Conquer: Mexico

[furturewarfare]

NAF is Mobilizing south, towards Mexico.
We are bringing 200 Infantry Armed with SA-1904's and 20 AT soldiers armed with AM-15's

[Sgtsammac]

I heavily advise you to not purchase AT soldiers yet. See the Tech Auction thread for why.

[Sgtsammac]

Whether you keep them or not, the battle will take place in a valley some miles from the capitol, it's a major choke point that must be passed.

The defending army is fairly large, but uncoordinated as it's comprised of two forces.
First is the Mexican Militia, with 150 standard soldiers, and second is a group of brigands that wish to see Mexico stay unorganized enough for them to keep their lifestyle. They are 50 strong, all of them on horseback with lever action rifles.

As the attacker you post first, but being forced into a valley you'll have to be creative.

[ahb9kand1]

BRO. I OWN NORTH AMERICA.

[sgtsammac]

ABHK Can i ask you make your pic smaller please, as it is it takes up my whole screen.

[archkyrie]

So far he has no nation, and all he seems to be doing is bother Future. Also, his avatar is too large, and I think he did that on purpose.
All he has said in any of his posts is "I own america" in caps.
In short, I think we have ourselves a troll.
So I'm going to go ahead and ban him. We can also unban him if I'm proven wrong.

[sgtsammac]

Agreed.

[furturewarfare]

Minus the Fact of the AT soldiers, may we continue with the assault?

If that is your opinion, might I be able to withdraw my purchase of the AT guns? or do they stay?

[Martyr but too lazy to log in]

Seeing as this is start up period until saturday, you could probably sell them back at a 1:1 cash ratio.

[Sgtsammac]

Yes you may sell them back at 1:1 ratio.
Yes we may continue the assault at your leisure, since you're the attacker you post your plan first.

[AgentFawkes]

Prime Minister Hillam asks for permission to ship troops through the US to help in Mexico, not for gain, but as a show of good will.

[furturewarfare]

I shall request assistance if needed.

Anyways...

There will be five groups of men. four Infantry groups with 50 men each, and then a group of AT soldiers 20 men strong. The men will move along in a "Square composed of smaller squares" type formation, with AT following behind. The first two groups will be looking ahead for any frontal attacks, while the two behind will focus their attention to the sides, to prevent any flanking. The AT soldier's priories will be the Brigands, to pierce through the enemy horses.

[Sgtsammac]

Sounds like a good defensive advance.

Mexican militia men have an outdated defensive line of 100 men spanning the width of the valley about 300meters in front of you. It's 2 men deep, front row crouched or prone while the rear row takes aim above/behind them. They obviously haven't been retrained for war in quite some time. The entire line fires their bolt action rifles at your men indiscriminately. You lose the frontal 25 men in your 4 squares as a wall of lead flies towards you, but the Mexicans continue to stand in the open as they reload their rifles.

The other 50 soldiers are no where to be seen, nor are the brigands, however the valley does have a sharp bend a short distance behind the Mexican line.

[furturewarfare]

My men seize the opportunity, and begin to move up faster, whilst staying in formation. the remaining 75 soldiers in front take considerate aim, doing their best not to miss. (Assuming i break through the line) I have my men hold position, and send 5 men ahead to scout the bend, and attempt to return alive.

[Out of RP] About how wide is the valley, and how steep are the sides of the valley?

[Sgtsammac]

(The useable width is about 50 yards, beyond that the walls are too steep. Within that, the walls are about 45* give or take, and dotted with lots of boulders that had broken off from the walls in the past.)

You do break the line, two of your squares punch a hole each, on either side of the line. That traps many of the militia between your forces. During that fight 75 militia are killed, a remaining 25 surrender. You lost only 5 men during that.

Your scouts disappear around the bend just in time for Mexican militia hiding in the sides of the valley to pop up and fire on your now centralized forces. (They used their main force to move you into an ambush position) Though the large boulders provide cover for the militia, they also block sight lines for them as well. The ensuing fight involves a lot of pot shots and sneaking around.
After taking another 5 losses, your men manage to eliminate the rest of the militia.

Just in time for one of your scouts to be spotted running back from the bend, he trips and tries to crawl to his feet, but is shot in the back just as the brigands make their appearance, trampling his dead body as they charge your men. Their lever action rifles providing a nice bonus for them.

(You're down 15 more troops. All your ATs are alive. All Militia are dead or captured)

[furturewarfare]

With the AT soldiers At the back of the formation, they take aim at the Horses with 19mm AP Shells, Fire, and are able to penetrate through the horses' bodies. The rest of the infantry, mainly try to avoid being trampled over by the horses, while still maintaining combat effectiveness.

[Sgtsammac]

20 of the horses drop, crushing their riders and disrupting the charge. With the charge broken the brigands dismount and try to hide behind their horses, 15 more die as the AP rounds pass through the living shields.
They've never seen rifles powerful enough to do that and attempt to flee back in the direction they came from, laying down quick fire from the lever actions as they retreat. I doubt they make it, but any who do will have an interesting tale to tell.

Mexico is yours. Being full of cheap labor it just barely manages to still be worth $7500 in daily income.

[archkyrie]

Congratulations, that was a very enjoyable battle to watch.