02 July 2007
TO: Company Commander Joint Forces Sahrani
FROM: SGT Loyalguard, Squad 2, 1st-MIP,
TG Evolution 3.0 Server
SUBJECT: AAR - Operation Tightrope
BEGIN REPORT
This AAR summarizes combat operations to clear the city of Corazol. Since Corazol is the only land bridge between South and North Sahrani (hence the name Operation Tightrope) it is an essential link in our overall efforts to liberate the entire island. Control of Corazol means the ability to move personnel and equipment via land into the North freeing air assets to dedicate more time to combat and less time to transport.
The decision to clear Corazol was made shortly after clearing Somato and before clearing resistance from Cayo, Dolores, and Ortego. Despite the town of Somato being cleared, small pockets of resistance engaged a section of engineers as they were repairing and recovering vehicles. It was determined that reinforcements were coming from the North via Corazol, so, in order to strike a significant blow to the enemy, Corazol was made an early objective.
Squads 1 and 2 were order to assemble a convoy to move personnel and equipment to the western outskirts of Corazol to establish a base of operations for the assault.
Squad 1 was led by
RazersEdge (please consult him for individual squad members),
Squad 2 was led by
loyalguard and rounded out by
OrdoSanguis,
IcemanGER,
Jaguar Alex, and later reinforced by
Finestyle.
Our initial assignment was to bring in troop transport, ammo, and refueling vehicles to the AO. We were attacked on route by enemy air but we were able to shoot the aircraft down and suffered no casualties or vehicle damage. As we we arrived on the outskirts of Corazol we were again attacked by aircraft which again was shot down. Two enemy pilots ejected and were engaged as they landed to our rear flank. Despite eliminating them we did suffer some friendly fire casualties (Oops!). Once we were all assembled we begain to head East into the city.
Convoy Route Diagram:
Our early efforts to establish a foothold were disastrous. We ran into a strong pocket of enemy infantry and lost Ice and Jag to enemy fire. Ordo and I attempted to secure a route through the southern part of the city and killed several enemy along the way but Ordo was wounded so we had to retreat so he could be treated. At this point I recruited an AI medic to treat Ordo and have an extra pair of eyes on our six and Finestyle joined us from the base. We again pushed along the southern edge of the city having to re-clear the entire route and eventually made it to the southern/center part of the city. At this point we spotted an enemy T-72 and BRDM. We called for air support to assist in taking out the tank, Evil Koala was able to make short work of it and I destroyed the BRDM with an AT4 rocket.
Initial Operations Diagram:
We then received word that our FARP, MASH, and LZ were being overrun by hostiles preventing the arrival of reinforcements. We pulled back to help secure it and after air support eliminated any threats we re-secured a perimeter. Squad 1 set their objective as the radio tower and we decided to follow them in and then cover their southern flank. Since we had met such severe resistance in our previous southerly routes, I decided to re-enter the city along the coastline to the North. We made it to the center of City near the bridge while Squad 1 destroyed the radio tower and we engaged and destroyed several armored targets. A partially disabled T-72, a Shilka, and a BMP-2. There were still reports of enemy in the city and enemy AA was still attempting to engage our aircraft so we made a block by block search until we found the lone remaining Shilka to the northeast and destroyed it. With the city clear we headed back to base and opened up a couple of cold Sahranian brews (I can't wait for the next commissary flight!) and saluted our fallen comrades. Please consult RazersEdge from the perspective of his squad's operations.
Final Operations Diagram:
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