Sliding a 40mm smoke round into the grenade launcher, Bayer curses quietly in German. Yazzie hadn't responded and gunfire could still be heard, he was clearly in too much trouble to radio back. Deciding on taking the risk, Bayer goes for the option he'd hoped to avoid.

"Nothing... He's in trouble. I'm go to try to find Yazzie. Milk come with me. Snowy and Tucker, cover us. I'll contact you to move up to us."

With that Bayer heads towards the firing. Because of the long distance, he'll mostly trot towards Yazzie. Only as he nears close to the firing will he switch to cover and movement bounds with Milk... taking more time to take cover and scan ahead. Bayer will signal to Snowy and Tucker to move up once he has reached about 200 meters away from the shooting.

Bayer
G36/HK69 (SMK)
Assault Team
Moving within 200 meters of Yazzie
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"Roger that," Tucker nods and moves up to find a position of cover with Snowy.

Tucker
M-16A2 [27/30]/M-203 [HE]
Covering Bayer and Milk

"tug this Yazzie where the fuck is my cover fire?"

"fire the fucking mission!"

"Still taking fire and have two coming at me. Any unit in area take out the MG team. Fire a 2 to 3 round 82mm mission and then assault the MG team. I can take care of my two attackers."


John will wait for them ( two man assault) to show there heads. He will fire at them until they die with single aimed shots. All shot will be center mass. He will not fire oppertunity shots here but well aimed, controlled shots.



John
Prone supported fire
G3/1911
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At the mortar, Dawid scanned the shoreline while waiting for either a fire mission or a target to show itself. He oriented the Vasilek towards the faint echoing sound of gunfire.


Dawid Waldus Piotrowski
82mm Vasilek (5/5 HE) Tantal (30/30)
Aimed and ready for opportunity fire

OOC: for future notice, don't wait for me to post. Just assume his action is to Charlie Oscar ("Continue Observation") until something happens.
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Minh continues to scan the rear 180 of the tug.

"Sunray, this is Starlight. Do you have eyes on the MG?
Although she'd heard Yazzie's call for mortar support, she was disinclined to deliver it unless they were assured of the best possible result or the entirity of what remained of the soviet army suddenly appeared.
[Private to Clarence Milk; Dawid Waldus Piotrowski; Konrad Bayer: Konrad and Clarence are hte only two who professed to having any forward observer skill whatsoever. Chances are that firing using Yazzie as FO would simply be a waste of ammo (unless we suddenly found another 50 rounds or so for corrections)]
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Looking hard through his binoculars, Dawid scanned the causeway and bridge to the Northwest. He couldn't see the muzzle flash of the MG, but heard the long bursts like ripping cloth, echoing out in a string of pops off the Eastern shore behind him.

"Major! Can you see anything?"

OOC: lacking radio comms, Dawid doesn't know exactly what's going on or exactly where to look. He failed his Observation check so he did not see the gun flashes. However, he knows something is going on and is ready to rock.


Dawid Piotrowski
82mm Vasilek (5/5 HE, + 5 WP)
Aimed and ready for direct fire
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Running, Bayer fumbles with the toggle switch and between breaths responds to Soleblume, "Sunray... No... Not sure where anyone is right now... Can only hear shooting... over."

When he gets to about 200 meters from where he expects the shooters to be he stops.
"Snowy. Sunray. Move now out." Once the machinegun team arrives each two man team will take short bounds, covering the other as they advance closer.
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"Not a thing," she replied wearily.
"Although Parks can see muzzle flashes away at the bridge."
She considered their options for a moment. Although she'd not heard much from Hauptman Bayer in the past few minutes, maybe there was something they could do to help....
[Private to Cap'n Rae; Dawid Waldus Piotrowski; Griet Niewiadomska; Minh Quyen; Rick 'Gunny' Parks:
"Parks, how's your skill at calling artillery?" she called back up to the sniper. Although he'd not professed to any ability in that area before, maybe it was because she'd not directly asked.

OOC: Don't want to get Yazzie all upset just yet by publicly considering mortar support after denying it earlier.]

