LVI's F2F Journal

[LVI]

1200 – 1600 HRS- walk thru the market. Buy 10cs of MREs, 12 pairs of cold weather gear, 1cs of .50cal for the Barrett and 1 cs of NATO clot gel. Total monies remaining is $1234 after everything bought in Krakow.

1600HRS – 0600 HRS – stay low key in the hostel.

JULY 15th
0600 HRS – Meet LAV at Castle gate; get 2 x 205L drums of Diesel fuel loaded via man power.

0700HRS – make way back to Slomniki and stay overnight.

JULY 16th
0600 HRS – Team heads north towards Kielce.

0800 HRS – Team enters Kielce, Geiger goes off. MOpp suites on, LAV hatches closed.
6 RADs a pc. Team never stops and continues north to Radom.

0845 HRS – team goes thru Radom.

1000 HRS – Team stops outside of the abandoned village of Bialobrzegi to refuel the HMMVW.

1030 HRS – Back on the HWY heading north to Grojec.

1100 HRS – Grojec is also abandoned. Head west towards Mszczonow.

1130 HRS – Go thru and head NW towards Sochaczew

1215 HRS – At the crossroads there is a 16 man checkpoint going East and West. 4 – 3man 120mm mortar pits and 4 guards. Plan is to have the Barrett take out there 1 sniper from the woods. Then the LT, Major and the driver of the HMMVW will open up from the other side. The LAV will come from 50m out and open up.

1300HRS – Ambush is executed and goes off flawlessly. Barrett takes out 3 of the enemy. Each of the other 3 successfully takes out a mortar pit, with suppressive fire to start to pin them down. The LAV comes thru and uses 66 rds 25mm HE then finishes with 200 rds of 7.62 from the MG. Afterwards they take some of the weapons and destroy the rest, incl. the mortars.

1500 HRS – make it to a nice concealed location NW of Plock

*** Next game is scheduled for Sept 23rd ***

[kcdusk]

Great write-up. Inspiring to read a T2K adventure like this.

Good events like being caught up on your webbing (Cheung). After a brutal start (group executing soldiers in the first session) good to see the group is co-operating with the environment like talking to the old women, giving a whole pack of smokes to the ORMO guard, reconing the town and checking prices before purchasing anything.

I like how Commander Marek Serochy has his "regular two drinks" each night. It doesn't sound like much - but in the T2K world its probably expensive and 2 drinks is all thats available.

Behind Enemy Lines is a great movie, like the reference.

Ooooh. I dont know it i would have told Tanya the group had reset so soon after meeting her, even if she claims to be CIA.

Well done with RADS reading at Kielce, smart for the party to be checking.

Pacing an adventure is one of the hardest things to get right, although probably easier in a face to face session. I like how theres action, activity and options in the city. But the pace is high and the group moves on and is travelling again across unknown territory.

[LVI]

Bumping this thread. We haven't played since pt 2 in August, however last night we did finally meet up again for pt.3. But I haven't wrote up the timeline yet so hopefully sometime this week I'll get that done and posted.

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Update – July 16th team arrives to a small concealed location at 1500 hrs, 10 km east of Plock. They stay the night on watch for any enemy forces that may have followed them. The next morning, they send out a Recon team and they discover an abandoned farm house about 1 km east. They radio to the rest of their team and they move the LAV and Humvee.

They send the next 8 days foraging the area for there still and do maintenance on their vehicles. They also do a inventory of their ammo. Sgt Derry and Capt. Krausse discover that they forgot to reload 3bxof 5.56N and 1 bx M26 grenades after they left camp Prior to going into Krakow. (Missed rolls by 2 NPcs and 2 Pc from our last get together}
Notes –
Sgt Derry successfully fixed their broken NVG, ELC-ESY
Lt Chan’s hand is really infected. Constant antibiotics and ½ the teams Naproxen.
25% of the teams food has been consumed and no successful hunting to replace it.
It’s getting colder, due to the nukes. Daytime temPs are a consistent 10 degrees Celsius and -5c nighttimes.
Every day they can smell something like a oil refinerary.

July 26th
1800 HRS – Major Cheung decides to take Lt Chan, Sgt Derry and Sgt Bennet close to Plock for a recon as they are ready to continue NW in the coming days. They travel light; Sgt Derry takes his M4 and his M82 for cover. They will drive the Humvee to 500m of the town and walk the rest. Before the war Plock was a oil refinery city of 80000 or so. But no Geiger measurements.

1900 HRS – The team notices that THERE IS ELECTICITY to a 1/3 of the city! To the NW there is 1 flare stack and an up grader. To the SW there is a small Hydro station. They get into the Humvee and Proceed to the refinery for a closer reccee.

2000 HRS – the Refinery is in fact making something, but the security is tight! At least a Battalion of Russian Reg force soldiers, AA, AAA and SAM bunkers . Also a few BMP and T72s. The team stays until 0300 HRS and decides to head back to camp. They will come back tomorrow night to reccee the Hydro station.

July 27th
1200HRS- They can hear but are unable to see a helicopter. This goes on throughout the day.

1800 HRS – The same recon team make their way back to the city, this time they continue south towards the Hydro station via off road. This time they see a lot of military vehicles on the HWY, including military refuelling tankers.

