Yes Comrade Commander

[Mad Russian]

Down into the objective area we go.

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

What's this?





This attack is not over until I say it's over.

If there are still Americans in this area ADVANCE!

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

Our main forces are coming together but our mortar unit has become separated. I may have to question the commander of the mortars to find out how he ended up so far from the battle.

Hmmmm.....

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

YES!

Our continued attack brings good results. The American HQ unit is attacked and some of their Command/Control equipment has been destroyed and the rest have run for their lives.

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

And even more destruction for the Americans when the VVS joins in the battle!

Now comrade....MOVE!!!

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

Still the American tanks sit in the village. Is there nothing that can be done to remove them?

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

They continue to chip away at our strength.

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

FINE!

Strike back with our own ground attack aircraft. Let them feel the deadly claws of our own steel falcons!

Good Hunting.

Mad Russian

[Mad Russian]

As great as the results are, we watch with a heavy heart, as one of our Heroes goes down in flames, while dealing with the capitalist tanks!

His Mother and the nation are proud.


Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

Move your forces back into the objective area. Put that village under fire and keep the Americans from controlling the area.

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

How many times must I tell you comrade?

Consolidate your forces in the objective area!

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

Things are finally going well!



When disaster strikes!!

A NATO artillery strike hits my command section. I am reported as killed. Which is incorrect, but I am out of the fight for now.

With shrapnel in 7 different locations in my body I won't be returning to this battle.

May you fight with distinction for the Mother Land!

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

The cursed NATO artillery guns. Where did they learn to fight with artillery like this?

It is the Red Army that is known to elevate artillery to the God of War.

Not the Americans.

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

Still the battle rages. This could still go either way and it seems to be slowly tipping in our direction. The American ground forces are in slow retreat.

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

Only to have the US Air Force intervene and end the battle. We are in no position to control the skies. It seems those that control the skies control the battle on the ground.

Give the order to withdraw.

But Wait!!! The Americans are withdrawing!

Hold Your Positions! We've won!!

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

And so, the second tutorial ends.





With only a Marginal Victory.

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

The Butcher's Bill.

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

Here are our final battle locations.

Good Hunting.

MR

[Mad Russian]

In conclusion, this was a very hard fought battle. As is normally the case when you use full Fog of War (FOG).

I made the mistake in thinking the setup would be on the reverse side of the hill and moving my tanks out first to see if that was true. Only moving my infantry the turn afterwards.

The tanks made the move but the infantry took heavy losses while I saw NOTHING but my own burning BTR's.

It took me awhile to figure out the artillery and airstrike mechanism. Which isn't all bad since for the first part of the game I had identified NO American targets. After watching the Americans use both OBA and CAS against me with great results I learned to use both of them.

Taking the Soviets kept me from using or encountering mines. That's the one item I have left to learn about.

Overall, the battle went well. I don't know what difference taking the wide right hook made. I had some infantry losses but moving directly to the village may have been worse.

With mines the Americans would have probably won this fight. Without the mines I barely did.

I like the game system. It's easy to learn and seems very intuitive to play.

Now, it may be time for a full fledged AAR....who knows....I've been known to do one every now and again.

Thanks for reading along with me and commenting as we went.

Good Hunting.

MR

[junk2drive]

Glad you are enjoying the game. Looking forward to another AAR. I don't usually like counter style games but WEGO makes a big difference.