Something Rotten in Cronistria

[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.

[d_Guy]

Jack,
I didn't do modern but have enjoyed your report. I love the RPG in flight markers (particularly the one in the first set that's about to take out an APC). Are these markers something you scratch built or are the commercially available?

[bigjackmac]

Thanks guys, and I'm working on the next write-up.  I also played another

Oh, and I just finished up a bunch of 15mm Vietnam-era US Marines, will post them soon.

D-Guy - they are commercially available from a store called "Fight's On!" in the US, but those missile markers are just pipe cleaners with a little paint on the end.  I'm very lazy so i went the commercial route

V/R,
Jack

[paulr]

I think you mean prudent with your time Jack

[bigjackmac]

Paul,

Indeed, Sir!  See, I put out money in order to have more time to bring you fine fellows more battle reports   Working on the next one now, but I need to get upstairs and play some more.

V/R,
Jack

[bigjackmac]

All,

Just in time, it's New Year's Eve.  Happy New Year everyone! 

As a quick aside, this is the 75th battle report I've posted this year; hope I do as well next year!

It's 0930 on 15 April 1990, and Team 6-2, down to just Tico (the team leader) and Bear (and the two aren't very happy with one another) are closing in on their objective.  But they're not alone: partly owing to the fact Team 6-2 was so shot up, but partly due to the fact it's simply time to get them on the street, this mission is the first pairing of Cuban Liberation Expeditionary Force troops with soldiers of the Cronistrian Democratic Militia (CDM).  Members of TF Trojas' Det B continue to work on training new recruits; the seven CDM members accompanying Team 6-2 are men with prior military training (in the Army of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, or FRY).  They've been designated as leadership cadre for future units to be stood up once Det B 'graduates' its first batch of troops, so this mission is to be their baptism of fire.

So far the CLEF has fought against the Cronistrian National Guard (CNG, members of the military wing of the Cronistrian Communists), the Cronistrian People's Army (CPA, militia of the Cronistrian Communists), and Demjanovic's Tigers (a Special Forces Battalion dispatched to Cronistria specifically to deal with TF Trojas).  But there is another adversary present in Cronistria: while it has suffered large-scale desertions, horrible morale, lapses in leadership, corruption, etc..., the FRY Army still has a number of garrisons in Cronistria.  TF Trojas would love nothing more than to ignore these garrisons, but the problem is that they wish to keep Cronistria from leaving Yugoslavia and have stricken at Cronistrian Democrats on several occasions.  Lt "Mikey" Trojas, consulting with President Andraz Gregor and his military head, General Miroslav Denis, has decided that the best course of action is to violently attack several of the FRY garrisons in the hope of shocking them bad enough that they simply decide to sit out the war.

So Mikey called Tico in to brief, and they settled on a garrison on the Austrian frontier, north of the capital of Miran.  With that, Tico briefed Bear and the CDM team, they went through gear checks and rehearsals, then set out at approximately 0100 on foot.  By 0930 they were in their jump-off positions, ready to put some shock and awe on the FRY garrison.


Tico (center-right) and one of his CDM troops (bottom right) cleared the gas station and guard tower, and now move up on the barracks.  To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2015/12/cuba-libre-cronistria-fight-6.html

That was a lot of fun; I've fought one more already and need to write it up, and I'm looking to play some more today.  Stay tuned.

V/R,
Jack

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Ouch, poor Bear!

[bigjackmac]

Thanks Lemmey, and Bear will be back.  He just needs to get his stuff together!

I'm working on batrep number 7, played fights number 8 and 9, looking to play two more Saturday and two more Sunday.

I'm really aggravated about not being able to start my 15mm "Fall of South Leon" campaign. 

The issue is I'm waiting on more figures; as near as I can tell, none of them have been dispatched yet either, and then I've got to paint and base'em of course, so no telling when the bad guys will march on Pendrakenville.  But I can't wait to get to it.  My plan is to have some Vietnam War-looking fights up on the border, and some Iraq War-looking fights in the heartland, along with some Special Ops stuff.  I can't wait, getting very impatient 

V/R,
Jack

[bigjackmac]

All,

It's 1530 on 18 April 1990, and Team 6-3 is on patrol, seeking out the enemy.  And not just any enemy, their new nemesis: Demjanovic's Tigers, the Serbian 4th Special Forces Battalion.  Serbia is very much interested in holding together the splintering Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).  It had been content with backing, to a certain extent, the Cronistrian Communist Party, as well as keeping several FRY Army units active in Cronistria via pre-existing garrisons/barracks.  But word soon reached Serbian military HQ that a Western nation had dispatched commandos to Cronistria to back the Cronistrian Democrats; President Milosevic ordered the deployment of Major Demjanovic's 4th Special Forces Battalion to hunt them down.

Earlier in the day the Operations NCO approached Lt "Mikey" Trojas, the commander of the CLEF detachment in Cronistria, Task Force Trojas.  "Sir, 626-Forward (a CLEF element across the border in Italy, with a Radio Reconnaissance Team attached) reports new callsigns and locations up on the enemy (radio) net.  This has to be Demjanovic's Tigers.  Most of the callsigns are co-located with FRY garrisons, but we've identified a few located in rural areas.  There's one not two hours' march from here."  "Roger, get me 6-3's leader, Turk."

Turk reported to Mikey, who quickly briefed him in on the situation.  "I want your team to scout out the location ID'ed by 626-Forward, and if you can whack'em, then I damn well want you to whack'em, savvy?"  "Roger, Boss."

Turk assembled his team, briefed and prepped them, and off they went.  By 1330 the four-man patrol was nearing the geocoords provided by 626-Forward.  Unbeknownst to the team, Demjanovic's Tigers had set a trap: they set up several ambush sites in rural areas centered on fake radio transmissions, which they figured might lure the Western commandos to battle.  The only good news for Turk and Team 6-3 was that the enemy had oriented their ambush to the south and west, while Turk had had his men circle around from the north.


The team arrives at the bridge and begins crossing the linear danger area.  The point man crosses, then, the team leader, and the designated marksman had just begun crossing (the SAW gunner is still on the north side of the bridge) when all hell broke loose.  To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2016/01/cuba-libre-cronistria-fight-7.html

I've already played the next two fights and need to get them written up for you guys.  They're on the way, so stay tuned.

V/R,
Jack

[ronan]

lovely board !

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Good to see you back Jack! Great report sir!