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With Jason looking for targets to engage with the Mk-19, Dawid drops smoke and helps the others reboard the gun-truck. Quickly, the colored smoke spreads to mingle with the oily, black smoke from the burning STAR. The opaque barrier conceals both the party and the pursuit force from one another. Both groups have enough discipline to hold fire.

As soon as last person is aboard, Adam hits the accelerator and races through the gears, making for the crossroads at a speed that under normal circumstances wouldn't be safe. In just a few seconds, the tanker trailer and the party's Tarpan-Honker appear through the trees. The gun-truck skids to a halt at the crossroads.

Meanwhile, roughly 500m to the north, Mariusz and Sam hastily debouche from the Ural trike and take cover behind sturdy looking trees. Mariusz is the first of the pair to fire, laying down a quick burst at the firing [standing] enemy. The man flinches and stumbles backwards, clutching at his belly. The other three enemy take cover behind trees and begin returning fire. Sam picks out a target and fires, hitting the tree just inches from the man's face. Similarly, an incoming round smacks into the tree behind which Mariusz is laying prone. Mariusz RPK has jammed on the last round and he is unable to answer for the moment.

Actions?

Jason trains the MK-19 down the road, ready to open fire on anything or anybody that appears while (if?) the trailer is being hitched.  "Hurry up with that and let's get out of here!"

Sam will continue to fire aimed shots at the bad guys. Any body part that is visable will be shot at. Sam will stay covered and concealed the best he can.




Sam
targets
M25

"Dismount." Bayer says just loud enough for the dismounts to hear. "Go heavy. Take anti-armor weapons." Looking at Tucker, he adds, "Guide Jan one tactical bound further down the road. Get into a position where you can just barely see the crossroads to fire... dismount the AGS if you have to. That... the crossroads... will be the kill zone. Give enough room on the road for the flak truck to get by you."

As the dismounts climb back out, he explains, "We will setup a hasty ambush. Allow our forces to pass, then engage any pursuers when they enter the crossroads area."

Waving his arms he illustrates, "L shaped ambush. AGS on the Honker forming the base, and everyone else in the woods forming a line of flanking, enfiladed fire."

"We halt them, pin them, then the dismounts advance to sweep and clear the kill zone in a close assault."

"Open fire on my command."

Dawid dismounted to reattach the tank trailer, the re-mounted when done.

He called forward, "Adam, keep going until you see the motorcycle! We'll see if they need help with the other Honker."

As they drove off he switched the ammo on the Mk.19, swapping the can of HEDP for HE.

"There, we do not seem to need anti-armour rounds at this time."

Dawid laughed ruefully. "I am conflicted about my countrymen. They are showing admirable resilience and tenacity, although I would have wished for this display on another day."

Mariusz lay as close to the ground as he could and concentrated on clearing the jam and reloading with the last of his forty round magazines. He breathed quickly, waiting for he flurry of bullets that was bound to answer his fusillade.

Mariusz
RPK: Clearing jam.
Loading 40 round magazine

Once she was back on the truck bed, Griet lay down behind some of the cargo and trained the PKMG on the pursuing troops. Carefully, she checked the muzzle for blockages before preparing to fire.

Griet
PKMG 100/100
Aiming

Tucker moves a little bit behind the grenade launcher so that he can hear Konrad give his orders so that he's on the same page.

"I don't know if I want to dismount the launcher in case we've got to 'di-di' real quick boss.  I got a good steady base under me now and we can go mobile fairly quick if we need to.  Me and Jan will take care of it.  We got your backs Konrad," he says down from the squad carrier as he reaches down for a fresh belt of ammo for the AGS-17 and dropping the partially used one nearby.

"YO JAN," Robert yells out as he switches the belted ammo on the launcher.  "Konrad wants us down the road just barely in sight of the crossroads.  The crossroads are going to be the kill zone and leave enough room so that the flak gun truck can get by us.  Let's get a move on, we ain't got much time to get set.  OPFOR's got to be under 600 meters by now!"

Tucker will help guide Jan to a spot where he thinks is what Konrad wanted them to park and get set up.  Once they're set up and parked, Robert will try to get a bead on the crossroads and sight it in so he's ready to fire on order.  When they're set, he calls for Konraf on the radio, "Ready to go boss!  Confirm, I'm waiting on your order to engage, over?"

Tucker
AGS-17 [30/30 HE]
In T-H set up and ready to fire

Bayer moves to the edge of a safe distance* perpendicular to the crossroads and Tucker/Jan further down the road. Crouching down, he speaks into the radio set, "Sunray, roger... wait for command or on my fire. Cease fire on command as well... as dismounts will be assaulting. Jan to guide flak truck into safe position behind you. Out."

"Flak truck and motorcycle (I forget if you have vehicle c/s), Sunray. Move past crossroads at best speed. Blocking force in position. Over."

*From grenade/rpg/exposion/etc danger area

In reply to Konrad Bayer (msg #277):

Dawid pressed the transmit key on the borrowed radio.

