30Apr03/1809
A short time later Tyler's wedge caught up with Harper at the treeline
where the two had shot two men at close range earlier that afternoon.
It was here that the group caught their first glimpse of those they
would shortly do violence upon.
The M163 was 80m away from the treeline, and was facing the river, which
would give a side shot should that become necessary, as per Tyler's
instructions. Harper gestured, indicating three men lying prone in some
brush, 60m NORTH of the treeline. Tyler had seen them too, but from the
expressions on their faces, the others in the wedge had not.
Another 3-man team was easy to spot. They were 120m NORTH WEST of
Tyler's position. They faced NW, and seemed to be covering RT 15.
[Bates]
[Clark]
[GM: Here's the link for the tactical map:]
FIRST FIGHT MAP
[GM:The Battle Begins]
30APR03/1808:00
Teams of infantrymen could be seen advancing towards the woods. The two
5- man wedges got into postion, and opened fire a millisecond after Tyler did so.
Tyler's burst, aimed at the southernmost 3-man team, caught all 3 men
somewhat, and caused them to drop.
Jones sprayed M16 fire into the group by the river. His weapon became
caught up on his equipment, and the burst went wild.
The fire from the two wedges of Tyler's squad was highly effective in eliminating enemy personell.
The M163 fired another burst out onto the island.
30Apr03/1808:05
[Tyler]
[Harper]
[GM]
To recap:
The M163 just fired on the island.
Anyway, on with the show...
============
30Apr03/1808:10
[Jones]
The team then puts suppressive fire on the group of infantry
near the Bradley, with Yarmouth and Appleby alternating fire with Jones
and Scott.
Valdez tries to pick off inf. near M125 mtr. carrier and misses.
McFee duels with inf. near M3 Bradley. A few inf. go to ground.
Two infantry near the M125 return fire. It gets abit hot around
Yarmouth and Appleby. Yarmouth takes a scratch to the arm.
The inf near the M3 that can act, return fire. Branches snap, dirt
flies, but no one is hit.
M163 again fires on helicopter on island. Due to spreading HC smoke,
result not visible.
M3 fires MAG MG and 25mm A/C on treeline. Sadly, Bates is KIA.
30Apr03/1808:15, I=1
Jones fires at inf near M3. Another goes to ground.
The few inf near the M3 that can act, return fire. Again, branches snap, dirt
flies, no one is hit.
M163 again fires on helicopter on island. Due to spreading HC smoke,
result not visible.
M3 fires MAG MG and 25mm A/C on treeline. The MG fire goes wild, but
the A/C rounds find their mark. Scott is KIA, and McFee takes a light
wound to the abdomen, and some fragments to the arm...
30Apr03/1808:20, I=6
30Apr03/1808:25, near treeline
[GM]
30Apr03/1808:30, near M125
Petey's sudden appearance no doubt surprised the infantry and mortar
crew around the M125. His fire did little damage in the physical sense,
but...
===============
30Apr03/1808:35, treeline
Seeing that the smoke had provided good concealment, Tyler rose and shouted,
"First squad, follow me!"
Shadow charges 80 m toward the APC running a zigzag pattern.
Harper is right on Tyler's heels, screaming all the way, and would
probably pass him...[GM: PSU center?!?]
McFee is busy bleeding for the moment...
Valdez fires on inf near M125. He popped one's cork... The other two
scramble for cover behind the M125.
The M3 books it through the field, closing the distance to the treeline
to about 200m.
30Apr03/1808:35, near M125
The burst richocheted off of the hull of the vehicle, missing the
infantry. One of the crew screamed something, and turned the
pintle-mounted MG Tim and Pete's direction...
[Sarge]
[Petey]
30Apr03/1808:40, near the M163
The rest of 1st squad(Cooper and Sneed) sprinted it 1/2 way to the M163.
Second squad gave cover fire.
Appleby fired a long burst on M3 with M60, hoping and praying... The
rounds walked their way from the hull, up the turret, and down the
suspension. The M3 ground to a halt unexpectedly.
M163 switched fire, and tore up the ground Harper and Tyler just
vacated. Unfortunately, the rest of 1st squad(Sneed and Cooper) was
there. Sneed was scratched, Cooper was shredded. [GM: 3 direct hits from
20mm API. ouch!]
