“Because,” The Ground Army Lord grumbled, a fat and bald fellow whom had as many rolls on his face and neck as on his stomach. “They have reported that a significant number of mechanized troops intended for the north have been moved down south. Our forces south are ill prepared to deal with even more Twaryian steel.”

“Then draw from the north,” the Sea Lord said with contempt, “If they are not so needed.”

“It will take time,” the Ground Army Lord countered, “Much less time than it will take the Naval Infantry to march forth. There has been a situation unfolding over the past five days at Halcini less than thirty kilometers east. The news is most dire- reinforcements from the north of there are already on their way, but it is increasingly likely they shall not arrive in time. What then?”
Ultimately, however, despite the bickering, no agreement could be come to before it was time to break for supper, then to retire for the night.

This had been mere hours before the Hageldorf Battalion’s battle in Jagterfisk Pools.

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>REACTION FIRE- C-3 Lutzow-Spelinger- Attacks ee53 Ge Platoon C-III- ATK 4 vs DEF 4, 5+ to Hit. One Hit- PRC 5 vs ARM 4, 1 Damage to Vehicle 2.
>Mortar Support- Lay down Smoke.
>Enemy Mortars- Lay down Smoke.
>INI 16- R-9 Orlik- Attacks Voronovich BM-7s- PRC 2 vs ARM 2, requires 10s to Hit. No Hits.
>INI 13- D-1 Krogh- Deploys Smoke.
>INI 12- J-1 Zufalligdorf- Attacks Voronovich BM-7s- ATK 5 vs DEF 5+1- 6+ to Hit. 2 Hits. (Enemy MIRAGE ASPECT nullifies first successful attack!)
>INI 12- Voronovich BM-7- Attacks J-1 Zufalligdorf. PRC 3 vs ARM 3, requires 10s to Hit. (Rolled 10, 5, 3, 2, 8, 2) One Hit. (1 Damage to Vehicle 3.) Deploys Smoke Launchers.
>INI 11- D-6 Wester- Attacks Voronovich BM-7 with small arms- attack angle blocked by Smoke!
>INI 10- Ge Platoon C-III- Attacks C-3 Lutzow Spelinger with 5.5cm cannons- ATK 4 vs DEF 1+2, 4+ to Hit. (Rolled 7, 3, 4). Two Hits. PRC 6 vs ARM 4, +1 damage. (Vehicles 3 and 2 are hit for 2 Damage.)
>INI 10- J-5 Wesker- Launches LLG.
>INI 9- J-7 Black 1- Attacks rIME Explosive Carrier T-8- Detonates.
>INI 9- D-10 Von Bern- Detonates Explosive Charge, and rIME Carrier.

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>Inferno-Mass Explosive Triggered- the field overflows with Crimson Light. A wicked blaze incinerates all close by- all units within 2 tiles have a 50% chance to either be reduced to 1 Integrity or be Destroyed, and any units in the affected area must move out of the affected area if they were not already. Any passage through (besides to escape it) or lingering within the burn area results in another test to be reduced to 1 Integrity or be Destroyed. Strength is sapped near and far, drawn to the blazing storm. The entire battlefield is now illuminated- flares are useless, and any night fighting bonuses are nullified.

>INI 8- Krasnyy T-16s- Attacks D-5 Raine. ATK 4 vs DEF 2+2- 5+ to Hit. (Rolled 3, 4) No Hits.
>INI 8- ee25 T-16s- Attacks D-10 Von Bern. ATK 3 vs DEF 2+2- 6+ to Hit. (Rolled 2) No Hits.
>INI 8- gg22 TSU-16s- Bombards D-10 Von Bern. ATK 2 vs DEF 2+2- 7+ to Hit. (Rolled 8, 8, 6) 2 Hits- 3, 1 damage. (Squad 5 takes 3 damage, Squad 2 takes 1 damage)
>INI 8- X34 T-8s- Attack D-1 Krogh. Attack angle blocked by Smoke!
>INI 8- C-3 Lutzow Spelinger- Attacks Ge Platoon C-IIIs- ATK 4 vs DEF 4, 5+ to Hit. Three Hits- 1 damage to all enemy Vehicles.
>INI 7- Sommervind NEKV-7K- Attacks C-1 Vix’s Tile using LLG shells.
>INI 6- C-4 Kannenpflanze- Launches LLG.
>INI 5- Sommervind T-15s- Attempts to launch LLG Shells, but is suffering from the effects of LLG and cannot fire!
>REACTION FIRE- D-9 Von Totmann- Attacks T-8Rs as they advance. ATK 2 vs DEF 4, 7+ to Hit. (Rolled 9, 7, 3, 2) 2 Hits, 2 targets destroyed.

Battle resumed with little great shock or surprise- much of the Battalion had accepted that there were further enemies to fight, and went about their maneuvers as the last of them left Northern Jagterfisk Pools. There would have been little to report besides standard maneuvers and some exchanges of fire, were it not for…another matter.
Lieutenant Niel had been nervously manipulating the controls of a remote bomb- figuring them out- testing- while not a hundred paces away, Twaryian recon tanks were searching. The smell and feeling from the devices was growing especially pungent- and changing, to a bizarre mix of copper and cloves, blending into some sort of spice cabinet that had old blood on it.

Suddenly, a shot rang out- and a warning light flickered on the remote he held. Niel couldn’t read Caelussian- but its rate indicated something bad. He looked up in the direction of the bomb…

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There was a brilliant tower of light, stretching to the sky. A pale, dazzling shimmer, with wispy trails crawling about it. All about was suddenly dark, deep night, and a deep thrumming thumped below his heart- up from the ground.

The enchanting light was accompanied by an overpowering smell of stale spice, then metal, then…nothing.

A bright flash, a dull burning feeling in the skin, in the lungs- even though Niel was wearing chemical protection, there was an awful feeling of pins and needles rippling across his whole body. It had made him recoil, which might have saved him from the blinding brightness just before a towering twister of flame reached into the sky. It burned bright, and clouds gathered about its peak, blocking out the sky. Walls of flame appeared close, terribly close, licked around the street corners. Terrified yelps came from the direction of the nearby Twaryian recon, but this was no time to celebrate, or do anything but flee.

A sentiment shared by the infantry to the south, though their triggering of yet another tower of burning brilliance had been less a surprise at the beginning- when the walls and waves stopped just short of them, that had been enough, as well. Especially as fire-wreathed tanks advanced, and artillery shells crashed down.

New chaos reigned in the senses, as the night vanished in an instant, replaced by a dim facsimile of dusk trapped under a stormy sky.

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“Heh,” Sglaza shielded her eyes and looked up at the north town- judging from the columns of fire, there’d be nothing but rubble by the time those strange weapons burned themselves out. Nobody knew when they would- they only seemed to do so when nobody was around to watch it. “Now this is more like it, eh? Hope you were ready for this in your souls, sons of Vynmark.”
>Turn is Open.

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So, this turn'll be open for a couple days, just to make sure everybody knows this is up, to coordinate this clusterfuck, and to ensure everybody's at least getting wrapped up with their...whatever they've got going on now. At this point I've spent three threads on one battle so the bright side is that we're not in much a hurry.

>>5628042
>Are Caelus and Vynmark having negotiations in Naukland right now, or was this the Nauk-Emrean alliance teased before during the Ellowie arc?
No negotiations are taking place in Naukland, no- Caelus would prefer to not involve them. Mostly because the Stor Ankomst Accords aren't an alliance, technically, but a guarantee against direct foreign interference on the continent by any overseas powers. Theoretically, Naukland takes responsibility for defensing the entire continent with its admittedly singularly powerful navy- the strongest on the continent- though the Grossreich is certainly more considered the most powerful nation itself. The Grossreich is, also, not considered protected by the Accords.

The Accords basically guarantee against direct action, but do not claim any responsibility or overwatch for inter-state affairs on the continent, such as Twaryian aggression, even if they heavily utilize foreign materiel and mercenaries, as long as it is done carrying out the will of that nation and not a foreign power, the Accords do not consider it a violation. However, if they do conclude with significant evidence that, for example, the Federation is directly intervening in a Vinstragan war, Naukland would immediately declare the western seas a Total Exclusion Zone, and send their navy to enforce such- a bold command indeed, all things considered.

This isn't treated as a declaration of war in the terms of the Accords, but it'd be unthinkable that it'd happen without one being thrown in sooner rather than later.

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This should be the last thing I gotta repost- there could be more.
Anyways, as per usual, the past threads are in the archive- for this particular battle, it'll be these-
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2023/5546421/
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2023/5588058/
Twitter is @scheissfunker for updates.

Let's wrap this up, shall we?

Rolled 7, 9, 6, 1, 1, 3, 5, 2, 2, 5, 4, 1 = 46 (12d10)

>>5636312
"Hey jonah"
"What"
"when was the last time you shaved"
"Tell you what if obed's still alive I'm gonna ask him to give myself a haircut, maybe a mohawk"

>Kashoot the infantry near me with MG
>Grenade the tanks
"GET SOOOOME!!"
>Dig in

>>5636312
tanq I see that the smoke from mortars resolved, but not the HE on the BMT. Did something happen there or was this just an oversight?

Excellent job w/ the artwork, too. Truly, some manmade horrors beyond my comprehension, right there.

Rolled 9, 9 = 18 (2d10)

>>5636324
forgot to add my spot and initiative

>>5636313
So now that it's happened, what actually are the rIMEs filled with?

>>5636324

Changing move to
>Put gas mask as fast as possible
>Grenade the tanks
>MG the infantry
>Pivot S
>Mount
>Move S

Radio in
"I require covering fire"

>>5636312
Also, move.
>Pivot South
>Move to dd47

>>5636308
My reaction fire rolled 2 1 9 5, so with a 5+ to hit, that makes 2 hits, not 1 as stated in your post.

>Use peacefields token on this last turn’s standard fire to turn (3 8 9 8) into (5 10 11 10)

>>5636339
Twaryian hopes and dreams.

reportan

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Note that this is what the start of the next turn's fire phase is going to be like with the artillery resolving. Grey crosses are smoke, red is HE. Plan your shooting accordingly if you are in this section of the map.

Rolled 7, 4, 7, 4 = 22 (4d10)

>>5636312
Oh shit oh fuck oh shit oh fuck
Right
>Initiative
>Fire Command subunit's pintle MG, 7.7cm HE and 5cm HE at BMT-AT unit at rr38
>Move South, Southwest to mm36
Explosive rolls to follow

Rolled 3 (1d4)

>>5636431
7.7cm HE

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>5636432
and 5cm HE
Aren't mixed calbre units lovely

>>5636431
I'm sorry.

Hey [D-1] Krogh could you fire some smoke grenades 2 SE of himself to protect my flank from the T-8's coming behind? It would be most welcomed thank you!

>>5636312
tanq, I've got a question about how LLG works and how it stuns, in particular. As I understand it, unlike a regular attack, it doesn't require a roll and each subunit's attack is enough to fill an entire tile. Are there any beneficial effects to concentrating LLG fire? So say if all of my subunits were to fire at one tile, would the unit in it receive more stun damage if it was not wearing (functional) protection?

>>5636353
wouldn't it be smart to chuck an LLG grenade at those enemies?

>>5636636
you right
>>5636353
addendum:
>Grenade tanks with Gas grenades

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Rolled 9, 9, 6, 5, 9, 2, 10, 5, 6, 9 = 70 (10d10)

>>5636312

There it is, that looming feeling finally showing it's beastly face. It wasn't the betrayal, not the recon that won't come home, not even the mercenary with skill to match her. It was the rapturous sight of fire scorching the sky, so woefully hungry that it would devour even the clouds above. It would snow only ashes for days to come, the moon weeping for the horror that had been brought into the world.

Even as she gave her orders Freya's chest tightened with fear. Fear for what this could mean for the war, and for the world.

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Fire
>Initiative
>Fire x1 3.7cm Cannon at Mortar Cars
>FIre x3 2cm Cannons [Multiattack] at Mortar Cars
>Fire x1 13mm Machine Gun [Multiattack] at Mortar Cars

Movement
>Move W [Road]
>Move W
>Pivot E
>Move NE

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>5636668
>Explosive damage in case they're soft

>>5636312
Any chance a newcomer could be slotted into this game?

>>5636329
>I see that the smoke from mortars resolved, but not the HE on the BMT. Did something happen there or was this just an oversight?
Yes, I didn't see it. Though their shock stat isn't enough to harm them effectively. I went and rolled seven dice- no 10s. A 9, though.
>Truly, some manmade horrors beyond my comprehension, right there.
The truth of it isn't even within the comprehension of the characters, either.

>>5636339
>So now that it's happened, what actually are the rIMEs filled with?
None of you know. The "r" stands for remote- the actual weapon is Inferno-Mass Explosive. They were recorded as being heavily used in the closing year of the Emrean Liberation War, but the method of their make and function was not spread beyond the Reich and Emre, and none of the few other countries involved used or learned of them. After the war, the weapons were banned by treaty and destroyed, and any knowledge of how to make them was made absolutely secret.
Until the past couple days, nobody east of the Grossreich had ever seen one, though the stories of them were impossible to contain the spread of- the average late-Emrean Liberation battle was one of the worst places to be in history already, and Inferno-Mass Explosive was said to tip things over to being forced to fight in a recreation of a fiery hell itself on top of the artillery, machine guns and gas. That battles were still fought in the fury of the firestorms was either grit, or madness.

