Conquest: France

[Sgtsammac]

Britannia will be aquiring the country of France through brute force.

65 Heavy MGs
400 Standard Rifles
15 Marksmen

Riflemen will be split into 5 groups of 80, each group will have 1 marksman and one HMG.

The remaining men are split into 5 more groups, 2 marksmen and 12 HMGs each.

When any group moves, its marksman scouts ahead, picking out probable, or known enemy positions. The HMGs then move up and set up behind cover to begin laying down blanket fire over the tarted areas. Riflemen then move forward to whatever position they are ordered into.
The HMG groups use marksmen as spotters and antisniper defense while laying down more blanket fire, or highly concentrated fire when needed.

That's all I can really say until one of the mods take up the job and tell me what's going on

[sgtsammac]

French Army Forces Mobilize on sighting of BE Forces and dig into an evacuated village along the only Major road to the capital, their defence consists of 15 snipers in buildings around the main square, 5 Machine Guns are also mounted in the buildings around the square with a heavy machine gun up in a church tower, 100 Infantry men are taking shelter as squads of 8 in various buildings around to Village. 200 More infantry consisting of 180 Rifles and 20 Shotgunners are waiting in an harbour zone just behind the town.

The battlefield:

Town: Just a standard 1904 Village flanked by woodland and contains one Main road that goes up into the Townsquare and then through leading onto Paris.

[Sgtsammac]

How far is the woodland from the edge of the village? (Crucial question.)

[sgtsammac]

Uhh, 200-300 meters at the closest points, up to 1000 meters at the further points, One thing i forgot to mention, french forces have mined the forest.

[Sgtsammac]

Well, assuming they didn't mine the space between the town and forest, my troops shall encircle the village. Of course marksmen would check the tower when it was visible since it's an obvious spot. Though while surprised to see an MG instead of a sniper, they open fire.

2 MG groups will each cover the entrances to the village by main road. Meaning 48 HMGs total and 8 marksmen total will make sure no one gets out through the main road. Every soldier watches windows and doors for signs of movement, taking shots when they think they see someone. Every alleyway that can be seen from the outside of town is covered.

Basically, I siege the city. The troops have enough supplies for at least 48 hours in their packs. If this turns into an over night thing the troops will split into rotating 6 hour shifts. That way every single shift will have gotten close to 8 hours of sleep at any point in time. During the night shifts, flares shall be tossed as needed into the alleyways and street entrances so visibility can be kept.
If it doesn't turn into an overnight thing, the French are more than welcome to throw themselves into British lines of fire, or otherwise announce their positions for the far outnumbering forces to triangulate.

[sgtsammac]

The french military keep up their spots, from a position lower in the tower a hidden sniper is reporting positions of main hostile forces, unfortunatly that night 10 of the french soldiers give up and are executed by the british, hearing the report of gunfire the back up forces come round and approach the british camp from the rear in the darkness.

[Sgtsammac]

Unless night patrols notice the backup group coming, I don't have anything to go off of from that post. So I'll assume they do.

A night patrol of 12 men spread out over a small area notice a mass of troops approaching from near the harbor and quickly report it, deciding not to open fire themselves. Since it's a harbor I'll assume it'd be connected to the village via road, and with only 1 road going into and out of the city, that means one of my entrance groups can turn half their MGs around to lay down a blanket of lead between themselves and the harbor. So 12 HMGs firing continuously into the area the backup is thought to be, using wide but overlapping arcs. Also 2 marksmen stay on the lookout in that area for glints of metal, to better point out where to aim the MGs.
This has of course roused the whole army from sleep and 2 of the riflemen groups (80rifle, 1mark, 1MG per group) has moved to the flanks of the harbor facing MGs, digging themselves in behind any sort of cover they can find, bushes and tall grass if necessary. The 2 additional marksmen and MGs cover the flanks creating an inverse pincer with the main MGs at the center, minimizing the chance of anyone getting around the groups and into the village to attack their rear.

All troops continue to stay on the defensive, no French are allowed out of the village, no French are allowed to approach the village from outside.

[sgtsammac]

(By harbour area i meant as in PBH/Camp~ Sorry i had my cadet head on at the time but leave it as this for now)

The french back-up units charge on three flanks attacking the british camp, they end up getting the majority of their force mowed down but not before giving the british casualties (3 HMG's and 6 marksmen) The survivors are ordered to retreat and the dawn chorus is interrupted by bugle calls sounding the retreat. Meanwhile forces inside the village are starting to lose moral and are slowly giving themselves up.

[Sgtsammac]

(Harbor means Camp? o.0 And how do I lose 6 marksmen when only 4 were even engaging that group?)

Retreating French forces are allowed to leave unharmed, and any soldier surrendering is treated well. The commanding Britannian officer understands that anyone would fight to defend their land and doesn't hold it against them.

[Sgtsammac]

Did I win now

[sgtsammac]

Yea lets say that, and yea in cadets the term from a military camping area in the field is PBH or Patrol Base Harbour an area for a platoon (Or larger) to lay up in safety, it can be also referred to as a Harbour area.

[Sgtsammac]

Ooooooooh, yea that would have changed things a bit xD I wonder if that's a Brit thing or a global thing... *shrug*