More like an opportunate encounter."

>>5482381
>I would think the effect of the assault weapons would just to be to increase the mix of SMGs in the unit, not to replace every single rifle with an SMG or have every guy carry both.
That's the general idea of it, yes, but like you said, putting that into abstract numbers isn't very convenient.

>>5482392
>what is the effect of Incendiary?
It's the flamethrower's cover nullification mechanic, basically.

It's alright to delay on placement, of course, but I'm going to try and get things going on Friday Night (technically Saturday morning but eh).

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>>5481575
Well, as much as I'd love to join either the parley party or the city stormtroopers, the former definitely has enough people already and more would be actively harmful, and as for the latter we need more people to support the east flank, so I guess I'll support there. Hopefully I don't get eaten up by too many lucky AT gun shots.

Ah well. Got some glory last mission at least.

>Deploy W-53, facing North, pic related

>>5482346
>>5482352
"The problem with advancing on KT4 from the South East is it's vulnerability. The defensive terrain heavily favor the enemy, and any advance must be done in the open field without much cover other than smoke barrages. Any approach on KT4 must be prefaced with the capture KT6, otherwise the flank will be too exposed, especially since enemy armor has been reported in the area. Storming KT6 itself presents the same problem, with the only way to avoid heavy enfilade fire being to flank further east before entering and clearing the forest. This will take time and require signifcant manpower, both of which we have little to spare. Had we a larger contingent we could've had a general advance across the front, but as it stands the Right flank is the easiest to defend and the hardest to advance on."

>we will have effectively put any forces remaining in Kobberhus in a 'cauldron', unable to exit the town without being put under fire
At this statement Wester is unable to stop himself from making a double take, having to clear his throat before continuing:
"So it would seem, yes, though I would refer you to the 'Masteries of Warfare' by Kaiser Alexander himself: 'A Soldier with no hope of retreat will fight to the death rather than flee'. Chances are a full encirclement of the units within Kobberhus will stiffen the resolve and make the fight that much harder. If the Bat-Ears instead have a corridor through which to retreat, those of lesser valor will break and flee if the opportunity presents itself. Capturing Kobberhus would then be a much easier task, and our Armored battalions would have no problems intercepting any elements fleeing into the open fields to the North."

>>5481574
>>5481658
Alright. I thought it over.
Lets go with...
>Deploy: T-22
>Face North

>>5481574
We're back bros! I'll support the attack east up the road.

Loadout:
Rifle Grenades
Machine Gun
Flamethrower

>deploy in aa54

Can't we just surround the city for a bit, Deal with the reinforcements and then attack the defenders once surrounded? If they move to stop the encirclement then they're out in the open, Easier to kill. If they don't well they're surrounded and now have to deal with all of us advancing in multiple locations dividing their attention instead of just focusing on a singular attack. Either way they'll be put in a bad position unless we screw up with dealing with possible reinforcements coming to help them.

>>5482357
Say, since a grenade attack is an abstraction for general assault and includes a good amount of gunfire and even possibly hand-to-hand combat, it would make sense to have assault weapons modify grenade attacks against soft targets. Might be a bit complicated, but as pointed out here >>5482202 that option is a little useless otherwise and might be too strong if the -2 penalty is taken away, as you've said.

>>5482660
Von Totmann deflates a bit.
"I suppose so. Might still be a good idea to feint an attack towards KT4 in order to bait out an reaction, but I see your point. Maybe an alternative plan to seize KT6 instead, but not act upon it until the enemy looks like they'll start pulling away or are too committed elsewhere? They shouldnt have too much infantry in the forest itself and its unsuited for armored counterattacks, so if seized it would be significantly less vulnerable to counterattacks, even if its not as good of a position watching over the town."

He looks at the forces deploying on the right flank.

"If we truly shall do no more then seize a small objective and sit on our behinds for the rest of the fight then we probably shouldnt have too many more people on this flank. Maybe some more anti-tank assets wouldnt go amiss however."

>>5482500
How is enemy spotting and initiative being rolled this time around? I wasn't too sure about the feast or famine nature of having one die for all the Twaryians, since all of us are still rolling individually.

>>5482917
Since there's likely to be a shitton of them this time around, rolling individually is prohibitive. Perhaps an individual roll on a company-level or something to that effect might be a good idea.

>>5482924
One per class could be good I think, or company level could work as well

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>>5481657
I need clarification on elevation because this has become very relevant for the mission.
Does being on elevation restrict vision? Are units obscured in defilade if they are close enough to the hill and those on top of the hill are too far back?
As seen on the Image, 1 can only spot the other 1 and beyond, 2 can only spot 2 and beyond, 3 can only spot 3 and beyond and so on, or is there some other mechanism that decides whether or not a unit is obstructed other than terrain?

>>5482500
New reader who just finished the first thread, are roads wide enough to allow 2 groups moving side by side at the same time? I was fairly certain I saw a few redfor units moving side by side from the North Road last thread.

>>5483217
I think those were moving offroad

>>5482700
That's a good idea, though I don't want to rush too much on clarifying it, I'd say that an attack bonus to the order of +2 might be appropriate, as to make it stronger without going overboard like giving multi-attack explosives.

>>5482917
>>5482924
>>5482936
I could be cute and say that the only problem seems to be that the collective enemy rolls never ate shit while individual rolls ate a lot of shit, but doing things on a local formation level is a good enough compromise to accept.

>>5483056
>Does being on elevation restrict vision?
Not in the case illustrated. The slope itself being cover is a compromise and the hill isn't actually a plateau.
It's depicted as such mainly because manually drawing out the actual variable height gradation and processing the variables involved, in a system meant to be exceedingly simple, would make me want to shoot myself. Let's not introduce even more elements for me to trip over, please.

>>5483217
Even though the turns are simultaneous, in the actual movement processing, the only thing that matters is the destination when it comes to friendly movement in that two vehicular units cannot occupy the same tile. There's no bumper car shenanigans to be concerned with during the actual movement itself.

>>5483325
I see, good to know thanks.

>>5481578
>>5483325
>Name
Isolde Von Bern
>Unit Class
Dragoon
>Unit Trait
Landgraf's own
>Commander Trait
Triumph of the Biter
>Token
Seawind
>Character Description
The youngest daughter of a long line of knights, Isolde was a sickly girl growing up and was constantly bedridden from a weak constitution until she was older. Because of her constant need for medication and medical care, she'd grown up idolizing doctors and hoped to become one herself while helping others the same way she was helped.

Isolde was in her second year of medical school when an army recruiter came looking for volunteers and even though she was scared of war, the rumors of the horrible state of the war made her want to help in any way she could.

