"Hauptmann Bayer... we've brought arms and ammo. How many fighters do you have?"

As she replies he unhooks his radio handset from his webbing and raises it. "As I was just saying to Mr. Fosters there..." he nods his head towards Max in the doorway. "We need to be clear on something. We are passing through, not staying. We'll give arms and help, but we need to be going before dawn. Just so you know."

Squeezing the send button he calls up support. "Support, this is Sunray. Move to church. Put the GPMG in the doorway to cover north and south approaches to the bakery... Soleblume take charge of the civilians and wounded, get Adam to help you. We'll see about setting up the AGS after, meantime Sergeant Thompson can watch the front doors with Dawid. OK? Over."

Bayer moves to each of the men in Assault... he will collect any weapons and ammo they may be porting and distributes it amongst himself, Minh, and Marcin. He goes to Maddock last...

"I'm going to the church, I could use your help in there. I need your men to hold this building though, alright? Tucker will take charge."

Once ready he will have Minh, Marcin, Maddock and himself move to the church to drop off some weapons and further assess the situation.
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Max nods a silent greeting to the newbie.

Yeah, right, we're just passing through.  Feet wet again by daybreak.

Maxs tone isnt convincing.

Bayer, am i assult or holding this building?


Max
kneeling at front door
AK-74 (30),  GL (HE)
Clarifing role

"Hold please. Need some men to keep this building... you, Snowy, and Tucker OK? Maddock'll be back soon."
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Roger that

Max stares out into the night.  Then turns to look at Snow

Hey, snow, did you have the AGS grenade launcher?  If we're staying put we may take the time to set up.

Maddock emerges from the shadows as Minh and Marcin enter through the backdoor, ugly little Sterling cradled in his arms, regarding the new arrival with flat dispassion. He follows them to Bayer, and nods crisply in response to his orders.

"Mr Tucker," he calls up the stairs, "You have the building. Mr Foster and Mr White will remain with you; we might send the AGS up from the support position, but I wouldn't count on it just yet. Hold tight, eh, lads?"

Waving Marcin and Minh out through the door in the lead, he waits for Bayer before slipping back out into the night.


Following to church
Silenced Sterling (29rnd mag)
Rearguard


[Private to Cap'n Rae: The Sterling seems to have a 34rnd mag, from which I deducted the 5 rounds you'd mentioned.]

Watching the round hit where he saw the Russian marauder duck back into the building, Tucker smiles confidently that if anyone was still there, they would be spread about the room.  He works the action of the M-203 forward and lets the empty 40mm casing fall to the floor of the window he's at while he reaches down to his grenadier's vest for another round (HE).  Inserting it into the tube, he closes the breech and brings the M-16 down to a low ready covering the building he just shot at.

He hears Bayer and Maddock making their way around the room.  Tucker looks to Bayer, "I left the rifles back with the the rest of my gear before we came here Major.  Whatever I had is there and I'll take it from here.  Just let me know who I got and we got you covered!"

Finding out he's got Foster and White to stay with him, he then replies to Maddock's call from downstairs.  "Roger that Maddock.  We'll hold and the grenade launcher would sure help if you can get it to us!  Good luck," he yells down to him and calls for Foster and White.  "Real quick, Foster, post up downstairs somewhere to get a good look at where these commie fuckers ran off too.  We think we got 'em all out but, to early to tell.  Stay frosty.  Snowy, I know we cleared the house but, it was kind of quick.  Give me a quick sweep to make sure we don't have anything or anyone hidden in here on us or any closets or stairwells that might be concelaed or covered.  I'll post up top.  Sound off if you've got anything!"

Tucker
M-16A2 [27/30]/M-203 [HE]
Directing defense and quick search of building

"You guys want the AGS? Ok, once support gets here I'll have it brought over." Bayer says to both Tucker and Max as he moves out the door.
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Max nods at Tucker, then makes his way to the front door (facing north as per the map), and pays particular attention covering east, away from the church, as that is where the last of the Russians were seen running.

