"Cuba Libre - Liberation Batrep 12" Topic

All,

It's 0930 on 1 Feb 1990, and, following 2nd Marine Company's successful amphibious assault, A Company, 6th Infantry Battalion came ashore at the Bay of Pigs landing site, moved to 2nd Marine Company's left (northern) flank, and began pushing inland. Things were going well until A Company was ambushed by elements of the Castro regime's 81st Infantry Company, 4th Infantry Battalion.

So far we've had:
1) B Squadron SOF destroyed a radar site in support of amphibious landings at Playa Colorada (5). B Sqdn then egressed and linked up with CLA rotary wing assets for their follow-on mission in Havana (6).
2) C Squadron SOF destroyed a the Cuban military's communications center.
3) 1st Para Battalion dropped in and seized a bridge to screen the landings at Playa Colorada (5).
4) 2nd Para battalion dropped in and eliminated a Castro-regime garrison to screen the landings at the Bay of Pigs (just west of (4).
5) 1st Marine Company, 3rd Infantry Battalion, made an amphibious assault at Playa Colorada.
6) A Squadron SOF attacked a Castro-regime SAM site near Havana, which failed to clear the way for B Squadron's helo assault into Havana.
7) 2nd Marine Company, 6th Infantry Battalion, landed at the Bay of Pigs then turned east and ran into a strong enemy force, which it handily defeated.
8) B Company of the UWG pursued and destroyed an enemy garrison in the Escambray Mountains.
9) B Squadron SOF conducted an aerial insertion into Havana to seize a radio station and broadcast news of the invasion.
10) 10th Popular Force Battalion seized and destroyed the Pedroso bridge to protect the Bay of Pigs landing site from the Matanzas garrison.
11) 1st Airborne Infantry Battalion successfully fought off a regime counterattack near the bridge at Sandino, protecting the western (Playa Colorada) landing site from the Pinar del Rio garrison.
12) 6th Infantry Battalion fought through an enemy ambush while pushing inland from the Bay of Pigs landing site.

The opposing forces, with Castro regime troops on the left and CLA on the right. The CLA are US from Pendraken's Vietnam range, while the Castro troops are Argentinians from Pendraken's Falklands range.

The CLA forces have a Command Stand, five rifle stands, an HMG team, an 81mm mortar team, and a single leader figure representing Colonel Colvasquez, their battalion commander, who was already decorated for valor for the fight at the beaches of the Bay of Pigs. The Castro force has a Command Stand, four rifle teams, an HMG team, an MMG team, and an 82mm mortar.

Overview, north is up. A Company entered at bottom left (southeast), while the Castro forces are spread across the top (north) edge of the map, to include in a small village and a team atop the cliffs at top right (northeast).

Things are not going well for the CLA force, and the whole fight hinged on this action on the CLA right flank: the lone rifle team there is forced back by enemy fire, hunkering, when the enemy charges; Colonel Colvasquez immediately grasps the gravity of the situation and throws in with the beleaguered CLA rifle team…

To see how it turned out, please visit the blog at:
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One more left to post from last weekend, looking to get some more fights in this weekend.

V/R,
Jack

Can't wait for Fidel to cry uncle, declare he really is a closet capitalist, or flee the island.

Thanks Mako.

I think it's going to take a little bit, but he'll be gone. Haven't figured out if he cries uncle, flees the island, or gets caught fleeing the island.

V/R,
Jack

Okay, you need to find a little 10mm guy with a huge beard and army cap :-)
Run an "El Presidente" scenario where Soviet paratroopers are trying to evacuate him, Mussolini style.

Ivan,

I'm going to, but they're going to be Venezuelan paratroopers, led by a young Captain of paratroops that would one day become president ;)

V/R,
Jack

It all comes together now.
Where were the paratroopers at the beginning of the original (only!) Red Dawn from? Cuba?

I believe they were Soviets at the beginning (jumping around the High School?). I painted up some of my WarPac troops in that same green and yellow camo.

V/R,
Jack

Or, Spetznatz try to get him onto a Russian sub, just offshore.

Could even have an underwater battle, like in Thunderball, with that one, pitting USN Seals vs. Spetznaz and Tiger Sharks.

Oh, if only those nice little 15mm armed scuba guys from Goblintooth were still available.

Anyone know who has the molds/masters to those?

Of course, the Spetznaz will need underwater assault rifles.

We'll need some inflatable boats, with passengers too, just for grins.

Of course, I'd be willing to game this in 20mm as well.

Mako,

Nah, I'm sticking with Venezuelan paratroopers because it plays into future Cuba-Venezuelan hostilities for my overall Imagi-Nation/Alternate History.

Besides, I don't have any suitable underwater stuff ;)

Hey, do you still have any of those Cobras left?

V/R,
Jack

In the end, we'll learn that every single game Jack has been playing is tied together in one, long mega-campaign stretching over the entire century.

Yes, Klink departed post-war Germany for South America, ended up in Cuba. His son departed as an exile, joined the U.S. military under his mothers maiden name, Banaszak… ;)

V/R,
Jack

Where did those Polish machine gunners end up? :-)

After WWII finished, Estonia ;)

Larga paracaidista vivo Hugo Chavez , viva la revolución socialista Cubana! ˇAbajo el imperialismo yanqui y sus lacayos CLA ! Viva Fidel y Raoul!
Cheers and good gaming.
Rod Robertson

Killing me…