>>5636371
Noted, corrections will be made.
This is an odd situation, and not one I anticipated since special units with traits but no token are something a bit new, but considering the intended flexible nature of tokens, I feel I'm obligated to inform you that the tank platoons that aren't Sglaza have Ironheart, so they can't be critically hit. Normally this would have been found out in a more normal fashion, but having it found out in exchange for burning a token feels inappropriate.

>>5636530
>I've got a question about how LLG works and how it stuns, in particular. As I understand it, unlike a regular attack, it doesn't require a roll and each subunit's attack is enough to fill an entire tile. Are there any beneficial effects to concentrating LLG fire? So say if all of my subunits were to fire at one tile, would the unit in it receive more stun damage if it was not wearing (functional) protection?
It's not something I put enough mechanical thought into, admittedly. Theoretically concentrated LLG fire would be required to achieve a concentration able to stun multiple units, but it hasn't been that way thus far.
So we'll take an opportunity to modify that now- even though gas rules have managed to escape being in the manual, out of a short sighted belief that they would be held back on, potentially. So, we will shift things now so that targeting subunits works as per normal, but to saturate a tile you have to commit enough gas attacks to it. Three seems like a good number. A saturated tile guarantees hits on all units, while otherwise you have to hit individual units, to represent not having enough material spread around to guarantee exposure to the stuff.
Thank you all for being involved in a game whose rules are the equivalent of that scene from The Wrong Trousers where Gromit is laying model railroad tracks as he goes.

>>5636935
Into this particular operation? No. It's near the end of it, and there's no real entry point for it.
Afterwards? Well, I hadn't intended it, though there is a narrative chance for it. It'll depend if you're fine with both basically joining up to get destroyed in the final battle, and if you're still interested in it in about a month, which is when I expect the last op to actually kick off, with potentially the last part of this thread involving being beat up in post op missions.
So while I don't want to say no, I did say the limit was the start of this map for good reason. We'll see how things are at the end of this battle, which shouldn't be too far away, relatively.

Rolled 3, 7, 4, 5, 10, 6 = 35 (6d10)

>>5636991
Well that's highly unfortunate. Finally get a good opportunity to use peacefields and
>can't be crit
lmao

>Cancel use of peacefields

>>5636312
>Spotting
>Initiative (radio) (+3 from no movement last turn)
>Fire 4x 5cm cannon at C-III's to front
>Move S SW, pivot W

Rolled 4, 10, 1, 9, 4, 5 = 33 (6d10)

>>5636312
Am back boys. Thanks to all the Anons who botted me during this battle. The decisions that were made by the players are similar to what I would have done.

Lehrson looked at the pillars of fire.
"So this is how it feels to be part of history." He thought. "They will probably call this battle the battle of the two flaming pillars." Lehrson didn't feel any greatness by being part of history. He feels dirty by having killed men. "So this is what soldiers in those great battles of old felt... Dirty, unshaven, seeing horrors created by men in the name of killing eachother and what for? For one tribe to take over the land of another? For the greatness of Honor and Glory? Were those greats like the first Kaiser really worth their name? The greats. They should rather have called them the butchers.
It doesn't matter. There are bloody tanks in nearby and they are not in rifle grenade range and of course the fuckers are of an unknown type. He could distract them though. Just as they as we can't see them in the smoke, they can't see what shoots at them from this angle."

He shouts:
"Men, start firing on those tanks in the smoke, let's distract those fucking cocksuckers with sticks up their asses larger then Unterbrusts tits in their sardine cans filled with rotten fish semen. It gives them less of a chance to hit our comrades."
His men follow his order, but a few think the schoolboy may start outswearing the seasoned sailors in the unit.

Here is the stuff for during the turn.
>dig in.
>Start trying to button up the C-V's to the South west. (so shooting the rifles and using the mgs at the tanks in tile Z49)

>>5637043
Forgot:
>Pivot west

>>5636991
>Though their shock stat isn't enough to harm them effectively. I went and rolled seven dice- no 10s. A 9, though.

I didn't have particularly high expectations after seeing that he was ARM 2. At least we scratched their paintjobs with that barrage, right?

>>5636992
>So while I don't want to say no, I did say the limit was the start of this map for good reason. We'll see how things are at the end of this battle, which shouldn't be too far away, relatively.
We have a lot of absentees (I know R-8 is busy running his quest rn and I haven't seen R-9 is a good while) so would it be possible to have a new guy fill in for someone and then maybe bring in their character for the next op (or stick with what they have, if the original participant doesn't show). We did have an army of bots on our hands last turn.

>A saturated tile guarantees hits on all units, while otherwise you have to hit individual units, to represent not having enough material spread around to guarantee exposure to the stuff.
Due to gas being all vapor-y, do we get an attack bonus of some sort as we do with suppressive fire w/ MGs, as an example? (I know I'm really fishing for all the llittle advantages, but please understand. ATK 2 has me suffering)

>Thank you all for being involved in a game whose rules are the equivalent of that scene from The Wrong Trousers where Gromit is laying model railroad tracks as he goes.
You've indulged me plenty already in this battle, what with the whole thing with running those field guns over, but I have another question/request. This one is even more niche and will probably never come up again outside of this particular moment in this particular battle, so an on-the-spot ruling ought to do fine.

Basically, I'm wondering if it's possible to, if/when she's all stunned up, for me to dismount a small group from my platoon and yank Sommervind out of her tank. T-15s have pretty large crews (6, if I recall correctly), so if we draw a couple of guys from each tank, we should be able to put together a small-ish squad that can make a quick dash for it (provided our vehicles start out being adjacent), finish off everyone aside from Sommervind, and drag her back with us. So, how beyond the pale is this? I have a sword and I a physiological need to use it.

>>5637098
>At least we scratched their paintjobs with that barrage, right?
I'm sure they're sufficiently offended.
>Due to gas being all vapor-y, do we get an attack bonus of some sort as we do with suppressive fire w/ MGs, as an example? (I know I'm really fishing for all the llittle advantages, but please understand. ATK 2 has me suffering)
Sure, why not. Same +1 as Suppression.
>Basically, I'm wondering if it's possible to, if/when she's all stunned up, for me to dismount a small group from my platoon and yank Sommervind out of her tank. T-15s have pretty large crews (6, if I recall correctly), so if we draw a couple of guys from each tank, we should be able to put together a small-ish squad that can make a quick dash for it (provided our vehicles start out being adjacent), finish off everyone aside from Sommervind, and drag her back with us. So, how beyond the pale is this? I have a sword and I a physiological need to use it.
For the sake of simplicity, once units are fully stunned they're considered combat incapable, so capturing their equipment and them themselves would be facile.
Insert sticking your sword in a bat ear woman joke here.

I'm thinking that Monday would be a good day to call the turn, but I don't know, so if a couple more days would behoove you then we've got time to wait.

>>5636313
>move West, Southwest into bb47
>dismount
>dig in

>>5637485
>Insert sticking your sword in a bat ear woman joke here.
Come now, I intend to take her alive. So maybe just the tip?

Jokes aside, thanks for the clarifications (and further indulging). I'll be putting up my turn now.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>5636312
Leo watched the two pillars of flame behind him, expecting them to vanish after a couple of seconds. As seconds turned into damn near a minute, though, something akin to fear began to fester deep in his bones and he chose to look away. He tried to tell himself that the sound at the moment of the detonation was just the wind rushing about due to the fire and not, as he first imagined, thousands crying out in horror and pain. Firstly, there weren't that many Twaryians and even if they had the time to scream as they were incinerated, Leo couldn't have heard them over the din of battle and his tanks' engines. He turned his focus back to the battle at hand in an attempt to suppress this superstitious side of his.

"Listen up, platoon. We're hitting those Netillian abominations one more time and driving right up to them. We've got them all teary-eyed already, so it won't take much more for them to be overwhelmed. Lend me your assistant drivers and anyone else you think you can do without for a couple of minutes. Stoetten, you'll be in command while I'm away."

Leo switched back to the tank intercom. "Brandt," he began, clapping his gunner on the shoulder. "You'll fill in for me while I'm away. I'll leave you my headset. Try not to say anything too stupid on the battalion net. Altmann, how are you holding up?"

"Just a bit 'o ringin' in my left ear, LT," the assistant driver called out, a little too loud. The bundled grenade thrown in the assault on southern town had landed right above his station. "Nothin' I can't walk off, sir!"

"Right. Smashing. Don't forget to grab the carbine on your way out." He turned to his loader, "Jahnke, here, hold on to my cap while I put this damnable mask on. Oh, and pass me the sword."

>Mask up (forgot to do that last turn. oh well)
>Initiative (+1 from radio, -1 from gas masks :c. Swap with C-5 or J-5, whoever rolls higher)
>Saturate V46 with LLG (i.e. fire gas from all guns at/around Sommervind)
>Move 2xSW
>Prepare for boarding

Rolled 10, 5, 9, 10, 2 = 36 (5d10)

>>5636312
While his two remaining cars have been crawling through the Jagterfisk forest, Ulf cursed at the uneven terrain and the dark that obscured it. He cursed, cursed and cursed until there was no more reason to curse?

The forest around him glowed in a sickly orange hue, the way infront of him lit up while the shadows of the trees fell upon him. Ulf snapped his head back to witness the two spires of destruction that dominated the horizon.

He was slackjawed. He witnessed all kinds of shit during his time in the West and during the inital invasion, but this was the pinnacle. It looked like two sea serpents from the fairy tales he would tell his sisters, beasts that extended their bodies to the sky to consume everything in their way.

His men were in similar shock, wide eyes staring like hypnotized into the sky. Ulf soon noticed and he snapped at his men, rousing them back to the fight. The spire illuminated a group of enemies infront of him and wasn't letting them get the jump on him.

"Fuckin' hell, what the fuck did I get meself into..." he muttered before steeling himself for the oncoming shitfest.

>Initiative
>Fire 2 cannons, one suppresive 8mm gun and one normal 8mm gun at the infantry in front of me
>Move SW, Move S

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>5637871
Rolling explosive for the one cannon that hit

Rolled 6, 1 = 7 (2d10)

>>5636312
>Keep those masks on boys
>Move SW with trucks, then have trucks pivot S
>Dig In

I think I could also do some crazy mount, S, SW, dismount, W movement but it seems a bit ambitious to move like that just to possibly get caught in the open if those other infantry get to the final tile first.

>>5638208
Rolls should have been the standard spotting then initiative if it matters.

Rolled 7, 2 = 9 (2d10)

>>5636312
>Spotting
>Initiative
>Reserve Fire

>>5636312
>Turn S
>Move 2S

Rolled 10, 2, 6, 10, 7, 9 = 44 (6d10)

>>5636312
>init (+3 from standing still, +1 from radio)
>spotting
>shoot 4 4cm guns at hh-31 T-16s
>prepare F&M
>Pray

Haha I'm probably about to get blasted off the face of the earth, but I'll drag some more Ian tanks with me to hell.

>>5638298
Actually, if I can still shoot my target while doing so I'll throw a smoke grenade NE of my position. Am I able to do that tanq?

Rolled 1, 1 = 2 (2d10)

>>5636312

>Init
>Spot
>LLG shot on Sglazas tile
>Smoke shot NE of T-15
>Rotate S, Move S, SE x2, Rotate W


Vix had hard time giving commands as she and her crew were still somewhat coughing after getting hit by lavender gas. She had forgotten that Sommervind also had access to it and now had tears in her eyes thanks to it. "Okey guys gas and smoke towards the heavy metal boxes then well head towards town again. In meanwhile try to get your breath going and open hatches if possible." She wiped tears from her eyes and looked back at what had taken the dark of night away. The burning pillars were looking formidable behind the trees it seemed that those container tanks were terrifyingly efficient in what they were meant to do. Vix took final look and turned back forward. Those things were inspiring even if it was wrong to think so but she might have time to think about it later now there was a battle to win.

Rolled 9, 3 = 12 (2d10)

>>5636312
>initiative and spotting
>dig in
>rifle grenade smoke z39


>>5636500
Sure, I think you mean SW though right?

Rolled 10, 8 = 18 (2d10)

>>5638382
Yes! Viel Danke.

>>5636312
>Ini+Spot
>Ready Return Fire
>Ready Fire Maneuver for next turn

>>5636312
>Mount up
>Pivot North
>Move NE, N to HH41

>>5638208
The other infantry isn't going anywhere. Fiskersonn rolled a 10 on suppressing them. You're free to move around.

>>5638220
I think that tile in front of you is woods, so you can't really see/shoot anyone coming down the road.

>>5638382
Could you also drop one just west of J-7? It looks like he's about to get shot up by several units from the flank.

Rolled 1, 6, 3 = 10 (3d10)

>>5636312
Let's see if I can anticipate this.

>Turn
Rolls: init, spot, pour one die out for fire tornado
>Fire: Soon...
>Move: NW on nn45

Rolled 6, 1, 1, 3, 8, 9 = 28 (6d10)

>>5636312
Apologies for my constant tardiness.