Max takes a knee in the front door, covering East as best he can.  Its a little awkward, being a right hander he cannot get his weapon out as far as he'd like in the event of trouble to get a good los angle on the street.

Every now and then, Max will observe West towards the church.


Max
Kneeling
Ak-74 (30) + GL (1HE)
covering front door

"sunray this is knife"

"going to move to the field east of the town and set up an lp/op and hold there... will only engage if compermised will stay in radio contact with you...."


John will pick up his weapon and move to the field east of the city and move into a hide position and wait to report to the commander about enemy movements.




John
setting up a hide
G3 (74 rounds)
east flank cover

Quyen nods an understanding to Hauptmann Bayer... "I understand. Any help will still be greatly appreciated by the people here. Not counting the wounded, we have seven effectives left. Others might be hiding out elsewhere, but thats all thats in the church. Ammo is... well pretty much gone."

As the group readies to move to the church, she looks at Maddock in the dark and raises her eyebrows and gives a friendly upside down smile... "Minh Quyen."

Church group:

The team at the ROV pack up and head across the village cemetary to the pockmarked church, passing the corpse of a marauder along the way. The sanctuary is packed with civilians, at least fourty or fifty people looking tired and frightened, but their faces brighten somewhat at your arrival. Anneka is directd to a corner where a dozen wounded are gathered and begins the triage process, dealing with those whose wounds are serious but treatable first. Two of the wounded, one lung-shot and the other with an arterial bleed are not going to make it. The others, with a hodge-podge of various cuts, burns, broken bones, and puncture wounds, should survive and recover with the treatment means available.

The remains of the militia are literally down to their last 2-3 rounds each. The full AKM magazines you've brought for them are hurriedly distributed among the seven unwounded fighters and the loose rounds are emptied from your pockets on to a woolen blanket for reloading. Without prompting, several of the younger village boys and girls nimbly begin slipping bullets into empty magazines.

In the absense of Yazzie, who's trecked off on his own despite Konrad's instructions to the contrary, Dawid lugs the PKM up the stairwell to the church tower to join the lookout/marksman there and provide overwatch/fire support for the village defenders. The PKM represents an exponential increase in firepower for the defenders.

Blue, assisted by Adam, lugs the AGS to the church and sets up behind an impromptu barricade of dislodged pews by the oft perforated front doors.

Bakery group:

All is quiet in the bakery. Snowy searches the place from top to bottom and finds nothing out of the ordinary. This bakery, unlike many in this part of Poland, is fully functional and a few spare loves of stale but edible bread are recovered. The team, still vigilant, enjoy a simple but satisfying repast.

Knife:

You head east across the relatively open ground south of the village, making good use of the shadows cast by the burning buildings on the eastern edge of the village. Those at the border of the village have almost completely burned down; a few more within the eastern margin- deliberately set by the marauders- still burn brightly. You find a suitable spot for a impromptu hide next to a tall stack of hay and hunker down. Scanning the surrounding area through your scope, you see nothing of interest.

All:

After about an hour after the last shot was fired in the village, you recognize the faint but unmistakeable sound of gunfire in the distance. At first, it's just the familiar crackle and pop of AKs. Then, the deeper, throaty roar of heavy machine guns joins the fracass. After about ten minutes, the sound of the firing tapers off and an uneasy silence descends once again.

Actions?

OOC: By my quick and dirty reckoning, it is now around 10pm in Niepolomice, Poland.
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"sunray knife"

"in position on the south east side of camp behind hay bales..."

"have heavy gunfire off in the distance could be the ship???"

"will hold here and report any further contacts..."

John will try and asses the direction and distance of shots fire and try to figure out if they are coming from the boat.....


