AAR from the Receiving End
Been on the receiving end, as our squad was in Bishland and didn't return home yet.
It was an awesome mission, and the best organized one I've not seen since a long time. The buffs really knew what they were doing, unlike the bunch of bloody fools doing deck runs. An unstoppable march of Lancasters spanning more than three of our fields, destroying everything in its path.
Also, the promptly destructions of radar facilities prior to the strikes made me sure that these guys knew what they were doing. For a very long time the few of us interested in intercepting were baffled by its movement.
At first we expected the usual, sloppy type of buff missions. The usual "overkill" where all the buffs just hit the nearest target and miss everything there. However, it soon became apparent that there were more targets these Lancs were after, and every field they passed by the killed the FHs.
They were well escorted, and it soon turned out that the usual approach of just upping a plane at a nearby field and scurrying to the buffs had no effect. To stop them in time, people had to organize an intercept, rally at some point and hit the formation en masse. Ofcourse, with the usual level of MA disorganization this cooperation never took place. It proved that the buffs were survivable, worth the time taken, and very destructive - as long as people were organized, and knew what they were doing.
Big salute to the Rooks.
ps) looks like MA numbers are evening out, and Rooks are back on track. Seems our squad would be soon returning home.
