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Offline ROC

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A20, so what happened there?
« on: July 21, 2007, 07:02:18 PM »
Just curious, as the Nightmares and AKs were tasked with shutting that  base down.

Our first hop put the Nightmares in P47D heavy, with the AKs protecting us from the evilness of the Axis.

We got to A20 and did some pretty harsh damage to the place.  Saw just a tad bit of resistance, with the AKs mopping them up.

Heading back, we had I think a single actual target left at A20 and we were sent home with full bellies of ammo.  

Having not fired a single shot, we opted to go back because we really hate leaving any witnesses when we do stuff like this.  So the Nightmares and AKs rearmed and went back.

We dropped the remaining target or two and proceeded to have our way with the town simply because we were there, it was standing, and you know how the Guvment is, if we didn't Use those bullets, they wouldn't give us more, so we emptied out and leveled the town for target practice.

AKs got into a couple of skirmishes, our only casualty of the night was one of Our guys dropping an egg on another one of our guys.

On the way home, the AKs had itchy trigger fingers and Luckily they saw a fuel depot blinking and charged off to it, which was good because we were getting a bit nervous with all that pent up energy High on our 6s.

So, point of this ramble is, what actually was planned by the Axis to happen at A20.  Not trying to be a smart alack because we left it uninhabitable for the next few generations, but wondering what the intent there was and if something tripped up the plan.
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A20, so what happened there?
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2007, 09:23:19 PM »
Well Within the first few minutes of the frame, A72 was a smoking hole. I could ask the same thing your asking about 72. But I won't.  

About A20, They did what they could do with what they had.:D
« Last Edit: July 21, 2007, 09:26:37 PM by 8903 »
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A20, so what happened there?
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2007, 09:30:49 PM »
You could ask about 72, but I wasnt there so I dont know.

Really, I was asking about 20, got anything?  If you took the question personally, that's your bad, it wasnt an insult, it was a strategic question sent to someone with a relevant answer.
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A20, so what happened there?
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2007, 09:49:03 PM »
Well If you want to ask about 72:

We took off, climbed to 25k.  Strat, then 72 began flashing.  We dropped in to find that alot of 110's had come in on the deck.  The base was completely destroyed by the time we got down there, but I assure you only 1 maybe 2 of them(the 110's) got away.  

Thats what happened at 72 :aok

Sorry for the Highjack ROC, back to your question.
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2007, 09:57:28 PM »
If you want a more detailed AAR for A72 I posted one in the frame 3 AAR thread.
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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2007, 04:35:15 PM »
The Bad Guys with a few extra Mongrels upped from A20, but our target was...
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Your Jobs are to up from A-20 full load out, Destroy Fuel Refinery at Saarbruchen (8,9,9). If you should run into fighters take evasive maneuvers. Alt is up to the Co’s Return, and rearm, head back to fuel refinery.


Looks like the RawPrawns were slotted to defend A20. Sounds like they were overwhelmed with only 5 pilots.
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Defend A-20 your choice of plane at all costs. Also have some of your guys going high alt and keep a few low. Be on the look out for bomber groups and escorts.
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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2007, 05:49:37 PM »
The RawPrawns were overwhelmed at A20.  If I would have been thinking better on this I should have had The Bad Guys hit the refinery and then bug out and return to help defend A20.  So this rests on my orders alone. Sorry all, I should of had more defence on A20.
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