Conquest: Argentina

[sgtsammac]

The British Government has declared war on the South American nation of Argentina and has deployed 45 Commando Battalion, Royal Marines. The operation, code named Op Alenia will be launched from the Falkland Islands. 45 Commando battalion HQ will remain on the Falklands at RM Stevelly Bay. The HQ Company and full 45 Commando support units will deploy by Air and Sea. Army Air Corp units based at RAF Mount Pleasant along with RAF personnel have been called in as part of SFSG Aerial Command to assist with the operation.


45 Commando Battalion:

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L82A2 Riflemen - 601
L82A2 Grenadiers - 72
L22A2 SMG (Naval Ops) - 6*
L82A1 Riflemen (Naval Ops) - 12*
L110A1 LMG - 14
L83A2 LSW's - 30
L19A1 Marksmen - 24
AT/AA Launchers - 64
MILAN AT - 20
L96A1 Snipers - 24
Browning .50 Cal HMG's - 12
L7A2 GPMG's - 28
L16A1 81mm Mortars – 18

Land Rover (LWB) - 15
Land Rover (SWB) - 2
BV-206 - 48
Huskey - 65
Huskey MWMIKS - 24
Land Rover WMIKS - 12
155mm Howitzers - 4
105mm Light Guns - 4
AS-90 SPG - 3

Ships:
Logistics Landing Vessel (LLV) - 5
Edinburgh Class Landing Ship (Tank) - 2

Aircraft:
Royal Air Force:
2x P-3C Orion Observation aircraft
5x Eurofighter Typhoon (Anti-Air)
5x Tornado GR.4 (Ground Attack)
1x B-1B Lancer Strategic Bomber

Army Air Corp:
2x WAH-64D Apache Longbow Gunship
2x Westland Augusta Merlin AW-101
2x Westland Lynx/Wildcat


Fleet Air Arm:
8x Westland Lynx helicopters
8x BAe CN-225 Subhunter
5x BAE Nimrod MR2 (ASW)

Naval Vessels:
Warships:
2x Enforcer class HK Destroyers
-L22A2 SMG (Naval Ops) - 12
-L82A1 Riflemen (Naval Ops) - 24
2x Spruance Class Air Defence Destroyers
1x Helmsman Class Missile Cruiser

(Can I request an RP/Objectives based battle and a few enemy ships so I can test out my naval boarding capabilities)

*Stationed aboard the RN's destroyers along side boarding teams from 40 Commando.

[Lé Badger]

May I mod this, Sammy?
And dude, I do know that you are the admin and the boss here, but I feel that it's way too much... 732 infantry, ~130 vehicles, dude...

[sgtsammac]

Crud, I forgot logistics fees. >.< Gimme a sec to blow 20k to allow it.

Yes you may mod it. And yes I am sending alot. I want to get back into practice with my battalion sized forces incase any one decides to invade me and before you continue complaining as an FYI when I send battalions and stuff I don't use everything at once, if you look at the battalion structure most are support elements that are armed for defence. I do not use all at once, I will generally move them in smaller elements. (Platoons and Companies)

[Lé Badger]

Sorry for the delay, it was pretty late when I had posted it. Anyways, Argentinian forces manage to make up these forces:
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Infantry:

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175 standard-issue troopers with M16A1s
25 grenadiers with M16A1s, with M203 underbarrel grenade launcher
25 marksmen with modified FN FALs
25 AT Troopers with AT4s
25 MANPADS with RBS-70s
25 MG gunners with FN MAGs (GPMG/HMG)

Armored corps:

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10 Humvee Heavy Jeeps
20 M2 Bradley APCs
10 TAM MBTs
20 Patagon Light Tanks
20 Roland SAMs
20 CITER 155mm field artillery

Aerial units:

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6 MiG-29 multiroles
8 Mil Mi-17 Hips, converted to light gunships

Naval units:

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30 frogmen utilizing APS underwater rifles
3 Espora class corvettes
2 Almirante Brown class destroyers

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Objectives will be unlocked when the battles start. You may gain intelligence if you manage to use the recon aircraft correctly.

[sgtsammac]

From RAF Mount Pleasant the RAF Nimrod aircraft will perform what appears to be their standard ocean protection duties (I own the ocean square) but will actually be photographing the Argentine navy and coastal regions to locate targets of opportunity.

CN-225 Sub Hunters will be on the ground ready to deploy in minutes.

The Royal Navy's Task Force Argentina will leave from the Falklands as they move through their waters in the cover of darkness the RM Boarding Teams will move to board, search for intel and then destroy the enemy destroyers (Will be drawn out, in this turn they will simply move to board) As they approach the enemy destroyers they will be ready to defend themselves.

The Royal Navy warships are stood to general quarters and will be using every method of observation they can to defend themselves including Thermal Optics, pintel mounted weapons and M134 miniguns, search lights (IR) and helicopters will be readied for take-off.

[Lé Badger]

The Argentinian forces are defending Rio Gallegos, not only their capital but soon-to-be the eye of the storm. The map of the battlefield: i.imgur.com/KLqL3.jpg Red indicates primary objectives, yellow indicates secondaries.
Your Nimrods are succesful at their recon duties, and reveal these objectives:
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Primary objectives:

1- Obliterate the enemy force
Fairly easy to understand, eliminate all of the enemy force in the city.

2- Eliminate the naval blockade
To perform the landings you must first break the naval blockade. These ships are known to be rather disorganized. Red are the destroyers which are holding the frogmen - One of them holds 45, other holds 15, I mind you. Which destroyer holds how many, remains unknown.

