30 Jun 2007
TO:
TG ArmA Evolution 3.0 Server Company Commander
FROM: Lt.. Loyalguard, Squad 1
SUBJECT: AAR, Cayo, 30 Jun 2007
Today’s battle of Cayo began slowly but when armored reinforcements arrived, the enemy resistance was quickly eliminated. The battle developed as follows:
-Squad 1 led by
loyalguard with heroic efforts of
Agnew,
Farmon, and
Laguna
-Squad 4 was led by
Pfeil (please consult with
Pfeil directly on his squad composition).
-Air Support with primarily provided by
PanzerHans.
Operations to take Cayo began immediately after pushing the enemy from Paraiso and Somato earlier in the morning. Actions to clear those towns were conducted mostly with AI squads and air support. After re-arming and re-fueling an immediate push was made south towards Cayo. Squads 1 and 4 both inserted to the North West of the town. Squad moved to the southeast and Squad 4 moved directly south. Both squads planned to proceed through the town and meet in the middle.
Shortly after deploying both squads met with heavy enemy resistance. At first only infantry was encoutered but then multiple UAZ's, BDRM's, and T-72's were encountered. Both squads 1 & 4 suffered casualties and decided to pull back to regroup to avoid being overrun. Enemy losses numbered at least three full squads. Unfortunately, in order to avoid direct and indirect fire, both squads had to leave the area of engagement which allowed enemy reinforcements to arrive.
At this point Squad 4 began an intel mission with just pfeil still present in the area. Squad 1 made preparations to move back towards the city bu Pfeil marked several enemy emplacements and Squad 1 halted in order to avoid being wiped out. There wee far too many targets to engage with AT assets so the decision was made to extract Squad 1 to the Main Base to bring up M1A1''s to engage enemy armor and infantry. Pfeil remained in the area undetected and continued to provide intell.
PanzerHans transported us back to base and while Squad 1 brought up two M1A1's Panzer and Pfeil designated targets. Enemy armor was quickly destroyed and we began to flank south and east to engage infantry while Pfeil and Panzer continued to mark targets.
Both MBT's successfully pushed to the eastern portion of the town when one tank was disabled and the crew killed. The second tank was ordered to find a safe place to engage targets while infantry support was called in.
Panzer transported reinforcements for both squads 1 & 4. Armor and infantry working together cleared the city while Squad 4 destroyed the communications tower to prevent additional reinforcements. After hostilities ceased, Squad 1 was able to recover and repair the tank.
Today's action was fierce but a required step in liberating the island as a whole.
Please find below two diagrams, the one on the left shows initial insertion points, movement vectors, and approximate enemy positions. The one on the right shows the movement of the MBT's through the city, pauses to engage targets, and the location of the damaged M1A1.