Would I be able to hit Sglaza this turn from my current tile assuming she fires this turn? Just want to get a ruling on both the LOS since I'm not quite clear on the weird "corner to corner" logic that supposedly allowed some miraculous shots previously and confirmation that shooting while in smoke reveals you for targeting.

For now I'll lay down a tentative turn just in case I don't have time later today.

>Spotting and Initiative
>Fire on Sglaza. [Use Sniper's Oath, regular shells, not HE or LLG] (Or RF if I have to wait for her to shoot on her initiative before I can hit her instead of just being allowed to shoot someone "popping out" on the turn they are shooting. My intent is to shoot her basically, assuming she reveals herself by shoots, regardless of if I have to wait and react with a quasi-RF or just shoot normally. If she doesn't shoot or it turns out my LOS is blocked by buildings then I'll just reserve fire.)
>Finish digging in. (I started digging in last turn)

>>5636312
Oh, and if I'm allowed to do this after rolling I'll...

>Use J-5 initiative roll of 10. [Radio]

Rolled 6, 7, 5, 4, 1, 10 = 33 (6d10)

>>5636312
>=Botting J-2 Gabriel
>Ini+Spot
>Fire PhaseFire 7.7cm gun at C-V platoon (Sglaza) using regular AP shells
>Maneuver Phase: Ready up Fire Maneuver for next turn

>>5638755
>>5636312
[J-2] will also use [J-5]'s Initiative

Rolled 6, 5 = 11 (2d10)

>>5638464
>>5636312
I'm sure you love/hate all these (you)'s tanq
>Switch a part of my action
>Fire Phase: Fire LLG at Sommerwind's VPK's 6 SW (Gotta love LLG) adding dice
>Maneuver Phase Stays the same: Ready Fire Maneuver for next turn

Rolled 2, 5, 9, 6, 6, 2 = 30 (6d10)

>>5636312
>init
>spotting
>4 3.7cm shots into C-III platoons flank at dd-59
>move SW x4, arriving at ff-57

>>5636312
>Max move convoy SW down the road

Rolled 10, 9, 7, 7, 6, 8 = 47 (6d10)

>>5636312
>init
>spotting
>dismount
>throw smoke grenade at ff-39 (ammo truck)
>shoot 4 AT rifles at ii-33 (T-8R)
>mount up again, move SE

Rolled 3, 3, 9, 7, 7 = 29 (5d10)

>>5636312
Botting C-5 Martins, she's busy.

>Put on chem protection if it isn't already on
>Spotting and Initiative.
>Fire LLG at the T-15s in V47.
>Move SW, SW.
>Dig In.

Rolled 8, 1, 2, 2 = 13 (4d10)

>>5636312
Botting R-8 Volger.

>Spotting and Initiative.
>Fire at the recon cars in T44
>Move NE, pivot west. (If Volger cannot occupy the same tile as D-4 because of his trucks then instead move NE twice.)
>Dig in.

Rolled 4, 9, 3, 7, 3 = 26 (5d10)

>>5636312
Botting R-7 because the great botening has begun, apparently.

>initiative
>spotting
>3x2.5cm at X37 T-8s
>movement: NW, NW, NW, NW, pivot W

Rolled 7, 4 = 11 (2d10)

>>5636312
Botting R-9, too.

>ini and spotting
>Movement: pivot W, move W, pivot N

>>5638783
ffs, pivot E, not W.

Rolled 7, 3 = 10 (2d10)

>>5636312
>init
>spotting
>pop smoke charges to avoid getting turbofucked
>pivot E, move NE, E landing on W-40 facing E

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Rolled 10, 10, 6, 4 = 30 (4d10)

>>5636312
Alright, D-5 and D-10 are still busy, so botting them too.

>ini and spot for D-5 and D-10, respectively.
>pic rel smoke grenades. Red for D-5, blue for D-10 (sorry about the overlap; redundancy incase one of them shits the bed on ini)
>D-5 move: 3xS, dismount, dig in
>D-10 move: 4xS, dismount

Rolled 8, 5 = 13 (2d10)

>>5636312
Final two bots from me. Have D-2 just follow the convoy >>5638764 and the for D-12:

>initiative and spotting
>RG smoke on hh42, ii42
>move NE, NE, dismount, dig in

Rolled 3, 8, 5, 4, 3, 9 = 32 (6d10)

>>5636312
>init (+3 standing still, +1 radio, radio rolled a 10 if that's better)
>spotting
>shoot 4 7.7cm shots into T-16 platoon at bb-31
>active Fire and Maneuver to move S to dd-36
>pivot S, move S to dd-37

one more for the road. Also
>>5638382
if you could drop another smoke just west of J-7s current position you might save him from eating shit.

>>5638799
dammit, I fucked up here. The blue cross right on top of D-10 should be one tile S. Triple-redundancy wasn't the intent there.

Rolled 10, 3 = 13 (2d10)

>>5636312

>Initiative: Rolling
>Spotting: Rolling
>Fire: n/a
>Move: S, S, E, E, I believe I should have the extra movement ot dismount, and dig in at ii41.

Rolled 6, 9, 7, 1 = 23 (4d10)

>>5638856

Actually, scratch that tang, let's do the following. Sorry about the confusion.

Fire: Dismount and fire4 X AT Rifles at ii33 tank. Throw a smoke grenade at gg40.
Move: E and dig in.

>>5636312
Seems we forgot about C-7.

>movement: pivot W, 2xW

>>5638612
>>5638842
sure
>>5638382
>>5636312
also smoke grenade W of j7

>>5638865
For any Tanq's reading this, Im fairly certain he meant to throw that smoke grenade on the ammo truck, not the fuel truck.

>>5638312
use init of Wesker>>5638758

>>5639091
This is correct, I misread the map and should have thrown the grenade at ff39.

>>5636312
>Continue to travel with HQ guarding the prisoners and watching out for assassins.
>Don't look at the twin-suns.

And the night turned to day and the air became fire and the living became the dead, and their free souls left shadows in the stones.

>>5636312
>>5638799
Man, somebody else should take over the bulk of the botting for me. Delete Raine's smoke just south of him (the one on D-10) and move the one directly to his north down onto his position.

Sorry for all the (you)s, tanq.

>>5639895
Industrious as ever Wesker, but the image still isn't corrected from yesterday as the artillery should be landing on Sglaza, not one tile north of her.

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>>5639900
(The image HAD a lot of invisible layers. Try this one.)

>>5639911
Just a notice, the movement for me is wrong, it should be the other way round

>>5640064
Thank fuck I'm not the one who has to process all of this for real!

Rolled 6, 2, 3, 7, 1, 9, 7, 3, 3, 5, 2, 4, 5, 9, 8, 3 = 77 (16d10)

Alright, as much as I'd prefer to wait until people's business is done for this fight, I'd rather keep things going as well. Bad timing on my part- though if it's preferred to wait, I can certainly do that, up to a point.

For now, though, this turn's spotting and initiative rolls. Though frankly, the spotting doesn't matter too much with what's happening right now. Maybe they'll be dump dice...

In order-

>Krasnyy Burning Bright
>Northeast Element
>Northwest Element
>Combat Car Contingent
>Sglaza
>Simping for Sglaza
>Rufia
>Gooning for Ginger

Im itching for the update now. This looks like its gonns be an interesting turn.

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>ARTILLERY STRIKE- Single-Cannon bombardment of Z49. (Rolled 3) Bombardment Ineffective.

>INI 17- D-9 Totmann- Attacks hh31 T-16s. ATK 2 vs DEF 3, 6+ to Hit. PRC 3+1 vs ARM 3. 2 Hits, 1 Crit. Target Destroyed. Deploys Smoke.
>INI 16- R-6 Fiskersonn- Attacks, suppresses U45 Red Blades Light Rifles. ATK 4 vs DEF 4+1, 6+ to Hit, 5+ to Suppress. 1 Cannon Hit, 2 Damage, Successful Suppression.
>INI 15- D-5 Raine- Deploys Smoke.
>INI 14- R-3 Unterbrust- Attacks X58 BM-10Ps. ATK 5 vs DEF 4+1, 5+ to Hit. Targets knocked out.

>INI 14- Sommervind NEKV-7Ks- Utilizes BLESSING OF WANDERER’s WRY- May switch any two dice between units in vision. (Swaps J-5 Wesker’s Initiative Roll with Red Blades T-15 Initiative Roll) Strikes C-4 Kannenpflanze’s tile with LLG.

>INI 13 (INI Switched by Wanderer’s Wry)– V47 Red Blades T-15s- Shells C-4 Kannenpflance with LLG- tile saturated. (C-4 is wearing gas protection). Attacks C-5 Martins- ATK 2 vs DEF 1, 4+ to Hit. (Rolled 5, 2) One Hit. (Vehicle 2 is hit for 1 Damage)

>INI 14- D-1 Krogh- Deploys Rifle Grenade Smoke.
>INI 14- D-8 Vilgerson- Attacks U42 Light Rifles with Machine Guns, deploys LLG grenades in U42. ATK 3 vs DEF 4+1, 7+ to Hit. 2 Hits, U42 LLG Saturation.
>INI 13- D-11 Eberhardt- Attacks ii33 T-8R. ATK 2 vs DEF 4, 7+ to Hit. 2 Hits, Target destroyed. Deploys smoke on ff39.
>INI 13- J-7 Black- Attacks bb31 T-16s- Fires and Maneuvers. ATK 4 vs DEF 3, 4+ to Hit. 3 Hits, +2 Damage 3 targets destroyed.
>INI 12- J-3 Niel- Attacks rr38 BM-AT, ATK 6 vs DEF 5, 4+ to Hit. 3 Hits- 2 Targets Destroyed.
>INI 12-1- bb31 T-16s- Attacks J-7 Black- Attack fails due to lack of line of sight.
>INI 12-1- aa34 T-8s- Attacks J-7 Black- Attack blocked due to Smoke.
>INI 12-1- Y34 T-16s- Attacks R-7 Wespe. Attack blocked due to Smoke. (Had to break out the ruler for this one)
>INI 12-1- X37 T-8s- Attacks J-5 Wesker. Attack blocked due to Smoke.

>INI 11- J-2 Gabriel- Attacks Sglaza C-Vs- ATK 4 vs DEF 4+1, 6+ to Hit. 1 Crit. (Rufia Sommervind uses Twin’s Breath Token- Reduce any dice to Zero) Critical Nullified.

>INI 10- R-7 Wespe- Attacks X37 T-8s. ATK 2 vs DEF 3, 6+ to Hit. 1 Hit, 1 Target Destroyed.
>INI 9 (INI Switched by Wanderer’s Wry)- J-5 Wesker- Shells Sommervind with LLG. ATK 6 vs DEF 3, 2+ to Hit. LLG hits successful.
>INI 9- nn30 T-16s- Attacks J-3 Niel. ATK 3 vs DEF 3, 5+ to Hit. (Rolled 4, 3, 10, 4) One Crit. (Vehicle 2 is Knocked Out)
>INI 9- oo28 T-16s- Attacks Ammunition Transport Section. Attack blocked due to Smoke.
>INI 9- ll31 T-16s- Attacks D-9 Totmann. Attack blocked due to Smoke.
>INI 9- C-4 Kannenpflanze- Shells Sommervind NEKV-7Ks with LLG- Saturation Achieved.
>INI 8- Sglaza C-Vs- Attacks J-2 Gabriel. ATK 5 vs DEF 3, 3+ to Hit. (Rolled 2, 3, 4) 2 Hits- PRC 6 vs ARM 1, Extra Damage. (Vehicles 3, 4 are Knocked Out.)

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>INI 8- Kryuk CSU-IIIs- Attacks C-4 Kannenpflanze. ATK 6 vs DEF 1, Auto-Hit. Attack Blocked due to Smoke.
>INI 9- R-8 Volger- Attacks T-44 Red Blades VPK-2s. ATK 2 vs DEF 4+1, 8+ to Hit. No Hits.
>INI 8- rr38 BM-AT- Attacks J-3 Niel. ATK 3 vs DEF 4, 6+ to Hit. (Rolled 1) No Hits.
>INI 8– U42 Red Blades Light Rifles - Attack interrupted due to LLG Saturation.
>INI 8– U42 Red Blades m/28Vs- Attack interrupted due to LLG Saturation.
>INI 8– T45 Red Blades Light Rifles - Attacks R-6 Fiskersonn with AT Rifles. PRC 1 vs ARM 1, 10 to Hit. (10, 5, 2, 8) One Hit- Vehicle 1 takes 1 Damage.
>INI 8– T44 Red Blades VPK-2s- Attacks R-8 Volger. ATK 2 vs DEF 4+1, 8+ to Hit. (Rolled 8, 6, 1) One Hit- PRC 3 vs ARM 1, Extra Damage. (Vehicle 1 is Knocked Out, R-8 Volger is WOUNDED)
>INI 8- C-3 Lutzow-Spelinger- Attacks dd54 Ge Platoon C-IIIs. ATK 4 vs DEF 4, 5+ to Hit. 3 Hits. 2 Targets Destroyed.
>INI 7- R-10 Carlstadt- Attacks dd54 Ge Platoon C-IIIs. ATK 2 vs DEF 4, 7+ to Hit. PRC 3 vs ARM 4-2 from Front Flank. 1 Hit, target destroyed.
>INI 7- C-1 Vix- Fires Smoke and LLG.
>INI 6– V50 Red Blades m/24-32s- Attacks J-8 Degenhardt. Attack Blocked due to Smoke.
>INI 5- J-8 Degenhardt- Attacks Sglaza C-Vs. ATK 4 vs DEF 4, 5+ to Hit. Utilizes Sniper’s Oath- Automatic Critical Hit, Two Hits. PRC 7 vs ARM 4+ (+ Armor is treated as having +1 armor unless attack roll is higher than the target’s combined defense and EXP score) 1 Target Destroyed.
>INI 4- Krasnyy T-15s- Attacks D-5 Raine. Attack blocked due to Smoke.
>INI 4- C-5 Martins- Shells Red Blades T-15s with LLG. Saturation Achieved.

