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The latest game in our fictitious African campaign.
Thanks to John Diamond for the report.
More photos on his blog ( Band of
Wargame Brothers).
The serious deterioration of the
situation in the southern provinces in Zogo is of grave concern to
the UN Security Council. Despite his brutal subjugation of the
rebellion, which is on its last legs, bloody violence has plagued the
southern provinces as tribes hostile to M'shombe's ruling tribe and
his regime have inflicted bloody retribution on the minority Baako
tribe who have responded with violence of their own. Rebel groups,
none associated with the PLF ( Patanga Liberation Front) have sprung
up and are causing mayhem.
Situation:
An unaligned rebel group has seized the
mining and airport facilities of the town of Kelwazi and are holding
the European engineers and the families hostage.
Mission
A combined force of French Foreign
Legion paratroopers and US Rangers are to be parachuted in to seize
the airport the mines and secure the safety of the hostages.
Execution.
Both forces, from the NATO Rapid
Reaction Force are to be parachuted in to the WEST of the town. From
their they will make their way east to secure three key objectives;
The Mine, the airfield and the Hostages.
Tasks:
The respective sniper teams will take
up positions on the slopes of the nearby hills to be able to observe
all activity in the vicinity and provided much needed cover to the
Legionnaires and Rangers. The US Rangers will move directly to the
hangar building and airport terminal to seize the vital
communications. The Legionnaires will cover the mine area and the
road heading north from where it is anticipated that the majority of
reinforcements will come, from the main township.
Once the area has been secured an
airlift from the US Fifth Fleet will land further troops and light
armoured support to allow the Rapid Reaction force to be reinforced
and spread its area of operations.
Administration/Logistics
Each force will carrying supplies and
ammunition for a 12 hour operation. Each unit will have grenades and
ant tank weapons to deal with ‘technicals’. The rebels do not
have any armour support but anti-tank weapons may be needed to deal
with bunkers or light vehicles effectively.
Command/Signals
During the operation both forces will
have access to NATO Command and the US Fifth. There will be no air
support as the political fallout from the use of ground attack
aircraft at this stage would be substantial.
NATO RAPID REACTION AFTER ACTION REPORT
US RANGERS:
The Ranger sniper teams took up position
in the area between the mine and the airfield to cover both areas.
The Rangers ( Spyros) made straight for the main hangar at the
western end of the airfield. Within moments contact was made with
rebels who hit the rangers with and large volume of fire, albeit
inaccurate. The Rangers quickly disposed of the enemy and moved onto
the airfield itself. The second Fire team of rangers took fire from two
groups of rebels and two technicals but thanks to the snipers who neutralised one technical, were able to deal with the other with a
grenade launcher and then turn their attention to the rebel groups,
dealing them heavy casualties, after taking one themselves.
Unfortunately, the snipers had now
revealed their positions and a rebel DSHKA opened fire, hitting one of
the snipers. A third Fire team raced across the open airfield, the
flat open expanse making them targets for every gunman and scumbag on
the table. Two went down slowing their advance substantially and the
Ranger command was wishing they had air support!!
More technicals were arriving and the
Rangers had their hands full, but two lucky shots destroyed two more
technicals and suddenly the fire power of the enemy seemed to slacked
as some of the gunmen raced off to deal with the arrival of a Fire team
of Legionnaires who had just taken the mine. The search for the
hostages went on as the Rangers continued moving east, neutralising
enemy resistance. A few groups put up some very stubborn resistance
and when the last remaining technical drove into a Fire team of Rangers
supported by heavy MG fire from the DSHKA, the second sniper was hit
as were two other Rangers. The platoon pined on the runway managed to
get itself moving, take out the DSHKA and secure the terminal.
Resistance was beginning to diminish as the gunmen realised they were
outclassed! Securing the airfield on the last turn, with 6 dead and 7
wounded, the Rangers were able to take pride in the fact that they
accomplished a very tough mission!
THE LEGION. (FFL)
The Legionnaires (Phil) deployed
quickly and under the watchful eye if their sniper teams fanned out
east, south east and south, quickly seizing the mine area but coming
under heavy fire as they crossed the railway line. Two Legionnaires
were killed but the timely arrival of the Command HQ drove the rebels
off.
