Had a nice little adventure last night. I spawned in at Maubeuge as a sapper, the French had two FB's to spawn from, so I thought I might find some action. When I set out on foot, there was some small attacks coming in, but nothing major. I traveled out along the river about a half mile or so. I start to notice some incoming tanks on the other side of the river, so I swam across. As I was scoping through my binocs, I notice an ei running along the river, I set my rifle site to 300m and nail him with the first shot.
I then notice a laffly towing a bofors about 500 meters away, then start hearing multiple stuarts and pans rolling in, this attack is getting larger. I make my way closer to the southern Maubeuge cp, as the et's have closed and are suppressing. I realize I cannot do much but scout, report, and try to sap as many et's and snipe as many ei as I can.
I get to a burm about 300 meters from the southern cp, I really can't get to any tanks as there is wide open space between me and three stuarts. Then I hear a pan getting real close, he pulls right up to the burm i'm in, while he is scanning I run up, place the charge, and jump back in the burm, I take out his engine, but his crew and weapons are functional. He is scanning desperately to find me, as he fires into the hedgerow opposite my burm, I run up and place a charge on his ammo box and jump back into the burm. The charge goes off and he despawns.
I then hear a laffly coming towards me from the southern cp, he has dropped and is returning, I chuck a grenade at him. I see pieces fly off his truck and he veers off and keeps going towards the river.
By now it is clear that this is a major an well organized allied offensive. Fairmiles have moved in along the river, sounds of lafflys, stuarts, pans, anti tank guns and anti aircraft can be heard everywhere. The bridge across the river has not been blown and the allies are pouring in from both sides. The airfield at Maubeuge has been suppressed and reports coming in say they have managed to suppress Brussels airfield also. Any friendly planes that do make it in are greeted by bofors that have been towed in and placed close to the city.
As I am scoping and reporting what I am seeing, I hear aa fire from behind me, it's a bofors. I manage to get close enough to chuck a couple of grenades, I miss, but manage to snipe his gunner(I should have done that to begin with, but instead have wasted the last of my grenades), he despawns. I then hear another bofors closer to the southern cp. There are two of them about 50 yards apart. I sneak up to the bofors furthest from the southern cp. I am behind a tree about 15 feet away. It has grown dark, so I have a little cover. I have two options, run up and stab his gunner, or take out his gunner with my rifle(I am out of grenades). If I run up and stab him, the other bofors would surely take me out, if I use the rifle, the sound will give me away to not only the other bofors, but to any ei that are about. I decide to use the rifle. As he is firing into the sky, I fire into his gunner, he hears me and starts turning his gun towards me, I fire again and he is still turning. I get back quickly behind the tree, and just in time, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Chit, I am now pinned behind the tree. I decide to throw a smoke grenade and try to run up and stab him. As I am getting out my grenade, I hear the other bofors fire, and out of reaction I turn to look. As I do it exposes my body and the bofors in front of me took me out. I curse myself for not stabbing him to begin with, but it was alot of fun and I would not have survived anyway as the allies captured the city.
Well done allies, that was an impressive offensive,
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