Parks yells down to the bridge,

"Not much sir, but if a fellow Marine's in trouble, now's as good a time to try as any!"

Parks
SVD
Observing W. end of bridge

OOC: Parks has no skill in FO.
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Assault Team

With the knowledge that the Polish partisan team is headed for the rendezvous point on the road two kilometers north of the bridge, Konrad and Clarence move to the sound of gunfire, covered by Snow and Tucker.

The chance of a friendly fire incident is now very real, with two enemy between Yazzie and the assault team. The Russian MG at the end of the bridge only makes the danger greater.

As the assault team gets closer, they can see the green tracers racing out from somewhere on the western embankment. The burned out MTLB blocks their view of the gun's exact position. As Konrad and Clarence hunker down to cover Snow and Tuck's bound forward, the MG stops firing and a few single shots crack forth from up ahead and to their left, near the wrecked APC. The rounds buzzing overhead leave no doubt that the assaulters have been spotted...

Sniper "Team"

The smoke has almost completely dissipated. The MG has stopped firing but a few single shots follow. The two flankers have not been seen since Yazzie's missed shot.

Tug

Those on the tug continue to watch the battle from afar. There's not much to see at this range and its no longer clear where everyone is in relation to one another- friend and enemy. Gunny breaks the heavy silence on board with a shout, "Three enemy crossing the bridge from right [east] to left [west]!" The situation is rapidly devolving into what is coloquially known in U.S. Military circles as a "Clusterfuck".

Actions?
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From what Parks said, it sounded like the MG team was moving up."Firing at the target!"

With that, he made sure he was clear of the breech. "Firing fragmentation!" He covered his ears and stepped on the trigger.

There was loud THUMP! and the mortar recoiled smoothly downwards. The shell arced out and over. There was a flash on the causeway at the point of impact on the presumed MG team's position, and then six seconds later the "....boooommmm..." finally reached and then echoed around them.


Dawid Piotrowski
82mm Vasilek (4/5 HE + 5 spare WP)
Firing 1 round 82mm HE at the MG position on the causeway

OOC: Rolled 7 to-hit for self-observed fire (Rae said the tug/mortar crew can see the target), needed an 8. Direct hit: the quarterback is toast! MG team or not, the 3 moving tangos just bit the dust.
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"Enemy, reference APC." Bayer calls over to Milk... toggling the radio switch at the same time so Snowy can hear this as well. Keeping the transmit switch pressed he continues... "Knife, Sunray. I am West* of yore position and closing to assist. Drawing machinegun's attention. Over."

As much as Bayer knew it was dangerous to pull the move he made, he was willing to accept whatever came of it. Yazzie was in trouble and he didn't want anyone on the team to be without help.

OOC - *The game map isn't oriented with north at the top so I am guessing West.

Any targets that appear Bayer will fire semi-automatic at until hit or out of sight. Using the APC as a reference point he contacts Anneka... "Starlight, Sunray. I am at XXX meters, XXX direction from an APC wreck. Out" He knew she couldn't see his position yet, but if she were moving up he felt better knowing she was aware of where the team was.

Bayer
G36/HK69 (Smk)
Observing towards APC / Firing if target presents itself
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John will wait for them ( two man assault) to show there heads. He will fire at them until they die with single aimed shots. All shot will be center mass. He will not fire oppertunity shots here but well aimed, controlled shots.



John
Prone supported fire
G3/1911

Satisfied that Bayer and Clarence have made it far enough to cover them, Tuck looks over to Snow, "Let's go Snowy!  We better get moving before this turns out to be too ugly for us!"

Tucker gets up and begins to move forward as quickly as he can trying to give as little of his silhoutte as he can while moving as well.

Tuck
M-16A2 [27/30]/M-203 [HE]
Moving forward with Snow while Bayer & Milks cover

As Konrad gives Tuck and Snow the order to move up, Clarence tucks the buttstock of the borrowed L86A2 into his shoulder and peers through the 4x SUSAT sight at the remains of the MTLB. He can't see any enemy yet, but he fires a burst at the wreck, hoping that the sound of bullets pinging off the rusting armored shell will discourage the enemy positioned nearby from taking a shot at his friends.

