
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Flashpoint Latvia Episode 5 - The Operational Art of War III - Grim Prospects of WarThis narrative is fictional. No political point is intended. The images are from a custom-made scenario, which I intend to play and report as part of this series.
With an order of battle barely longer than a party guest list, the Latvian National Armed Forces brace for a Russian-led "liberation of Russian peoples" in the Ludza and Rezekne Districts.
The peacetime deployment in the Latvian eastern districts include two National Guard Battalions. Here shown as yellow counters, the 25th Infantry Battalion stationed in Rezekne and the 32 Infantry Battalion stationed in Ludza. The artillery unit in the west is the 34rd Artillery Battalion. The Russian Army has recently moved two independent motorized rifle battalions brigades which are most likely to push from the border stations at Terehova and Morozovka. The two Russian axis of attack are likely Morozovka-Rezekne and Terehova-Ludza-Malta. Russian objectives west of Rezekne and Malta are likely too, to deter a NATO counter attack from the west.
An assortment of NATO aircraft will be available during the first hours of the invasion,...
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