EQP 3
INT 5
XP 0

>Requesting medical equipment in exchange for EQP: While equipped with medical equipment you can have a single sub-unit perform special actions in the shooting phase. You can only have one subunit perform either actions once for your entire group/platoon in a single turn.
[First Aid]: Once per turn, when adjacent to a friendly damaged (Not destroyed) infantry sub-unit remove a single damage tick that they took THIS TURN. (Possibly one damage of two infantry sub-units if you'll let me but I'm fine with one)
[Trauma Care]: Once per mission, bring an adjacent destroyed infantry sub-unit back to fighting strength with 1 HP.

Special Weapons:
AT Rifles
Rifle Grenades
Marksman Equipment (If the Med Kits care denied)

>>5483349
Hm.
The medical equipment is fine, though I'll add the limitation of one subunits per turn for healing, but for only a single unit. I'll also add that if you want to use it, you can't move that turn, with the caveat that it takes priority over actual movement, so people can't dodge the heal, as it were.
This might seem like a big nerf but I'm anticipating the effective damage mitigation effect to be pretty big, even with these limitations.

>>5483349
>>5483375
Oh yea, this is looking like it might help quite a lot with keeping the close combat dragoons in tip top shape over the course of this battle. Although if you're gonna join the main attack im unsure how much use AT rifles would see over machine guns, considering the amount of tanks that will hopefully be taking part there. That being said I very much dont intend to backseat game on that point.

>>5481574
>>5483375
Sounds good, just to clarify though you mean that I can only heal a single sub-unit per platoon/player? So if I'm adjacent to 3 platoons/players that got hurt this turn, I can have 3 of my personal sub-units heal 1 subunit from each player while the rest can fire?

>>5483379
I was going West, I figured there would be enough people wanting to go center.

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>>5483375
Ohh and I forgot

>Deploy at picture
>Equip Rifle Grenades
>Equip AT Rifles

>>5483416
Huh, are you sure? I think you'd get a lot more use out of that ability supporting the dragoons brawling it out in urban combat, since they'll both be in a lot more fights, but also be in cover which should spread the damage out. Also tanq's revision really does make it more valuable the more dragoons are near you and fighting in the same turn.

>>5483375
Deploy as far up the Western Road as possible.

Okay so role call real quick, who's going into the city and who's going West?

>>5483436
>>5483375
Whoops forgot my ID

>>5483436
>>5483416
We can't have enough people going center, we have multiple main objectives that way, and it's harmful to have too many people going west because the Petrekorans will think it's an incursion rather than a negotiation.

>>5483449
I have to agree with this assessment. Economy of force is gonna be vital in order to give us enough ooomph to do a running battle through the outskirts of the town while fighting our way to the castle and most importantly the airship. 6 or even more platoons of dragoons would be excellent to have fighting in the center, and the more curaissers the better.

>>5483436
I'm supporting the attack on the town and castle. My thinking being, 2 5cm armed Jagers aren't a huge loss for the armoured assault against the rail and incoming reinforcements and we have the negotiation of surrender with/destruction of the enemy divisional command HQ within the castle to consider.
I have a class-specific commander trait that allows single shot per battle that can ignore a terrain obstacle, which I think will be a lot better served in supporting the close in fighting within the town or for hitting the HQ unaware, than it would fighting on open ground.
I have no MGs on my m/24Ks though, so I would definitely appreciate it if nobody boxes me in from behind because there will likely be some backwards scooting away from infantry happening.

>>5483436
Also, Im going East with my marksman ATs.

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>>5483416
>just to clarify though you mean that I can only heal a single sub-unit per platoon/player? So if I'm adjacent to 3 platoons/players that got hurt this turn, I can have 3 of my personal sub-units heal 1 subunit from each player while the rest can fire?
What I thought was that it was separate from the fire action, and as in a limit of one subunit for the whole unit, per turn. If you're trading the potential to shoot, though, then I feel much better about it being the way you described.

Anyways, this is what I have so far for deployment, with some things not exactly where they are based on somebody else declaring first, though my own errors are certainly not unprecedented. Don't fret if you notice you're in the reserve box- I know several of you are still planning things out, that's just to get you out of the way of the actual map- and to not present the implication that you're actually placed on it where you don't want to be.

As a reminder, I'll be kicking off combat tomorrow morning, so that'll be the limit before you'll have to come from reserves.

>>5483511
When is our pre-planned firesupport gonna be determined btw? I'll admit Im very nervous about my placement if that little town right up North-West of me isnt plastered by a sharp artillery barrage at the start of the game.

>>5483449
>>5483436
I'm supposed to be an assault tank but I don't really want to go into town, my unit's heavily damaged and getting hit's a guarantee there.

>>5483438
>>5482398
>>5482410
You guys wanna just go group up in the East?

>>5483511
>>5482417
Pretty sure Vilgerson wanted to deploy next to Wesker to provide security, he just didn't ping you.

>>5483511
btw do we know if there are any armored trains in reserve? Honestly we could just do what Vilgerson said, surround the town while taking out reinforcements then if we have a train or using our artillery just shell the place.

>>5483526
I don't mind deploying East. We can either clear the forest or shift to use the road to take the castle.

>>5483523
>When is our pre-planned firesupport gonna be determined btw?
Immediate- Turn 1. It just has to be declared. Mind you, the mortars have a range of 7, though it's indirect so it isn't blocked by terrain. The howitzers can cover the whole map. Howitzer can target three tiles and each mortar can target up to two, but the more tiles targeted the less effective an attack will be- less guns on each target and all.

The Howitzers also have delay on their firing while the mortars do not, though there is a one turn interval between mortar barrages.

>>5483526
>btw do we know if there are any armored trains in reserve?
As far as it's known, no, there aren't armored trains that have been spotted from the air or reported. Which isn't to say there definitely isn't anything coming, or potential rail patrol vehicles, but something big and visible isn't on the way. Yet.

>>5483529
>>5483526
The East definitely could use more people. It's where enemy reinforcements are expected to come from, so we should aim to capture the rail crossing at qq-40 to position ourselves to intercept them, and that will be difficult while squeezed between the forest and the town.

>>5483536
Range 7 from where?

>>5483540
>Range 7 from where?
Themselves. They're infantry portable mortars, they can move, and will probably have to, to get to a suitable place to get at all potential targets from.

>>5482669
Actually, if you're going to get to the Petrekorans, it might still be faster if you deploy on the road behind the central forest.

>>5483542
Will we be able to choose their initial deployment location?

>>5483545
Yes. At the moment they're placed at the village in the woods, but they can be moved wherever in the blue zone.

>>5483536
How many howitzer formations do we have? Just one? Anyhow I think its be a good idea to hit aa49, aa50 and bb50 with one of (the only?) howitzer. That should hopefully be enough to suppress anyone trying to get some cheeky shots in at the start of the mission.