It was a bad dream. Haile would wake up, and tonight wouldn’t have happened- it’d be the previous morning. No…she would wake up, and there would be no war at all. The morning would be misty and bright, and all talk of Twaryian aggression would be mere alarmism, the Fortress Lines remaining towering, imposing, and untested. The gold and silver scales in the fish pond would dance in the light as they waited for her to come down and feed them. Her hair needed to be brushed, her makeup needed to be done, and after a dream such as this she would most certainly need to bathe and wash away the sweat before anything else…perhaps she'd invite Rufia to go out for Red Stingray Liver, she was hungry enough to justify the Glutton Strips, after all...

Her eyes closed, and opened, but all she saw was the firestorm.

No escape. This was truth, and men were dying.

So what? Was it time to curl up in the cabin and plead for clemency from the Judge? Time to surrender any presumption of power or control to try and hide from what was to come, be it tonight or the future? Haile wanted to. She wanted to cry, she wanted to vomit, she wanted to stare into the odd beauty of the flames as the sparks twirling off of them formed sparkling currents of stars, but something she couldn’t identify kept her going. Cry, it allowed in a self-loathing so sharp it burned like hot iron, but don’t dare give up yet.

“Captain Rufia Sommervind. This is your final warning. You and any of your men who surrender will be shown leniency,” her voice shook, but the time had long gone where this could get any better. “Cease hostilities, turn your vehicles about and surrender your weapons, or else you will be treated as enemies and dealt with accordingly.”

There was no response, from anybody. It was a vain command- nobody was listening- but she had to make one last effort. One final attempt to save her friend gone astray, to regain something of what there was before, some day.

Pathetic, really. All she could do was try and learn what had happened while she was in the dark before it was all over- and to try and urge the battalion southwards before the situation got worse. Despite all the enemies swept aside and battered away from behind, the lull would be all too temporary.

Though she did clue in on some things quickly. Expressions of surprise- of fury- at what seemed certain. That had Rufia written all over it. She could always count on something going her way, somehow…but not always. Not forever. She always had a sense of when her luck would run out, it seemed…and by extension, so did Haile.

Her luck wouldn’t run out quite yet. It just might be enough, despite the news of the Battalion gaining an advantage over the new enemies, because up from behind, the Twaryians continued their chase…

>Turn is Open.

>>5640904
Immediately looking back, of course, I didn't move Wespe over enough spaces. Just treat him as being there, I've moved him in the doc. He doesn't seen anything new from there anyways.

>>5640909
Looking back more, there's also C-2 and D-3. Well, at least I noticed it right away...

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Rolled 4, 6, 3, 10, 8, 3, 7, 4, 7, 2 = 54 (10d10)

>>5640905

No time to worry about what may be. Staying in the now means staying alive. Onwards and onwards

-----

Fire
>Initiative
>Fire x1 3.7cm cannon at CSU-IIIs
>Fire x3 2cm cannons [Multiattack] at CSU-IIIs
>Fire x1 13mm machine gun [Multiattack] at CSU-IIIs

Movement
>Move NE
>Move NE

Rolled 5, 4, 4, 4, 10, 1, 10, 8, 10 = 56 (9d10)

>>5640904
Good luck out there everyone.
>roll initiative +1 dice, -1 init with gas masks on
>then attack enemy recon in U43 with 4 grenades and 4 flamethrowers +8 dice
>Move SW with infantry and trucks
>Dig in

>>5640905
>>5641024
Imagine replying to the actual >Turn is Open post.
Couldn't be me.

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Rolled 5, 4, 4 = 13 (3d10)

The staggered, manic rush back to the Chimera. The predatory presence that bore down through his back as the he watched the night strip away across the town ahead of him in the blink of an eye. Villi didn't look back at whatever had been unleashed, he only ran.
He'd have to say a blessing for the strong grasping hands and lanky frame of cannoneer Anders, who'd hung out of the cupola awaiting his return. A slighter man might not have reached to drag him up and in through the hatch in time.
Instructions were unnecessary as both vehicles had already begun moving before Lieutenant Niel could find his headset. Instinct took over their drivers as easily as it had him moments before.
Along the road they flew, careless of whatever mortal dangers rendered tangential in the wake of the enormous columns of illogical, burning wind that threatened to swallow them up. It was only a natural, human error.
A group of Twaryian troop carriers had been illuminated in the bomb's blaze and were quickly set upon while their was chance. The Anti-Tank variant was a threat that couldn't be left unchecked, so attention was cast their way.
Bursts of sound that cut above the howling wind of the fires brought reality snapping back. Cannon fire from a lurking platoon of T-16s that had previously been hidden in the night rippled. Air tore about the hull as shells sought them but with all their haste, an impact never came. Instead, came something worse.
A perfect shot - one his gunner Sigur could have envied - was caught by Lieutenant Fjeld's m/31K. It must have struck such as to pass through the engine bay and directly into the ammo storage, with the encompassing fireball that bloomed from machine from seemingly everywhere at once.
Their protective clothing wouldn't have served them any good in there, Villi thought as he tore stinging eyes away from the persicopes. At least it was quick, as quick as it could have been. He'd hoped none of them had been looking back, that at least they hadn't had to watch death pounce... Bastards.

>>5640905
>Initiative
>Shooting: Splitting fire if the angle allows it, pintle MG into BM-5s at pp40, 5cm HE into the remaining BM-AT at nn39. Failing that, everything into the 3 BM-5s at pp40
>Move Southwest, Southwest, Southwest
>Remove chemical protective gear

D-11, D-12, D-6, whomsoever is most inclined, I could do with some rifle smoke on jj38 so the T-16s on jj32 don't slot me as I pass. There's a second chance they'll melt with proximity to the burn this turn, but I wouldn't bet on it.
Those other T-16s on the road can potentially get into a position to fire on us at the end of this turn, so smoking somewhere in this region might also be helpful but I'll leave that up to your discretion.
Since I'm a 1 integrity unit now RIP D-11 shouldn't have any problems shooting over top of me, so I'm targetting the eastmost group of BM-5s that are just out of rifle range, the rest are all yours to do with as you please.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>5641090
5cm HE rollie pollie

>>5640905
>ARTILLERY STRIKE- Single-Cannon bombardment of Z49. (Rolled 3) Bombardment Ineffective.
Another paintjob scratched.

Also, shouldn't Sommervind have taken two points of stun damage per unit? She got hit w/ LLG direct fire and then got her tile saturated. Or can you only take 1 point of stun damage per turn per subunit at most?

On a related note, how did the Red Blade T-15s manage to saturate an entire tile with LLG by firing just one of their guns? As I understand, they'd need to fire all three of their guns at that tile to do that.

>>5641110
>Also, shouldn't Sommervind have taken two points of stun damage per unit?
Excuse the former post, I read the other S name and not Sommervind
Yes, saturation only counts as a guaranteed hit if there wasn't one. She'd need to stay there until the next turn to get afflicted further.
>>5641110
>how did the Red Blade T-15s manage to saturate an entire tile with LLG by firing just one of their guns?
They didn't. Rufia put in two LLG shells first, so the third was cumulative. You can do this too, of course.

>>5641121
Ok, the thing with the saturation makes sense. So you need to just get multiple direct hits to insta-stun someone. That's fair. As for the cumulative effect, I figured that was a possibility, but didn't count the enemy shots and where they landed, so that's on me.

>>5640904
btw Tanq is C-5 getting a surprise encounter with the enemy T-15s? Same question with R-9 and the merc recon up in those woods.

>>5641133
also, if 3 aimed shots of LLG is shot towards a single unit that will achieve saturation even if some or all of those shots miss right? Since you're still hitting somewhere in the tile.

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Rolled 8, 8, 3, 9 = 28 (4d10)

>>5640905
Well, if all her tricks are spent, Sommervind isn't getting away this time.

>Initiative
>3xLLG on sommervind
>Move 2xS
>prep for boarding action for real this time

Also, calling smoke from arty and mortars. See picrel. Gray is for artillery, white is for mortars.

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

>>5640904
>Ini
>Spotting
>Fire+Maneuver Phase: Fire 1 Normal AP shell towards Sglaza from the 7.7cm cannon and fire 1 LLG towards thee T-15 platoon (in order)=>Maneuver SE
>Maneuver Phase: Ready anothe Fire Maneuver for next Turn

Rolled 8, 9, 9, 5, 1, 8, 4, 8, 9, 4, 2, 10, 9, 9 = 95 (14d10)

>ini
>Spot
>LLG grenade the tanks West of me
>MG the infantry west of me
Gonna hold off on my move until everyone else does theirs

>>5641173
It me jonah by the way

>>5641121
Tanq can we crit with gas?

>>5641090
Glad you made it out. Regarding the smoke, we have D-12 the smoke machine on that flank, so we can task arty and mortars to the main effort. Oh, also, a single subunit can't split fire.

>>5640905
>>5640912
Assuming I'm on dd47:
>Reserve Fire

Amidst the fire and fury of battle raging outside his vehicle, the Ellowian lieutenant and his platoon watched and waited. HQ had just caught up behind them; it would be up to him and his platoon to lock down any advance up the road towards his COs.

Good men and women were dying, but the VIPs were almost out of this trap. As long as they could hold out for just a bit more....., Sikorsky idly thought while a hand absent-mindedly gripped the necklace of the Judge's hammer around his neck.

"Gunner load AP and get ready to fire if anything shows in your sight. Don't rush your shots boys, one good salvo could make all the difference...."

>>5641133
>is C-5 getting a surprise encounter with the enemy T-15s? Same question with R-9 and the merc recon up in those woods.
Yes. An initiative contest will be afoot.

>>5641143
>if 3 aimed shots of LLG is shot towards a single unit that will achieve saturation even if some or all of those shots miss right?
Yes.

>>5641175
>can we crit with gas?
You cannot, tragically. At least not with this kind.

>>5641195
Also
>Dig In
>>5637043
>>5639436
If either of you could dismount your infantry onto my tile (dd47) and help me dig in that'd be appreciated.

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Also ought to put this down since three people at least had to be moved. Might be easier to look at without all the arrows, too.
It goes without saying that we're not on anything remotely resembling 24 hour turns, of course, though I don't really know how long is desired at the moment, or how long it'll be before people aren't occupied. I'm tentatively saying three days, but I don't know.

>>5641215
I think J-7 should be 1xS and R-8 should be 2xNE.

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>>5641223
You're right. This should be everything, then, knock on wood.

>>5641215
Trying to see if we can get some of the missing people back, otherwise we may actually be able to have a shorter turnover if most people are getting botted for the rest of this op.

Rolled 5, 7, 5, 4, 10, 9, 8 = 48 (7d10)

>>5640905
>Initiative (radio)
>Fire 4x 5cm cannon and 13mm Pintle Gun at the C-V’s
>Move SW, pivot S

>>5640905
>>5641211
>Move to tile dd47.
>Dismount
>Dig in.

Will do boss.

>>5641215
I think we're good with a faster pace, we'll probably finish botting everyone by the end of today. Everyone seems to be a combination of burnt out from playing multiple skirmishes at once and just really busy in general. I'd apologize for two-timing, but really for some of us it was more like quadruple timing.

>>5641215
I think a lot of the MIAs are either gone for good or burnt out and won't be coming back till the next op. I'm fine w/ botting people until the end of this mission so we can actually get it over with before we lose even more players. Let's up the pace and get this done.

>>5641262
Change Move to
>Move SW SW, pivot S

>>5641195
>>5641211
Ignore this, change to:
>Move to aa51

>>5641296
Sorry for the inconvenience, feel free to make your own move now.

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>>5640905
>>5641151
I missed a few things. Amending artillery plan to picrel.

Rolled 9, 3, 8, 10, 2 = 32 (5d10)

>>5640905
>Initiative
>4x 3.7cm at x41 T-8s
>Move to Z42, pivot South

Rolled 5, 10, 1, 3, 1 = 20 (5d10)

>>5640905
>Initiative
>4x 3.7cm at enemy C-III platoon
>Move SW, Pivot N (bb56)

Rolled 1, 6, 5, 9, 7, 8, 5, 5, 8, 3, 4, 6, 8, 7, 5, 10, 9, 8 = 114 (18d10)

>>5640905
Botting R-9 Orlik

>Initiative and Spotting
>Shoot the BM-7 one tile east. [16 attacks for surprise encounter if initiative is won?]
>Move 1 tile NE, pivot S.
>Take cover/dig in

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>5640905
>>5641421
Apparently I you roll 2 initiative dice on surprise encounters, I did not know this. Here's the die I didn't roll for initiative.