McFee was wounded earlier, but was tired of bleeding and decided to put a hurtin' on someone.
McFee swungs from the right wing of second squad, over past Yarmouth and
Appleby. He would soon be the new Left wing...
[Shadow]&[Harper]
[GM]
30Apr03/1808:40, near M125
Another M125 crewperson attempted to man the MG.
Sarge fired at the M125 crew, wounding one.
The two infantry were pinned in somewhat of a crossfire by Tyler and
Jones's squads, and Petey and Tim.
[Tim]
[Petey]
30Apr03/1808:45, near M163
Sneed made it to the M163, and set up.
Clark shot at another truck, and picked off a few retreating inf.
Jones fired at trucks/inf. 2 more retreating inf went down.
Yarmouth fired at trucks/inf. The rearmost truck exploded.
[Shadow]
Harper covered Shadow and stayed sharp for trouble elsewhere.
Valdez fired at the one untouched truck. He picked off another inf in
the process.
The M3 fired on the treeline. The fire was very innaccurate.
30Apr03/1808:45, near M125
The infantry were still pinned down. The two infantry still do not seem to want to expose themselves to
anymore fire, being held down pretty well by at least four seperate firing
points.
[Tim]
[Petey]
Sarge hammered away at the vehicle.
A few vital seconds were lost to hesitation, reloading, aiming, etc...
30Apr03/1809:00, near M125
Petey fired at an infantryman, clipping him.
30Apr03/1809:05, I=3
Valdez aimed carefully at an exposed area on the M3...
Harper noticed movement on the middle island out in the river...
McFee completed his maneuver, and aimed with the M203...
30Apr03/1809:05, near M125
Petey fired his shotgun at the exposed feet and legs of an infantryman.
The man took the brunt of the blast in the legs.
Sarge fired at the vehicle, keeping the MG occupied.
30Apr03/1809:10, I=2
[M163 crew&Tyler]
The two men tried to wrestle with Tyler. The first elbowed Tyler hard
to the throat. Tyler put a burst into that one, who dropped dead.
The other put his hands high in the air. Tyler, gasping, headed
for the autocannon...
Harper climbed into the M163, as did Sneed.
Jones fired on the gaggle of inf near the trucks. He hit one man.
Appleby hammered away at the M3, but was caught up on his equipment, and
the fire went wild.
Valdez fired at the M3. Clark could see the ironic smile spread on his
face. Clark fired on inf near trucks. He hit another man.
The M3 fired at the treeline. The MG fire misses, the 25mm A/C misses narrowly,
but caused some concussion damage to each of Jones, Yarmouth, and
Appleby. Jones's head pinged! when a fragment popped off the helmet. He
prayed to the almighty god Kevlaro, and thanked Him for being spared a greater
headache. [GM: his head still does hurt from the crash, about 90
minutes ago...]
30Apr03/1809:10, near m125
30Apr03/1809:15, I=1
Valdez reloaded.
Harper vaulted into the driver's seat, and yelled "Ready, Cappy!"
Tyler manned the autocannon and brought the weapon to bear on the M3 for a
side shot.
(15 seconds of hesitation, reloading, etc. for Tyler and Jones)
30Apr03/1809:15, near M125
30Apr03/1809:20, I=6
30Apr03/1809:25, I=5
30Apr03/1809:30, I=4
30Apr03/1809:35, I=3
Tyler opened up on the M3... The range was about 175m. He hit! Rounds
sliced thru the side of the turret, into the MG mount, and into the A/C
mount.
30Apr03/1809:35, I=2
[Tyler]
30Apr03/1809:35, I=3
=============
[GM:] So to recap:
The M163 was captured with one prisoner.
The 20-man inf contingent originally by the M3 was pretty badly torn up.
1st 10 KIA, 10 grounded. Then 7 of the grounded men were KIA. One
truck destroyed, two disabled.
12 inf KIA on the field. No other enemy infantry can be seen on the
field.
Your casualties: Bates, Scott & Cooper KIA. Light wounds to Jones, Tyler,
Appleby, Yarmouth, and Sneed.
Clark is calling on the radio. Harper noticed some movement on the
island.
[GM:back to the story]
===============
30Apr03/1809:40
[Jones]
[Yarmouth]
[Jones]
Jones will help keep fire on the '125 until Yarmouth brings back the radio.
