""Combat Patrol" - Force on Force, Afghanistan" Topic

Hey guys,

We´ve finally been able to finish another mission of our PBEM-games. It´s a smaller action (Mission 4 of our campaign) and unfortunately, the game time was up just when things started to get really interesting, but I want to share this report with you nonetheless:

April 21 – 17:20.

Its late afternoon in the Lagashkar Valley. The sun is still blazing on this unusually hot spring-day. The soldiers of Alpha Platoon are already exhausted, but their command is neither able nor willing to give them a break. The entire day they´ve been patrolling the area on the southern side of the river, looking for influx of Taliban into the region that might threaten Mayasaf. Some unusual activities have been spotted and the troops have been put on alert.
This evening, more combat patrols are about to be sent out into the Greenzone to investigate the area and report any enemy activity back to the HQ.

One of these groups is Alpha 2, one of the Squads from Alpha-Platoon stationed in the area. Their route has already taken them along a farmroad through clusters of small settlements and farming compounds. They´re halfway back to base when they suddenly come under fire – it´s only light rifle fire, cracking through the vegetation from one of the treelines, but it means trouble. After a brief consultation with HQ, Alpha 2 is ordered to push towards the enemy position to get a better picture of their numbers and enemy activity in the area.
Their advance behind the treeline leads them towards a number of compounds surrounded by fields. The enemy is probably hiding somewhere there…

Read the full report here