Rolled 6, 5, 4, 4, 4 = 23 (5d10)

>>5640905
Botting R-7.

>Initiative and spotting
>shoot 3x2.5cm at Y37 T-16s
>hold movement for F+M SW

>>5641443
I hope this gets that flanking ATK bonus, b/c holy fuck is it going to be needed.

Rolled 8, 5, 6, 4, 8, 10, 5, 7, 4, 1, 5, 5 = 68 (12d10)

>>5641296
Changing to
>Moving to aa48
>Using rifle grenades in Z49
>Using mg at tanks in Z49

>>5641448
And I should have not forgotten.
>Dig in.

>>5640905
Botting D-10.

>dismount
>rig the rIME carrier to blow.

>>5641450
>>5641448
>>5641296
Me BTW.

>>5640905
Botting D-5.

>mount
>move NE
>dismount
>dig in

>>5641448
Lehrson...I don't think that move is legal. Fire phase is before movement phase, remember? Also, MGs don't do shit to tanks, and you aren't a knife fighter.

Rolled 5, 5, 8, 2, 5 = 25 (5d10)

>>5640905
and, finally, botting D-12.

>ini and spot
>smoke jj38, kk38, and gg38
>fire 3x rifles at BM-AT (nn39)
>no movement

>>5640905
>Turn E, move 1E

>>5640905
>Initiative
>x6 Grenades and Flamethrowers on NE tanks

Rolled 4, 10, 7, 1, 1, 3, 8, 3, 7, 6, 6, 6, 10 = 72 (13d10)

>>5641474
woops

Rolled 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2 = 9 (6d2)

>>5641474
>>5641477
explosive rolls

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>5641457
Rolling for D-5 ini b/c radio.

>>5641461
>>5641448
Fuck. indeed.
I thought the mg would technically be able to button up tanks, but indeed the move is illegal. move is illegal.
So instead of moving or anything it will just be
>Dig in
>Hold position.

>>5641491
And also sorry tank for fucking up this hard one what to type.
It has been a while.

Rolled 3, 5, 5, 4, 8, 6, 4 = 35 (7d10)

>>5640905
Botting C-5 Martins.

>Initiative [Wearing chem protection]
>Shoot the T-15s with LLG [Surprise encounter and regular round.]
>Move into the T-15s tile, board the T-15s, capture the crew, crew their tanks.

Rolled 3, 6, 7, 3, 9, 10 = 38 (6d10)

>>5640905
Botting C-7 Vilgerson (F)

>Initiative [Use J-5 Radio]
>Shoot twin 2cm cannons and 2x 5cm cannons at the T-8s in X41.
>Move 2 W, 1 NW
>Dig in.

>>5640905
Botting R-8 Volger.

>Initiative
>Shoot the T-8s with 3.7cm cannon
>Move 3 east to hide in smoke.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>5641543
Forgot dice roll for INI.

Rolled 6, 5 = 11 (2d10)

>>5640905
My gift of intuition has been lost, if I ever had it. But maybe the tanks still shoot straight.

>Turn
Rolls: init, spot
>Fire: Soon...?
>Move: NW, Pivot N ending on mm44

Rolled 9, 4, 4, 2, 5 = 24 (5d10)

>>5640905
>Initiative
>Shoot AP at Sglaza. [Same deal as last time, not sure how the "popping out of smoke to shoot" thing interacts with initiative, my intent is to shoot her if she pops out. If I have to quasi-RF to do so then I do that. If the quasi-RF means I can't move then I'll prioritize shooting over moving.]
>Move SW onto road, S, S into town.
>Dig in.

>>5641351
>>5641350
I can't say I'm not disappointed since I really tried to make the conclusion of this something special, but I understand. Not like anybody signed a contract or anything. I'll just have to remember to keep the preamble shorter next time.

>>5641564
R-9 and J-1 could use your help boxing in the BM-7, as I understand it the vehicle is uparmoured and R-9 can't pen it without crits, so getting in flanking/rear attacks is pretty important. I think Freddy wanted you to go one tile south and face west(?) but really any help boxing it in would be nice.

Wester and Eberhardt have the east well in hand as one of them has AT rifles with marksman equipment and it'll be a few turns before the tanks get close enough to threaten us.

>>5641568
Sorry about the disappointing attendance for the conclusion tanq. For what it's worth, I really enjoyed it even if I didn't really show it with my tardiness and lack of RP. Pretty unique scenario, very complex.

>>5641568
Hey who knows maybe a lot of the fellas MIA will return next op.

>>5641568
Sorry about that, hope you don't beat yourself up about it.

Personally I'm all for getting us across the finish line and exploring the narrative repercussions for doing so.

Rolled 2, 9, 8 = 19 (3d10)

>>5640905
>Init
>Spot
>Fire T-8 next to R-4
>Fire Smoke on 43Z
>Rotate S, Move 50cc

Rolled 7, 10, 8, 8, 9, 4, 7, 1, 9, 2, 10, 6, 9, 5, 5, 5, 3 = 108 (17d10)

>>5640905
>Dismount
>Fire Rifles, MG's and T/24 MG's at the BM-5's at NN38
>Initiative, 4x Rifles | x4 Infantry MG's | x8 T/24 MG's
>Pivot T/24's East (if it matters)
>Dig In
Let's give these poor excuses for mounted troops a heroes welcome for showing up to fight at last.

>Krasnyy lives through the war crime bomb after being killed once before in this mission
How does he keep getting away with it? There has to be some kind of bat magic happening here, what devils has he offered his soul to in exchange for immortality?

Rolled 4, 10, 7, 6 = 27 (4d10)

>>5641224
>Botting J-2 Gabriel
>Initiative: Use Radio initiative if better
>Spot
>Fire+Maneuver Phase: Fire both Cannons at Sglaza's platoon==>Maneuver 1SW
>Maneuver Phase: Ready another Fire Maneuver for next turn

>>5641224
>Botting J-7
>Ini: (Use J-5's when mine is worse)
>No SPotting
>Fire: Smoke ee38, ff39, gg39 and gg40 (In best order)
>Maneuver: Move 3SE, 1S

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>>5641568
I enjoyed the rIMEs going off a lot for what its worth. Easily one of the moments of all time.
The Emrean Liberation War must have been insane. I take back everything I ever thought about the Emreans

>>5641572
Alrighty, I can help, I'm just nearly certain I'm going to be out of position no matter where I go.

>>5640905
Changing
>>5641564
Same roll of 6 init and 5 spot
>Turn
Rolls: init, spot
>Fire: Soon....?
>Move: Pivot South, Move South, Pivot West ending on nn46

Rolled 10, 1, 4, 4, 5 = 24 (5d10)

>>5640905

>Initiative: Rolling
>Fire: Suppress BM-5's at nn38 w/ 1x Rifle/MG, shoot w/2x Rifle/MG at nn38, shoot w/1x Rifle/MG at BM-AT at nn39.
>Move: NE to ii38, Dig-in.

>>5641090
I will see what I can do about setting up smoke next turn to give you a shot at getting out of here next turn.

>>5641711
>what devils has he offered his soul to in exchange for immortality?
Illger never died in that border raid. The Twaryians switched his body, mindwiped him and gave him a new alias. The cockroach lives I tell you!

Jonah could scarcely talk in the mask but he needed to make a point and he needed to make it now, frankly he wanted those tanks and the dilemma is that he does not want to have go through the agonizing process of executing the people inside so he decided to make a deal with them. taking off the mask so the other side can hear him properly he screamed to the top of his lungs "HEY YOU DIPSHITS IN THE RECON TANKS! CLEAR OUT OF HERE OR GET CAPPED YOUR CHOICE! AND LEAVE THE TANKS!". Jonah promptly put the mask back on and waited for them to answer

>Jonah offers to let the men at U42 go if they leave the tanks and weapon behind

tanq can my men pilot the recon tanks so we can keep them?
>Move W current position dismounted

>>5641568
Don't worry about it. If you want my opinion, you've been doing an absolutely excellent job. Every subsequent battle has been more impressive than the last in terms of scale, complexity, and spectacle so I'm very curious to see what you have in store for the last one. Hopefully the break we'll be taking after this is done will give some people the time to drift back in.

Rolled 6, 5 = 11 (2d10)

>>5640905
>initiative
>spotting
>Activate F&M to move 1x SE, landing at gg-35
>dig in with camo
>Salivate over the possibility of catching those T-16s in the flank

Despite his cool exterior Totmann felt fire in his veins as unaimed shells whistled through the air, missing his gun platoon thanks to all the smoke thrown around. Having dispatched 2 T-8Rs and 3 T-16s that somehow survived the raging inferno that had appeared out of seemingly nowhere (although he knew their source. Serves the Twaryians right to have their own cursed weaponry turned against them). Still, despite the terrible losses him and his crew, aswell as the fellow men and women of the rearguard had inflicted upon the pursuing forces, they pressed on. Barking orders at his men from a dry throat, the guns were quickly and efficiently manhandled through the wooded terrain, suitable paths already scouted out, towards their new positions. Apparently some enemy T-16s were gonna try to force the gap there, and Totmann relished the chance to add to his already impressive tally.

Rolled 4, 3 = 7 (2d10)

>>5640904
>INI
>Spotting
>Move S, Move SE
I'm very tired, so I'll skip my flavour text. But I'll say this tanq, I've been greatly enjoying this skirmish. You're doing a great job

>>5640905
Any remaining bravado the men in Adrian's platoon might have been feeling from their earlier successes in battle had quickly died away with the explosion of the rIME carriers. The eerie glow cast by the columns of fire gave the impression that they were fighting on the precipice of hell itself, and with it the ominous implication that hell was their inevitable destination. As the tank battle opened in the fields ahead of them, it seemed there was little his men could do but silently huddle into what cover they could find and wait for the worst to pass. Behind them was the headquarters column, and they would need to make sure that no ambitious mercenaries could make a break for the heart of their battalion. The rest would be up to the tanks.

>reserve fire with the flamethrowers

>>5642844
I wonder if it's possible to reserve smoke from grenades. Say, if the enemy rolls up on you and triggers RF, you attack them with 5 grenades and then the sixth one smokes your tile. You start the next fire phase obscured and won't have to gamble INI for a smokecuck.

Rolled 2, 10 = 12 (2d10)

siiiiiiiigh, Alright, lets try this....

>>5640904
>Initiative
>Shooting
>Move South down the road to get to FF-40.
>If there is still movement left Pivot West.

>>5640904
>>5643073
Pfft, sorry.
ff-40
Not AAAALL the way east to actual FF.

Rolled 4, 7, 1, 10, 7, 9, 10, 6, 4, 6, 7, 6, 6, 5 = 88 (14d10)

Alright, I think this should be everybody? If not, well, consider this the deadline I guess to get any last minute stuff in, since this'll take a bit anyways. INI and Spot:
>West Northwest Element
>Combat Car Contingent
>Sglaza
>Sglaza TDs and C-III Platoon
>V for Vrecon
>Sommervind
>Sommervind Suckers

>>5641447
>I hope this gets that flanking ATK bonus, b/c holy fuck is it going to be needed.
As a front flank, it don't. Sorry.

>>5641491
>I thought the mg would technically be able to button up tanks
Realistically, yes. For the purposes of the game, no.

>>5641567
How I've decided smoke for enemies to work in the past is, if it's not popped the turn of, then they count as visible but with a defense bonus, ie, always "popping out." It's not perfect but it's how it has to be.

>>5641711
>How does he keep getting away with it?
Who knows? It's a token this time at least.

>>5641837
>can my men pilot the recon tanks so we can keep them?
Inexpertly, but yes. Basically, they can't fight in them, but stealing them is a different story than having to use them properly.

>>5641931
Honestly the last one should be more simple. I'm pretty sure I made this one too complex with all the backend loading, but I also didn't want to be absolutely certain that, you know, the alternate route wouldn't be taken where you hand over the weird talking blondie, especially considering with the short structure of things, there's not a lot of time to get attached like would be ideal.

>>5642903
>I wonder if it's possible to reserve smoke from grenades.
It'd be fun, but reserved fire is meant to be targeting enemies, and smoke doesn't do that. I'd have to think on the potential impact of it more.

>>5643204
Another question, Can I drive the tanks over to a recon squad and hand them off to them and get them to use it.

>>5643236
>Can I drive the tanks over to a recon squad and hand them off to them and get them to use it?
Unit reorganization is a post-battle affair, so no, when a subunit is knocked out it usually means that, at least in the short term, the crew is in no place to immediately get back into the fight. Afterwards though any spare materiel can be used to reequip.

>>5643295
Another question can I hand over the captured materiel to hq and have it join the caravan so I don't have to manage another unit

>>5643367
Yes.

Wanted to get it out last night, but alas. Update soon.

