Chinese Farm 1: "A Most Terrible Night" Narrative AAR

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Turn 13 cont...The arrival of Adan....

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Egyptian Turn 13...Egyptian artillery is relentless. Radio reports another Company Cdr is killed, a Bn Hq's destroyed, vehicles disabled....

Adan's lead element moving on Tirtur from the east comes under murderous fire. The extent of the enemy position is exposed....

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Egyptian turn 13 cont....The fight in the trenches is brutal. Many Israeli units take casualties and are pinned down. Some pull back...

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Israeli turn 14...Engineers and Para's arrive at Matzmed but the Pontoons and Alligators are fighting traffic,terrain, and enemy artillery along Akavish.

Reshef's armor continues to run the gauntlet between the Chinese Farm and the minefield. He pushes all available armor through the gap, attempting to widen it by forcing back the enemy over watching Lexicon.

The enemy Anti Tank/Armor defense starts to crack (?) under the weight and firepower from the Israeli tanks....

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Turn 14 cont...Gains are measured in meters as the battle in the trenches continues...

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Turn 14 cont..."Adan, Arik cannot clear the road. He has too much going on. You must clear it and escort the bridges to the point", said Bar-Lev. "Is Akavish open?" "Somewhat, but not enough for the soft ones" answered Adan.

Adan's lead tank company comes under fire as it deals with enemy vehicles just north of Tirtur. An Inf Company from the 162nd deploys to its left to assist, but the open ground they must traverse to get to the road....

The second tank company approaching from the east engages enemy BRDM-2 missile vehicles...

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Egyptian Turn 14..."Bar-Lev, Arik here. You must do something about the damn enemy artillery. It is falling everywhere and I am losing commanders." said Sharon. "How goes the road?" asked Bar-Lev. "Passable" responded Sharon. "Both?" "No, Akavish is passable" "Both must be open Arik. This is your responsibility." "I know, but I have much to do." "You agreed you could, no?" "Yes, but Reschef has problems. He is still 2kms short of his northern obj and has run into tanks. Has Adan started his move to assist?" "Yes, but his Bde Cdr reports heavy enemy resistance."

The Egyptian advance to seal the penetration....

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Turn 14 cont...The Egyptian Strong point defense east of the Chinese Farm...

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Turn 14 cont....Big picture

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Israeli Turn 15..."Adan here...I have the soft ones at the intersection" Southern Command.."It's your responsibility to escort them to "The Yard" Adan.."Understood, they must use Akavish. Tirtur is not safe." Southern Command...Arik, your status?" Sharon..."They are trying to drive me back from the north. Reschef is dealing with that....Southern Command..."Tirtur?" Sharon..."Almost, Adan's forces are moving up it now." Southern Command..."No good Arik, this was your responsibility, not Bren's." Sharon...I am here you are there. I have engineers and Danny's lead at The Yard. Where are the bridges?" Southern Command..."Coming up Akavish. Bren says they can make it." Sharon..."The junction is safe enough. Get them here while I still control this area." Southern Command.."They are easily hurt. Bren's force will move them up Akavish."

Col Nir's Bde, assigned the task of escorting the Alligators and Pontoons, plus clearing Tirtur from the east, were hampered by the soft sands approaching the enemy defensive positions east of the Farm. His lead Bn cleared the traffic on Akavish and made the turn up Tirtur. Star shells fired finally proved effective and the Israeli armor took advantage of it.

Col Nir's plan was to send one force west, up Tirtur as far as the irrigation ditches. Another force would turn north where Tirtur turned west, and attempt to isolate the enemy positions east of the Farm. A third force would keep the in those positions occupied....

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Your AAR's are always a good read, thanks for doing it. could you throw up a VP screenshot, curious about the losses to this point.

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Turn 15 cont...Reschef's armor is holding, but not advancing as it holds of Egyptian armor...

The enemy defensive perimeter is compressed around the Chinese Farm ....

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Egyptian Turn 15..."Rechef, this is Sharon, I have enemy tanks approaching the Yard..about a company. Reshef..."I have tanks to my front that are pushing hard. Some of Mitzna's tanks are back there. I send them.." Sharon..." Be quick, the engineers will be exposed"...

Reshef's advance is met with a a fury of tank and AT fire from the front and flank.

The enemy launches a counter attack into the Israeli rear area....(me...where the hell did they come from?)

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ORIGINAL: budd

Your AAR's are always a good read, thanks for doing it. could you throw up a VP screenshot, curious about the losses to this point.

Thank You! I enjoy enjoy the story that evolves around the game Here's the screenshot....

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That's a tight call! Looking forward to seeing how the battle evolves [:)]

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Sorry for the delay in posting new turns...video card took a dump! New one bought and I'm installing tonight.

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Israeli turn 16...The star shells ignited over the Egyptian tanks that had gotten behind the Israeli lines. Within seconds tank cannon fire erupted from multiple Israeli units. 7 enemy tanks exploded but 2 remained, one moving closer to the Israeli tanks!

The engineers and mortars, seeing the fight directly in front of them, retreat back towards Matzmed....

(Resolution is still screwed as my new card is giving me heartburn. Playing in a reduced res...)

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Turn 16 cont...The night sky was being criss-crossed by the tracers of Reschef's tanks. He was fighting in three directions; west, where the sudden appearance of an enemy tank company threatened Matzmed, north, against the AT line and enemy armor along Lexicon, and east towards The Farm.

The volume of fire and an attempted assault upon on AT position finally resulted in its destruction...a hole in the Egyptian lines had been achieved.

The battle up Lexicon had resulted in multiple enemy tanks being destroyed over 1500m away as the Israeli gunnery proficiency now showed itself...

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Turn 16 cont...Southern Command.."Where are the soft ones?" Adan..."At the junction". Southern Command..."Is the road safe?" Adan..."No" Southern Command...Arik, this is your call" Sharon.. "Listen to Adan, he has better info" Southern Command "This was your responsibility Arik. You say you can not complete it?". Sharon...I am fighting multiple battles. You are there , I am here. Listen to Bren." Southern Command...Adan, can the soft ones go forward on the other route?" Adan..."Yes, but the road is a mess."

The Infantry advance. Ada's Bde continues it's attack into the Egyptian defense.

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Egyptian turn 16...The calls for assistance over the Israeli commo nets are insistant. Enemy infantry continue to move and reinforce positions..They eventually isolate a company of Israeli infantry....