Then he'll see what Clark wants.
30Apr03/1809:40
Tim fired, keeping the man pinned down.
Petey fired, catching him right in the face as he exposed his head.
Another man in the M125 turned an M16 on Tim and Petey. He fired,
hitting Tim in the left arm for a light wound.
30Apr03/1809:40
[Tyler]
Ryan doublechecked the gun's system. He let the barrels spin for a few
moments to cool down after the hosing he poured out of them. He prepared
to cut loose on the M125 with the rapidfire gun...
30Apr03/1809:45
30Apr03/1809:45,
[Tyler]
30Apr03/1809:45,
[Tim]
By this time, it became apparent to all, that the M125 (and previously, the
surrounding infantry) were taking fire from another unidentified team
just east of RT 15, and less than 40m from the M125.
It is a fair assumption now to consider them friendlies, seeing them cut down the infantry,
and taking fire from the vehicle...
[GM]
Sarge is spouting blood from a nasty legwound.
Petey's shotgun is empty. He has 72 more shells in a mag pouch.
Tim has about 7-8 rounds in the Tommy Gun, another 20-rnd clip handy,
and 2- 50rnd boxes in his mag pouches.
back to the action...
30Apr03/1809:50
[Jones]
[McFee]
30Apr03/1809:55
[Jones]
30Apr03/1810:00
Tyler, wondering if the two figures downrange are aircrew, company mates, partisans, or
what, calls a shift fire and have Harper drop a smoke on top of the carrier to give the two
"friendlies" cover.
Valdez tried to pick off M125 crew, but missed. Harper is happy to comply. He readies the
M79.
30Apr03/1810:00
[Tim]
"Cover me, Petey!..."
[Slade]
Slade covered Tim briefly, then considered reloading...
30Apr03/1810:05
Pete reloaded 3 shells as quickly as possible.
Tim is running toward the M125...
30Apr03/1810:05
Sneed opened up on the M125 with his M249. Harper popped the smoke round in to give
cover to the two supposed friendlies.
Tyler grabbed an M-16 from one of the bad guy corpses and prepared to give cover fire to
the 2 friendlies. Valdez fired and plugged one of the M125 crew right in the head.
30Apr03/1810:10
Was there someone near the M125? As Tim fired at some movement near the M125,
rounds skated across the skin of the AFV, and peppered the crew of the vehicle. Without
any warning, the thing suddenly exploded in a huge fireball. Tim was about 25m from the
vehicle, and Petey was about 35m away.
[GM: Tim, you did a critical on the fuel, and... POOF! Be glad you weren't much closer.
And YES everyone on the field sees the M125 go up, as well as Tim and Petey take a
tumble. Enjoy!]
The concussion from the explosion knocked Tim several meters thru the air. Petey has
fragments of God-knows-what flung at him. At least it wasn't THROUGH him...
30APR031811
Yarmouth returned the radio to LT. Jones.
[Tyler]
[response Jones]
The smoke from the M79 and M203 rounds began spreading out, and swirled around
in the light breeze.
[GM]
[Slade] Takes the defensive, and reloaded while watching Tim's back.
"Tim are you ok?"
[Tyler]
"Harper, put someone on driving this thing and get some people to grab
those trucks over there. We have rides now."
[Harper]
[Slade]
[Tyler]
"Shadow to Valdez. Can you see who they were firing at on the island?"
[Valdez]
[Tyler]
"I don't know you. You're not from my unit. I'm Captain Ryan Tyler.
Thanks for the help. I don't think you are going to be too popular in
these parts, you'd better come with us."
Tim had begun to stir abit...
[Valdez]
30Apr03/1810
Ryan barks out, "Chuck, how are you doing? Get with Top and give me a status report on
the unit."
He then looks at the APC.
"Harper, put someone on driving this thing and get some people to grab
those trucks over there. We have rides now."
Ryan goes to Bate's body and takes the radio,
"Shadow to Valdez. Can you see who they were firing at on the island?"
After gettng his reply he walks over to where the two newcomers are.
His hand is on the grip of his slung SMG.
"I don't know you. You're not from my unit. I'm Captain Ryan Tyler.
Thanks for the help. I don't think you are going to be too popular in
these parts, you'd better come with us."