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>SURPRISE ENCOUNTER- Voronovich BM-7-37s- (INI Victory, 14 vs R-9’s 6) Attacks R-9 Orlik, ATK 4 vs DEF 2+1, 4+ to Hit, Multi-Attack Weapon. (Rolled 3, 2, 1, 5, 9, 2) 2 Hits, PRC 3 vs ARM 2. (Vehicles 3 and 4 hit for 1 damage)
>SURPRISE ENCOUNTER- (INI Victory, 8 vs C-5’s 5) Red Blade T-15s- Attacks C-5 Martins. ATK 2 vs DEF 1, 4+ to Hit. (Rolled 9, 1, 9) Two Hits, PRC 5 vs ARM 4. (Vehicles 2 and 3 take 1 Damage)
>INI 15(Wesker’s Initiative Roll Swapped by Wanderer’s Wry)- W47 Sommervind NEKV-7Ks- Attacks J-2 Gabriel with LLG Shells. ATK 4+1 (Gas) vs DEF 3, 3+ to Hit. (Rolled 7, 6). Hits both subunits, 1 Stun Damage Each.
>INI 14- X54 Kryuk CSU-IIIs- Utilizes Reaper’s Path to ignore Smoke Obstruction. Attacks C-5 Martins, ATK 6 vs DEF 1, Auto-Hit. 2 Hits, PRC 7 vs ARM 4, +1 Damage. (Vehicle 1 is hit twice and Knocked Out, C-5 Martins is WOUNDED)
>INI 14- R-4 Von Eschenz- Attacks X41 T-8s. (Rear Flank- -2 Armor, -1 Defense) ATK 4 vs DEF 3-1, 3+ to Hit. 1 Hit, 1 Crit. Extra Damage from PRC 3 vs ARM 0. Two targets destroyed.
>INI 14- R-8 Volger- Attacks X41 T-8s. ATK 2 vs DEF 3, 6+ to Hit. (Rolled 6) 1 Hit, PRC 3 vs ARM 1, extra damage. Target Destroyed.
>INI 13- R-9 Orlik- Attacks Voronovich BM-7-37s. PRC 2 vs ARM 2 requires 10s to Hit. 1 Hit, 1 Damage.
>INI 13- D-11 Eberhardt- Suppresses, attacks nn38 BM-5s, nn39 BM-AT. ATK 2 vs DEF 5, 7, 8 to hit. Suppression fails, no hits.
>INI 13- J-8 Degenhardt- Attacks Z49 Sglaza C-Vs, ATK 4 vs DEF 4+1, 6+ to Hit. No Hits.
>INI 12- aa53 Be Platoon C-IIIs- Attacks C-3 Lutzow-Spelinger. ATK 4 vs DEF 1, 2+ to Hit. (Front Flank- -2 Armor) (Rolled 6, 10, 4) 2 Hits, 1 Crit. PRC 6 vs ARM 4-2, +2 Damage. (Vehicles 1, 2, 4 are Knocked Out, C-3 Lutzow-Spelinger is WOUNDED)
>INI 12- D-6 Wester- Attacks nn38 BM-5s. ATK 4+1, 4 vs DEF 5, 5+, 6+ to Hit. 2 Crits, 7 Hits. Target Destroyed.
>INI 12(Rufia’s Initiative Roll Swapped by Wanderer’s Wry)- - J-5 Wesker- Attacks Z49 Sglaza C-Vs. ATK 6 vs DEF 4+1, 4+ to Hit. Misses. Hits One W46 Red Blades T-15 with LLG and Subdued.
>INI 12- J-2 Gabriel- Unable to attack due to being struck with LLG effect.
>INI 12- D-8 Vilgerson- Deploys LLG in U42. Attacks U42 Red Blades Light Rifles, ATK 3 vs DEF 4+1, 7+ to Hit. 3 Hits, 1 Crit.
>INI 11- R-7 Wespe- Attacks Y37 T-16s. (Front Flank- -2 ARM) ATK 2 vs DEF 3, 6+ to Hit. No hits.
>INI 11– U42 Red Blades m/28Vs- Deploys Smoke Racks
>INI 11– U43 Red Blades VpK-2s- Attacks D-4 Gauthier- ATK 2 vs DEF 4+1, 8+ to Hit. (Rolled 2, 3, 7, 9, 8, 6) Two Hits. (Squads 1, 4 take 1 Damage)
>INI 10- R-3 Unterbrust- Attacks X54 Kryuk CSU-IIIs. (Rear Flank- -2 ARM, -1 DEF) ATK 5 vs DEF 4-1, 3+ to Hit. PRC 3, 2 vs ARM 3-2. Target Destroyed.
>INI 10- Z49 Sglaza C-Vs- Attacks J-8 Degenhardt. ATK 5 vs DEF 1+1, 2+ to Hit. (Rolled 1, 8) 1 Hit. 6 PRC vs 1 ARM, +2 Damage. (Vehicle 3 is Knocked Out)

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>INI 10- J-3 Niel- Attacks pp40 BM-5s. ATK 5 vs DEF 5, 5+ to Hit. No Hits.
>INI 10- D-4 Gauthier- Attacks U43 Red Blades VpK-2s. ATK 4 vs DEF 4+1, 6+ to Hit, Flamethrowers require 10. (Knife Fighter- All Hits Crit) 1 Grenade Crit, 2 Incendiary Crits, Target Destroyed.
>INI 10- R-10 Von Carlstadt- Attacks aa53 Be Platoon C-IIIs. ATK 2 vs DEF 3, 6+ to Hit. (Front Flank, -2 ARM) 1 Crit. PRC 3 vs ARM 4-2, 2 damage.
>INI 10- D-1 Krogh- Attacks cc36 T-8s. (Rear Flank- ARM -2, DEF -1) ATK 2 vs DEF 3-1+1, 6+ to Hit. 1 Grenade Crit, 2 Grenade Hits, 1 Flamethrower Crit. PRC 2 vs ARM 1-2, Extra Damage. Target Destroyed.
>INI 10- D-12 Krachen- Deploys Smoke. Attacks nn39 BM-AT. ATK 2 vs DEF 5, 8+ to Hit. 1 Hit, Target Destroyed.
>INI 9- ll46 Voronovich BM-7-37s- Attacks R-9 Orlik. ATK 4 vs DEF 2+1, 4+ to Hit. (Rolled 10, 9, 1, 4, 3, 4) 1 Crit, 3 Hits. (Vehicle 1 Crit for 2 Damage, Vehicle 3 hit for 2 damage and Knocked Out, Vehicle 2 hit for 1 damage)
>INI 9- W46 Red Blades T-15s- Attacks C-5 Martins. ATK 2 vs DEF 1, 4+ to Hit. (Rolled 9, 3) 1 Hit, PRC 5 vs ARM 4. (Vehicle 3 is hit for 1 damage)
>INI 9- C-1 Vix- Fires Smoke
>INI 9- C-4 Kannenpflanze- Shells W47 Sommervind NEK-7Ks with LLG. Saturation achieved. Target Subdued.
>INI 6– Y37 T-16s- Attacks R-4 Von Eschenz and R-7 Wespe. ATK 3 vs DEF 4+1, 4, 6+, 7+ to Hit. (Rolled 2, 4, 6, 2) No Hits.
>INI 6- C-3 Lutzow-Spelinger- Attacks Z49 Sglaza C-Vs. (Front Flank, -2 ARM) ATK 4 vs DEF 4, 5+ to Hit. One Crit. One target destroyed.
>INI 3- C-5 Martins- Attacks W46 Red Blades T-15s with LLG. ATK 4+1 vs DEF 3, 3+ to Hit. Targets Subdued.

-----

Rufia Sommervind reached out one last time- grasping at the threads of fate didn’t work like that, but in this situation, she had to give it her all. One last clutch at fortune…then it went away, her body going numb and her vision blurring. The LLG hadn’t helped, and she felt like she could hardly breathe or see already. Now, as what could be foreseen fell away too, a hopelessness crept in. If they weren’t winning now…she didn’t know what could come next.

It didn’t take long. To the left, her own captured T-15s were passed by theirs. Funny, wasn’t it, she thought darkly, only able to recognize the vehicles from it being impossible for them to be anything else, with how blocky and big they were. Twaryian vehicles, driven by those who stole them. Her mother, her father. What was she?

Her thoughts were interrupted by all around being swamped with the purple vapor of LLG. Damn that Major, she thought as she began to choke, hiding within the tank hunter in vain as her lungs tried to hack themselves up through her teeth, If she had only been alone, the country could be saved…

-----

It was the end.

It had been a good fight- they’d beaten the hell out of each other, but the last tank from the flank had managed a crack shot. Be Platoon had done their best, but they didn’t quite have the firepower to finish it- and a flanking shot had cracked the turret right by Sglaza’s shoulder. Most of the crew was fine- she wasn’t.

Blood poured out from her fist clenched by her throat, her mouth opened but only red came out. A gesture- the sign language of the company. Everybody Out, All. Leave me behind. Whoever couldn’t escape, had permission to surrender. The command was quickly put out over the radio- and the crew abandoned the C-V.

Good boys, Sglaza thought as they went- they knew better than to question her command, callous as it might have been. Let her be- there was no familial crypt to be put in. She was already in the only place she would ever want to be buried or scattered. A place that was no place at all.

Sglaza hobbled off the tank, then her legs gave out, and she fell into the grass. It didn’t even hurt- and she rolled herself over to stare at the sky, to have something pretty, at least, to look at one last time. Unbutton that jumpsuit, won’t you? Give whoever finds you a nice corpse to ogle. But her fingers could do nothing but fumble, then her arms lost strength. She stroked the most precious of the names around her neck, as the molten sky burned, and storm clouds were already forming, the cold droplets of early rain beginning. What a beautiful, terrifying thing, she thought as it went blurry, and she closed her eyes to accept the peace ahead. The only peace somebody like her could have looked forwards to.

I tried my best, you know. Tried to get somebody else to take your place. My heart could move on, but my body couldn’t. Isn’t that funny? Well, I’m on my way now. Sorry it took so long…

-----

Things were wrapping up, the Major concluded as he moved markers about. The route of egress had little in the way of obstructions remaining- what hadn’t been destroyed or knocked out either by fire or LLG, was in retreat or quite outflanked. In the case of the forest, apparently, a battlefield agreement had been reached between Vilgerson and a party of enemy troops, that had retreated while leaving behind a clutch of reconnaissance tanks. The battle wasn’t won yet- and no matter what, there was plenty of road ahead where there could still be opposition, the only certainty was that remaining here for any longer, even if all the Twaryians behind were defeated, was simply not an option. More were coming- this battle was impossible to ignore now, especially with the towers of flame burning so bright in the night that it may as well have been day and sunset both with the long shadows cast.

“Major,” one of the staff adjutants sharply called for Major Yule’s attention, “Somebody’s on the old frequency calling for the commander. Right now, is that you?”

“It is,” Yule answered, “Put me through.” A click. “Who is this?”

An accented voice came through with a crackle. “Second in command of the people you’re fighting to the south.”

“Then you’d best be offering your sword,” Yule warned.

“Actually, parley is on the mind.”

“Parley? No.” Yule had been keeping up with the tactical situation. Despite the fact that one of the panzer platoons had been mauled in the doing so, much of the enemy force had been knocked out, and what was left was hopelessly outflanked. He had a complete superiority of positioning…to the south, at least. “You’re screwed. Surrender while there is time for you to do so.”

“The Twaryians are advancing still, aren’t they?” Yule hesitated, and the sharp mercenary picked up on it even though it was only a breath’s length. “We’re beaten, we know that. Already run up the truce flag and such. You’ve got your turncoats. If you let us go with what vehicles we’ve got left, we’ll broker a ceasefire right away with the Twaryians on your tail. Let us get away, and you get just enough time to get away yourselves.”

Yule considered it. “And if I’d rather take your vehicles? You don’t think we’ll just let you sabotage them, do you?”

“Then we won’t call a truce. Your choice. Either way, we’re done fighting.”

>Accept the Terms- End the Battle
>Refuse the Terms- Continue the Battle

>>5644040
tanq, you forgot the mortar smoke called in for this turn >>5641415. Would've saved us a lot of grief.

>>5644050
Also, the demo charge is supposed to be set on the carrier in D-10's tile, not in D-5's.

>>5644040
>Accept the Terms- End the Battle

Recover our knocked out stuff plus Sommervind's equipment.

>>5644040
Will a ceasefire allow us to get back the tanks in the last remaining traitor tank platoon aswell? Also do we get to tow the wrecks that havent been overtaken by the Ians?

>>5644037
"HEY HEY BUDDY WHERES THE..ah forget about it" Jonah sighed as he watched the turn coats run away, he really wanted their gear but hey beggars can't be choosers. He hopped into one of the recon tanks and tried to remember what her sister told him about driving tanks which wasn't much but it was enough to start it and get it to clumsily move around, which was enough for his purposes but he figured he could also use this as a time to chat up freya. So he popped his head out of the tank and whistled for hoffman to get in and grab the radio while karl led the platoon for the time.