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>>5483540
Actually, here's my sketch of the positions the eastern detachment should aim to take to cut off the reinforcements, and the fields of fire available to them (for range 8).
The yellow position controls almost all possible reinforcement routes. The light blue controls the remaining one. Darker blue is the reserve position for light blue if it can't be taken in time. Dark and light purple positions are for those who couldn't find enough space in yellow. There you can ambush whoever comes along the railroad (reminder that it counts as a road on this map), and the dark purple can also ambush anyone going through the north-eastern gap, and quickly retreat along the railroad if needed.

>>5483547
I think this is a good idea.

>>5483572
Now that I think about it, the dark blue positions might be preferable to the light blue, because they enable quick relocation.

>>5483547
Just one battery of three, yes. Not exactly ideal, but the line's not in the best state at the moment, and it's solely yours and doesn't have to be shared with anybody else.

>>5483572
Hmm, not a bad idea, but we need to be frugal about how many forces is allocated on the eastern flank. Its the airship that is the main objective, so they'll need enough dragoons to chew through eveverything in their way. As for assaulting the forest itself it doesnt look like we have enough artillery to truly smoke off everything important. However if we get 3 armor 3 (or 2 in a pinch) platoons we can make a line that can shield a single dragoon platoon from danger while approaching the tree-line. That'd likely be enough to break their defenses there, since the 4cm AT guns they probably have there only have piercing 3; armor 3 can deflect that easily and armor 2 will atleast only take 1 damage for each hit.

Force allocation for the Eastern flank should maybe be something like this then:
3 Dragoon platoons, 2-3 curaissier platoons, 2 panzerjagers and 2 recon units. I think this is a powerful enough force for what is, in the end, a secondary effort. The rest should go in the west and center, mainly the center. What do you guys think?

>>5483599
Note that the airship location is immediately reachable by road from the yellow position, bypassing the town and the street fighting.

>>5482332
>Deploying Z-24

Jonah rolls up next to leif with a bouquet of flowers in hand and a pistol on the other. "Hey Karl from B squad heard about your opportune meeting and decided to grab some flowers for you, Do you want to carry them or do you want me to carry it for you?"

>>5483587
Remind please, does dismounted infantry receive the road bonus? Can it move 3 squares per turn on the roads?

>>5483616
They do not, as funny as it would be, though they shouldn't really have to in most situations.

>>5483609
Its still a couple turns of driving, is it not? And there's a ton of terrain features that can hide anti tank ambushes. Clearing a path with grenades and flamethrowers through the town seems like the safer option, and if we want to avoid taking anti tank fire from the town itself while doing our eastern attack we'll need to walk a bit through the forest, which will slow us down aswell.

>>5483623
What I mean is once the crossing is taken, some of the eastern detachment can quickly reinforce the town or airship effort.

>>5483634
True, but said effort must still come from the center first. If they bog down because of a lack of dragoons and curaissier then everything gets much more complicated.

>>5483623
as infantry you don't get hit by AT rifles as brutal as that would be now the guns on the other hand I do not know, my guess is you probably can get hit with guns just that you're probably going to have more health than they do shots and there's a good chance they'll miss trying to hit you, Infantry being defense 2 is amazing to be honest and if you actually had EXP you get to have +2 defense giving you a whopping 4 base defense, 6 if you have caravan's favor and mounted.

>>5483638
We should remember that units block each other's fire. The central detachment is already 12 units strong, which is about the width of the town. Of course the vehicles can flank around from the west instead, but too many people in the center might just get in each other's way.

>>5483640
I mean, if youre on truck and are in AT riflefire range then you're probably also getting shot at by rifles, so you're still liable to getting in a world of hurt.

>>5483645
If I'm in a truck the infantry have -2 to hit because I'm assuming none of them have +2 to attack yet. you on the other hand do not have that luxury

>>5483644
Thats true, but dismounted dragoon can be in the same tile as another non-dragoon unit, which we almost certainly want to take advantage of to maximise firepower and security in the close in fighting there. If thr fighting happens mostly on the edge of the town then that also leaves a lot of room to fight.

>>5483649
I suppose you are free to brave that sea of likely rifle, at rifle and machine gun fire. Id be deadly afraid though.

>>5483658
This is true and there's definitely a case for the remaining dragoons to deploy in the center, but there's also a lot of undeployed recon.

>>5483658
Nah I'm thinking we switch you run escort, I help with the assault. I have a feeling that if possible I can snipe the crew manning the AT guns and then turn them against the enemy or seeing as you have marksman equipment you can try that yourself.

>>5483665
Hmm, as in I run west and you help out in the east? Maybe, but I was thinking the perfect place for me was to just sit in the little town directly North of my current position, the one in front of the eastern woods. I think Id be pretty comfortable just acting as an anchor; Id be able to snipe at the woodline, and with my camouflage Id also be able to safely plink away at armored targets with my piercing 2 range 7! AT rifles. Hell, Id feel pretty comfortable blunting an attempt out of the main town itself by myself, especially id they made the grave mistake of trying to rush it with motorised infantry. I'll need to sleep on it though, so maybe we can sort it out early tommorow morning as more people deploy and the situation clarifies

>>5483529
>>5483511
Whoops forgot my ID, would you kindly put D-5 South of D-9 and J-2 west of C-3. Both facing North.

>>5483640
Didn't Dragoons/Infantry in general get a -1 to defense while they're mounted or am I misremembering?

Only brief words were shared of the plan to assist the Dragoons' push into the town as he sat with his subordinate (a matter of technicality only, Lieutenant Fjeld had been a part of the same intake as he had when the two volunteered into Vynmark's army two years prior and of equal experience) before Lieutenant Niel sought to quit huddle of Commanders to make for his Panzerjager. He knew his job well enough. Sitting on the ground had left an uncomfortable wet spot on his arse that he knew the meager warmth generated inside the Chimera wouldn't fix, but nonetheless he hurried to his feet once the grating Countess and her stick had withdrawn.
Gingerly he stepped over and around those on the ground who lingered around the map to discuss their deployment, yet more new names to keep track of and faces to not remember had spilled in from the infantry battalion met along the way north. Two nobles in charge of yet more infantry, a competant medic and a crack shot among them. Whatever keeps those lice from crawling atop my hull, he thought. Just don't sew me on a pair of bat ears by mistake if mine get shot off... Keep up these hilarious internal monologues Villi, at this rate you'll be able quit your job and become a comedian within your own head before the next battle.
It probably would have been easier to step over top of the map than climbing over and excusing his way through everybody else, but... well... he was already doing it, so he'd finish doing it. Once clear of the other Commanders a thought he'd had in the battle earlier caught up back to him. Villi sought out Lieutenant Walter Splitterschwert, an easy task considering his unit's proclivity for buffing his Dragoner's helmet to such a luster as to resemble fine silverware, spotlighting him among the rest of their comrades. Judge above, he and young Lietenant Ferrari could double for emergency signals with that gaudy gold chain of his if the radios jam ...
Niel squared up to Splitterschwert, wordless and with eyes affixed on his headgear. A glance down to meet his eyes and then back up at the helmet. The intent was surely clear. After that unceremonious marathon of a battle he wanted some good luck, or at least somewhere to wipe off his bad luck. Villi silently raised an arm and reached out for the helmet, thankfully the Lieutenant kept still - Ah good, he must have been used to it, he thought. Nice to see this wasn't making him uncomfortable - and the contact was made. Between the bare metal and leather palm of his glove there was too much purchase gained to really rub the helmet, so Villi settled for rocking it back and forth atop Splitterschwert's head, his sparse hair offering no resistance. The gesture would have to count.
Lietanant Niel retracted his hand back and into a loose salute and regaining eye contact offered Walter a deserved "thanks" before taking off for his Jager once more, crew already assembled and waiting. What a well mannered mercenary type, he mused as he went.

