Liberation of Saudi Arabia

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The oppressive government of Saudi Arabia has held the throne too long, and the IFF are storming the city of Riyadh.
250 Revolutionaries, 50 Guerillas, 50 Sandcats, 10 SAMCats, 10 Sand Leopards, 2 Desert Dragons, and 1 Vulture have been sent to take the city and win the hearts of the people.

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The fundamentalist elite of the Saudi society will not tolerate liberal ideas in their midst. They rally:
100 Riflemen sporting ARs
75 DMRs
25 High Caliber marksmen
15 Jeeps with HMGs
5 MBTs
7 Air superiority Jets
5 Interceptors

You will fight alongside a populist revolutionary movement. If you can accomplish 3 goals, the revolutionary Saudis will claim the nation for you. You must:
1. defeat the Enemy forces.
2. Destroy the Saudi Air Command Base. This will disable all Saudi air support.
3. Capture or kill Mohammed al Qazar, current king of Saudi Arabia. This will lower the morale of your enemy.
To complicate things, a sandstorm is raging as you storm the city. expect lowered visibility and don't expect to hear anything.

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Two Guerilla insertions will begin the fight.

A squad of 10 will be on assassination duty. These men and women are equipped with thermal optics to counter the poor visibility. The plan of attack is simple: The Guerillas will surround Al Qazar in a large circle with a radius of around 750m. Two of the Guerillas, survivors of the Syrian Assassination Operation, will fire upon Al Qazar, while the others will take out his personal guard. Once this is complete, the Guerillas will bug out, hide in a Predetermined Safe Spot (PSS), and wait for extraction.

Another squad of 10 will infiltrate the Saudi Air Command Base. They will avoid contact if possible, and will plant explosives in key locations in the base, while keeping them inconspicuous. Once all the bombs are placed, the Guerillas will bounce and level the facility. They will then hide in a PSS for recovery.

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Al Qazar's men, wize to the patterns of the desert, spot your men in the distance. They smash the king into cover in one of his palaces, the strategic location means that they will have an advantage in a firefight.

the men infiltrating the air control base, however, use the storm to their advantage. They slip past the guards and plant the explosives. They make it to the PSS, and destroy the Air Base. All Saudi Air support is disabled.

Meanwhile, Saudi forces are converging on the squad set to assassination duty.

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The Vulture enters the area, now unthreatened by enemy aircraft, and will use thermal imagery to map out enemy movements.

A Desert Dragon, Three Sandcats, and 25 Revolutionaries will recover the pinned Guerillas.

Two Sandcats are deployed to recover the Guerillas at the PSS.

The remaining forces will assault the palace. The facility is to be brought down on top of Al Qazar, using the Sand Leopards' 76mm guns to crack it open like a walnut. The Desert Dragon, guided by the Vulture, will hunt down the enemy MBTs, and the SAMCats will repurpose their Semi-active heatseeking missiles to harrass enemy technicals. The Guerillas will keep an eye out for enemy snipers and infantry in advantageous positions. The Revolutionaries will do what they do best and blitz the palace.

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With the Majority of Saudi forces convening at the positions of the pinned guerillas, your forces take a heavy beating. They are eliminated, but destroy 1 MBT, 30 riflemen, and 4 Jeeps. Your men are still pinned down.
The Palace is eventually brought down, crumbling concrete adding to the winds of the raging sands. Al Qazar is presumed dead, but you should send some men in to confirm this.
Sandcat SAMs have some trouble repurposing, but take out 3 enemy jeeps. 3 more revolutionaries are taken out by sniper fire.

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A squad of 10 Guerillas will enter what's left of the palace to retrieve Al Qazar. If he is alive, he will be pulled out and shot in the street. If not, the Guerillas will pass the message on to some Revolutionaries who will spread the word.

The rest of Israel's Freedom Fighters will converge on the enemy force as it closes on their troops. The Desert Dragon will take out enemy MBTs, and the Sand Leopards will take out the enemy technicals. The Sandcats will be loaded up with Revolutionaries, who will fire upon enemy forces from the beds of the Sandcats. All other troops will keep low, firing at enemy movements. The Guerillas, equipped with thermal optics, will prioritize enemy snipers. This will be the final operation, the IFF will be pushing for total elimination of all establishment forces.

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The Guerillas pull Al Qazar out of the rubble, his fine silks stained forever with that special muck that can only be made from blood and sand. As he is dragged to his feet, he fumbles to form heroic last words. Your men give him no such opportunity, and he dies with blood dripping from his chin and a hole in his forehead.

As the storm rages, Isreali air support chops through Saudi armour. As the Desert Dragon was designed to excel in exactly such a storm, it gains a huge advantage in the high winds and low visibility. With the help of the Vulture, it easily cleans up enemy MBTs.

You lose 7 Sandcats to AM fire, but your riflemen quickly flush out the enemy marksmen.

The rest of your forces push the Saudi's out of the city and into the desert. Those who do not die by IFF fire perish in the sandstorm.

Congrats. You have taken control of oil rich Saudi Arabia, an easy 7.5k per day.

Total IFF losses:
17 Guerillas
28 Revolutionaries
1 Desert Dragon
7 Sandcats

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Noice. Thanks for the battle.

[shark]

No problem