Jay watched as his grenade flew towards the group of escapees. As the dust settled he saw the results, and was very satisfied with what he saw. The entire group seemed to be either dead or rendered ineffective. He allowed himself a half-smile, please with a job well done.

Turning his head he spied the shooters in the motor pool who were engaging Konrad's team. He adjusted his aim and focussed on the group there, targeting commanders, radiomen or MGers if possible. He pulled his rifle in tight to his shoulder and emptied the remains of his magazine at them, intending to cause carnage, as well as a decent amount of suppressive fire.

As he felt the click of the last round leaving his weapon he dived backwards, both to disguise his firing position and to avoid any return fire. Once on the ground and out of sight he quickly changed his mag for a fresh one, and inserted a new 40mmS grenade into the tube of his GL.

  Mrityunjay Byanjankar
2 Section
Emptying magazine at enemy in motor pool, then diving for cover and reloading
AK74 + BG15 - 15/30 + 0xHE
Frag grenade x6,
AT grenade x1
RPG-7D - empty/dropped
Kukri knife
Makarov 8/8
5x 40mmS HE
M72 LAW

Eusebiusz did what he was told and after covering Mariusz as he checked the prisoners he began checking the two GPMG's before collecting all the other small arms on the roof.

He kept low and tried not to expose himself to fire from the motor pool building or from the armour to the front.

As the incoming fire slackened Craig realised something was up when the concrete barrier stopped vibrating from hits. He looked over to Ireneusz who was also down behind the barrier and gave a slight shrug.

He could not hear what was happening and was not ready to expose himself over what protection they had. So he sat tight hoping the Pole would alert him to any danger.

Tucker takes a moment to duck back behind cover and tells everyone, "ROUND OUT!"  He brings up his weapons and sights in the motor pool and then fires his loaded HE round.

TUCKER
M-16A2 [27/30] / M-203 [HE] - {READY WEAPON} Safety 'OFF-BURST'
Browning HP-35 [13/13] SAFETY 'ON' Cocked & locked
H&K SOCOM (Suppressed/.45 acp) [12/12] SAFETY 'ON'
Kevlar Vest/Helmet

Mariusz launched the flare that he had been given for the purpose and then aimed his rifle at the prisoners, "Lie down on the ground with your legs crossed at the ankles and your hands behind your heads. Do as you're told and you'll live, fuck up and you're dead."

He waited for the men to do as they were told and then made sure there were no weapons near them before closing in to search them.

"Alpha One.  Charlie One," Jan transmitted to Konrad.  "The tank crew are trying to surrender.  Do you want us to seize it?  I believe that it is immobilised and the main gun is inoperable so I think that we should just leave it in the road.  Do you agree?"

As he waited for Konrad's answer Jan moved away from the window to the building stairwell so that he could communicate with the three Poles on the floor below more easily.  It was lucky that both Piotr and Dariusz were armed with AKM's and that the RPD had non-disintegrating belts that you could just slot fresh rounds into.  They just need to be told to organise themselves.

"Pawel, start to conserve your ammo.  Only short bursts from now onwards and only at dangerous targets.  Dariusz, give Piotr two mags.  Piotr, take the ammo from Piotr's two mags and one of your own and reload the belt and drum that Pawel has just removed from his RPD.  It is important that we keep the RPD going as it is our edge!  Does that make sense?"


Jan
Transmitting an update to Konrad and then organising a redistribution of ammo amongst the Polish members of his squad.
F88 Steyr AUG (24/30 rounds - 7 mags & some loose rounds in total) - held
 - Underslung M203 (1/1 HE - 6x HE, 2x HEDP & 1x ILLUM total)
Sig Sauer P226 (15/15 rounds - 4 mags total) - holster
Frag Grenade x2

Observing his two lead men from behind them, Bayer says over the noise of their shots, "Keep firing." He then hears the squawk of radio chatter coming in over his handset and listens in.



"Roger. Am right outside. Over." he answers, satisfied that sitreps have finally begun to come in. Then glancing upwards to see if he can catch a glimpse of anyone, he spots Mariusz's flare instead.

"Friendlies on der roof." he says over his shoulder to those covering upwards.



"Sunray. Negative. No move at this time." Bayer responds. "Deny enemy movement and keep the tank isolated... until situation at objective changes. Over."

"Understood," replied Jan.  "Charlie One out."

He then made his way back to join Jay to keep a watch out.

"Okay, be careful, they were dropping grenades down the main stairs."

He yelled down to the last holdouts, "Well, what about it, fuckers? Our men are coming, no one's coming to help you. You're surrounded! You have five seconds."

Dawid looked around.