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>>5483621
Deploy East on the red-marked area

I just had an idea. Since these AT Guns are mobile and don't need to be towed (though we probably could with our trucks), we can capture some on the east flank and have our dragoons turn them on the Twaryi reinforcements.

>Name:
Stefan Eberhardt

>Unit Class:
Dragoons (+1 INT)

>Unit Trait:
Landgraf’s Own (+1 EQP, -1 EXP)

>Commander Trait:
Triumph of the Biter

>Token:
Seawind

>Unit Modifications:
N/A

>Stats:
EXP 0, EQP 3, INT 5

>Special Weapons:
Marksman Equipment
Equip AT-Rifles

>Commander Description:
The second son of a Nauk noble house with a relatively short history, but a number of compounding economic successes over the last few generations. Stefan has the raw vitality and martial bent that his elder brother lacked, in fact too much. Stefan’s towering height saw him avoid becoming a Cuirassier officer and instead find service with the Dragoons, simply to avoid being crammed inside a tank. His family's wealth managed to secure a rare handful of vehicles to form a unit of Panzer Dragoons, it's a pity none of the soldiers inside them have fired their weapons in anger before.

>>5483780
I figured most Dragoons were gonna do that.

>>5483511
Tanq just to confirm, I'd like to deploy on the East side. Probably East of Lt Martins.

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>>5481574
Hello yes am alive. I'll run recon support on the East side. Will deploy here. Was debating whether to pull some madlad moves and just deploy as far up as possible and disappear into the forest. Decided against it.

Anyone have any ideas for dealing with the Petrekorans? We got a flag, a translator and a whole lot of moxie, but what are we willing to offer them in return for their help? Or more likely non-interference?

>>5483770
"Just mind the hair next time. I don't have a lot of it left."

Judge Above, Walter groused to himself, (as he brushed off a newly loosened strand) is it falling out because of the helmet or because the bad luck was plucking it away?

>>5483803
As it is, I'm 80% sure they're just going to start shooting us because we have way too many people out west just moving into their zone.

>>5483803
Jonah has flowers and goodwill? Also we can't offer them anything unless we know what they want.

>>5483811
I guess it's more a question, what are we comfortable giving them? Safe passage with their weapons? What if they want tanks or the airship?

I guess this is also a question for the Major, how much are we actually allowed to negotiate with them for anything? I get the unspoken agreements of "Please don't shoot me." Even with clear comms it might take awhile to relay up the chain of command in the middle of a battle. Maybe that's our excuse to promise them the moon even if it isn't politically favorable?

And I loathe to think what Countess Brat would order us to do.

>>5483812
I'd settle for a gentleman's agreement just to not shoot at each other desu, anything else is a bonus. Most of will be likely busy with the bat ears anyway.

Whatever happened to appointing acting captains, by the way? I wasn't there for it last thread, but it seems like it would be handy to have at least something resembling a command structure, especially when coordinating an assault. The informal set-up sort of worked out last time around because the Northern and Southern elements sort of fought their own mini-battles and we aren't going to be as lucky this time around.

>>5484010
I'm going to be out for the day, so I'll just post this in case this thing actually happens. As a Cuirassier, I'd vote for C-2 to be the acting captain for one of our armored companies, but since I'm currently attached to the infantry (which isn't likely to change in the coming battles), I think I'll be voting for D-6 to be the acting captain of whatever company I happen to be attached to—that is assuming I get a vote, of course.

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>>5483511
Dismounting, shooting and being able to close in from a short distance so the enemy has less time to pick us of.
"Most of our dragoons are close combat experts. I think me and my fellow dragoons will have a field day here." Lehrson wants to be one of the first to rush in. His men took no losses last battle while others did. He wants to do his part and not let his men be slackers. "We should give covering fire with our machine guns and advance in two teams. This way we can suppress the enemy here and attack make them lose the hill."

While in during downtime he's started to write a book. It's called: "History from a soldiers perspective" He hopes it will become a good book to teach about war.

Out of character: see the problem with wath I noted down in my plan. That's because I made this earlier, but didn't have time to post. So changing starting position to next to C-1

>>5484010
Perhaps its gonna be too difficult to organize company commanders, but maybe 'wing commanders' could work? So one person for each flank, left center and right that works to coordinate the various platoons?

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>>5483615
"Karl is a fuckin weirdo and you're all bigger weirdo's for believing this to be a date."

Well if I made it in, I'm more than willing to commit my dudes to the central push, hopefully the APC's dual machine guns will let them suppress a bunch of people long enough for the infantry to get in close.

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Rolled 1, 7, 1 = 9 (3d10)

>>5484330
You are in.

>>5483812
>I guess this is also a question for the Major, how much are we actually allowed to negotiate with them for anything? I get the unspoken agreements of "Please don't shoot me." Even with clear comms it might take awhile to relay up the chain of command in the middle of a battle. Maybe that's our excuse to promise them the moon even if it isn't politically favorable?

This will be asked and answered in context with the intro.

Anyways, I've got the preliminary positions down- I'll be kicking off things as soon as possible.

...Though, before that, I'll roll some spotting for you. Respectively, R-6, R-3, R-1. The right is pretty much assured for its deal.

Seeing everyone here just makes me realize how fucked we are. We're definitely taking heavy casualties, especially if people start breaking off.

>>5484401
Ok, now we don't have enough people in the center. Can I redeploy to the center or are things locked in?

>>5484410
Redeployment is free up until I actually post the first update.

I'll keep infantry equipment change open until first turn resolution, as a side note. Still editing the unit cards to match.

>>5484401
Can we get shot at before say artillery comes in? It'd be pretty awkward to have our two dragoon platoons in front on the right flank get chewed up because of poor coordination there.

>>5484448
>Can we get shot at before say artillery comes in?
Artillery has priority in a turn, so no.