To the east, the anti-tank team and a Fire team took up position on the edge of the long grass area and over
the course of the next three turns were able to drive off five
insurgent groups of reinforcements. They provided a valuable service
protecting the northern flank of the Reaction Force, allowing the
Rangers to secure the airfield. The tough paras of the Legion moved
rapidly from building to building looking for the hostages. Finally,
as resistance was building, the Legionnaires were forced to halt,
deal with their rising casualties (there would be four dead and 4
wounded by the end), they drove off several waves of gunmen and in the
second last move they found and secured the hostages. Another
successful mission for the Paratroopers of the 2nd REP!
REPORTS FROM THE UN:
Despite some misgivings at last nights
Security Council meeting about the NATO intervention the UN thanked
the French and Americans for the successful humanitarian effort.
However, a joint Chinese-Russian resolution calling for the immediate
removal of Franco American forces
was passed. Many African nations wholeheartedly supported the
Russo-Chinese resolution, seeing the NATO involvement as a return to
the Imperialism of the 19th Century
It is agreed that the existing forces
will leave forthwith once some minimal but
essential infrastructure is repaired.
The Belgian Mining giant
Union Minere du Haut Kelwazi has taken back operating control
of the once nationalised mine and has requested , through the
European Union and the NATO high command that the US and French
Forces remain on the ground in Kelwazi to ensure the safety of the
miners personel.
An Al Jazeera report has hinted that
several multinational mining companies are collaborating on allowing
more pliant (pro Western ) Kelwazian tribal leader to agreed to rule
the province under temporary guidance from the mining company, or
(companies). The EU and NATO have vehemently denied this, but Chinese
sources claim that they confirmed this.
Large quantities of mining equipment
(military hardware) and mine operating staff (lots of mercenaries )
have arrived. The NATO forces have been reinforced.
ZOGO:
THE STATE OF THE NATION
Zogo state media reported that the NATO
forces used the President's absence from his homeland to attack the
country. It is believed by many from the small African nation that
had the President not been overseas, NATO would never have attacked
as the President would have fired one shot and killed all the
invaders. Such is his military capability.
His Imperial Majesty and Royal
Highness, the Right Honourable and Most Eminent, Admiral General
President for life T’Mbolo M’Shombou, Father to his People and
Messiah of Zogo is very upset. Not concerned, but upset.
It has been reported that in a
conference with his cabinet and his senior officers he was quoted as
saying.
‘I left to go to see my bank manager
in Switzerland for a few days, and have a quiet Mediterranean holiday
with my 65 wives and 176 children. Much deserved after crushing the
rebels in both the north and the south of our beloved country. The
situation, I had, again single handedly saved, and thought that I had
MEN who could look after our beloved nation! But no! I return to find
that the colonialists are back. American and French troops are on the
sacred soil of our nation! This is an act of WAR! ”
The state run media service, on
M’Shombou radio and the M’Shombou times, all report that the
President is leaving the capital and is heading to Kelwazi to embrace
his loyal subjects and reinstate his benevolent rule. He has left the
crushing of the finale embers of the Rebellion ( Meeko Momfasa and
the Baako dominated PLF) to the key generals of his Presidential
Palace Imperial Life Guard. The bulk of his guard, with Chinese made
equipment and Chinese advisors is with the popularly elected
President. (107% approval rating from the last M’Shombou poll)
Reuters NEWSFLASH
Sources on the ground in Kelwazi say
that US and French troops are not preparing for departure but more
troops are being deployed and airlifted into the airport captured by
the Legion and Rangers.
US Commander General Rick Hackensack
was quoted as stating that :
“The US and her allies will
continue the great humanitarian assistance began in the early day of
this week. We are here to help bring stability, democracy, and
freedom to the people of Zogo. The minorities of this African nation
deserve the freedoms that we in the USA take for granted."
President T'mbolo M'shombe was outraged
at the blatant military aggression shown by the western allies.
'This is an outrage! The freedom loving
peoples of my beloved Zogo are feeling the steel boot of the European
colonial oppressors. This is the New World Order! The brutal
repression of my peace loving people was done at a time when I was
attending important business in Switzerland!”
The Presidential Guard is moving toward
Kelwazi.
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