Operation Currahee, into South Leon

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

You've been stacking these up Jack! Nice report, great fun.

[Techno]

+1 

Cheers - Phil

[fred.]

Nice looking table Jack, the new terrain is good.

[bigjackmac]

Thanks guys, it's been lots of fun for me too.

My issue now is whether to play some more of these this weekend, or kick off WWIII with my Wolverines.

V/R,
Jack

[Steve J]

Excellent looking games and AARs as always Jack . What rules are you using because I've completely forgotten!!!

[bigjackmac]

Steve,

Thanks, and I'm using a modified version of Ivan Sorensen's "Five Men at Kursk."  I'm a big fan of the 5Core system, approaching 200 fights at skirmish, platoon, and company level.

V/R,
Jack

[Steve J]

Hi Jack,
thanks for letting me know .
Steve J.

[d_Guy]

Late to the party, but as always, Jack, your games have great visual appeal and snappy accompanying narrative. Well done. 

[bigjackmac]

Thanks guys, and always happy to see you Guy, whenever you show up!

V/R,
Jack

[bigjackmac]

All,

It's 0805 on 27 July 1990 and Operation Geronimo has kicked off.  The parachute landing went smoothly and Lt Espinale's E Co, 6th Para, AKA Task Force Hawk, quickly formed up and began pushing east, clearing the area of enemy forces and moving to blocking positions to screen the amphibious landings scheduled for later this morning.  So far this morning Lt Espinale was pushing east and ran into contact, clearing the route with a couple casualties.  Then the Task Force approached a farm that needed to be cleared, and Lt Espinale detailed Lt Gonzalez to take the farm, but he was worried about some high ground a bit further east, so he sent Lt Candelario forward to take the high ground, and after that was done he'd send Lt Gonzalez to take the farm.  But Lt Candelario's troops got shot to pieces and had to hole up and call for help, in danger of being overrun. 

Lt Espinale immediately launched Lt Gonzalez' attack on the farm in order to relieve pressure on Lt Candelario's men; Lt Gonzalez' attack succeeded but, as predicted, with the high ground in enemy hands, they suffered mightily.  But now the farm is in Cuban hands, Lt Espinale is leading his men forward to take the high ground and rescue Lt Candelario and his men.


Overview, north is up.  The northern edge of the farm is at bottom center, while just right of it is a canal running north-south.  At top right and far right is the troublesome high ground Lt Candelario's group was supposed to take (Point 1 at top right and Point 2 at far right).  The dirt road runs from far left to top center right; there are a few cultivated fields throughout the area, as well as some boulder-strewn patches of rough ground, as well as a few stands of trees and plenty of bushes.

Lt Candelario's survivors are huddled at top center left, just left of the canal, while Lt Espinale's men are entering the table in the southeast (bottom right).  Lt Gonzalez' men took the farm compound, just off camera to bottom center left, but that damn Technical (bottom center) is still hammering away from the north end of the farm, Lt Gonzalez' men were exhausted from their fight and simply couldn't get to the north end.  Lt Espinale's men need to whack all the bad guys and save their comrades in the north.


A Cuban rifleman (bottom center) catches a pair of insurgents crossing the road (top center) and opens fire.  To see how the operation concluded, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2018/02/operation-geronimo-4.html

So, that series of fights was a lot of fun for me.  I kinda want to play more, but I've got too much other things going on, and this isn't the end of TF Hawk, just the beginning. This was simply to set the stage for some other stuff I want to do with them (this ties into the 10mm Modern French stuff I just bought and posted on Blackhawkhet: http://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2018/02/some-progress-but-not-there-yet.html ).

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did, and stay tuned, more fights on the way.

V/R,
Jack

[Steve J]

Excellent stuff once again Jack. It really makes me want to get some small skirmish games in just like this!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Wow, busy time!

[bigjackmac]

Great, Steve, I hope you dive in and post them here!

Lemmey - Absolutely!

V/R,
Jack

[Techno]

Great, as always, Jack.

Cheers - Phil

[bigjackmac]

Thanks Phil!

V/R,
Jack