>>5484452
Awesome. Also I noticed we got 3 noble-led dragoon platoons as reinforcements for this battle. Pretty interesting, that.

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Alright, unit cards are assembled. Unless I missed anything. Portraits are my eternal white whale, but it'll be about time to start wrapping them up soon anyways.

>>5484401
Redeploy me just North of the Mobile HQ

>>5484409
How about you knock it off with those negative waves

>>5484131
Better than nothing, that's for certain.

>>5484625
I'd say it's a natural solution

>>5484197
"Just because Karl writes 'Scientific Fiction' on his off time doesn't mean he's weird. Maybe a little, but still we're mostly just fucking with you, Though it is rude to run up to someone with an empty hand if ya know what I mean. so what do you plan on offering them? what happens when the lady finds out about this? Because whatever she says I ain't too keen on shooting them petrekorans unless they shoot back first, even then I'll probably try to pop off a few warning shots or something"

>>5484662
>>5484625
Then I think I can recommend J-1 Frederica for command of the Right Wing. Looks like you got the analytical chops for it.

>>5484401
Redeploying to J-5 space if I can, Didn't know the guy was crippled and running solo

>>5484685
"Offering? Were not humanitarian aid or some crap like that. The only thing we'll ever be 'offering' the Petrekorans is to not be shot and killed by us when they are armed in a territory not their own. They will comply or get shafted. Simple as."

>>5484720
"you need to work on the presentation of your offer there bud, you're also not seeing the possible opportunity here maybe the Peter fellas are mercs that haven't been paid. If they are maybe peter over there can help us with out bat problems if the countess offers them better pay or something."

“Major,” Countess Haile snapped at the officer, her arms crossed as the platoon leaders began to disperse, “I will be trusting you to coordinate the front. Remember, the highest priority is recovering the airship and its passengers. I want you to attend to that personally.”

“Yes, my lady Countess,” Yule saluted, but paused, his hand wavering. “If I may, Lady Countess, some of the men and I believe it would be beneficial to parley with these Petrekorans. We can move through their contested area directly to the airship, if we come to a mere agreement to live and let live. Even if most of the Petrekorans do not speak a word of Nauk, at least one of them, a superior officer likely, must speak Caelussian, or else how would they have coordinated? We have our own Caelussian speaker in the unit. It’s worth a try.”

“A try, then.”

“Though,” the Major tried his luck, “If we want to meet with their leader, it would only be proper to reciprocate. They would not be able to ignore a meeting from a daughter of a Landgraf family, I believe.”

Haile’s eyes widened and her lip curled like she’d been asked to dine on a live rat. “You think that I should go and meet with what may very well be a rogue unit of foreigners in an alien land? Are you mad? If authority is important, then perhaps you should go meet with them. I am…needed at this seat of command, anyways.”

Things became a bit clearer with the usage of the term rogue. An implication that the Petrekorans, rather than rising up against the Twaryians to ally with their enemies, would decide to take advantage of the chaos to do as they pleased. A dangerous potential- especially if they saw a way to seize an advantage by capturing her. Abduction of a woman by any lawless band was an unenviable fate…

Yet the Major did not recant. “The men would appreciate your efforts, Lady Countess, to help in ways they cannot.”

Haile bit her lip and fidgeted. A graduate of an officer academy, yes, but the paleness of fright was unmistakable. Whether it was fear of a meeting going sour, or fear of being seen as a coward, wasn’t certain. “If they voice such a wish,” she decided, “Then I will go. With proper escort.”
>If it is wished, Countess Haile will accept escort to go to a potential meeting. Only if one is planned and it has general consensus, however.

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“Nataliya.” The voice of a novice-sister of the Penitent Delegation called to her superior sister. Her voice had the firmness of a trained soldier, but in spite of that, there was a shake in it- an unease that was a natural reaction to an upset in fortunes.

The superior sister was not much older- few who were past thirty were headstrong enough to insist on service in the martially-inclined Penitent Delegates. “Yes, sister?” Her voice was cool and calm as a spring frost- Nataliya was possessed of the dazzling pale beauty of one who would find great ease in any path of life outside of the one she had chosen, with large, blue eyes and blood-scarlet hair tied in a quartet of short braids, but the mark tattooed upon her forehead was a promise of subservience to the cause of her fellows and the holy will of the Judge of All Things. She wore no flattering clothing, but the baggy black uniform of a soldier, and was knelt in contemplation and prayer.

“They’re here. It’s time.”

“It is.” Nataliya looked to her black-haired sister, an identical mark on her head furrowed with worry. “Are you frightened?”

“Everybody is. Aren’t you? We don’t have much choice about this.” The sister couldn’t be alone in her dissatisfaction. This unit, near half of which was composed of fellow sisters from other cloisters, had been meant to be part of a reserve, to provide rear-line security, but now there was nobody else to stand in the way of a sudden heretic counterattack. The Penitent did not shirk sacrifice in duty, however- they fought for the lost who could no longer absolve their sins, after all. They were the hope for the damned.

“Yes. We either fight the heretic and belay them, or we die and in so doing pay penance for our brethren. Death comes for us all, but a death with purpose is nothing to be afraid or ashamed of. I have faith in you and all of our sisters to overcome. For your brothers. For all who have strayed, the heretic included.”

An officer let himself in- a staff officer of the battalion, from his cap and shoulder markings, his lack of a fighter’s cloak. “Lieutenant Belyaeva. Ved’miy Group is needed.”

“I was just told.” Nataliya rose to her feet and picked up her weapon, a stout and ugly instrument. A submachinegun, that fired with such ferocity and so quickly the sound of their shots combined into monstrous roars. A quick check of it, as she rocked a drum into it and charged the bolt backwards. “I’m coming.”

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Operation Start

The assault on Kobberhus would always have had an uncertain beginning, but the initial moments were a crash of confusion for both sides.

To the east, the force moving up the main road to the town spotted enemies dug in in a village along the way as soon as they reached the operational area. That had been an expected place for them, though- artillery had already been aimed and prepared to bombard that place.
The encounter to the west was of a different nature, however. The Petrekorans were known to be out there- and a trio of recon units was watching. Splitterschwert and his m/28s were perched at the edge of the woods- and neither saw nor were seen. Fiskersonn, his unit beside Lieutenant Unterbrust’s, similarly saw nobody.

The less than ladylike veteran, however, did spot something, forward deployed out in the area the Petrekorans were thought to be- no longer thought to be, absolutely were, because at the same time she saw something forward, one of the other platoon officers reported infantry contact to the rear. Boxed in between- but they hadn’t opened fire. She looked through binoculars, saw the black paint indicative of enemy vehicles. Armored cars- it looked like their turrets were made to carry an anti-tank rifle and a machine gun mount. They were absolutely unknown types- nothing like the Twaryians used, nothing like anybody on this continent used, and Sosaldt had been a good place to find old junk from all over.