"Oops, Euzebiusz, once Mariusz is done searching the prisoners, please cover the other stairwell we came up."

After hearing that friendlies were on the roof above them Quyen switches her aim to the south. She then drops to a kneeling position and waits.

Griet followed Bayer closely, ready to contribute once action began.

Assault Team

While his teammates provide covering fire, Tucker lines up a shot on the enemy firing from the motor pool. His 40mm HE grenade sails across the street and bursts near where most of the gunfire appears to be coming from. The enemy fire instantly drops off by 75%. After a few seconds, it stops altogether. (Tucker -1 40mm HE)

Jan's Team

The handful of enemy still cowering behind the disabled M-113 finally see the writing on the wall. The tank crew right next door appears to be surrending, and the group oc comrades that made a run for it now lay dead or dying at the northeast corner of the granary. They raise their weapons vertically and start shouting in an attempt to surrender.

Granary Roof

After a few seconds of silence, one of the enemy in the stairwell below calls up, "Let's talk terms! We're not just fropping our guns and putting ourselves at your mercy! We still got the food! You come at us, we're setting it on fire and we can all burn together!"

The prisoners offer no resistance. Under guard, their medic continues working on the two most badly wounded men. Mariusz walks over to a makeshift flagpole and uses his knife to cut the cord causing the Baron's black standard to fall away. Then he walks back to guard one of the roof entries.

Rooftop Sniper

Warren watches the black flag flutter down from the granary roof. It's a satisfying expereince. He was sent here to help the 10th TD capture the city and he's done just that. Even better, he's done it with a small force of NATO stragglers and Polish misfits. The sounds of battles have died down from the earlier crescendo to a smattering of shots. He hears something else above the scattered gunfire- the distinct groan and clank of tracked vehicles. He rises up a bit and looks around, finally locating the source of the sound to the west. A later Soviet-model main battle tank leads a BMP-1 towards the granary complex. The shape of the vehicles is broken up by the small hoard of soldiers clinging to their outsides. Between the two vehicles, there must be a dozen riders.

Next Moves?

Euzebiusz stood at the stairwell they had just exited as instructed. He listen as Dawid tried to reason with the defenders, he doubted that they would burn themselves to death but he had meet some crazy people.

He also kept an eye on the prisoners he would have no qualms spraying the lot of them if they tried anything.

When he hears the BMP he is torn and in the end runs to one of the GPMG's facing the new threat. He works the bolt and waits for the order to fire.

In reply to Cap'n Rae (msg #368):



"You're not going to do that because you'll die, too, so don't be dramatic. My terms are for you to lay down your arms and turn over your command willingly and you won't be punished or killed for doing your jobs with courage. I give my word as a soldier and member of the Home Army. Poland needs living heroes, not dead thieves. Your five seconds are up so make your choice now!"

Giving him a moment, Dawid looked around to keep aware of the situation on the roof and nodded with approval at the Baron's colours being struck. "Nice work, Mariusz. Here, fly this." He didn't have a real Polish flag so he handed Mariusz his red-white Home Army armband; unfolded and untied, it would be large enough to see (barely) and if nothing else, it was noticeably different than the Baron's standard. "Ask the prisoners how many men on the floors below us!"

"Alpha One, talking to some holdouts on the third floor. I'll talk to them, if you can, send someone up the rear stairs. Be careful."


OOC: From where he is he checks the main stairwell, to see if he can fix the holdout's position and if he can get to it with a hand grenade. I'm sorry if you've answered this before but how many stories is the building, and what floor are the holdouts on?
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Mariusz tied the armband to the flag post and then continued to cover his entrance.

"Charlie One to Alpha One," Jan transmitted to Konrad.  "We have more enemy surrendering, this group from behind the M113.  I am going to bring them into my building and will have to place them under guard.  We are unengaged besides that."

Jan then lowered his rifle, leaning it against the wall beside him, and cupped his hands to bellow down to the men surrendering in the street below, hoping that they understood Polish.  "Soldiers from the T-72 and the M113.  If you are surrendering come into view towards our position, place your weapons on the ground and then continue walking towards our building.  We will treat you well if you obey my commands!  Do not do anything threatening or my machine gunner will open up again.  Do not be stupid and do anything threatening!  Enough have died today!  Bring your wounded as well.  We have a medic."

He then lowered his hands and picked up his rifle again before turning to Pawel and Piotr and speaking at a normal volume.  "Keep them covered as they approach.  I will organise a reception on the ground floor for them."  Jan then moved towards the stairwell to join Dariusz.  "You are with me," he instructed the Pole before switching to English and calling up to the floor above.  "Jay.  We have prisoners surrendering.  Come down to the ground floor and help me secure them!"

