Something Rotten in Cronistria

[bigjackmac]

All,

It's 0830 on 29 June 1990 and Battlegroup Caballero has just crossed the line of departure, moving into the attack on TF Galban's second objective, the town of Premja.


North is up, the village of Brezno is at bottom right, the capital of Miran is off map to the right, directly east of #5 on the map.  Each number is a village/town; you can see buildings (black boxes), roads (tan lines), rivers (blue lines), lakes (blue circles), hills (green humps), bridges (gray pairs of lines), and forests (green shaded areas).  TF Galban will enter the tactical area of operations in the southwest (bottom left) corner.
1: Brezno
2: Kacak
3: Premja


Overview, north is up.  The town of Premja is at center right, part of Lake Bulodna at bottom right, and Hill 103 at top left.  Battlegroup Caballero will enter from the southwest (bottom left).


The bad guys spring their ambush, firing an RPG at the Cuban Scimitar.  To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2016/11/cuba-libre-cronstria-fight-16.html

Well, fight number 3 of 4 from this weekend is in the books, one more to post, then more games this weekend.

V/R,
Jack

[kipt]

Need to fix the address to "16". Copy and paste in the browser and change the 15 to 16.

[bigjackmac]

Thanks Kipt, not sure how I messed that up, but it's fixed now.

V/R,
Jack

[Techno]

Another 'goodie', Jack.

I keep telling you, I can rig you some loaded dice. 

Cheers - Phil

[Steve J]

Nice AAR once again

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great looking game Jack

[bigjackmac]

Thanks guys!  One more to post, should get it up here this evening.

And Phil, I may have to take you up on the offer!

V/R,
Jack

[bigjackmac]

All,

It's 1030 on 29 June 1990 and Battlegroup Caballero, having just been rejected from the town of Premja, is again going over into the attack.


With a HMMWV burning (bottom right) from the earlier fight, the Stryker pushes forward, and the ambush is sprung!


The Cobra rolls in to make a rocket run.  To see how the fight turned out, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2016/11/cuba-libre-cronstria-fight-17.html

Stay tuned, more games coming this weekend.

V/R,
Jack

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That was close! 

[Techno]

 

Cheers - Phil

[bigjackmac]

Hell, they've all been close!  Too close.  It stinks o'close!

I'm off work for Veteran's Day, about to head upstairs and push this operation further down the track.

V/R,
Jack

[bigjackmac]

All,

It's 1230 on 29 June 1990 and Battlegroup Elias is on the move, crossing the line of departure on its way into the Cronistrian town of Abrvo.  The plan of attack is take take the urban area west of the river, consolidate, then infiltrate across the river and attack what is believed to be strong defensive positions atop a nearby hill.  After some setbacks early on in the offensive, TF Galban seems to be rolling, and the Colonel is depending on Captain Elias to keep the initiative.


Here's the board with the troops placed.  As usual, I placed the Cubans (bottom left), then I placed one marker and one dummy marker for every enemy rifle squad, and one marker and two dummy markers for the enemy vehicle, then flipped them over and placed the bad guys.


Cuban infantry (top center, top left) push ahead to secure the objective, but the bad guys have excellent fields of fire.  That's a lot of open ground to cover!  To see how the fight turned out, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2016/11/cuba-libre-cronstria-fight-18.html

This is the first of four fights I played this past weekend.  Hope you like it, and more to come!

V/R,
Jack

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice ne Jack. Nearly....

[Techno]

 

Cheers - Phil

[bigjackmac]

Thanks guys, I appreciate ya!

Next one should be posted this afternoon/evening.

V/R,
Jack

[bigjackmac]

All,

It's 1330 on 29 June 1990 and Battlegroup Elias has just taken the town of Abrvo.  However, the Cronistrian Communists have established a defensive line just east of the town and river, anchored on their left by Lake Lagoda and centered on Hill 142.  Captain Elias sets about quickly reorganizing his troops for the assault on Hill 142.


Overiew of map, north is up.  Abrvo is at left, Lake Lagoda at bottom right, and Hill 142 at top right.  Yes, I need to put some flock on the lake...



The Cuban HMMWV (bottom right) dodged an RPG (bottom left), moved up, and launched a TOW at an enemy T-62.  To see how the fight turned out, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2016/11/cuba-libre-cronstria-fight-19.html

Next up, Captain Aguilera's assault on Pisa,  Last time Battlegroup Aguilera was up it took them two tries to take the objective...  I'm having a great time, lots of linked fights going rather quickly, moving the story along.  I hope you guys are having a good time too.

V/R,
Jack

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Interesting game, was not expecting....

[Techno]

Great stuff, once again, Jack.

(I keep reading one of the names wrong, and thinking.... "Why have you got a Manchester City footballer involved in these battles.) 

Cheers - Phil

[bigjackmac]

Thanks guys!

Lemmey - Wasn't expecting what, the Air Force finally making an appearance?  Me either, but when it happened the battle was already won.  Typical Air Force...

Techno - Not following you.  Oh, you mean 'soccer'?  As football is the realm of real men here in the US 

Next one coming soon.

V/R,
Jack

[Techno]

Techno - Not following you.  Oh, you mean 'soccer'?  As football is the realm of real men here in the US 
V/R, Jack

Yes...the game where you use your FOOT to propel the ball.....Not use your hands to throw it everywhere. 

Cheers - Phil. (Do you know....I'm going to have to look up why it's called 'soccer'....I've actually got no idea.)