"Operation Pay-Off Batrep 2" Topic
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29 Oct 2016 10:16 p.m. PST by Editor in Chief Bill
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Just Jack | 29 Oct 2016 6:10 p.m. PST |
All, It's 22 June 1990, and things are not going well for Major Villanueva and his men. They are in Agdir, Morocco, where they were charged with escorting The Ambassador to a meeting, but there was no meeting, it was all a ruse that led to a complex ambush. That was at noon; it's now about 1220. Villanueva and his men have been in a firefight for about twenty minutes now; they have suffered six of their 16 shooters becoming casualties (though The Ambassador is safe), and they have killed almost forty enemy soldiers. They got off the 'X,' out of the kill zone, by fighting their way approximately 100 meters to a building where they are hoping to hole up and wait for a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) made up of Moroccan Army troops and vehicles (this was coordinated prior to the operation beginning) to come in and save their bacon. But Major Villanueva is on the radio with the QRF commander, Captain Mohammed Massaquoi, at the head of a convoy of a company of infantry supported by a platoon of tanks, and things are not looking good. First, comms suck in the built up area. Second, the maps suck, and the meeting site is in a very inhospitable (to the Moroccan government), congested area, so both the Cubans and the QRF are having a hard time figuring out exactly where they are and communicating it to the other. Lastly, the Cubans are not the only ones under attack; the bad guys are also attacking the QRF. So effecting a linkup between two forces not used to operating with each other, in areas neither is particularly familiar with, with spotty communications, under fire, is proving to be quite a task. Major Villanueva: "Alright, everyone listen up! The QRF is pretty sure they know where we are and they know where they are. The problem is they can't get their armor in here due to being engaged, not knowing the terrain well enough, and it being too constricted anyway. They don't want to leave their vehicles as they'd be losing a lot of combat power, and then wouldn't be in a good spot to get us, our casualties, and their casualties out. They're sitting on a major fast route another hundred meters east of here; they need us to move to them. So, same drill as last time. Lead element fights us through, trail element pulls rear security and drags the casualties. Mouse, you take lead element this time." The teams, or what was left of them, quickly reorganized, took a sip of water, redistributed ammo, took a quick look at the map, oriented themselves to the terrain, and moved out.
The boys can't even got off their starting positions. The enemy makes good use of their RPGs; here a rocket slams into the building, knocking one operator down and pinning two more. To see how the fight turned out, please check the blog at: linkWell, I'll say this: if you like that batrep you're a communist! ;) I'm working on the finale, let's see if anyone makes it out alive… V/R, Jack |
Ben Lacy | 29 Oct 2016 8:52 p.m. PST |
Keep 'em coming Jack. Good stuff! ben |
Weasel | 30 Oct 2016 6:32 p.m. PST |
Urrah? That was a brutal encounter. Also, a ton of pictures, holy smokes. My kid actually read through the whole thing like a comic book :) Medals all around if anyone made it out on foot after all that. |
Just Jack | 31 Oct 2016 6:57 a.m. PST |
Thanks Ben, I appreciate it! Ivan – Yeah, pretty tough. Your boy and I probably read and write at the same level, so it all works out ;) You'll have to wait for the next batrep to see if anyone makes it out alive, hopefully I can post tonight. V/R, Jack |
Weasel | 31 Oct 2016 8:01 a.m. PST |
I had him help with the multi-syllable words by saying them LOUD and sloooooooow. You know how us immigrants get :) |
Just Jack | 31 Oct 2016 1:36 p.m. PST |
Yeah, can't really stand immigrants myself. The biggest reason is they spend most of my money ;) V/R, Jack |
Just Jack | 31 Oct 2016 4:11 p.m. PST |
Err, let me clarify my comment above: That is a poorly worded attempt at humor between Ivan and I. The first part ("…can't stand immigrants…") is pure sarcasm and directly related to the second part, "…spending my money…", which is a joking reference to my wife, who is an immigrant to the United States. Hope that clears up any misconceptions or misunderstandings, and sorry I didn't come back until it was too late to edit. V/R, Jack |
Weasel | 02 Nov 2016 6:06 a.m. PST |
Yeah, we were just goofing about :-) Please don't be put off. |
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