Secondary objectives:

1- Eliminate the enemy at the nearby beach
At the nearby beach Nimrods have identified many multiroles, gunships, howitzers and SAMs and almost all kinds of vehicles. The units there may hit your forces pretty hard. Complete list of units there:

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10 marksmen with modified FN FALs
6 MANPADS with RBS-70s
6 Humvee Heavy Jeeps
5 M2 Bradley APCs
6 Patagon Light Tanks
8 Roland SAMs
13 CITER 155mm Field Artilleries
4 Mil Mi-17 Hips
3 MiG-29 Multiroles

2- Gain the people's favors, by freeing the prisoners
Argentinian people have been opposed by the military for quite some time, in a building many rebels are known to have been kept alive. If you manage to free some of them you may gain the people's favor and you may have access to this force:

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(Tier -2) 250 infantrymen with AK-47s
(Tier -2) 60 LMG gunners with RPKs
(Tier -2) 40 marksmen with SVD Dragunovs
(Tier -2) 50 AT Troopers with RPG-2s

[sgtsammac]

With objectives recieved 45 Commando load up and are ready to move out.

CN-225 Sub Hunters, Nimrods and P-3C Orions will target all enemy shipping bar 1 destroyer.

The boarding teams will target the remaining destroyer and will attempt to board it in the cover of darkness. (If they get on) As they board they will cover the climbers from the boat and once aboard at the top of the ladder. The L82A2's will cover fighting on deck and clearing enemy sailors whilst the L22A2's will fight through to the bridge and command decks to gather intel and disable the warship.

The RAF Fighters and B-1B Bomber will take the skies and make course for the enemy fortifications on the beach whilst in AAC and FFA helicopters a RM Landing Platoon will storm the prison and attempt to free the civilian prisoners and set up a OP over the city.

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20x L82A2 Riflemen
6x L82A2 Grenadiers
7x L110A1 LMG's
3x L19A1 Riflemen
2x L7A2 GPMG's
8x AT/AA Launchers

[Lé Badger]

A massive fight takes place between you and Argentinians' ships. All of their ships except the designated one is eliminated, you lose 1 Enforcer, but the other is heavily wounded and must go back - Although still alive.

You are lucky, as the destroyer holding the majority of the frogmen was downed instead. Their resistance is futile and is quickly eliminated, but only 8 of your frogmen with L-82A1s are down.

A fierce firework show happens at the beach, as expectedly. Homever, their SAMs prove quite effective. 2 Tornados and 2 Typhoon is down, with both bombers taking quite the damage. The enemy at the beaches is eliminated.

The first trial to capture the prisoners were rather unsuccesful. 2 of your Lynxes were gunned down by MANPADS, and you lose: 16 riflemen, 6 grenadiers, 3 marksmen, 5 LMGs, 1 GPMG. Homever, on the bright side, the enemy is fairly weak, unorganized and your units have managed to breach into the prison actually. Homever, they have to go further. Homever, you must be quick, as the enemy will start killing prisoners in one hand later, and the amount of rebels you may acquire will lower.

The list of enemies in the prison downed: 25 standard-issue infantry, 7 grenadiers, 5 HMGs, 3 marksmen, 2 MANPADS.

[sgtsammac]

Hmm.. I should probably rethink my tactics.... (I didn't send infantry to the beach btw.... I only sent my fighters and the single B-1B Lancer.)



On the prison assault all surviving Marines will rally and assault through, checking every room and using their training to push through. Reinforcements are deployed in the form of a second landing platoon.


With the naval blockade cleared 45 Commando will proceed to land its troops on the shore. From sea the Helmsman class cruiser will provide support with Tomahawk missiles against both the beach and targets in the city.

The Commando Artillery Battery sets up in position on the empty grasslands west of the destroyed Blockade. From theirs positions the 105mm's 155mm's and 155mm SPG's dig in and provide artillery support against targets anywhere on the battlefield.

[Lé Badger]

I KNEW that something was wrong... I'll edit some stuff on the post.

It seems that the only trouble your troopers had was the sequence where they had to get in. The enemy force at the prisons are obliterated and none of the prisoners seem to have been killed. You have lost 2 riflemen and 1 grenadier in this sequence homever. This was quite a major hit to the enemy force as not only that there is almost no way that they could win, the enemy force has got a quite major hit. Total list of enemies, killed in the prison:

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40 standard-issue infantry
20 grenadiers
15 HMGs
13 marksmen
4 MANPADS

All of your marines succesfully land, with no losses. Your missiles have done the job well, as you have eliminated 6 HMGs, 6 ATs, 20 standard-issue troopers. Homever, just as they are about to move out, the field artilleries strike and you lose 5 standard-issue troopers, 1 LMGs and 1 marksman. You were lucky as the majority of the rounds missed their targets.

Nimrods report that the artillery rounds came from the Regional Hospital of Rio Gallegos, which is the last stronghold of the Argentinian.

[sgtsammac]

With enemy sites spotted the Commando Artillery Battery moves into action, targeting and engaging the enemy sites using their more advanced targeting computers and guided shells to bring in maximum damage.

Infantry components of 45 Commando will land on the shore and will immediately move quickly and efficiently through to the enemy base(s) ready to engage.

[Lé Badger]

Your troops simply overwhelm the enemy to death - Overkill. You lose only, ONLY a rifleman. Congratulations, Argentina is yours.

Kinda feel that I had cut it short but... Eeeeh, considering all the intel, artillery and stuff that could happen I think.