<<Hey Freya its Jonah I need your help, How do you drive recon tank?>> Jonah turned the tank towards the south and followed karls vehicle through the forest as best he could.

>Move S
>Move S
>Move S
>Move S

>>5644060
Additionally I wouldn't mind the remainder of the thread being story/quest updates after we get post-battle stuff settled if you're up for it tanq. Kind of like a palate cleanser after three whole threads of skirmishing.

>>5644159
+1. I missed the longer narrative breaks we had in the previous two operations as this battle ground on. A good time to catch up.

>>5644040
>Accept the Terms- End the Battle

>>5644040
>Accept the Terms- End the Battle
The mercs don't have much good stuff remaining anyway, and what they have is liable to get knocked out if the battle continues.

>>5644040
>Accept the Term - End the Battle

Ulf released a tired and quite pained sigh. He was utterly done with this whole affair. The wound sustained from the beginning of the battle has been itching him the whole time, the scrap on his forehead opened again and all the blood loss and stress has been making him light-headed.

But his woes soon found their balm. Shooting had stopped in the forest and a quiet calm surrounded him, quite paradoxical with the hellish storm behind his back. Soon, the chatter on the radio revelead that the traitors and mercenaries were retreating.

"Fuckin' finally." He snorted. "Lads, lets ride these beauts to the road, the forest floor'll fuck up their absorbers." He slouched back into a seat, his tense shoulders relaxing. Fucking hell, another battle like this and we'll lose the whole battalion. Or the war.

He reached for a cigarette and proceeded to offer another one to the nearby Holm, one of his sergeants.

"Wot now boss?" The sergeant asked, prodding a conversation with Ulf.

"Now?" Ulf lit the cigarette, a stray smear of dried blood revealing itself on his face. "Now I'll fall unconcious and hope I wake up with a big tit in one hand an' a bottle o' booze in the other..."

>>5644040
So, the smoke being forgotten is a very significant change of outcome. I ould be up 3 tanks and not wounded and sglaza’s platoon completely destroyed. Not to mention the flavor text talking about how I got mauled when I didn’t. Feels kinda bad. Btw, do we get Sglaza’s token?

>Accept the Terms- End the Battle

>>5644040
>>Accept the Terms- End the Battle
I'm a bit biased since I don't have use for captured tanks but luckily the consensus seems to agree.

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>>5644040

Even through the hole ridden husks her lads had made of the CSU-IIIs, it was hard for Freya to miss it when the platoon just beyond them was taken out. She hadn't even noticed that she was keeping an eye on Sglaza, but to her own surprise she'd already given the order to advance towards her tank once the mercenaries went to parley.

Outside her car, she looked down at the body with her hat held over her chest. Yet the lieutenant's face didn't hold the usual somber expression that came when a fellow veteran finally met their violent end, her brows her furrowed and her frown was deep. She'd learned to empathize with the enemy back in Sosaldt, to see the people past the uniform, but this was the first time she'd ever seen herself in another's skin.
[i]It could be me lying in the grass next, couldn't it,[/i] she thought. [i]Leaving my little ones all on their own.[/i]
Freya crouched down to shift through the dog tags around her neck, looking for Astrida's own. She may have wanted to be left here among the wreckage of warfare, but to Freya that sentiment was always just an excuse for mercenaries to accept the risk of their path. [i]Doesn't matter what you want now, does it? You're already off, so suck it up.[/i]
She picked Astrida up and carried her to her armored car, setting her somewhere comfortable for the ride. Whatever tokens may have fallen off her, Freya wasn't interested. It wasn't her that did the Evil Eye in, and at heart she was glad for it.

"Let's get you somewhere your boy can visit. Somewhere pretty."

>>5644153
<<Unterbrust, Lieutenant Vilgerson. Just treat it like a car, but it's got sticks for a wheel. Pull back left to go left, and pull back right to go right. Simple, right? Or left.>>

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>Accept the Terms- End the Battle

Movement
>Move N [Road]
>Move N [Road]
>Move N
>Move N
>Move N
>Move NW

>>5644040


>Accept the Terms- End the Battle

"Great job now drive me closer to those merc wreckages i want to get an closer look at very least and who knows maybe we can pull one with us if it's in rolling shape"

Rolled 2, 5, 3 = 10 (3d10)

>>5644195
>>5644040
Just in case I need to finish the turn
>Initiative
>Fire 5cm Pintle MG and 5cm HE at BM-5s at ll44
Move Southwest, Southwest to hh41

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>5644296

>>5644040
>>Accept the Terms- End the Battle
Seems like we stand a good chance of losing more than we get if we push it.

>>5644040

>Accept terms- End the battle

>>5644290

<<Yep got it. Well I actually got it before I called you, but you know I just wanted to chat and all that. The suspension in this thing is abhorrent however got me bouncing up and down on my own seat>> jonah let out a weak chuckle, god he's always felt awkward before but flirting or trying to flirt really makes him squirm in his seat. Maybe he should ask karl for advice, he doesn't know why but the guy seems like the guy to get dates.

Meanwhile on the commanders seat of jonah's tank hoffman watched the large pillar of fire continue to blaze behind them. he wondered if the war will come to his home and he'll be forced to watched his town burn. he shook his head and pushed those thoughts out of his mind and fished around for something in his pouch of grenades, An orange cream soda probably expired and a good chance they'll be throwing this up once they have time to properly camp.

"Jonah" Hoffman shifted a bit so he give jonah a kick to the head to get his attention.

"What!?" Jonah got off the radio though he was still half listening in for a response.

"This is for you" He tossed the soda over to jonah who caught, inspected it, and immediately looked disgusted.

"Eugh, Orange Cream? Really? Don't you have Root beer lying around somewhere?" Jonah looked back up at hoffman who gave him a smug smile and pulled out a root beer, sadly for jonah he promptly opened and drank it.
"What about karl?" Jonah opened his and took a swig out of it.

"Hold on" Hoffman popped his head out of the turret and whistled to grab karl's attention
"KARL UNDER YOUR SEAT!" Hoffman waited a few moments and karl gave a thumbs up. Jonah on the other hand radioed karl

<<Is it root beer?>>
<<It's root beer>>
<<Got Orange cream, I'll trade you for it>>
<<Ah gross, I'll pass>>

Jonah glared at hofffman shocked by his betrayal and he responded by holding his root beer bottle for a toast. "Cheers?"

"Cheers." Jonah and hoffman toasted themselves for a job well done and drank their drinks all the way out of the forest.

>>5644040
>Accept the Terms- End the Battle

>>5644040
We shattered the better part of a Twaryian tank regiment, if we can egress cleanly with just the losses we have taken it will be a battle worthy of legend.

>Accept the Terms- End the Battle

>>5644040
>Accept the Terms- End the Battle
Lets just get it over with.

Sorry I didn't get to this earlier, but I pretty much posted the update then slept until it was time to go to work.

>>5644050
>>5644228
I did forget that. I'll amend the results, though it does make me think that I really need to revamp how indirect fire and especially mortars work because those are in a really, really, really bad place, where if the enemy had equal access to them then it would be the worst shit imaginable to play against. The necessity for a rework aside, right now I just forget about it constantly, from both sides. Artillery was supposed to come down this turn from the enemy too- and Sglaza's vehicles had another weapon I completely forgot to use. I'm not going to pull evens stevens for forgetting my part of assets while forgetting yours, but I do have to emphasize that I'm not going to redo everything, just the smoke part.
>>5644058
That one is actually from an earlier turn,though.

>>5644060
>>5644084
You will not have time to recover equipment unable to proceed under its own power. In case the strategic situation wasn't clear, you're not holding a triumphal march, you're running, and don't really have the tow capacity to drag everything while remaining able to defend yourselves. The Red Blades by default have given up their intact tanks, though.

>>5644740
Noted, at least we get back the 24-32s and T-15s then, plus Sommervind's panzerjaegers.

>>5644740
Rip C-V prize tank, we hardly knew ye. Still, we made out like bandits here so no worries about not being able to salvage any of our losses.

Also yeah smoke-cucking is honestly really powerful with how its set up right now. I think that from a balance perspective recon should be the only ones being able to use instantaneous smoke. From other sources how about having it take the whole shooting phase to actually fill out the tile, maybe having it last a turn longer. This way smoke can still be used in the same turn to block reserve fires for example, or for shaping the battlefield, but without the same ability to hamper shots.

>>5644740
>That one is actually from an earlier turn,though.
Right you are. I just checked and that one's been there for ages. So it's not a matter of confusion. As an addendum, since we're clearing out, is it possible to have the demo charge on that last carrier on a time delay fuse (about a turn or so, give or take, so that every one of our guys that's there gets to clear out)?

>I did forget that. I'll amend the results, though it does make me think that I really need to revamp how indirect fire and especially mortars work because those are in a really, really, really bad place, where if the enemy had equal access to them then it would be the worst shit imaginable to play against.
Smoke, in general, is pretty busted right now, yeah. The vetted Pan-Hs from the second operation were extremely frustrating, but the way mortars come in at the very top of the INI stack dials the annoyance factor up to eleven. If I may, the simplest solution I can posit is having mortars come in at the very end of the fire phase. This way they are more responsive than howitzers, but not quite as broken as they are right now. Alternatively, you could up the delay on all types of indirect fire by 1 turn. This would be more realistic (each turn is 2-5 minutes or so, right? Interwar fires were pretty unresponsive), but also an absolute pain in the ass to resolve on your end, so I'd stick with the former suggestion. Some sort of a limit on smoke/gas/other munitions for regular units also could be considered.

>I do have to emphasize that I'm not going to redo everything, just the smoke part.
Hopefully that includes C-3 not being utterly decimated. Those moves were planned in advance with expectation of smoke cover. Without it, C-3 wouldn't even be in that compromising of a position with their flank facing the C-III platoon.

>>5644740
>In case the strategic situation wasn't clear, you're not holding a triumphal march, you're running, and don't really have the tow capacity to drag everything while remaining able to defend yourselves.
But can we drag *something*? We probably won't be able to repurpose any of it for our actual use, but at least one of those funky Caelussian tanks ought to go a long way in terms of proof of their involvement (as if the paramarines weren't enough), but also provide vital intelligence seeing as this war is about to go from regional to intercontinental real quick.

I inexplicably had no energy today and slept for all of it again. I don't know what's going on but hopefully it stops since my weekend's tomorrow.
>>5644803
>Hopefully that includes C-3 not being utterly decimated.
It will.
>>5644804
>But can we drag *something*?
The wreckers are presently towing some armored cars, I'd have to go back to count them properly, but there's a couple that would be free for something else.
Technically speaking equipment alone isn't really worth much as evidence, mercenaries are common and Caelus sells weapons to a lot of people.

>>5644040
>Accept the Terms- End the Battle
How the hell did I end up in the rearguard. . .I haven't the guts to fend off these T-16s. There's no sense in fighting more, let's scurry away.

>Mount up
>Move S, S

>>5644037
"Had enough emotions for a night. The goal never even was to defeat Twaryi in detail or to have to fight Sommervind like we had to. A sad state of affairs. We could ill afford having not only to fight Twaryi, but Caelus and our own team?..."
*Sigh*
"Lets get out of here. Pull Martins out, grab Sommervind and her Red Blades. Fights done with just get them to cooperate until were out of here. No reason to let them get killed among Twaryi for what their commander decided was 'right'."
>Accept the Terms- End the Battle
>F+M: No F just M South
>M: Go down the road as far as possible towards the exit.

>>5645297
>The wreckers are presently towing some armored cars, I'd have to go back to count them properly, but there's a couple that would be free for something else.
Oh, right. Just remembered those. If memory serves, there can't be more than two or three BM-2 being towed. I also remembered that Raine captured at least a platoon or so of those 7.5cm guns. If at least two wreckers are free and we can do so in a hurry, it would be nice to drag away Martins' lead tank (it's one of those ARM 4 24-32s. Be a waste to just leave it) and one C-V. I don't think anyone will be against dumping those shitty armored cars for either of those in case we find our tow capacity lacking.
>Technically speaking equipment alone isn't really worth much as evidence, mercenaries are common and Caelus sells weapons to a lot of people.
Makes sense. Any sort of prototype tank we could present to someone as purported proof falls short of a platoon of Paramarines we've captured in terms of proving Caelussian involvement. Really, the reason I want to grab a C-V is so as to have an excuse to see what cutting-edge Caelussian tank tech is like (and so you can further indulge my tank autism).

Right, I should probably vote and do my turn.

>>5644040
Leo wiped his sword clean on the pant leg of a traitor that he'd just dispatched and watched as Altmann dragged their sole prisoner back to his tanks. Either he was much too enthusiastic when providing "encouragement" via pommel strikes or she had already been more or less completely incapacitated by the gas. He started to make his way back to his tank quite satisfied with himself and this particular victory. Leo was halfway through climbing into the turret when his gunner began to appraise him of the situation. It left a lot to be desired.
Though a great victory was won against the traitors and mercenaries to the south, the battalion was somewhat out of position in relation to the Twaryian pursuers from the north. Honor and pride demanded of Kannenpflanze that he stand and fight and extoll his less courageous allies to do the same. He fully believed that the battalion could easily reorient itself and crush the oncoming wave bat-ears and the one after that, but would the blood price be worth it? As loath as he was to surrender the field to the enemy that the battalion had been thrashing for the better part of the night, it seemed to be the only reasonable choice given their circumstances and orders.

