Thursday, November 10, 2022

OGRE Batrep #13: "Hold them by the nose and kick them in the ass!"

United States Forces - North American Combine European Command [USNAC EUROCOM]

13:33:77 zulu somewhere northwest of Dresden, Germany.

"XO!" The Commander EUROCOM United States Forces looked at the Intelligence briefing sitting on the makeshift table in his field quarters.

The USNAC EUROCOM Executive Officer appeared over his shoulder. "Yes, sir."

"Fucking don't sneak up on me like that! How many times have I told you that??" The XO started his standard reply but was cut off by the standard response.

"At ease! The Commander stood up and started pacing. "The Russians are fucking around in my newly designated Area of Operations, and we need to put an end to it. They have armor assets as well as OGRE support running roughshod through Central Germany and they have Chechnyan units joining them. What the fuck is a Chechnya anyway?"

"Yes, sir. SigInt verified the force makeup this morning, and Chech-"

"Well, I have a plan." He sat back down at the crate-table and pointed to an area just west of their current position. "We have the Speedshot GEV Battalion and the Scattershot Armored Battalion both ready to move right now, correct?"

"Yes sir."

"Good. Give the order to be ready to move in 3 hours. They probably know we're here at this point."

"Yes sir. What orders should I give the Company Commanders regarding the battle plan?"

The Commander EUROCOM United States Forces didn't look up from his map. " Tell them we're going to hold the Russians by the nose and kick them in the ass! Post haste!"

Elements of Speedshot would feint down the left flank to hold the Chechnyan forces in check while Scattershot supported by a Company of GEV's would assault the bulk of the Russian armor on the right. The OGRE MKII was too far south to be of any significance if they moved fast.

Strategic Map:

Scenario - Four objective zones on the map with one 10 point objective in each players' deployment zone - these generate no Victory Points for the player who owns that objective. The players' must take their opponents 10 point objective to score those points. There are two 5 point objectives in the middle of the map on each side.

Forces involved: 150 Points of Soviet Federated States supported by 150 points of Chechnyan forces vs. 300 points of US EUROCOM forces. Forces deploy off of the table edge, with the USNAC EUROCOM Forces deploying first.

Objective - Occupation and Defend. Objectives on the map provide points every turn if a player has a unit wholly within that zone and is not contested. There are (2) 5-point areas, and (2) 10 point areas. The 10 point objectives are inside each players' deployment zone and the owning player scores no points for that objective. Victory Points are awarded at the end of each players' turn if the objective is not contested. VPs are also awarded for units destroyed.

Tactical Map:

Russian and Chechnyan deployments and first contact

Chechnyan GEV and Super Heavy assets move up to engage

The NAC EUROCOM feint would be blunted here, and the Chechnyans would hold this objective for the remainder of the fight

On the other flank, the Russians would try to halt the armored spearhead

Tactical Situation:

Bravo Company would not advance as the CO did not receive orders in time...

American EUROCOM assaults the Russian armor and takes the other 5-point objective

The engagement takes shape

Maneuver and initial shots - The Russian units are caught without support and unable to reach the objective

Bravo Company [Компания "Браво"] could not weather the fusillade of the American gunners and gets wiped trying to contest the objective

The lone Russian heavy tank would exact revenge with a well placed shot into the super heavy and contest the objective for one turn. It would not be enough.

On the other flank, the NAC GEV Company was wiped out and the Chechnyan armor and GEVs moved to harass the NAC home objective but were pushed back

The final SatInt images of the day. In the end, neither home objective was taken and the Russian OGRE MKII made a command decision to beat feet!

"XO!"

"Yes, sir!"

The Commander EUROCOM United States Forces relit his Havana and sat back in the LGEV he had commandeered during the fight. "Get me PAN-EUROCOM on the line. We don't need anymore of this bullshit in our backyard!" He unfolded his bulky frame from out of the vehicle and stretched. "How the fuck did they get a Mark Two in here without us knowing it?"

The Executive Officer started to reply, "Signal Inte -."

"At ease! We need to hunt that thing down and kill it. Along with the rest of them. Get me PAN-EUROCOM on the line!"

"Yes sir!"

FINAL SCORE:

USNAC EUROCOM: 264 points.

Russian/Chechnyan: 233 points.