The armored cars, even from a glance, looked old and unsophisticated. Not the utilitarian sort of primitiveness that Twayian vehicles normally had, but like its designer was trying to figure out how to make it in the first place. It could have been older than some of the soldiers in the Battalion.

The contact was reported, but now what? Were they hiding, or preparing to spring an ambush?

>Fire and Movement may be declared. Turn Open.

>>5484778
To specify a few things, the village garrison is one infantry platoon unit, and one anti-tank gun unit, since the bombardment marks obscure them. I know some people requested to start dismounted- but since dismounting is a free action but mounting is, I didn't put it up at the start.

Now have at em.

>>5484765
"Well now that sounds like a stretch but if they are mercs who weren't paid, I'll be sure to ask their hourly's if we've managed to hit dialog. For now, lets get ourselves in those fields and see what's there."

>>5484778
>Move 1 West, 1NW (peeking at the edge of the forest and within {aa24})

>>5484778
>If it is wished, Countess Haile will accept escort to go to a potential meeting. Only if one is planned and it has general consensus, however.

Me and Leif can run escort for the Countess since we're already running there to begin with

>Move to Y,23
>>5484805
I think you ought to move there too because I think that's the closest point of contact with the petrekorans.

>>5484812
>>5484805
Guys, can we please NOT forget the parley flags on our vehicles the very first turn?

>>5484813
>Fire phase
Jonah ties on a white sheet on a flag pole and haphazardly put it somewhere visible on the truck "There good enough right?"

>>5484778
>No spotting or shooting
>Move 1 tile North to [aa28]
Camouflage don't fail me now

>>5484778
>Move to aa25

The order for movement from Battalion Command given, Casimir lowered himself into his tank and switched to his platoon net.

"We're heading to the edge of the forest for now to provide overwatch for the town assault. Once they've neutralised the first layer of defenders we'll push on."

His platoon had fixed their truce flag to their vehicles as per official regulations; looking at the same all around him it was almost as if this was a scene out of a training exercise in the Academy rather than a war for Vynmark's survival. Hopefully the Petrekorans would get the message despite the language barrier.

Preparations settled, Casimir mouthed out a silent prayer to the Judge of All Things. His Ellonauk community had raised their children to adhere to the Cathedra proper rather than the multitude of sects that had remained across Sosalia post-Alexander, and it was times like these in the calm before the storm that the Ellowian emigre sought comfort in his faith. His pre-battle ritual done, the lieutenant once again spoke into his radio.

"Platoon, forwards."

>>5484774
>>5484812
Supporting Wesker and Dragoon Vilgerson escorting the Countess. If Her Grace would like some armoured escort I can volunteer as well, otherwise I'll proceed on with shooting easterners.

>>5484925
Wow I can't seem to enter in my trip, anyway this is C-2 here.

>>5484925
Also couple of things:
1. The numbers next to the Petrekoran and Twayrian infantry is the amount of subunits correct?
2. Are we allowed to push the mortars forward as the battle progress and if so who's allowed to do so?

>>5484778
Chewing her tongue at the sight of enemies on both sides, Lieutenant Unterbrust radios her fellow Recon

<<See them, Fiskersonn? In front and behind us, in the trees. Keep your fingers on the triggers, but don't get hasty and do something that might make them pull theirs... I hope you don't mind a little delay on that drink I owe you.>>

Snatching up a bottle scavenged from the husk of a previous enemy, Freya puts herself in the open air to wave it above her head alongside her other hand. While words might not reach, she hopes the sight of sweet, sweet liquor will carry her offer to parley in their stead.

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Fire:
>Reserve

Movement:
>Reserve

>>5484813
Don't worry I am planning to use the parley flag

>>5484778
>If it is wished, Countess Haile will accept escort to go to a potential meeting. Only if one is planned and it has general consensus, however.

Rheiner eagerly raises his hand when the Countess mentioned proper escort, as he was one of the few Cuirassiers going west it only felt adequate for him to volunteer for this. "I would be willing to provide escort Lady Countess!" the young chap called out beaming with patriotic pride, but then his hand slightly falters when he still didn't know about the Petrekoran's whereabouts. "Were the Petrekorans spotted already? We need to capture that crashed airship after all, I plan to assist in securing it so my path lies directly inside predicted Petrekoran territory."

>>5484778
>If it is wished, Countess Haile will accept escort to go to a potential meeting. Only if one is planned and it has general consensus, however.

>>5484778
Hmm.
Well, I don't wanna spoke them by coming up on their flank...so I'll just have Daate wait for the others to make their way to them with our noble major.
I wonder if I can have them prepare a shot just in case...
Probably can't shoot through the forest at them though.

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>>5484778
Von Totmann allows himself a small smirk as the sight of enemy figures normally much too close for comfort scurry to cover and start to turn their guns towards himself and his allies, before being obscured by the artillery barrage he had asked for. The thunder of the guns followed immediately after, reinforcing just how close they were. Perfect. He started speaking a bit too loudly in the radio, compensating for the artillery barrage hammering the enemy just up ahead.

"Raine, Krogh, we'll need to close in immediately to take advantage of the artillery! I can advance from the front, while Raine hooks in on my left and and Krogh can hook in from the right. I dont know if you can get into the village before the enemy recovers from their shock, but if you can manage to get in behind them they'll surely surrender immediately. Cuirassiers, if you shift left to keep your lines of fire clear that'd be great! I'd suggest focusing your fire on the enemy infantry, us dragoons can easily clear the anti-tank guns and if we are lucky we might capture them and turn it against the enemy later on!"

He ceases radio transmissions and turns to his own men: "Platoon! Get out, fix bayonets and shake out into a skirmish line! The enemy is in the village getting hammered by artillery just ahead, and when it lifts I want us ready to charge in and clear them out with bayonet and grenade. Move!"

>Dismount
>Shoot at AT-guns in aa50 with rifles
>F&M Move 1 NW (Z51)
>Move 1 NW (aa50) if allowed and dig in. Otherwise dig in at Z51.

Hey tanq, I dont suppose you can shoot at anti tank guns with at-rifles?

>>5485104
Wouldn't you want those AT guns for yourself?

>>5485147
That's the idea, however if we can shoot at at-guns with AT-rifles that could be useful later on, so it would be good to know about it.

>>5485156
But if you shoot them with AT rifles, you might damage or destroy the guns.

>>5485173
I don't intend to shoot these guns with my AT rifles, I just want to know if it is an option. Shooting at AT guns in the town or in the woods is something I am interested in though.

Hopefully R-2 and R-5 show up, we could use more Recon eyes on the town atm.