>Accept the Terms- End the Battle

"Alright, platoon, we're getting out of here. You're free to break off an help our Martins' platoon if it looks like they need it or if our trophies seem like they're having trouble. Let's stop by that tank," he gestured towards one of the strange, squat tanks that had just fallen dormant. "Never seen anything like it. Let's have a quick look and then make for the convoy. We have valuable cargo for the Countess."

>Move SE, SE, with recrewed TDs (?) following.

>>5644060
If we're still moving:
>Move max South along the road

Also move the HQ as well.

>>5644040
>Accept the Terms- End the Battle

Forgot to vote. 3 C-IIIs and 1 C-V would be nice to capture but the Ians are about to catch our rearguard again (including me who misjudged just how fast those mech infantry were)

“…Wait a moment.” Yule took a brief survey from the troops- the general opinion was unanimous. It had been a long night. “…Fine, we’ll take it. Get talking to the goons behind us fast, if I hear any of my men are attacked in the meantime, the deal’s off.”

“Glad to hear some wise words. Just a moment.” A pause. Yule began to seriously reconsider when he heard reports from the rear- the enemy was halting their advance. “How about that?” the mercenary asked, “They didn’t require much convincing. Your group’s rather scary, it turns out.”

“Get the hell out of our sight.” Yule didn’t bother asking anything further. This truce wouldn’t last long- and the more time passed, the more Twaryians would be moving in. The pursuing force had been mauled, but there weren’t any friends nearby- a situation that had to be rectified as soon as possible. Whatever Red Blades could be scooped up, would be, and their materiel seized. It’d be stupid not to take what they could, but they couldn’t claim the field like last time.

…A small silver lining to the battle, though. Apparently, the reports concerning the devastation of Lutzow-Spelinger’s platoon had been a false alarm. Close shots making nasty noises off of thick armor. In a battle like this, it was easy to be pessimistic, he supposed.

Though Yule wasn’t looking forward to the talks that would be sure to follow, with the once amiable, now opposed lady officers that all this trouble had been sparked between.

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OPERATION 03- VICTORY

After Action Report Summary-

Combatants- Hageldorf Combined Battalion, Confederation Army 4th Battalion- 2nd Armored Assault Division, Red Blades Sommervind Company, Evil Eye Mercenary Company,

Enemy Vehicle Casualties-
>x29 T-16
>x7 T-15
>x18 T-8
>x10 T-8R
>x7 BM-AT
>x12 BM-5
>x13 Motor Infantry
>x4 Mechanized Infantry
>x35 Foot Infantry
>x6 4.5cm Anti-Tank
>x6 7.5cm Support Guns
>x4 BM-2
>x3 VpK-2
>x2 CSU-III
>x3 C-III
>x1 C-V
>x3 BM-10P Mortar Carriers

Captured Intact-
>x3 T-15
>x3 m/24-32
>x2 NEKV-7K
>x3 m/28V
>x5 7.5cm Support Guns
>x2 BM-2

Projected Enemy Casualties Including Infantry- Approximately 580 KIA or WIA

Friendly Vehicle Casualties-

>x4 m/31K
>x5 VpK-2
>x1 m/28V
>x2 m/24-32
>x3 Infantry Squads
>Additional Infantry Damage- 53

Friendly Casualties Including Infantry- Approximately 220 KIA or WIA

>All units gain experience- Fighting in another large battle will grant units another level of EXP.

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Leytenant-Polkovnik Kanav looked forward through his binoculars, then clicked his tongue and looked sideways to the columns of flame. Damn those special demolitions teams. They hadn’t helped whatsoever, and several of his platoons had been caught in the blasts of their infernal weapons. When an advantage had come and the remainder of his forces had caught up with the enemy’s main mass…the Caelussian pets had forced a ceasefire, and they knew it would be on Kanav’s head if he refused and failed the attack.

Which he knew he would. He had been in position to conduct a successful enough attack to destroy some of them, but it would not be worth the price that had already been paid- a disproportionate loss of vehicles. Better to stay back and hold the field, recover casualties and salvage the vehicles that could be, reorganize the stray elements of Moskity and garrisons into a proper fighting force again before setting out anew, perhaps with reinforcements from the division proper.
Worst of all, that irritating pest Krasnyy had failed to get himself killed, despite being caught in the rIME detonation.

“Leytenant-Polkovnik?” Kanav’s executive officer prompted him, “Will we pursue immediately upon them being given their delay?”

“No,” Kanav said back, “I’ll have a message sent up to the Division. They’ll send proper word to the forces south to watch for this battalion approaching. We’ll take the time to prepare a full report on their capabilities and distribute it. We were woefully underprepared to attack them. Their next opponents won’t have that misfortune.”

“It will like as not be somebody besides us, Leytenant-Polkovnik,” the XO pointed out. “Division won’t like it if you don’t have at least one victory to present them with.”

“A successful if costly reconnaissance in force,” Kanav declared with a singular pound of his fist on the command tank’s turret, a modified T-16 that merely held communications equipment rather than significant armament, though it was quite well protected and could fool most into believing it was the same as its escorts. “We hold the field, get the engineers and mechanics to work. They don’t have the excuse of not having the daylight to labor under, after all.”

“Immediately, sir.”

“Hmph.” Kanav crossed his arms and scowled at the enemy to the south. First the 8th and 10th, then Kobberhus, and now him. Apparently, the famed mercenary Sglaza, too. All had been defeated by this unknown band only referred to in interceptions as the “Hageldorf Battalion.” Were they from there? No. They were apparently an ad hoc collective gathered through by chance and circumstance. Yet wherever they were, thus far, victory had come to the heretic, when most others faltered. Units such as his battalion that would effortlessly crush other Vynmark units encountered thus far, even rival armored units, found themselves stymied by this band.

So if he was no match, he thought, who could face them?

Unthinkable odds were an option, yes. Better though, was a peerless force, also in odds to outmatch them. Let the Revolutionary Volunteers take them, he thought, the arrogant band that had been “loaned” in order to “crush the enemies of the free people.” Though they were said to be veterans of the first months of an ongoing civil war to the west, and what he had heard indicated they were as finely equipped as could be provisioned for…linked to their country’s military leadership directly, perhaps. Utopian Revolutionaries were a strange lot. For some reason, they considered the Twaryians their allies, though Kanav nor anybody he knew recalled agreeing to such.

There was also, perhaps, the elites in mass that Kanav knew of better- the 2nd Desantniki Regiment. Though they were called paratroopers, trained as them, the 2nd had never actually fallen from the sky into battle. There weren’t the aircraft for the first, let alone for another. So instead, they were an elite infantry regiment, particularly their first battalion, the Schturmovoy Battalion Aleksandr. Taking the name of the first kaiser as a sort of boast, they were heavily supported with armor and artillery, including new upgrades that Kanav would have most certainly liked to have had here. Alas, they were with those elites, who had managed to keep clear of the most brutal battles thus far. Saved up, maybe, for the coming days where the fighting would find Vynmark’s heart.

The most fearsome option would be a recently moved unit- the pride of Twaryian armored forces, the First Armored Division’s, First Battalion. They required no introduction- formed of veterans and talented troops, that particular battalion was said to have never known defeat- as it was reorganized at the beginning of the Ellowian conquest. They may not have held the prestige of the Desantniki, but they were the ones trusted to move armor en masse- and they also bore the best that Twaryi could get for them.

Or perhaps he’d find himself being made to make another attempt. What a fantasy that would be.

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So- the maintenance detachment for the Battalion has enough wreckers to tow four tanks- it takes two to drag one with any speed. It only takes one to drag something lighter, naturally. So what you want to drag off is open for declaration.
Moreover, there'll be more narrative posting, but if you want to do anything, interact with somebody in a particular way or the like, write it on in and I'll set to it. The fighting is over, and though there's more I'd like to handle this thread since we've got plenty of time for it anyways, that also means there's plenty of time to mull it over too.

>>5646019
This is missing the planes we shot down

>>5646027
>Seeing as the previous efforts to ship off the Caelussian infantry were frustrated, redouble them now that Sommervind is in no position to interfere, and make absolute sure all this evidence of direct Caelussian involvement is sent up the chain. Maybe I can add in the Mercs and Sommervind’s betrayal and reasoning as additional evidence.

I say we grab arty

>>5646161
Already captured 5 7.5cm support guns intact. I say that we want to nab as many m31Ks as we can, which I think are light enough to only need 1 wrecker per piece? We have 3 that got knocked out, if we can get 1 or 2 of them back into action that'll be very good.

>>5646173
3 that got knocked out somewhere we can recover them, that is. J-3's m31K is out of reach.

>>5646027
>>5646201
So...3 31Ks and C-V?

>>5646027
If we're grabbing the C-V, I'd like to stand nearby and node sagely as Vix nerds out over them (I'd ask to do that myself, but Leo isn't mechanically-inclined or smart enough) >>5644295. Other than that, I need to deliver sommervind to the countess so she can "answer for her crimes" or some bullshit like that. When would that be convenient (for me, that is, not the countess; she'd probably want to put that stuff off till later)?

>>5646208
Weren't you going to grab Vix's lead tank?

I suppose the three Recon vehicles captured from the Red Blades don't count as the tanks being dragged?

>>5646027

Acknowledging the Major's message over the battalion net, Casimir took off his headset. A wave of exhaustion came over him; the adrenaline high of a life or death situation finally wearing off. They had been battered yes, but another Twaryian regiment had paid the butcher's bill for doing so.

Grabak, Kobberhus and now Jagerfisk. All worthy battle honours for any unit. Perhaps the Lady Countess would consider converting the battalion into a formal one at this point; the Ellowian lieutenant had no doubt that this hastily formed battlegroup had likely given the easterners the bloodiest defeats of the entire war so far.

He turned back to the rear of the tank and bowed towards their passenger once more. "The Judge has blessed us today, Your Majesty. Looks like we'll get out of here in one piece after all. Let me get you back to headquarters. I'm sure Lady Haile could use your presence, especially after Captain Sommervind's.....actions."

That done the lieutenant once again opened the hatch of his m24-32, staring at the inferno to his rear. A blessing that the villagers had already been evacuated, but the near-certain loss of everything they had failed to carry with them
would surely be grievous when the news would finally reach them. The Twaryians had deemed them enough of a threat to unleash a horror of the Emrean War upon them; what else did the easterners have up their sleeve?

Despite their victory here, Casimir knew that the strategic situation was still grim. Despite the aid from its western neighbours, Vynmark could not stand against Caelus and her proxies alone. The Paramarine prisoners were the crown jewel of the Battalion's loot, one they had bled and died for, and seen the better part of a Twaryian armoured division thrown at them today. If the Landgrafs's northern brethren in Stor Ankomst could finally be pushed into action with a blatant violation of the Accords with this evidence.....

Casimir shook away his hopeful thoughts for now. There were still things to be done post-battle, and they still needed to reach friendly lines. Then, they could finally rest for a short while, and perhaps dream of more optimistic things.

>>5646019

Also decided to calculate the total butcher's bill for fun:
Total Twaryian Losses (KIA,WIA and Captured)
44 BM-Type Vehicles
98 T-8 Type Vehicles
67 T-16s
16 T-15s
22 Miscellaneous Vehicles
31 AT guns
23 pieces of artillery
2,030 personnel

Total Vynmarker Losses (KIA,WIA)
12 m/24 and m/24-32
10 m/24k and m/31k
10 PzA-13, VpK-2 and m/28V
545 personnel

Total will be lower because of recovery of vehicles and wounded but still a decent if rough estimate.

>>5646423
Twaryian High Command absolutely BTFO'd by an ad-hoc battalion of heavily armed crackheads.

>>5646027
You know I was wondering are people able to evacuate the country?

Also if able jonah would like to approach sommervind and ask why she betrayed haile, He understands betraying vynmark and all that due to his family's history and political leanings but he can't wrap his head around betraying what he presumes to be their friend

I'm working on an update but I've neglected to answer some things.

>>5646039
>This is missing the planes we shot down
True. There's a couple of RB-5 Reconnaissance Bombers to add to that total.

>>5646331
They were being towed by the wreckers, but they're quite small, and don't need to be now. That doesn't mean they're fixed, mind you.

>>5646423
Interesting, thank you for your effort.
Not exactly bad work you're doing at least when you're filling out reports to the higher ups.

>>5646517
>You know I was wondering, are people able to evacuate the country?
They're able to- but most are under the impression the invasion will be halted soon. High Command doesn't want to spark a panicked exodus- and the situation isn't seen as unsalvageable, yet. Whether it actually is, is yet to be seen, but the general routes go west.
Sodrakron for example has absolutely no official evacuation going on, anything happening is an independent affair, beyond the already evacuated zones. It's far from an ideal situation to say the least.

>>5646872
Just wondering, do we know what's actually taking the Naval Infantry so long to get their affairs in order? One would think that a supposedly elite unit like theirs would have a similar state of readiness. Or are they even more of a parade unit than even the Cuirassiers?