An explosion on the raised road causeway near the west end of the bridge adds to the din, smoke and sparks venting skyward.

Nice shooting...


Clarence Milk
L86A2 (25/30)
Providing cover fire for "bounders"

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The four Russians making their way to the west end of the bridge hit the asphalt as the 82mm HE round detonates a hundred meters ahead of them. As soon as the dust settles, they are back on their feet, racing towards the causeway. As they arrive, they immediately scamper down the north bank, keeping it between them and the assault team to their southwest. Meanwhile, the enemy machine gunner vacates his hole in the south bank and runs, hunched over his burden, to the derelict MTLB.

OOC: David's mortar round hit on the road just above the enemy MG position. Since the gunner was changing belts in his hole at the time, and was below the impact zone, he was uninjured by the mortar blast.

Gunny delivers this information via the old Mark I voicebox to Anneka in the bridge. His booming voice is loud enough for Dawid to hear from the mortar barbette. The Marine sniper pushes back the overhead tarp and rises to his knees to get a better view of the battlefield. It's a fatal mistake. A single shot rings out from the east bank, and Gunny pitches backwards, a bullet in his skull. The enemy sniper has once again announced his presence...

OOC: This can be surmised as there is a lound thump on the bridge roof and Gunny no longer answers your calls.

The bounders (Tuck and Snow) arrive near the covering position (Konrad and Milk). As they hunker down, Clarence grabs his radio handset and transmits a SITREP to the guerilla team, who are now approaching the rendezvous about 1800 meters to the west.

"The partisans are in nearly in position, sir. Orders?"

A few hundred meters to the east, Yazzie has not seen hide nor hair of the two flankers for several minutes. With all of the nearby rifle fire, he can't hear them either. The smoke from his grenade has cleared but the enemy MG is no longer harassing him. His little corner of the battlefield is ominously quiet...

Actions?
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Seeing the MG gunner move out, Dawid corrected his aim and gave him another one of the same. Seeing it miss, he corrected again.

"May God guide my aim..." Dawid triggered another shot.

There was a third flash as dirt and smoke geysered upwards, again followed by the delayed sound of the echoing boom. It looked like this round impacted on the MGer's new position.

"Gunny, did I hit? Can you see?"

OOC: This is two turns actions (firing both times as self-correcting is instantaneous (until told otherwise, I assume Dawid can still see the target). The second round missed, and GM can roll for deviation (blast radius is 35m/70m).

Assuming the target doesn't make another "saving throw vs. certain death" and the shell hit a condor in mid-flight and pre-detonated, or it was a mis-labeled smoke round (just kidding!), the third time it's a hit! ;)

Dawid Piotrowski
82mm Vasilek (2/5 HE remaining, + 5 WP on deck)
Firing 2 turns, 1 turn for communication
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Quyen listens for any calls for assistance as the volleys of mortar fire introduce the tug into the battle.

Things didn't seem like they were happening as they planned, however she knew everyone was capable of being flexible enough to adjust.

Quyen hears the sound of the single gunshot. - "Griet. Stay low huh. I think we're taking fire."
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With the assault team consolidated again, Bayer signals to stop. "Hold here. Yazzie is somewhere just ahead of us I think. Let's see if anyone makes on move."

Bayer feels they'd have a better chance staying low and shooting anyone making a move. They had no real idea where Yazzie or the enemy were, so best they expose themselves first.



"Tell them our position, and that things are fucked up. Have them advance towards the bridge on their side of the road. Only engage targets on the north side, we'll handle this side. We'll take the bridge together."
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Clarence transmits Bayer's instructions to the partisan team.

"They're on their way. Let's give the Russians something to think about. When the partisans get up, we'll assault on a line either side of the road with Snowy providing a base of fire on the MG."

It's a suggestion. Clarence wouldn't presume to tell Bayer how to do his job- especially with the German having proven himself as a combat leader several times now.