Jan then returned to the radio, this time contacting Danny.  "Charlie One to Coyote.  Bring your partner down to the ground floor.  We have prisoners surrendering."

He then set off down the stairs to the ground floor, hopefully with Dariusz beside him and Jay, Danny and Artur trailing along behind.


Jan
Organising accepting the surrendering of the enemy soldiers.
F88 Steyr AUG (24/30 rounds - 7 mags & some loose rounds in total) - held
 - Underslung M203 (1/1 HE - 6x HE, 2x HEDP & 1x ILLUM total)
Sig Sauer P226 (15/15 rounds - 4 mags total) - holster
Frag Grenade x2

Standing at a blown-out seventh-story window on the northeast corner of the building, Danny's at a bad angle to do much about the M113.  At a loss for more constructive activity, he continues scanning for enemy reinforcements and monitoring the radio traffic.  Jan's call comes as something of a relief.  Danny catches Artur's eye to make sure the marksman understood the transmission, then keys his microphone.  "Coyote copies.  Coming down from seven.  ETA two minutes."  He's already heading for the stairs, still keeping one ear on the radio.

Danny
Heading downstairs with Artur in tow
Winona [30/30] + 6 magazines - ready
CZ 75 [15/15] + 2 magazines - holstered
AN-M8 (HC smoke) x2 - stowed
AN-M18 (red smoke) x1 - stowed
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Tucker and the Polish guy with him had the corner so Quyen continued to keep watch to the south and ready to move once the Captain made that call. While waiting she glances over and acknowledges Griet with a nod. Quyen was glad she was here with them.

Quyen
AK74 (21/30)
Covering

After he had emptied his mag at the motor pool things seemed to quieter down considerably. After hearing Jan's shout he finished reloading and headed down to the ground floor to await further instructions.

Bayer steps out around Robert and tosses an HC grenade into the open ground between the corner of the building and the entrance. He let the smoke billow out of the canister for a moment to judge the enemy's reaction before risking any moves. If it no effective fire is directed at the smoke, Bayer taps Tucker on the shoulder and says to him and his partner, "Gain entry but wait for the rest of us before you get too far inside."

He then turns to Griet and says, "I'm next. I need you to take over out here and get everyone inside. Send two men at a time with a couple seconds in between... the smoke will last long enough so don't rush it."

Bayer will then trail after Tucker's team bringing Sawiki with him.

Tucker opens the breach on his grenade launcher and lets the empty 40mm cannister fall to the ground as he reaches for another HE round and replaces it in the tube and then closing it.  He checks the coreners and then turns to Konrad and his team, "Let 'em know we're comin' in boss.

OK!  ON ME."  Tucker leads his four person team inside the granary and looks for the first available cover so they can set up a perimeter so that Konrad and the others can make their way inside.  He directs his people to find what cover they can find and assess the situation before going to far inside.

TUCKER
M-16A2 [27/30] / M-203 [HE] - {READY WEAPON} Safety 'OFF-BURST'
Browning HP-35 [13/13] SAFETY 'ON' Cocked & locked
H&K SOCOM (Suppressed/.45 acp) [12/12] SAFETY 'ON'
Kevlar Vest/Helmet
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"Break Break Break, All callsigns this is Falcon 1, Delta 1.  Incoming armor plus dismounts from the West.  Unknown affiliation."

The brief moment of pleasure he had at the falling flag vanished quickly, bringing him back to reality.  He propped up his rifle and scanned the lead vehicle with his scope.  He sought first some indication of who these guys were.  After that, he settled the crosshairs on either an exposed driver or commander, if possible, then began to take slack out of the trigger.

In mid run, Bayer grasps at the radio's transmit switch and says, "Jan - back in position! You are blocking force!"

"Everyone back to your positions but covering the western side!" yelled Jan, firstly in Polish and then in English.  "Armour and dismounts approaching from the west!  Set up facing that way but hold your fire for the moment.  Piotr, continue covering the men surrendering in the road but get them to stop there!" he continued repeating himself in both Polish and English, getting his men organised.

He didn't radio Danny and Artur again though.  He needed them down linking up with the rest of the squad now.

"Aye, Aye, Sir," Griet replied, she waited for the Kaptain and his first group to disappear and then started to send the others across in pairs.

"Go quickly," she snapped, "we can't trust to the smoke dawdling."

She watched intently as she sent everyone across at the designated intervals. If the smoke was still holding, she would cross herself with the last group. She readied her gun just in case things didn't go to plan. Who was she kidding, she thought to herself, things never went to plan...