>>5484778
>Ride 4 NW to dd55

>>5484778
>Move 1 North to Z29

>>5485263
be careful about getting too close to that woodline, unless you intend to try and do recon by getting blown up. Their AT guns do have explosive shells with a range of 7.

>>5485288
I intend to try to recon those woods but we must clear out the town first. At the very least keep the AT suppressed and I'll move up

>>5484778
Kannenpflanze gave his platoon the order to advance and switched to the battalion net. "D-6 and all the rest of you Dragoons, do not rush ahead of us out of these woods. Unless, of course, you plan on being the first ones to die. These big shitheaps really don't agree with all this undergrowth, so it'll take us a minute to extricate ourselves. Also, it would be lovely to have some smoke from the mortars covering our approach."

>Movement
>N, aa28

>>5485351
Don't worry, that village is getting stormed even if I have to do it myself.

>>5484778
>Move north as far as possible

Rolled 2, 10, 1, 8 = 21 (4d10)

>>5484778
"You Lo.." - Frederica has abrutply stopped herself, realizing that there was only one other noble present, in command of infantry of all things. - "Fellow Lieutenants. Our goal at this eastern flank is to take advantageous positions to intercept the enemy reinforcements expected from the North-East. As such, speed is of the essence. Please take care not to block each other's line of fire."

>Fire HE at infantry ahead
>Move NW 2N

>>5484774
Honestly, I struggle to imagine what advantage the Countess could present at the parley, but I'm not against her participation as long as the others wish for it.

Rolled 2, 2, 1 = 5 (3d2)

>>5485452
Explosions!

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Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>5484778
My binoculars must be foggy, let's try spotting again.
>Turn
Rolls: spot
Request for 1x MORTAR SMOKE at dd25
>Fire: None
>Move: None

I don't mind being the first to go in, but I sure as hell don't want to be the only one doing so without some kind of cover to break LOS and have 3 different anti-tank positions wreck me.

Rolled 8, 5, 6, 7, 3 = 29 (5d10)

>>5485104
Oh balls, Im supposes to roll arent I? 5 dice for each platoon doing rifle fire at the AT-gun platoon.

>>5481852
I missed this, but-
Well, after this battle.

>>5484959
>1. The numbers next to the Petrekoran and Twayrian infantry is the amount of subunits correct?
Yes. Since they're not represented like other units due to being too poor to have fancy trucks or dashing horses.
>2. Are we allowed to push the mortars forward as the battle progress and if so who's allowed to do so?
Yes, and everybody. Though they move at the speed of dismounted infantry. They don't get delayed from setting up and firing from having moved, though. Using them requires application of mathematics but mortars aren't exactly complex machines.

>>5485104
>I don't suppose you can shoot at anti tank guns with at-rifles?
They're considered as soft targets, so no- though like Panzerjager units they've only got two hits, so they're not exactly the most durable units. Rather squishy, like their crews that are relatively exposed in spite of gun shields.

>>5485467
>My binoculars must be foggy, let's try spotting again.
>Rolled 1
I think you're directing your vision towards R-3.
Smoke will be out, though.

>>5485475
Just to double-check, is Artillery 0 AoE? Does it only hit the tile it hit lands on and not the surrounding ones and how accurate is our artillery?

Also iirc you said we can't move past enemies but iirc Infantry are more fluid and loose, can we drive past infantry?

>>5484778
>move NW x1 Nx1

>>5484778
Fiskersonn barked a command at one of this man. Soon, he was a handed a broom handle with a large white bed cover tied to it. On it was crudely written 'Peace', both in Old Nauk and Cealussian. He peered out of his car, with the impropto banner fluttering next to him.

Fuck me, I hope I don't get shot to shit, he thought.
>>5484966
["Aye, see them clearly Unterbrust. Got us surrounded. And don't worry, I prefer keepin' my head over booze any day o' the week."]

He let out a sigh and massaged his temple.

["O'right, I'll try to get closer to them. Good idea with the booze, I'll offer them some ciggies."]
>>5484805
["Wesker, want ya on that radio 24/7. Hope yer ready fer playin' a game o' Zhantao Whispers."]

>Move N, Move N

>>5485549
You can drive past anything but you cannot end your turn inside the same square as a vehicle unless you are infantry that is on foot
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>>5484778
Affix parley flags on all tanks and keep the turrets pointed towards the town to appear as nonthreatening as possible to any possible Petrekoran encounters.
Movement using the road
>NW, N, NW, NW, N
Hide behind the defilade of the hill

>>5485599
Also, my trip as proof it's me lol

>>5485599
And a trip to prove it's me lol

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Rolled 7, 2, 6, 2, 4 = 21 (5d10)

>>5485104
>>5482405
>>5483775
"Bellay Totmann's orders, get your Machine Guns talking to those AT Guns, we can't risk armor this early in and we can deal with infantry much easier."

"Make sure not to block Zuf's line of sight"
>>5485456
"Good Direct fire on that infantry, take care not to be left behind as most units are likely gonna be using roads"
>>5484778
>Dismount
>Fire 4 squads of rifles at the AT Guns
>Fire Smoke Rifle Grenades at 1NW, 1N
>Fire Smoke Rifle Grenades at 2NW
>Mount
>Move 1NW, 1N
>Dismount and Dig In

>>5485629
>>5484778
For the smoke I'd like the squads to wait till the end of the shooting phase specifically so I'm not just blocking the Tank Support.

Rolled 10, 4, 7, 3, 1, 8, 1 = 34 (7d10)

>>5484778
"Gotcha, full spray on the AT Guns"

>>5484778
>Fire All MGs at the AT Gun (3 Hull and 3 Co-Ax)
>Move NW

>>5484778
>Move 4 NW, 1 N

>>5485629
You risk landing on the same tile I might land on. Im unsure if I can actually get into the village since the AT-gun platoon is in the spot I am trying to push into, so unless they immediately surrender or pull back I'll bounce and land in the same spot you're moving to.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>5485469
>>5485104
Also fuck, forgot about the initiative roll. Sorry for clowning around tanq.

>>5485653
>>5485629
>>5485475
Ahh you dismounted, I missed that.

Changing my Action to
>Dismount
>Fire 4 squads of rifles at the AT Guns
>Fire Smoke Rifle Grenades at 1NW, 1N
>Fire Smoke Rifle Grenades at 2NW
>Mount
>Move 1NW, 1N, 2NW
>Dismount and Dig In

>>5484778
>Dismount
>Move up after D-6
>Provide supporting fire when in range.

>>5485392
"D-6 Copies, C-4. We'll hold at the forest edge until you're ready to proceed. Just don't tip over on your way there, it'd hate to leave you boys for the support units to straighten out."

Putting down the transmitter, Wester began shouting orders to the men still lounging about near their vehicles.
"Load up, we're moving out! Head for the treeline and hold until our Armored support has begun climbing the ridge!"