[GM]
30APR03,1811
Yarmouth returned the radio to LT. Jones.
[Tyler]
The smoke from the M79 and M203 rounds began spreading out, and swirled
around in the light breeze.
[GM]
Sarge lay very still some 50m from the M125.
[Slade]
"Tim are you ok?"
[Tyler]
"Harper, put someone on driving this thing. We have rides now."
[Harper]
"Affirmative, Shadow... Listen up, Yarmouth, you drive the M163. Check
it over and report back to me".
[GM]
[Slade]
[Tyler]
"Shadow to Valdez. Can you see who they were firing at on the island?"
[Valdez]
[Tyler]
"I don't know you. You're not from my unit. I'm Captain Ryan Tyler.
Thanks for the help. I don't think you are going to be too popular in
these parts, you'd better come with us."
[Tim]
[Valdez]
30Apr03/1815
[Tyler]
He then turns to the newcomers.
"Do any of you have medical training? I have wounded and my medic is
dead. If you do go to the treeline and help out. If any of you are too
wounded to help for now, go to the treeline for treatment. If any of
you know vehicles, start stripping useable parts off the trucks. Fuel,
oil, tires, anything that we can salvage."
"Harper, man the minigun and have Yarmouth drive you to the Island. The
APC is amphibeous. We need to know if anyone there is alive."
Ryan then grabbed Appleby and Sneed and put them in the treeline as
overwatch for the clean up. He himself unlimbered his SMG and kept his
eyes open.
"Jones, you are in charge of the recovery operation. Get everything
back into order."
[Jones]
Jones and Top tend to the wounded (including Top) and gather all the
friendly wounded and dead in the treeline.
Jones instructs Yarmouth to gather up weapons ammo from the
dead enemy, and any other equipment that looks like it might be useful.
Once this is accomplished, Yarmouth and Jones go search the
trucks, leaving Top behind with the wounded.
Well, leave him. Chuck will help with the wounded first and then help
Yarmouth police up the weapons.
30Apr03/1815
[Slade]
[Tyler]
He then turns to the newcomers.
"I don't have time to be polite. Sitrep: We are in enemy territory and
you are looking at the only friendlies around. Some of you look like
civilians so pardon what may seem like bossiness. I'm fighting to keep
all of us alive, and cooperation is the best chance you got."
[Tim]
"Owww, Anybody get the number of that bus...Owww... What's this about
enema territory... you ain't doin' THAT to me Petey... are ya?...."
Tim did look to be in some pain, with some burns on his upper body, and
what appeared to be cracked ribs from the tumble he took when the M125
blew...
[Slade]
[Slade]
Bloody Treeline
The RTO tapped Tyler on the shoulder, and handed him the earpiece. It
was Clark.
(crackle) "Sir -- Three man team in blindspot NORTH of M163. Final three man team
not in your LOS, below riverbank, just NORTH EAST of M163. Valdez says
'You're welcome. Heh!'..."
At the previous ambush site
"Throw out smoke grenades. I want our front covered all the way to the
APC. Second squad, give cover fire. First squad we take the APC on my
command."
"Understood, Cappy!"
Some distance away from the action, Petey and Tim see a firefight break out.
There is a group of perhaps 10-15 in the woods, firing on the 3 vehicles
and 12 infantry in the field, and 20-odd infantry along RT 15. Both saw
this action, but only Petey can respond for now. Also, Tyler can respond.
Petey and Tim remain unseen to Tyler and his Merry Men, as well as the group in the
field...
The southernmost 3-man is down.
The 3-man near the M163 is down.
The 3-man along the river is down.
The 3-man near the M125A3 is active.
The 20-man around the M3A1 is active, 2 probable, 1 possible casualties.
The M125A3 is active.
The Bradley and 3 trucks are all active.
First squad(Harper, Tyler, Bates, Cooper, and Sneed) gets set to move.
Second squad fires.
Jones throws two smoke grenades out to his front (toward the
M163), one at about 25m, the other about 50m. He tells Scott and
Yarmouth to each pitch one out, if they have them. Both smokers
go more or less where Jones wanted them.
First squad is in position, ready to move on Tyler's signal.
Second squad continues to fire.
Jones's wedge follow suit, pinning down more of the infantry.
