Israeli Turn 4...The Bn Cdr took stock of his current situation. The firefight n Rumani was still ongoing. The enemy Plt on the western side of town continued to hold its position. The arrival of the Hvy Wpns Plt, along with another Mech Plt seemed to stir up a hornets nest. Heavy small arms fires hit the Mech Plt from the north as it entered the town center. With the increased enemy activity in the town, he decided that the forces committed to that fight were to clear the town and the ground 500m north and west. They would also get priority on indirect fires.
His lead Tk Co was ordered to move along the main road and report but bypass any enemy contact. The trailing units, whether Tk or Inf would be the ones to clear out any contacts. As the lead Co cleared the village south of Rumani, it came under withering AT fire from the north, two tanks were hit and destroyed. The Tk Section of the Recce saw the missile launches and attacked causing the Sagger Tm to retreat...but the damage was done.
The lead Tk Co Cdr reported that he was 2.5km's west of Rumani with 8 tanks and no further contact. The 2nd Tk Co is ordered to follow, and the 3rd Tk Co is ordered to stay 1km south of the road.
The Mech Co (-) finally eliminates the enemy Infantry in the brush. With the loss of a PC, the Cmd Grp will have to give it's up in order to keep as much combat power forward...