>>5484778
>Move N (AA29)

>>5484778
Lt. Eberhardt glanced about reflexively at the rest of his Platoon of Dragoons, making sure all five of the precious APCs were where they should be, and that they had avoided throwing another set of tracks trying to enthusiastically maneuver towards the front. Again. Reattaching the tracks of the vehicle was at least an easier process with a squad of burley infantry to help out, but it was still a menial task tieing them up from their real work. Time he was beginning to realize was on no one's side.

The gentle growl of vehicle engines confirmed the rest of the unit's readiness, finally in a position to get to battle. Eberhardt scratched at the short stubble gracing his face as he peered into the treeline around them, trying to gauge where his comrades were deployed, before turning to squit at the map of the area, before he clicked on the APC's radio.

<<Platoon it looks like we are the center's eastern flank, we will move up to the edge of the forest past those m/24-32's and see if there is any movement out to the east around the base of the hill.>>

A moment latter the growl of the APC's engine spiked as they started to slew forward.

Absent-mindedly he handed the headset back to the vehicle commander before he folded himself back inside the cramped troop bay.

"Alright, boys, the shows about to start, considering that we are the eastern flank of the central push I want everyone to keep their heads on a swivel when we dismount and start pushing into the town. No one here wants to get flanked and gunned down by these bat-eared bastards."

Mumble agreements and half-hearted nods greeted his statement as he did his best to ignore the white-knuckled grips the men had on their weapons. It would be fine, they had enough firepower to send twice their number packing if it came down to it. It would be fine.

>Move: Move Northeast 1 Square, East 1 Square to y32, rotate to face North
>Fire: None

>>5481602
Also reading this made me realize I've got three special weapon slots, as the units single platoon of Panzer Dragoons, so here's the full selection. My read of the rules is that the Marksmen Equipment range boost should not apply to the APC mounted Machineguns, is that right tanq?
>AT Rifles
>Machineguns
>Marksmen Equipment

Rolled 9, 9, 2, 4, 6, 3, 7, 4, 9, 2, 10, 9, 8 = 82 (13d10)

>>5484778
Good luck everybody...

>Initiative
>Fire x6 rifles at the AT guns
>Fire x6 MG's at the AT guns
>Move x2NW, x2W
>Dismount

>>5485881
wait I cant shoot the MG's mounted because they're heavy right? My bad, ignore those attacks.

>>5485874
I envy you EQP 3 dragoons so much since if you have a assault armaments and flamethrowers you can make about 35 attacks with your apcs

>>5485887
if you include the APCs I mean

>>5485882
you can dismount at anytime since it's a free action so you could just say you dismounted and then shot

>>5485891
that's ok though I wanna rush up and flank them

>>5485887
It is pretty potent, I went with a more generalist build cause I saw a lot of people had already nabbed flamethrowers and that we had a lot of knife fighters. Hopefully, my 15 machineguns will be enough, I should be able to suppress a pile of people at the least.

>>5485874
In an authentic 1st LT experience I also can't read a map properly, my endpoint should be z32 not y32 as well.

>>5485887
Wow, that's definitely what I'm gonna go for in case I bite it in this battle. Sounds insane.

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Rolled 1, 9, 6, 8, 8, 1, 5, 2, 10 = 50 (9d10)

>>5485896
Remember that you can shoot through cover so if you go where you're going you won't be able to shoot at any targets and losing a group of DPS could be dangerous if those AT Guns aren't destroyed now. Honestly pouring fire into the enemy might save us a bunch of hassle later, especially if we can just finish the AT Guns off in a single turn.

>>5485629
"Yeah yeah, I've gotta take a backseat in this fight though my armor's pretty scratched up."

>>5484778
>Fire Hull Mounted Mounted Machine Guns at AT Guns to suppress (2 Dice)
>Fire Turret Mounted Machine Guns and Cannons at Infantry (6 Dice)
>Move 2NW

>>5485973
Feckin initiative

>>5485957
I think Tanq said it's the point of no return after this missions so probably no more reinforcements.

>>5485973
>>5485881
>Remember that you can't shoot through cover

I just woke up from a nap.

>>5485974
Oh, right, he did say that. Well, guess I better not die, then.

Rolled 4 + 5 (1d10 + 5)

>>5484778
Gonna move to bb52 and try to spot anything in the treeline within my spotting range

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>>5484778
>Just move as close to the treeline as possible, I'm not sure who's moving and who's not.

Isolde sighed as she directed her troops to move equipment and do final checks before her first assignment on the front line. Like her, most of her soldiers were children of landed nobility with precious backing even though the average soldier were from lesser families or children lower in their successions.

Once her final preparations were finished, she looked at the dozens of trucks and vehicles in the distance feeling frustrated at their lack of movement. It felt like too many groups weren't sure where they should go or who they should listen too.

At the back of her mind, she wondered if the Eastern flank was doing any better with a part of her asking if maybe it would have been better to join the smaller but seemingly more organized side.

>>5486030
If you want to back me up on the east side of the forest feel free to. I'm mostly waiting to see what everyone else wants to do in the center before deciding to dive into the town. The more we stick together the better it will probably be for all of us, especially if we want to push into the town from the south.

>>5485973
you're right >>5484778 i'd like to change my movement and go to bb50 please

>>5486042
I just hate getting stuck in this forest, wasting turns. Plus we have another Mortar unit that isn't being used, that Leftmost mortar is even just barely in range of the possible AT-Gun or Tank Hunter

>>5485475
Do Mortars have Shock? I assume if they're at least 60mms they'd have possibly Shock 1.

>>5486049
If the Mortar is not in use then I suggest shelling ee29 with it

>>5485549
>Just to double-check, is Artillery 0 AoE?
Its "area of effect" is effectively increased by spreading out the area the guns are firing over. The tiles represent too wide an area for anything but an absolutely colossal shell to spread out from. Still narrow enough that a platoon operating in it at proper spacing between its constituents makes it hard to smash another unit in.
>Does it only hit the tile it hit lands on and not the surrounding ones and how accurate is our artillery?
It only hits the tile it lands on, and you can count on your artillery to hit the tile- but depending on the dispersal of the guns, you can't count on it to hit the enemy. The more of the three guns you have on one tile, the higher the attack roll against everything in that tile.
>Also iirc you said we can't move past enemies but iirc Infantry are more fluid and loose, can we drive past infantry?
I wouldn't advise it.

>>5485874
> My read of the rules is that the Marksmen Equipment range boost should not apply to the APC mounted Machineguns, is that right tanq?
That is correct.

>>5486049
>Do Mortars have Shock? I assume if they're at least 60mms they'd have possibly Shock 1.
80mm- Shock 2, so they can mess up light vehicles.
We won't get into the potential of purposefully attacking top armor with such things, mechanics-wise.