[Shadow]
Ryan waits until the smoke provides adequate concealment.
The smoke issues forth from the grenades, and begins to swirl around in the field.
Second squad alternates with coverfire, reloading, aiming etc. thru
these phases...
[Petey]
In a fast zig-zag maneuver, Petey sprinted toward the M125, shooting at
the infantry. He racked off three rounds from the pump shotgun, yelling,
"Come on, Tim, let's help those guys out!"
[Shadow]
[McCain]
"Been nice working with you Sarge." He then jumped up and followed
Petey. Tim aimed his Thompson SMG at the infantry group as Petey began his
advance, firing a burst at the infantry who stare in disbelief at Petey.
"Hope it's the goodguys that we're helping..."
Sarge just shook his head in the negative, and opened up on the mtr
carrier with his M16. He plastered a long burst directly at the
machinegunner, nearly taking his head clean off...
Petey ran closer to the infantry and M125. He fired once at the
infantry, missing.
Jones fires on fired on inf near M3. Hit several.
The rest of the wedge fired at surrounding infantry and/or trucks.
The tire blew out on one, and several rounds whacked into the hood of another.
continued running and reached the M163...
The inf. near the trucks (the M3 moved), having
suffered nearly 40% KIA, broke and ran for their trucks.
Tim fired as he advanced. Unfortunately, he slipped and dropped his
prized Tommy Gun in the grass.
Petey closed the distance from himself to the M125 now to 35m. Tim was
about 5m behind him, charging and firing like a maniac, until he
slipped. Petey felt this was a good place to hit the dirt, so he went down
along with Tim. He then fired another shot from the 12-gauge pump, but missed.
Climbed the back of the APC, (good handholds on an M113) and popped the
gunner with a 10rnd burst. He prepared to drop inside.
Tim picked up his Tommy Gun, and dusted it off, fondly...
Petey took careful aim at an infantryman.
[Shadow]
Shadow dropped inside the M163 with thoughts of turning the 20mm on the M3.
The two men inside would like to have persuaded him otherwise...
Tim ripped off a burst at the infantry, missing them. Tim's SMG was
running on empty. He will reload next round.
Tim reloaded.
Petey fired, hitting the wounded man again.
Sarge kept the MG man busy...
The MG man dueled it out with Sarge, now. His burst mostly missed, but
one round entered Sarge's left leg. The leg that was once just broken,
now was severed at the thigh. [GM: .50 M2HB -- ouch!]
Sneed stepped over a body and jammed his M249 in the prisoner's belly.
Jones and Yarmouth hugged the earth.
Yarmouth opens up with the m60, and misses.
Clark calls on the radio. Bates is KIA, so only Harper heard.
McFee fired the 40mm HEDP grenade at the M3. He hit the turret, and
the shell exploded.
Tim fired his TommyGun, stitching the wounded man even further... it was
ugly!
Petey fired his shotgun once more. He missed, and now the weapon was
empty.
hesitation... Pete looked around to see Sarge spouting blood about 1
meter in the air from a leg wound. He appeared to be blacked out...
hesitation... Tim noticed the Sarge was wounded and was not firing...
Petey reloads three rounds into his pump shotgun...
Like a man posessed, Tyler kept firing. He hit vision equipment, the hull, and finally found the
fuel tanks. The M3 caught fire. Two seconds later it exploded. No
one bailed out.
Tim fired, hitting the other infantryman in the arm.
Petey fired twice at the machine gunner, ripping him apart...
Down at the end of the field, the firefights continue, and suddenly the
M3 Bradley Recon Vehicle burst into flames and exploded!...
The M3 was destroyed.
The M125 is under attack by 2 "unidentified figures"(Petey&Tim)
END OF FIGHT
===============
In the s**t(edge of woods)
"Yarmouth, Bates is down in the treeline. Go grab the squawkbox."
"Gotcha, EL-TEE!" Yarmouth kept low and sprinted off.
"Sergeant Appleby, keep fire on that '125."
near M125
In the APC
"Harper! Hop in the driver's seat. We have to get that M125, and
fast! Let's go!" Scanning the field for a moment, Tyler made out the form of the M125
through the smoke. Realizing the M163 needn't move, he countermanded the order.
near treeline
Appleby trained the M60 onto the two men taking cover behind the mortar carrier.
inside M163
Thinks to himself, "400 meters is nothing to a minigun". He swings it
around and is about to cut loose on the mortar carrier, when he sees
that vehicle taking fire from two people, a mere 35m West of the M125...
near M125
McCain scanned the area looking for targets around the M125.
