Posted By: CCIP
A few days in Syria [CMSF] - 10/06/15 01:59 AM
As a quick introduction - I wanted to play a bit of CMSF, but rather than playing fictional campaigns that the game is built for, I wanted to try out some of the messy, multi-faction warfare that is going on in reality. So, I decided to play some QB (quick battle missions), but instead of just playing them on their own, I strung them together by keeping track of statistics and results from one fight to the next to determine the following course of battle. It's not meant as a complete AAR, just some pictures from my adventures with a bit of a story for flavour
As a result, below is a quick story of a several-day battle for an unnamed city, held by the IS at the start - but with their position weakened by Russian air strikes, it is high time both for Assad's army forces and local anti-government militia to move in and take the city for themselves.
In this campaign, I alternately took control of the pro-Assad and anti-government militias, as they battled the IS and each other. The regime forces, operating with some serious mechanized and armor support, are commanded by a certain Colonel Zuabi. The anti-government militia, armed with small arms and RPGs and supported by a mobile force of technicals, are led by a former military officer known as Commander Al Melahel.
Day 1
At dusk, a patrol of local militants led by a certain Lieutenant Doud moves out into the countryside, and towards a compound overlooking the city to the south, known to be occupied as a lookout by IS fighters.
Doud's men surprise the IS fighters patrolling outside the compound, and then rush in to occupy the building on the hill.
The fight for the compound is quick, resulting in about 20 casualties on both sides. The surviving IS militants in the compound surrender and are captured.
Day 2
Over the course of the following night and morning, the militants fortify the compound, using it to direct mortar fire against both IS and approaching government troops. It soon attracts attention of Assad's forces, who send a patrol towards this position.
With snipers and RPGs on the roof, Lieutenant Doud's men keep watch.
They soon sight army patrols approaching, but vastly understimate their strength...
...until an army BMP opens fire on the compound.
The militants respond with RPG fire, but are not able to take out the BMP.
The only chance to stop the army from overrunning the hill compound is to hold them back by retreating into the compound and facing them at close range.
The soldiers rush into the compound, and are cut down by heavy fire. The first wave is beaten back, however the 2nd wave has more success.
The assault inflicts some 30 casualties, but ultimately the soldiers overrun the compound.
After brutal close-range fighting, the remaining militants surrender. Only one man, who happened to be outside the compound during the attack, manages to escape, reporting the results to Commander Al-Melahel. The army, meanwhile, use the compound to stage for their upcoming attack on the city.
[to be continued]
As a result, below is a quick story of a several-day battle for an unnamed city, held by the IS at the start - but with their position weakened by Russian air strikes, it is high time both for Assad's army forces and local anti-government militia to move in and take the city for themselves.
In this campaign, I alternately took control of the pro-Assad and anti-government militias, as they battled the IS and each other. The regime forces, operating with some serious mechanized and armor support, are commanded by a certain Colonel Zuabi. The anti-government militia, armed with small arms and RPGs and supported by a mobile force of technicals, are led by a former military officer known as Commander Al Melahel.
Day 1
At dusk, a patrol of local militants led by a certain Lieutenant Doud moves out into the countryside, and towards a compound overlooking the city to the south, known to be occupied as a lookout by IS fighters.
Doud's men surprise the IS fighters patrolling outside the compound, and then rush in to occupy the building on the hill.
The fight for the compound is quick, resulting in about 20 casualties on both sides. The surviving IS militants in the compound surrender and are captured.
Day 2
Over the course of the following night and morning, the militants fortify the compound, using it to direct mortar fire against both IS and approaching government troops. It soon attracts attention of Assad's forces, who send a patrol towards this position.
With snipers and RPGs on the roof, Lieutenant Doud's men keep watch.
They soon sight army patrols approaching, but vastly understimate their strength...
...until an army BMP opens fire on the compound.
The militants respond with RPG fire, but are not able to take out the BMP.
The only chance to stop the army from overrunning the hill compound is to hold them back by retreating into the compound and facing them at close range.
The soldiers rush into the compound, and are cut down by heavy fire. The first wave is beaten back, however the 2nd wave has more success.
The assault inflicts some 30 casualties, but ultimately the soldiers overrun the compound.
After brutal close-range fighting, the remaining militants surrender. Only one man, who happened to be outside the compound during the attack, manages to escape, reporting the results to Commander Al-Melahel. The army, meanwhile, use the compound to stage for their upcoming attack on the city.
[to be continued]