"Sunray this is Eagle, understood."

He called to Adam, "keep going, but be warned that when we reach the motorcycle there could be trouble ahead, so stop as soon as you see it and we'll move up as appropriate."

He shook his head. It would be nice to bring the Mk.19 into play but there was simply no way to do that unless they carried it forward by hand.

"Knife copies Sunray.  Waiting for your order.  Good Luck!  Knife out," Tucker replies as he waits for the ambush to take place.

Dave grabs the M240 and his AK/BG combo and climbs out of the truck before it drives off. Walking over to pick a good place in the ambush he mutters "Now, don't ya'll be starting the party without me."

Dave
 awaitng ambush
M240, 1 belt
AK/BG combo on ground beside him
Aid bag

Trike Team

As Mariusz tries to clear the jam in his RPK-74, Sam squeezes off two more rounds at the target he'd narrowly missed just seconds before. Through his scope, he witnesses with satisfaction as one of his shots tears a bloody hunk out of his target's exposed right leg. The man screams in pain and rolls behind the tree. Sam is lining up on another target when he feels a hammer blow fall upon his upper right arm. He knows instantly that he's been hit. The screaming of their two wounded companions, however, appears to have taken the fight out of the two remaining able-bodied members of the enemy fire team. A green canister lands a dozen meters or so out in front of the enemy shooters and begins spewing forth red smoke. Within just a few seconds, a red cloud interposes itself between the two groups, concealing each from the other. From their shouts, it is apparent that the enemy fire team is attempting a hasty withdrawl up the road to the northeast.

Gun Truck

With the tanker-trailer reattached, the gun-truck heads out after the trike. Adam slows when, in the distance up ahead (about 200m), a red cloud can be seen through the trees off on the right hand side of the road. Those in the cab spot the parked trike and Mariusz and Sam off in the trees a dozen or so meters on the same side of the road, each prone behind their respective tree.

[During this time, Mariusz has cleared the jam and reloaded with his second (and last) 40-round mag.]

Tarpan-Honker

Jan dutifully takes the Tarpan-Honker as far north down the main road as he can go while keeping line-of-sight with the crossroads (this amounts to about 200m from its previous position). He parks the squad-carrier just off the edge of the road, on its eastern side. Tucker swings the AGS around to face aft and prepares to engage the approaching pursuit team.

T-H Dismount Team

Konrad leads the dismounts into the woods on the east side of the road, selecting firing positions about 50m or so into the trees. Each member of the ambush team (Bayer, Minh, Milk, Ondar, and Stoner) selects a spot offering the best possible mix of cover and concealment and, double checking their weapons, hunkers down to await the arrival of the aggravatingly dogged pursuit force. Two minutes pass, then three, then five. After ten almost agonizing minutes of tense anticipation, the rumble of large truck engines reverberates through the woods. The ambush team watches as the large, armored trucks (a 5-ton Ural in the lead and a snub-nosed, 5-ton STAR in trail) lumber towards the kill zone. The machine-gunner in the cab-mounted, armored tub scans the road ahead and to either side, his counterpart in the second armored truck doing the same.

As the first truck is just about to enter the kill zone (its nose about even with the southernmost member of the ambush team), the lead gunner swings his PKM around towards the ambush line. His keen eyes have spied the trap. The driver, made aware of the danger by his gunner's shouted warning, guns the engine, attempting to move through the kill zone as quickly as possible. Cued by the lead truck's reaction, the trailing truck begins to do likewise, its gunner readying himself to lay suppressive fire on its ambushers.

OOC: So, the lead truck is now square in the kill zone with the trailing truck about 50 to the south. In your posts, make sure to say which position your PC occupies in the firing line. The lead truck has not yet noticed the T-H, parked just off the road about 200m to the north.

Actions?
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:37, Wed 07 Jan 2009.

The smoke and the lack of sustained firing up ahead were not necessarily bad things.

The cloud wasn't laid down by Mariusz and Sam, therefore it was possible the enemy element ahead was pulling out under cover of a smoke screen, which would be standard procedure. The other common use for smoke was to cover an assault, which, on the other hand, could be very bad indeed.

"Oy," Dawid thought, "God is surely testing us. Again, my fellow Poles are showing admirable discipline under pressure, at just the wrong time."

He said aloud, "Good work, Adam! Stop here."

"Okay everyone, listen up." He paused to gather his thoughts, fight away the cobwebs brought on by too little sleep and too much sustained adrenaline.

"Our critical task right now is to make sure the road ahead is clear for our escape. Major, I would like to leave the vehicle in your care while Griet and I go forward. I will signal if medical assistance is needed. Jason, please cover the rear with the automatic grenade launcher. I suggest you switch back to anti-armour in case those armoured trucks make it past our comrades. Walter, please assist him in this. Adam, please be ready to move the vehicle up if needed."

Dawid looked at all of them to make sure they were in accord, swigged from his canteen to clear the sour no-saliva taste from his mouth, offered it around.

