D.O.W. Steel Beasts Wednesday Mission 01/12/21 Brave Rifles mission 8

Dogs Of War Vu playing casual missions against Ai & human players. We used Steel Beasts Pro PE.

BRAVE RIFLES
Mission 8

5th June 1988, 2100hrs, Bad Eilsen. Orders to "Tiger" callsigns:

"Gentlemen,

The situation north of has grinded to a standstill on both sides. Casualties have been heavy, but the enemy division is stopped. It still controls the area north of us and we don't have enough strenght to deal with it, so it's going to be left for the heavy hitters later on... Aside from sporadic firing and artillery strikes, the battlefield is quiet.

East of us is, what we believe, a 2nd line Motor Rifle Battalion (-). C Troop fought against them today, and what we know now, is that their equipment is not the top of the line, but their fighting spirit seems high, and especially their infantry AT-weapons can hurt us bad! Currently we don't know the enemy force composition, deployment, nor strenght. But they are most likely holding the way to Lauenau, guarding the enemy main attack's left flank. Mines, scattered and laid, and AT-weapons are most likely found there. We also believe they are pretty well dug in.

Intent:
Tonight we will carry out an attack to defeat this enemy. We are to fully utilize the superior night vision and thermals we got to overcome the enemy and destroy his heavy equipment. Success here will open up a corridor to Lauenau, from where we can start engaging the division's "soft" parts, artillery, combat support, etc. as well as cut their main supply line to keep them combat ineffective for as long as we can!

This is done by first scouting the area east of us, finding the enemy deployment and planning targets for artillery and CAS. Then we will mount the offensive, supported by indirect fires and CAS, to neutralize the enemy and to penetrate through to Auetal.

Mission to units:

C Recon Group - recon the attack area starting 2250hrs, identify enemy strongpoints, minefields and composition. Send back a list of target reference points to Apache NLT 2355hrs. Avoid heavy contact and try to hide our intentions for as long as possible. If too much of your force and movement is revealed to the enemy, it is highly possible that they will raise the readiness and send in any reinforcements they got! Deploy to support by fire positions NLT 2359hrs to support Apache's main attack, choose the positions according to enemy deployment and your own tactical judgement. Prepare to move behind Apache and recon the route to Lauenau.

A Combat Group - attack in the direction of E30 east starting 16th June 0000hrs. Destroy any enemy defences you run into, and suppress the enemy not directly on your chosen route of advance. Take Auetal bridges. Prepare to continue the attack to Lauenau. by A) going through Auetal, or B) bypassing Auetal from the north.

Support:
The attack IS supported by all 6 mortars we got, the 4 King Battery M109s and a pair of F-111s. The targets for the flyboys are be designated by Apache CO and FO, according to the intel and TRPs provided by Crazyhorse. The 111s have 8 x 500lbs bombs, so we will have 4 pre-planned targets for those babies. Also all King Battery's ICM fires will be pre-planned, as they are low on ICM munitions. They have enough of that stuff for 4 fire missions. HE and Smoke we got plenty!

Conditions:
It's cold, cloudy night, with light rain. This reduces visibility and means the night is dark as well. Let's use this to our advantage! We know the area east of us saw some heavy combat a day back, so there may be destroyed vehicles littering the landscape, so BE CAREFULL with your target identifying! Also watch the ground - there can be a lot of mines laid by the enemy, AND the US forces that retreated through this corridor!

Any questions?"


TRIGGERS:
TRIGGERS 1-8: Use these to fire the pre-planned airstrikes and ICM strikes (according to Brun's plan, Feb 2011, based on Gibsonm's intel from previous mission, Feb 2011)


MISSION WILL END WHEN
objective is taken
OR all operational vehicle units are in the designated BYPASS -zone, in case order to bypass Auetal is give
OR you use TRIGGER 20 to manually force the end of mission


Video AAR of this mission, played by PE community members in Feb 2011, is available in YOUTUBE, as BRAVE RIFLES Part IV.


SB PE Version 4.268

This session was played on 1 December 2021


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