Re: The Zoo
Konrad is about to initiate the ambush when the Baron's start it for him. The BMP-2's main gun thunders out and five 30mm HE rounds explode against the main wall of the primate building. The command group and the MG team are showered with stinging bits of concrete and the wall has five new, jagged, circular windows but no one is seriously injured. This does, however, force them to take cover and reacquire their targets (or locate new ones).
Not content to wait and see if Konrad is still alive to give the order to open fire, Jan takes aim at the BMP and depresses the top-mounted trigger of the RPG-22 laucher tube. The rocket takes off in a cloud of smoke and water vapor and streaks towards the BMP. A second or so later, the rocket hits the BMP on its right, front idler wheel, exploding in a brilliant orange flash and tossing snow and debris for a dozen meters in all directions. Jan tosses the spent tube aside and pulls the pin on a smoke grenade. The BMP's gunner must have seen the backblast of Jan's RPG because the turret starts turning in his direction. Jan throws the smoke and begins to displace to another position. [Jan- RPG-22 & 1 smoke grenade]
Craig follows Jan's lead and lets fly at the BTR-80 with the RPG-16. The rocket finds the BTR's turret, exploding squarely against the curved front glacis and obliterating it. The BTR starts backing away, trying to escape down the street it came, its flaming turret pouring smoke. Craig's position, given away by the backblast of the RPG-16, immediately starts drawing heavy small arms fire. [Craig- 1 RPG-16 HEAT rocket]
Both sniper elements, located on the flanks, select targets (or reacquire them] and open fire. Thor's target's head explodes as a .50 cal slug blasts through it. Dieter's man goes down awkwardly and lies writhing in the snow, obviously wounded. Warren and Ondar's targets, both running to new cover, fall as the marksmen pull their respective triggers. Screaming is aubible above the din of the gunfire. [Thor -1 round; Dieter -1 round; Ondar -1 round; Warren -1 round]
Minh and Tucker are put off by the strike of the BMP's 30mm barrage but, having been slighly farther away from the impact of the HE rounds, they recover relatively quickly. Minh takes aim at a man behind a stump. His head jerks backwards violent and bits of his hat (or scalp) are sent flying. He drops like a sack of potatoes. Tucker picks out a running target and puts a burst into him. He falls on his face and slides a couple of feet through the snow. [Minh -1 round; Tucker -3 rounds]
The initial exchange has largely gone the team's way. The BMP appears disabled (although its main gun still poses a significant threat) and the BTR has been deprived of its weaponry and forced to withdraw. At least a half dozen of the attacking infantry are down, either dead or wounded. And, so far, none of the team have been hit. However, around 30 of the enemy infantry remains and the second BTR is likely still behind the roadside building to the E-N-E. Also, the possibility exists that more of the Baron's troops are on the way.
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