Fought At Leipzig
2217 days 22 hours 22 minutes ago
You want a piece of Leipzig? Come get some!
100 POINTSPrologue:
0700
“Colonel Attwood, I need your boys at Leipzig!” snapped General Bryant. The Russkies are throwing everything they have at us to stop us from going into Berlin! Your job, Colonel is to stop them dead in their tracks, got it? “Yes sir.” Attwood left Bryant headquarters wondering which company commander he was going to tap for this job.
0730
“Have a seat, Captain.” The Captain sat down wondering what the next job was going to be. “You know the Russians are hitting us hard to prevent us from getting Berlin.”
The Captain nodded. “Your company is going to hold the line at the town of Torgau. There is a lot of woods and rivers there so you should be able to do this.” “Colonel, I need protection from the air and the VADS just cannot cover every square inch of the sector.”
Attwood smiled. “I am having a unit of Chaparrals coming up your way now. These boys are fresh off the transport plane, but they know what they are doing. You just keep them protected , got it?” “Yes, sir.” As the Captain turned to leave the Attwood spoke, “Captain, this is a no retreat situation. Under no circumstances are you to retreat, understood?” “Yes, sir.” The Captain left the HQ to go back to his company.
Russian Turn 1
Both T-72 tank companies moved out. The left company made slow progress as some of the tanks failed their cross checks. Shots were fired at the M1 platoon in the woods near the river with no effect. The right company proceeded down the road fired at the other M1 platoon in the wheat field and missed. The Hinds came toward the forest where the Mech platoon dug in. The Chaparrals responded, hitting the Hinds, one of them went down.
American Turn 1
The .50 cal on the M113s fired taking down one Hind. The Russians have not even fired their Hinds yet! The Cobras fired their TOWs at the right company taking out two T-72s on the road . The M1s in the wheat field fired at the right company and took down two more T-72s. The woods M1 s took out a T-72 from the left company.
Russian Turn 2
Before the Hinds could say or do anything, the Chaparrals fired, hit and did not down them, but the .50 cal MGs on the M113s did! No more Hinds to worry about! BMPs are moving forward. The right and left companies moved forward shooting at the M1s but to no avail.
American Turn 2
Fire from the M1s resulted in one T-72 destroyed and two bailed out. The Cobra’s TOWs did nothing.
Russian Turn 3
Carnation Instant Breakfast group fired on their Pre aimed point on the board causing the Mech platoon to become pinned. The BMPs are still moving forward trying the cross the river into the woods. The right company is down to two tanks and is now in the woods. The left company is bringing more barrels on the M1 platoon in the woods across the river.
American Turn 3
The M1 woods platoon fired taking out another T-72 from the left company. Mech platoon could not unpin. Cobras moved to another part of the board to get better shots.
Russian Turn 4
The left company fired on the M1 woods platoon fired and destroyed an M1 and bailed out another. Everyone else tried to advance.
American Turn 4
The M1 HQ unit swung around from behind the church and fired on the two remaining T-72s int eh woods. One went down and the Cobras fired their TOW missiles taking out the last T-72 in the right company. The woods M1s fired on the left company bailing out one more T-72.
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Well done on your battle. Keep it up.
nice report with an interesting video thanks
A nice AAR, well done.
nice report
Holding Leipzig? What would Patton say? he would say we are on a coffee break! Am I right, boys? We must keep hitting the Reds!
Murica and freedom!
Good job with the video! Nice to see you’re holding out in Leipzig!
Commended.
The terrain is tough on this one as the Russians were failing cross checks and they were being bottle-necked at the same time. The Hinds went down…hard. I was expecting the Chappies to do more damage than the .50 cal which they did, but not enough to bring them down. The Captain is buying a round for the boys manning the M113s in the Mech platoon!.
Great Win, Congrats!!! Tough terrain
excellent AAR with fine photos
nove addition the movie
Great Job Commander. I like adding the video and time and effort you put forth on your AAR. Bravo Zulu.
fine report, great win, looks like you had fun making that video
Nice report!
Wicked job! Congrats on your hard fought victory
nice win well done, I like the AAR
Excellent report. Just mind and put a line of text after a video, so it doesn’t eat into the picture below.
Congrats on the win.
I like the idea of adding the video. Gives me some ideas. A good win as well.