A loud boom almost cuts Milk off. Another mortar round lands just 40m away, on the assault team's side of the roadway, kicking up a cloud black smoke and showering the assault team with hunks of earth and spent shrapnel. It's point of impact is much closer to the assault party than it is to any known enemy position.

Shit! Who the hell is shooting now?

Clarence deftly punches up the tug's frequency and shouts into the handset,

"Check fire! Check fire! Christ, Starlight, was that you?"


Clarence Milk
L86A2 (25/30)
Trying to avoid a fratricide incident
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Bayer stares forward, looking for any signs of movement. He's about to respond when the explosion momentarily deafens them. As bits of earth and debris bounce across the ground in front of his Bayer plants his face downwards.



Bayer listens intently, tensed. He hoped it actually was them, and not an enemy supported with their own mortar support. Once the situation calmed for a bit he continued looking forward. Remembering what Clarence said a moment before he answers him, "Ja, thats the plan. I want to sit tight for the moment. Nobody knows where anyone is, but sooner or later somebody is going to have to expose themselves." he replies to Clarence's suggestion.

Bayer
G36/HK-69 (Smk)
Prone position with Assault team
Scanning forward

Per your map John will head south west in a low crawl toward the river. He will stop every 50 meters to look, smell, listin and observe. He is breaking contact.





John
Breaking contact
G3/1911
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Assault Team

You lie in the grass, observing the west end of the bridge. A single enemy continues to direct rapid-fire single shots at you from around the front-left corner of the MTLB (which is pointed down the road at you). The rounds buzz and crack overhead. Then, the enemy's PKM opens up, from roughly the same position. A bright, green line of tracers race towards you, alternatingly whipping between the two fire teams and tearning up the ground in front of you. Nothing can be seen of the four men who decended the northern embankment. A loud, reverberating, metalic KERANG brings the enemy fire to a sudden halt. Another 82mm mortar round has landed directly on top of the immobile MTLB, sending up a shower of sparks and metal debris. The vehicle is still largely intact, but it is now, quite literally, a smoking, convertible model...

OOC: Hit! Dawid's indirect, self-corrected 82mm mortar bomb lands right on top of the MTLB, creating quite a sound and light show for those who can see it. It's not clear how the blast has affected the enemy in the immediate vicinity.

Partisan Team

You form a skirmish line and begin your approach along the north side of the bridge road to Szczucin. Trusting in your contact's description of the enemy's dispositions, you cover the first 1500m relatively quickly. You're close enough now to see the mortar round blast open the MTLB's troop compartment, but not quite close enough to pick out any individual enemies. The pucker factor is skyrocketing...

Recon Team

You wisely decides that discretion is the better part of valor and begins slithering away from his position. The flankers have still not shown themselves, but your well-trained ears can now hear the rustle of the grass as they continue their approach on your just abandoned position...

Tug Team

Anneka is feeling ever more woozie from her recent exertions. There's too much going on; too much to keep track of. First the thunk and ensuing silence from above her, then Minh's cry of warning. Something about incoming fire? The bridge radio blares to life but she can't quite make out what's being said. It sounds urgent though. The mortar barks out twice from below. A gunshot? It's all just too much. She feels like she's about to vomit...

Dawid hears it this time. A supersonic round snaps through the air a foot away from his head, followed shortly by the report of the shooter's weapon from shore.

Minh, fortunately, happens to be looking at exactly the right spot on the east bank when the sniper fires at the young Polish gunner. She sees a minute flash from what had, moments before, appeared to be nothing more than one unremarkable mound of turf among many. The Sniper's position is about 500-750m ahead and to starboad. Nothing her Dushka HMG can't handle, though...

Actions?
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Mariusz blinked as he saw the MTLB blown into molten slag, he had hear MG chatter from that general area seconds before so he hoped it was scratch one for the good guys. Checking that the skirmish like was still moving he crouched slightly lower and scanned ahead for targets.

[Private to Cap'n Rae: If Mariusz detects anyone, he will signal the others and , if it is a decent range for engagement, drop to the ground and take aim. If the range is greater than 150ms, he'll try to sneak forward. The fist sign of trouble however and he'll hit the deck.]