Re: Battle for the Granary
Granary Roof
As Jeff looks on from across the way, Dawid, Mariusz, and Eusebiusz continue to engage in a close-range gunfight on the granary roof. Eusebiusz drops prone, giving Dawid and Mariusz better lines of fire. Dawid fires first, stitching his target from right thigh, to abdomen, to left arm, dropping the man in a heap. Dawid fires a tight burst into his target. The man jerks backwards before dropping, shot four times. Eusebiusz gets off his burst a split second before the enemy gunman pulls his trigger. From the prone, Eusebiusz target picture has shrunk down to below the belt. His first round finds the man's shin, shattering it in an explosion of blood and bone fragments. He unleashes a bloodcurdling scream as he falls over on his side, releasing his weapon. In under five seconds, the roof has been cleared. Ten enemy corpses lie in various contorted poses around the roof, some freshly dead, some killed earlier in the battle. There are four survivors, two freshly wounded, one wounded earlier, and one man who appears to be a medic who offered no resistance as the roof was stormed. The roof is littered with dropped weapons and piles of spent brass. Dawid's eyes are drawn to a PKM propped against the northern parapet. A third of a belt of 7.62mmR hangs from the weapon's receiver.
There are still enemy in the building below them, probably no more than half-a-dozen. At last reckoning, they were positioned near the first stairwell, defending it from an attack from below. Dawid, Mariusz, and Eusebiusz now have three prisoners and two entrances to the roof to guard. (Dawid -5 rounds, Mariusz -5 rounds, Eusebiusz -5 rounds)
Holding Group
Pavel yells back to Jan that he has to pause to reload his RPD. He's burned through an entire drum mag and needs to install his second and final drum. Jay's shift and Pavel running out of ammo created a break in the fire that some of the enemy infantry have used to make a break for the granary. Jay, determined to set things right, moves to the east side of the building and takes aim at the northeast corner of the granary, where he can see the escapees clustered, looking cautiously around the corner at someone or something to the south. He lines the group up in the sights of his 40mm and lets fly. The grenade hits just behind the group, exploding against the hard pavement. In the blink of an eye, the entire group of five dismounts is bowled over. When the smoke clears a little, only two of them are still moving, rolling or writhing on the ground. From his current position, Jay has decent LOS to the enemy group still returning fire from the motor pool. It occurs to him that the opposite might be true as well. (Jay -1 40mmS HE)
A few enemy infantry remained pinned behind the disabled M113. As Jan and company watch from their elevated positions, the hatch of the similarly immobile Polish T-72 clangs open. A tiny, makeshift while flag emerges at the pointy end of an AK. The concealed flag bearer waves it back and forth jerkily. (Jan -4 rounds)
Reinforcement Group
As Konrad continues to piece the tactical picture together, Tucker arranges his team and opens fire on the defenders of the motor pool. This instantly relieves some of the pressure on Craig and Ireneusz, still hunkered down behind the conrete traffic barriers. A couple of the enemy return fire, with little effect but reminding Tucker and company to be careful. (Tucker -3 rounds)
Next Moves?
Updated tac-map:
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This message was last edited by the GM at 21:27, Sun 11 Mar 2012.