"Griet, I would also like to take the machine gun off your hands for this. Can you handle carrying two spare ammo cans for me? One would suffice, however."

He took this opportunity to call forward on the radio, see how dire the situation was. If needed, the plan could be changed. "This is Eagle calling... shit, what's your fucking call-sign? Forward element, forward element. What is your situation? Over."

OOC: to clarify, the RPK-74 in the sidecar also has 12 spare 30-rd magazines in 2 ammo pouches. I'm not sure if that was ever made clear! Also, I would hope the Mk19 has a clear line of fire over the fuel tank. If not, then Adam can back up and jack-knife the trailer off to the side so it does.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:59, Wed 07 Jan 2009.

Bayer had set himself up in the middle of the assault element of the impromptu ambush. It wasn't the greatest position for the hasty ambush, but time eliminated the option of selecting a better site. When the rumble of engine noises approaches, he says into his radio,

"All call signs, Sunray. Standy by. I will initiate the ambush."

Leveling his G36/HK69 combo Bayer selects an aiming point through the gaps in the trees. It was also his intention to immediate fire the G36 if the 40mm misfired - to keep the ambush from spoiling.

Tensing as the friendly, pursued vehicles fly by, he he curses to himself as the line is detected. When the enemy enters his aiming point, he fires the HK69, hurling a HEDP round at the lead enemy vehicle - thus initiating the open fire.

Bayer
G36/HK69 (30/30 + 1 HEDP)
Middle of ambush assault group
Firing HEDP (aimed/opportunity fire?) at lead vehicle

On the far left flank of the ambush line, Ondar tracks the gunner of the approaching lead truck through the optics mounted atop his SVU-AS, patiently awaiting Bayer's signal.  When the Hauptmann opens up, Ondar squeezes off a single round.  He stands ready to fire additional snap shots as needed to harrass and interdict the pursuing force.



[Ondar]
Left flank of ambush line
SVU-AS (9/10)
Drilling the lead gunner

Quyen dismounts quickly... an RPG reload stuffed into the belt of her webbing and the launcher resting over one shoulder. Her AK was slung over her back. Glancing around she tried to get her bearings and visualize where and how the ambush was going down. As the Hauptmann mustered the dismounts and headed off, Quyen trails after.

Selecting a position on the far right, Quyen crouches down behind some cover. She checks the RPG's sights and ensures she knows where everyone else is positioned... she didn't want to fry anyone with the backblast.

The cold air aided them hearing the vehicles approaching. Peering just above the sight she waits until just before she's to fire to look through. Selecting the 2nd vehicle (since she was on the right side) she squeezed the trigger.

Minh Quyen (last on the right)
RPG-16 (2/2) and AK slung
Firing aimed shot at the second truck with the RPG

Sam starts to asses the wound then will  start self aid.



"brother i have been hit. checking for damage."



Sam
Self aid
unarmed

Muttering to himself, "Change the ammunition.  No, change it back.  Thank you, Admiral Nagumo.  I would have kept the HEDP loaded in the first place," Jason reloads the MK-19 with HVHEDP with Walter's assistance.  That done, he loads an HE grenade into the M-203, just in case. 

Jason K.
Star 6x6 bed
Mk-19 [50/50 HVHEDP]
F88 AGL (On floorboard) [30/30; HE]
Loading grenades/covering rear of forward element

In reply to Jason Kasparov (msg #287):

Dawid laughed at Jason's comment, joking in reply, "Sadly, when God blessed me with a gigantic penis he removed my mystical power to see into the future. The Lord is so cruel, but fair."

As he waited for the situation report from up ahead, he slipped a spare ammo can over his shoulder and prepared to take over the bloody heavy PKM from Griet.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:52, Wed 07 Jan 2009.

"Oh fuck" he says as dave sees the gunner looking directly at them and getting excited. He opens fire on the first truck, trying mainly for the gunner, then the driver.


Dave
ambush, shooting gunner/driver of 1st truck
M240, 1 belt
AK/BG
Aid bag

Tucker sits behind the mounted grenade launcher waiting for Konrad to initiate the ambush on the enemy pursuit force that was coming after them.  In the blink of an eye, he sees/hears the 'thump' of a 40mm grenade go off from the ambushers position and he yelss down to Jan, "Here we go!  Get ready!"  Robert gets his grip on the AGS-17 and fires a string of rounds at the designated kill zone.

Tucker
AGS-17 [30/30 HE]
Firing burst of rounds at the crossroads

Griet said to Dawid, "One, I'll try, two, I don't think I can manage it."

She struggled back to her knees and grabbed the can and slung her AKSU so it would be handy if they were bounced.

She looked back at Dawid and said, "I'm ready to follow if you are going."

Mariusz rolled to his knees and scanned the area, he heard the radio crackling and said, "I'm loaded, Sir, how are you? Once you've seen to yourself, could you answer the radio? I'll keep us covered."