John
holding hide position
G3(74 rounds)
covering south east flank
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With Tucker being satisfied that the building is now secure after Snowy's sweep, relaxes slightly as he unbuckles his helmet but leaving it on.  "OK guys, this is our place for now, probably the night.  I'll pull first watch up here, Max, you got the first floor for now.  Snowy, since you did the sweep, you get first crack at some shut-eye and some grub.  Bread's a little dry but, looks edible.  Let's not hoard it  because it's not ours and these people are probably going to need it.  Max, you get next shift off your feet, than me.  One of us on each floor unless we get other orders from Konrad.  Check you're gear and let's get settled in.  I got bino's for the second floor person too."

Once the gunfire goes off in the distance, Tucker brings up his binoculars to see if there's anything he can see (in the dark).  "Someone's having a bad fucking day on the receiving end of that heavy," Robert says when he hears the heavy machine-gun in the distance.

Tucker
M-16A2 [27/30]/M-203 [HE]
@nd Floor in Bakery trying to see anything he can

Inside the church, Bayer looks about at the grim sight. It may be difficult to walk away, but he reminds himself he can't fight every battle... on top of his own mission. Besides, they did equip the town with arms and ammo.

As Support moves up to their new positions he operates his radio, "Knife, Sunray... roger, out."

Confident Tucker has got things under control at the bakery, he turns to Maddock. "Tasking? How about organizing the local militia, put half of them into proper fighting positions here, and the other half into the bakery. I'm going to expand our perimeter a little and have Assault clear another building next door."

He stays out of Soleblume's way as she does her job but slips up next to Adam. "Well we're here. You've helped them. What now Adam? Should I prep the team for a longer duration or return to the boat... how far do you want to take this?"

Regardless of Adam's answer he exits past Bluey at the church doors, and enters the Bakery. "Sergeant Tucker. Your team is tasked to clear that building across the street, and occupy it. Alright?" He notices they had begun to stand down for a while, but figures they could do so just as easily across the street.

A few minutes later the sound of distant gunfire is heard, followed by Yazzie's radio report. "Tug, this is Sunray. Send SITREP over?"
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”Sunray this is Starlight. Acknowledged. No change to sitrep, over.” Anneka replied briefly to Konrads first radio message.

”Sunray this is Starlight. Acknowledged. Out.”

Laying the RPK where she, or anyone else for that matter, could reach it quickly, Anneka began the heatbreaking task of assessing the wounded. Most could be saved, if with scarring, a limp or some other souvenir to show for it. Two though were beyond help. Maybe if she'd had a proper hospital, even a proper feild hospital like the one she'd been in command of just a few short months before. Sure they'd been short of almost every medical consumable - bandages, antibiotices, anesthetics - but at least they'd had most of their equipment still working...

"Hauptman Bayer! That sounds like it came from the river!" she cried in alarm. They'd left the tug virtually undefended and in exactly the same place the marauders had last seen it. She'd told them they should have moved it!
"Please send some of our soldiers to check. Or at least radio for a sitrep!"
She'd have done that herself if only the radio she'd been assigned had the range.

Quyen had helped lead the militia's defense, but it was a role she had accepted without the necessary training and experience. If anything, it provided a room and food. With the arrival of this mixed group, she understood they had things under better control.

Quyen approaches Konrad, "Captain, what do you need me to do? Want me to go along with your men checking the other building out?"

If he agrees she'll accompany him to the bakery and report to Tucker. Tipping her bush hat (she has no helmet) to him in a nod, "Sarge, you got me too."
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"Ja, Its ok with me. Sergeant Tucker is leading our Assault element right now." Bayer says on his way to the door.
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Maddock nods, and nuckles his forehead in response to Bayer's directives. He then indicates the new troop, Minh, with a quick beckon. He clocks Bayer's response, in case the Hauptman prefers her going with Assault.

"Right, no time for stories, eh, but you can be calling me Sergeant Major Maddock for now. How's your Polish? I need to get these militia organized and moving right sharp; that'll go a deal easier if someone they know is passing things along."

He scratches under the rim of his helmet, tucking the Sterling up in his elbow. "If they've seven effectives, we'll get them ammunitioned and three of them over to the bakery. I want one other backing-up our grenadier section, and the rest stay put here in the church. That makes us the reserve in case my Assault boys run into trouble, johny on the spot as the Yanks have it, clear?"