"I gotcha back while you reload Petey"
Tim covers Petey as he reloaded, and once Petey finished, Tim
exchanged the half empty clip with a fresh one.
Recap:
Both infantry near the M125 have been eliminated.
At least one crewman was hit from the M125.
treeline
"Top, you okay to help Shadow take out that vehicle?"
"Yessir!" McFee used the wrecked Bradley and abandoned trucks for cover,
and worked his way forward.
treeline
Helped keep fire on the M-125 and two infantry until Yarmouth brought back the radio.
inside M163
near M125
Tim, having mustered his nerve, rose to a low crouch, and sprinted toward the M125.
"I got your back TIM!!!"
near M125
outside M163
near M125
The battlefield
Ryan barks out,
"Chuck, how are you doing? Get with Top and give me a status report on
the unit."
Tim just didn't move. He now faced down, against the ground. He midsection enlarged
every now and again, a sign that at least he was breathing. Petey was stunned from the
shock -- awake, but not in much of a condition to respond...
He then looks at the APC.
Harper is obviously taking the deaths of Bates, Scott, and Cooper pretty hard.
"Affirmative, Shadow... Listen up, Yarmouth, you drive the M163. Check it over and
report back to me".
Pete watched the other people, shotgun at the ready,
wondering if they were friendly? Apparently there was an officer, barking orders, several
non-coms, and a handful of grunts. All told, about 10 total...
Ryan went to Bate's body and took the radio.
"Negative Shadow. Clark's checking it out as we speak. Will inform you when
we find out anything".
After getting his reply he walked over to where the two newcomers were.
His hand was on the grip of his slung SMG.
"Shadow, this is Guardian. Clark reports one Blackhawk on the middle
island. At least 4 probable KIA. No survivors noted.... Orders?..."
The Battlefield
The concussion from the explosion knocked Tim several meters thru the
air. Petey has
fragments of God-knows-what flung at him. At least it wasn't THROUGH
him...
The battlefield
Ryan barks out,
"Chuck, how are you doing? Get with Top and give me a status report on
the unit."
Tim just didn't move. He now faced down, against the ground. He
midsection enlarged every now and again, a sign that at least he was breathing. Petey was
stunned from the shock -- awake, but not in much of a condition to respond...
Takes the defensive, and reloaded while watching Tim's back.
He then looked at the APC.
Harper is obviously taking the deaths of Bates, Scott, and Cooper pretty
hard.
One of the squad members checked out the trucks that had accompanied the Bradley
in the assault. One was utterly destroyed, the other two were disabled. (Blown tires, shotup radiators, leaking fuel,
etc... unusable)
Pete watched the other people, shotgun at the ready, wondering if they
were friendly? Apparently there was an officer, barking orders, several
non-coms, and a handful of grunts. All told, about 10 total...
Ryan went to Bate's body and took the radio.
"Negative Shadow. Clark's checking it out as we speak. Will inform you
when we find out anything".
After getting his reply he walked over to where the two newcomers are.
His hand was on the grip of his slung SMG.
Tim had begun to stir abit...
"Shadow, this is Guardian. Clark reports one Blackhawk on the middle
island. At least 4 probable KIA. No survivors noted.... Orders?..."
"Guardian, this is Shadow. Keep an eye on them. If they are alive and
smart, they are faking or hiding. Also keep a lookout for other
unfriendlies. Send Clark after the Humvee and have him bring it here."
"Gotcha skipper. That fire's gonna tell everybody within 10 miles
exactly where we are. We should probly make this quick."
outside Perdix
Aftermath...
Got up and went to Tim to check his wounds. He pulled out a Personal
med kit, and began working on Tim.
In reference to the supposed sighting on the island, "Guardian, this is
Shadow. Keep an eye on them. If they are alive and smart, they are
faking or hiding. Also keep a lookout for other unfriendlies. Send
Clark after the Humvee and have him bring it here."
Tim slowly regained consciousness, and was mumbling.
"Hey! Can I get some help here!..."
