Something Rotten in Cronistria

[Tawa]

Excellent then, we'll expect a batrep by Monday!

V/R,
Jack

BatRep? 
It'll be more like a retelling of "Lone Survivor" with the US troops being replaced in the story by me and my gaming buddies trying to escape the other halves when they learn what (else) we've bought.... 

[bigjackmac]

Oh, man up, or learn to hide your stuff like the rest of us!

Did you see the second batrep yet?

V/R,
Jack

[Tawa]

Just about to have a read now 

[bigjackmac]

All,

It's 1700 on 10 April 1990, and Team 6-2 has been lying in ambush for over twelve hours.  Recently the Cronistrian National Guard (CNG), the communist armed forces in Cronistria, have stepped up patrolling on the northern outskirts of the capital.  Lt Trojas, the Cuban Liberation Expeditionary Force (CLEF) Task Force commander, met with MSgt "Tico" Benitez, leader of Team 6-2, to discuss, and they decided to ambush a CNG patrol.

Tico moved his team to the northern outskirts and they took up ambush positions, lying in wait for a CNG patrol to show up.  At long last one of Tico's men called out on the intra-squad radio: "contact, enemy infantry, 12 o'clock, 150 meters."  Perfect!  The enemy patrol was walking directly into 6-2's kill zone.  But Murphy made his appearance, and just as the CNG's point man entered the kill zone from the north, a group of approximately a dozen civilians entered the kill zone from the east.  "@#$%!!! Stand down, DO NOT engage."  Terse moments passed the CNG patrol hailed the civilians, halted them, questioned them, searched them, then allowed them to pass.  But as the civilians moved west out of the kill zone, the CNG patrol moved east out of the kill zone...

SPOILER ALERT: an alternate title for this fight could be "TF Rojas' first ass-whoopin' of the campaign."


CLEF troopers (foreground) pressing forward, exchanging fire with the bad guys.  To see the disaster, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2015/12/cuba-libre-cronistria-fight-3.html

So, that's game 1 of 2 from this past weekend, I'll post the other as quick as I can.  On a down note, I wasn't able to start my 15mm campaign in South Leon; on a different note, I ended up on the couch watching "The Battle of Britain," and now I've got an itch for some Bag the Hun (just placed an order for some Hurricanes, Ju-87s, Do-117s, BF-110s, and Ju-88s to go with my Spits, Me-109s, and He-111s), starting in France then rolling into BoB.

V/R,
Jack

[Techno]

At least you told us about 'the cheat'.......
Great report, Jack.
Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Oops!

[bigjackmac]

Thanks guys!

"At least you told us about 'the cheat'"
Why not, you two have been so loyal

I should be able to post number 4 tomorrow night.

V/R,
Jack

[bigjackmac]

All,

It's been several days since crossing the debacle of the blown ambush by Team 6-2, and Lt "Mikey" Trojas, commander of TF Trojas, is pouring over maps and message traffic when suddenly Andraz Gregor, leader of the Cronistrian Democrats, darkens his door.  "Have you got a moment?"  "Sure, Sir, come on in."  Gregor quickly explained that one of his key lieutenants was captured ten hours ago, and that Gregor's sources had informed him the lieutenant was being held in a bombed out house in the village of Crocuk, northeast of the capital city of Miran.  Gregor stated he was putting together a team to go and retrieve his lieutenant, and could the CLEF task force spare any gear?  "Sir, we do.  But let us take care of this for you.  Let's look at the map, and I'll personally lead the mission."

It's 1030 on 13 April 1990, and Team 6-1 has been briefed, geared up, and conducted its movement to the objective area.  They conducted a security halt, and Lt Trojas conducted a recon of the area; the team is now infiltrating as close to the target building as possible to secure the Cronistrian Democrat Militia (CDM) lieutenant.


A fierce fight breaks out in and around the target building.  To see how the fight turns out, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2015/12/cuba-libre-cronistria-fight-4.html

Well, that's it for now, I'll look to get some more games in this coming weekend.  I'm loving how quick these are; the previous took a tad longer to set up because I used all that lichen, as well as the fact the fight went long (due to the CLEF knocking the bad guys around then the bad guys recovering and knocking the CLEF around), but this fight was quicker than normal and so I got both in (set up, play, take down, set up, play) in about three hours.

More fights to come!

V/R,
Jack

[Techno]

 

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Phew! Thought badger was a goner then!

[bigjackmac]

Thanks guys!

I was worried about Badger too.  In my last fight I had four casualty rolls to make, and they were mixed (one okay, one out for 4 days, one out for 22 days, and KIA).  In my previous games, I'd had two casualties in two fights, but one was KIA and one so badly WIA he had to sent home.  So I was quite happy to receive a 'just a scratch, back in action' roll.

More to come.

V/R,
Jack

[bigjackmac]

All,

It's 1100 on 13 April 1990, and Team 6-1 is on the run.  Thirty minutes ago the team, led by Lt "Mikey" Trojas (who is also the commander of the Cuban Liberation Expeditionary Force's contingent in Cronistria), assaulted a building held by the Cronistrian National Guard (the military arm of the Cronistrian Communist Party).  The CNG had ambushed a Cronistrian Democratic Militia (CDM) patrol and captured a key lieutenant.  So key, in fact, that the leader of the Cronstrian Democrats, Andraz Gregor, personally asked for Lt Trojas' assistance in recovering the man.

So Mikey led his team to the target building and rescued the CDM Lieutenant.  One of the men, Badger, had been hit, but Slate patched him up and he was quickly back in action.  Which was a good thing: Team 6-1 began to exfiltrate to the southwest, and had only been moving (on foot) for approximately ten minutes when the sound of vehicles was heard to the northeast.  It quickly became apparent the team was being pursued.


CLEF commandos dash across the bridge (bottom right) while trading fire with Serbian commandos (top left).  To see how the fight turned out, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2015/12/cuba-libre-cronistria-fight-5.html

So, a helluva fight!  I didn't play any games this past weekend, but I played two games on Monday, and my plan is to play two games each day until I go back to work on 4 January.  We'll see how this shakes out, and be patient as I'm playing my butt off and will have to catch up the batreps later.  Also, I've decided to keep playing through on Cronistria and push back the launch of my South Leon campaign as I'm waiting on more troops.

I've almost finished up some good guys from Flashpoint Miniatures, then I've got a bunch more good guys on order from Geoff at QRF.  I've also got a BTR and some helos on order from The Warstore, and I need to order some more Peter Pig bad guys.  It's kind of depressing really, to realize how much more stuff I need and how much more painting I've got to do yet.  And this doesn't even mention the two massive Napoleonic projects I've got going on, the modern aircraft (for Cuba Libre), my Battle of Britain stuff, a bunch of new 10mm modern Brits, a bunch of various WWII stuff in 10mm, and all my crap in modern 6mm...  But I'll keep plugging away.

V/R,
Jack

[Techno]

Excellent, as always, Jack !

Cheers - Phil (Who will come back and read it a bit more slowly, later.  ......This putty is starting to 'go'.... )

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice one Jack!

[ronan]

Yes.
And you didn't have to worry about the scale, it's okay.