by DJ » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:13 am
I missed most of the drama at the log fort and up near the city. Sounds like it was pretty wild. I was driving the APC ( the green plywood covered ATV with trailer). Our task was to take or tie up the shed at point 10. Kudos to you people who were stationed at that thing (PSC?)I We made multiple attempts at it . It took us 3 + hours to take it. My apologies for rolling up at the very beginning and shooting all of you with my dismount weapon. I was given bad information that the game had started ( it had not). When I got there a group was just standing there in a pack. I took you all for friendlies. When I got closer I could see the camo was not right and that is when I opened up with the P 90. I'm glad now hat I did not bring my heavy guns to bear. That aside what a battle! Not once did a rocket hit the APC as we would not get close enough for them to hit us. The gunners were taken out by gunfire through the ports so we became combat ineffective and would go back to respawn . That hillside to the north of the shed was a real bear as it provided good cover for your
snipers and MG. Incidentally that would have been the perfect spot for that guy with the rockets.
Regarding the anti tank barriers ( the tripod things) I had no clue about them as they were not covered in the briefing or rules. I tried to get an admin to tell us what the heck they were to no avail, so I just went over them ( and we all died in the process). after about 3 hours of standoff ( and tying up a fair amount of EDG troops) we decided to do a suicide run up the middle and take the shed and crossroads at all costs. Fortunately the 808 camo pickup showed up at that time and along with about 20 dismounts we did a side by side rolling cover right up to the shed. Between the 240 on that truck and my 2 gunners we we able to advance the dismounts up to the road barricade. A massive firefight ensued resulting in mass casualties on both sides. To whomever you were, the guy in the swamp with the LMG, you had real stones to lay there and take the massive amount of fire that we we able to throw your way. I could just watch as every time I attempted to open up, a shit storm of fire came forth. The sides of the APC near the fire ports look like a cheese grater. We were eventually able to clear the road block and the 808 PU went first and drove EDG up the hill to their spawn area. 808 240 gunner , you were incredible . I was watching you fire and take fire. You were bobbing , weaving and ducking like a prize fighter. It was a little anti climactic at the top of the hill because it was the spawn point. There was no where to go and we just sat there until the admin told us not to spawn camp. This had not actually occurred to me so I told the admin ( wombat) that we would go up a bit and turn around. We were in that process when the horn sounded and all of the people whom we had killed at the bottom of the hill were unleashed in a torrent right behind us. That freaked me out a bit , but not to worry, that 240 on the 808 PU and my gunners kept them at bay until the final horn sounded. Medhi, you guys were seriously awesome in that last push to take the shed and the push up the hill, Kudos to the 808 death machine! EDG (PSC?) you guys were serious adversaries. If you would have had some more anti tank weapons, we would never have taken the shed. You probably noticed that the APC would stand off just out of range of the rocket guy. That was on purpose. It was to tie up as many troops as possible and keep you from reinforcing the battle on the city and log fort. Near the end I grew weary of being a target and we decided to roll you guys up. The 808 made that possible . My apologies for any screw ups regarding ROE of vehicles. I am working on that now so that there are some standard guidelines in place for all AP events in the future.
One additional item; I was sitting inside of a 6 ft plywood box with an engine running inside the box. I saw lots of gestures and shouting directed our way. I cannot hear a word anyone says unless you are right up to the ports and I turn the engine off. Its also about 100 degrees in there. I mostly smile and wave ( and to the gunner in the swamp, the Australian peace sign just to antagonize you) So if I appeared to be ignoring you.....so sorry
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DJ on Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:02 am, edited 4 times in total.
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