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Firestorm: Red Thunder

The Team Yankee Global Campaign

Second Battle of Hanover

60 POINTS
West German
Tyler_MK
VS Warsaw Pact
Leadgend

Week three of the Monday Knight's Firestorm: Red Thunder campaigns saw a rematch between the East and West German forces. The two generals who first faced off in the Defence of Hanover (here: https://firestorm.warconsole.com/battles/tyler_mk-vs-leadgend-1502759726 ) faced one another again.

We played one of the 60 point quick scenarios available here: http://team-yankee.com/Portals/0/Documents/TeamYankee/QuickMissions.pdf

With five objectives spread out on the 4 foot square table, and the winner the first to claim three, things were already looking tough for the severely outnumbered West Germans.

Outnumbered 12 platoons to 3
The West Germans prepare to open fire

The first turn of shooting saw several East German vehicles burning. But would it be enough?

The West Germans had no choice but to advance, in order to hold some of the objectives and prevent the Easterners winning early. East Germans tanks and BMPs were exploding all across the battlefield. But the Easterners were getting closer to knife-fighting range, where they could excel. And the West German advance only made it easier.

It almost looks like it's working

The West Germans did their best to prioritise the most dangerous targets. As T72s, T55s and BMPs burned, it began to look almost as if the Wessies might pull it off.

But the West German numbers were too few. As even a few vehicles were knocked out, their firepower eroded quickly.

With less guns to fire, the West Germans' impact on the Easterners lessened each turn. Soon the Easterners had overrun too many objectives, and the scattered few Western survivors pulled out.

Photographs of the following turns are lacking, as the embedded journalists and photographers in the West German force were last seen on a train to a labour camp in Siberia.

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