Fought At Hanover
2423 days 6 hours 21 minutes ago
Battle Report
Journey to Hannover Part 3/3
50 POINTS
So this is the final part of the journey to Hannover. We have now arrived at Hannover.
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We are doing quick missions and we rolled number 5 - Recon in force, using 30 pts.
The army lists can be found on the right for both us bundled into one :)
For those that havn't played the mission its the following:
Hold any 3 objectives to win in the beginning of your turn or hold the middle objective and any other on the map. So getting to the middle is very important for a quick win!
We set up our armies and rolled for who goes first, today it was Pelikanens turn!
Yellow stars = Destroyed
Red star, yellow border = Bailed Out.
Red Lines = Shooting
In the distance Kommendant Baron notices siluettes darting between the trees and houses taking up firing lines. He knew the battle for Hannover would be bloody. He just hoped that he would have enough tanks towards the end of the firefight.
He orders his company forward and sends his reccon element towards the forest line, objective #1, securing the flank and being his eyes and ears telling him of possible flanking movements from the enemy. The remaining tanks moves up and takes shoots at the Leopard 1's behind the stone wall. He is satisfied seeing two of the four tanks erupt in big balls of flame.
The left flank begins reporting that they have enemy contant to the north-west. Baron has no view there and listens to the report how they are recieving return fire from the Leopards behind the stonewall and their left side. They have lost two tanks. Not good he thought. A Leopard 1 sneak up behind a low parked vehicle, half obscured by a residential house. He is about to scream an order when the muzzle flashes and a milisecond later one of his tanks in the wheatfield makes sickening sound as metal is torn apart and twists. He looked away.
The left flank is holding their position, objective #2, and the Kommendant along with his small platoon of T-72M's pushes up the road in the hopes of reducing the range and increasing the aim, also now holding the main objective in the middle. He turns his turret and presses the firing stud, he is rewarded with an enemy tank exploding from within as his shell penetrates and ignited the ammo storage. The left flank scores a few hits on the tanks behind the stone wall right infront of them, but no explosions reported.
The Leopard 1's make a drastic move to counter the capture of the main objective in the middle. The BRDM2 reccon element transmits a warning of a Leopard 1 moving up to flank them. The two seconds it took to send that message costed the Kommendant one more T-72M. The remaining tanks fired upon the Kommendants platoon and he witness an additonal tank from his escort burst into flames and skids to a halt mid driving. He is losing vehicles far to quickly. The left flank reported having engine problems on one tank after sustaining a hit. Bringing down his total active tanks to a meager four tanks.
Suddenly the Leopard 1 tanks start exploding one by one as Frogfoots overhead swosh over and destroy the tanks. He knew the where coming, but their timing was cutting it way to close for comfort. The remaining Leopards where now in full retreat and Kommendant Baron ordered up his T-72M to pursue the enemy. It was 10.23 AM and alot left of the day. Today was going to be a good day after all.Alright everyone, that was the end of the third part of the tale!
I do hope you enjoyed it and if I do get around I will try and do another one if I can find a reason to make one ;) I hear Hof Corridor and Niederbayern needs some help :P
We played all these games in one day and we had alot of fun. I really do like the Quick Missions as I've stated over and over. I was sceptical at first since they where low points. But it does appear that it does offer a bit of balance if your opponent does take a force that is capable of fighting on low points.
Such as he did with taking Leopard 1's and has 10 of them instead of taking 3 Leopard 2. Holding or contesting objectives would've been very different.
If this was a standard Annihalation mission I would probably have lost. But I won on objective, which shows that anything could happen. He realized after he had begun shooting and he was about to pass it over to my turn that I held the main objective and 1 more. Which meant a victory in favour for me!
The more you know! haha :)
[---------------- FLAVOUR STORY TO WRAP IT UP! -------------------]
Kommendant Baron had dismounted his T-72M command tank and he had already ordered the salvage and repair of the tanks littering the fields. Both his and the enemies. Never waste material when given what you got.
They had just begun moving into Hannover and this was most likely the first of many skirmishes with the enemy as they would have to press on shortly again. The supply line was being brought up and established. From here they would be able to strike a Little further. They would begin with sending an armoured force. As soon as Hauptmann Wilhelm arrives they would move out as strong sledghammer, smashing the Wessies aside as they establish a Unified Germany.
Everyday the factories in the Warsaw Pact produced new machinery for the front. Replenishing the tanks become easier, but shouldn't be wasted. The higherups frown upon wasting resources.
Wilhelm was only 1 hour away. He would get a sitrep and than he would push again to use the momentum created.
He would stay behind and gather enough units to begin the assault in full force across Hannovers front. Hannover would be is own proving ground. He had already successfully taken the North along with his Soviet Allies. He had overseen the great tank battle at Hof Corridor draw to a stalemate.
Today he was planning on pinning the Victory of Hannover upon his shoulders. A medal he would wear proudly. All he needed was enough manpower and continued momentum to carry him forward and not get bogged down or have set-backs along the way.
Hannover would fall to him one way or the other...
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BaronWins
I have to agree, RiF is a very interesting mission. Terrain helped me, want to try again from the other side of the board
I just love how the 5 objective but different control options force each side to commit and then counter-attack at the same time. Even though I lost my on RiF mission, probably one of the most fun and interesting games I’ve played in a while.
@ CrazyIvan17 : Thanks Comrade! I agree that without that mission things would’ve gone otherwise xD
@ Storm Caller: Fear not my friend, I’m sure Pelikanen will give me a run for my money soon again
@ Bolo1066: Right you are my friend, they are quite stimulation and fun!
@ AlohaRover: Cheers mate! I like to take lots of Pictures for everyones enjoyment!
@ Nabeshin: Feed me your stars, they sustain me! 😀
Stop increasing your quality or I’m going to have to give you more stars.
I’m running out of stars!
Wow, really love where you have gone with the photos
The quick fights can be very very interesting to play and experiment with, especially on the smaller tables.
Great story, even if the wrong side won again!
Cheers
Storm
Congrats on the win Comrade! Recon in Force is a fun mission.