He doesn't make any of the questions seem like they need answers, steamrolling from point to point with an easy accustomed managerial manner. "Any problems, come to me, let the Hauptman," Maddock gestures at the departing German officer, "get on with the rest of this work."


The Church
Silenced Sterling (29rnds)
Directing the Militia's Disposition

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Adam seems unprepared for Konrad's question, stammering a little as he works up his reply,

"Well... er.... I... I had not thought much past a rescue. It seems the worst of the danger has passed, but the militia is in a sorry state. It seems to me that they do not have enough fighters left to defend this entire village. I am not a soldier, so I do not what else we can do to help. I know, Hauptman Bayer, that we can not stay indefinitely but I do not want to abandon them, in haste, entirely to their own devices either. What more can we do to help them before we must go?"

As he catches wind of the distant firefight, Adam becomes clearly agitated.

"What is going on? We must contact Uller on the Krolowa!"

All attempts to contact the Krolowa on the teams' various radios fail. The only response is white noise. It is unclear whether the radios have simply exceeded their effective range or if the reason for the loss of coms is more sinister...

"sunray,,,,, Knife"


"do you want me to move to contact toward the boat and snipe some of them off???"

"would be able to handle self"

"move better at night and by self anyway..."


John
waiting for instruction
G3 (74 rounds)

"Hauptman Bayer," she implored. "I suggest you take the majority of our soldiers and head to the tug. Leave myself and Dawid here to continue assisting the townsfolk."

Why had she not insisted the tug be moved? Why hadn't she demanded greater protection be arranged for the tug? She'd forseen the attack but deferred to the combat specialists who now appeared to have been completely focused on the tactical rather than strategic picture.
Anneka blamed herself for the current situation, there was so much more she could, she should have done to ensure everyones safety....

"Adam, you should stay here too. I know it's your boat, but emotions can overrule common sense in perilous times."
If Bayer did as she suggested, he didn't need the captain charging at the enemy in some crazy attempt to drive them away from his baby singlehandedly. Cool heads would be needed.

Snacking on a piece of bread while Konrad comes into the bakery, Tucker gives him a nod and a wave with his free hand.  "What's up Cap'n?" he asks him once he's closer.  Listening and trying not to show his frustration, he finishes his slice of bread and then slings his rifle/grenade launcher combo over his shoulder and putting his binoculars away.  "All right Major, we're on it.  Snowy did a thorough sweep of the bakery and it's clear.  We'll contact you when we're through across the street!"

Tucker moves out of the room to the main room of the bakery.  He yells out, "MAX, SNOWY!  Drop your cocks and grab your socks!  We got work to do!"  Robert waits for them to assemble and gives them the quick briefing.  "OK, Konrad wants us to sweep the building across the way.  We'll go Snowy, me, then Max bringing up the rear.  Quick but thorough so we can get some damn rest!  Questions?"

Tucker
M-16A2 [27/30]/M-203 [HE]
Briefing Snowy and Max about clearing the building across from the bakery
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Sitting in the doorway to the church behind the AGS Blue shakes his head slowly.  "Anyone get the feeling we just got sucker punched." he says quietly.  "20/20 Hindsight strike's again."

After Maddock speaks to Minh, Bayer adds, "Thats fine too. Quyen, you can help the Sergeant Major here if you wish. Do you speak Polish?"

Afterwards once the shooting had been heard...

Bayer thinks for a quick moment... "Sunray, roger. Report back what you see. Out"

"Everyone else, just... calm down." He unbuckles his helmet and sits down. "Adam you knew leaving the tug was a danger. Just wait, you know yourself it can sail from a threat and its armed. Yazzie hast gone back as well."

He looks around... "Without staying here much longer, I don't think that there is anything else to do. You are right though, zeben or eight people can't defend more than three buildings or so. Besides us taking over security, we can't do much more. Perhaps we should accept that and get moving?"
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