The Order from Zipuly where clear:
C-platoon was to establish contact with the enemy east of the airfield.
Both to slow them down, and to determine the enemy main effort.
After that C falls back, and A and B defend shoulder to shoulder.
A and B would be supported by the AT-platoon that is fighting from 2 Positions at the Runways(north and south)
C-would fall back to the reserve area, and link up with the incomming tank platoon...together with them C would be ready for counterattack in support of A or B
D, our Mortar plt(81mm), would be firing from posions D1 or D2 IOT support the defence.
Also the 9 Tubes of the BN's mortar company are staioned around SELÄNPÄÄ and provide support with heavy(120mm) mortar fire.
And finaly, the recon team K2 and K3 will overwatch the Flanks, north and south.
A few minutes into sce, start K2 reports contact with dismounts in the north, also C-plt has spots enemy dismounts and opens fire against them.
The map view for our CO(Zipuly) looked like this:
Thats the same map with all enemy shown:
The firefights the intensify, and C-plt as well as elemts from A pin the enemy down for a while.
In the south K3 deployed its small UAV to have a look at the Road 369(main road south of the airport)
There they spot a BTR company(+).
Zipuly guesses that they want to bypass in the south and order B-plt(commanded by Tac197) to block that move.
Here they still move, overwatched by K3
And here they come.
But they will get a nice present. The little rectangular board you see(right of the power-pole)...is an aim-marker for the blast-mine we burried earlier
Here Tac197's men get themselfes into position:
And just as No2 get hit by our mine, No1 eats an RPG to its face (we used the AT-5 as stand in for the APILAS)
The enemy column is halted, and they receive another RPG...this time a stationary a target
Now they dismount, and try to get guns to the front:
And Tac's ambush starts to take casualties too.
But the enemy is stopped and piled up...thats what the Mortars where waiting for
Never the less, sheer weight of numbers force B-platoon to give ground in the south.
In the center C have now mounted up and are making a fighting withdrawel towards A and B
While in the south, the 1st BTR's managed to get past B(pretty close call for K3 too :-O )
Our main Problem is: the Sisu-Pasi (ok, we used the Fuchs as a lookalike) only has a 7.62mm MG, while the BTR sports a heavy 14.5mm MG (or MK), direct encounters do not end in our favor.
With C fallen back, and B-engaged by BTR and Tanks, Trouble comes to A in the north too.
The enemy has used the infantry cover to bring in heavies. And used the to "shoot his attack forward".
Directly from the north, we have been flanked to. A platoon and the AT-teams are forces to fight into all directions now.
Now where the Hell is our Tank support!!?
Not here yet, so A has to fight on its own.
But the ERA protection shruggs of A's RPG.
While A's APC's fall victim to the 125mm gun.
At least the Jägers are able to imobilize one of the attackers, and are also able to pick of some of their infantry cover.
Still ERA remains are mayor obstacle
Directly at the Runway, the northern section of the AT-platoon is engaged from 2 sides.
From the south, tanks move onto the airfiled
And the tandem Warhead of the Spike makes short work of the 1st one:
He wingman shoot at what he thinks is the attacker, but only hits an empty APC
Seconds later he joins his platoonleader
AT-plt's NLAW team are at the same time in a firefight with infantry and BTR from the north.
They pick off the BTR's.
(note: the "green-line" shows the path of the HEAT-spike in this picture. The NLAW has a top-attack heat warheat...here it puches directly through the turret, igniting stored ammo and toasting the vehicle But the situation does not look to good for the AT-guys
And a bit further south, the command team itself are in a firefight with enemy infantry, who now control the whole area east of the airport.
Thats when finaly the Cavalery arrived
...tbc