Dogs Of War Vu
Sim/Strategy/War => Games Discussion => Topic started by: Asid on August 24, 2017, 04:18:33 PM
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Tuesday, August 22, 2017
By: JC
Combat Mission Black Sea - Firefight - AAR
This is an scenario from the Battle Pack 1 DLC. A meeting engagement pitying mechanized forces from Russia and the Ukraine. I played this scenario solo as the Russians.
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My initial moves as the Russian forces already plotted (yellow lines), I will secure that central campground before the Ukrainians get a foothold on it
Given the terrain layout, getting into real cover (the mid campground) instead of just interdicting the enemy from the concealment of the forest patches appears to be a risk worth taking.
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Yeah, I have to admit it: dashing forward may have been too risky. But I could not afford letting the Ukrainian forces to gain a foothold on the middle campground.
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As soon as my IFVs got on the edges of the campground, contact was established. An Ukrainian vehicle (blue icon, background) gets it.
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Disembark! Note how my orders for the squad include the "hide" command. With enemy IFVs lurking around, the least I want is my infantry making themselves a juicy target.
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I didn't use smoke either for the dismounting of my troops. I know the Ukrainians are on the move and I want them targeted without interruption.
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This was very unfortunate. One of my BMPs in our left flank got trashed by an Ukrainian IFV (BMP-2?). I was a bit careless not assigning this vehicle a suitable field of fire.
Read on: Click Here (http://kriegsimulation.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/combat-mission-black-sea-firefight-aar.html)