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1900 HRS – about 100m away from city limits by the Hydro station. Some abandoned houses with no electricity, but for the most Part the locals have rebuilt this town. The team makes its way by foot to a 2 story brick building about 1 block away from the hydro station. They go onto the roof and observe the area for a few hrs. The hydro station is just as armed as the refinery is, but there is also a helicopter in the compound. After 2200 hrs the team makes its way back to the Humvee and goes back to the camp.

July 27th
0600 HRS – The team saddles up and heads towards RyPin. Avoiding the crossroads by a few km off-road. The LAV is seriously low on ammo for their 25mm. Only 66 rds of APFSDSDU and 120 rds of API.

0800 HRS- the team reaches RyPin and they do a very brief recon of the town. They don’t see any military soldiers of vehicles. Against the recommendation of the LAV Crew and SGT Derry, the team drives right down the middle of the town. They never encounter anybody but a few towns folk.

0815 HRS – about 15 KM north of RyPin the encounter 2 UAZ-469s armed with .50cal and soldiers. They are seen at a distance of 100m. The LAV and HUMVEE drive off the hwy at a 45 degree and observe. The UAZ stop in a defensive Position on the hwy and the crew gets out and aim their guns down range towards us.

The decision is make for the LAV to drive at them and to open up with their API rounds. Once the HUMVEE Passes Sgt Derry is to unload into it with their Mk19. A minute later they do this. The LAV uses 100 rds and shreds the UAZs and almost every soldier. After it rams thru the 2 UAZ, the Driver does a 180. Meanwhile the Humvee notices 2 more UAZ from behind them coming from the RyPin area. They radio the LAV thus making it do the 180. Sgt Derry unloads12 rds from the mk19 into the 2 UAZ they Pass.

After the Humvee does a 180 it goes to the left side of the LAV which is diagonal on the hwy 10m away from the first 2 UAZ and facing the 2 new UAZ at a range of 200m. Lt Chan and Major Cheung get out and go left to observe the situation. Meanwhile the LAV and Humvee start taking small arms fire from the furthest most UAZ (first 2}. Sgt Derry unloads another 12 rds of 40mm HE into the 2 UAZ. But the rounds are still being shot. Major Cheung and Lt Chan both use a magazine into the closest UAZ and reload. Then Major Cheung manages to get a view of the soldier, he’s basically taking blind fire at the LAV. The Major aims and unloads at 10m 3 rds from his UMP45.

Sgt Derry then advises that the 2 new UAZ are at 100m and now he sees a tank at 400m. He waits until the UAZ are close enough to open up again. However at 20 m away they stop to our surprise. We engage them with the LAV, MK19 and the 2 on the side of the road. All direct hits with no immediate return fire. Major Cheung rolls a M26 grenade at the new UAZ and adds to the collateral damage. Meanwhile the tank is now closing at 300m. Sgt Derry is the only HW skilled soldier and he dismounts the Humvee and grabs the 2 AT4 and starts to get them ready. Lt Chan grabs the 2 extra rds and spots.

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Just then the tank is identified as a T72. And with that a Plume of smoke exits its barrel and a shell lands 40m behind the team. The LAV commander advises to split up and he directs the LAV to go across the hwy and advance towards the T72 off-road. Meanwhile the Humvee and Major Cheung go left off road hoping to avoid the T72. The T72 continues to 200m out and it turns off-road towards the Humvee at a 45 degree, and fires another round. The Humvee turns a hard right and starts driving towards the T72.

Sgt Derry attempts to lock on the T72 and fires. Roll misses and shot sails wide. Meanwhile the LAV turns to its left crosses the HWY and drives to intercept the T72. Sgt Derry grabs the other AT4 while Lt Chan starts to reload the used one. Just before he locks on the LAV fires a burst of 6 (combat rd} at the T72 from close range with its APFSDSDU. Just as the rolls to hit are made the T72 fires again at the Humvee.

- LAV 2 hits out of 6.Oblique with hits 6 and 9. T72 has a 6 wear value giving it a 70 at TS and a 350at the c-HS. 3d6 dmg is 18x5 for 90. Round clears thru turret side and kills driver.
- 2nd rd with 3d6 is 30 x 5 is 150 damage, bringing c-hull side down to 50 from a 200.
- Sgt Derry fires his 2nd AT4. At close range needs 27 to hit. This time rolls a hit, at T72 left oblique as well. Rolls a 5 front hull side. Dmg3d6 is 12x30c means the T72 is destroyed and crew is killed.
- T72 last shot. Gunner is 80 LCG. Rolls a hit and due to it getting hit as it fires the round hits just beside (5m} driver side door. The Humvee flips sideways towards the Passenger side. After it stops Major Cheung is noticed lying on the ground.
Lt Chan (Combat medic} runs over to the crash site with Sgt Derry. By the time they get there the LAV is just Pulling up. The LAV drives in front of the Major and aims downrange towards the T72 in case there are any survivors. Sgt Derry goes to the Humvee to see if the driver survived, which he did not. The LAV commander grabbed the fire extinguisher and douses the flames.

Lt Chan assesses the Major MED-PAR(MED}. The Major has massive shrapnel along his left side, a Piece of thick metal in his left knee, a compound fracture of his left forearm and is unconscious. The GM roll A 10 (for the total amount of rds the major has until very bad things will happen if he doesn’t come too}. 1st round he successfully rolls against his CON and comes too.

After 15 mins the fracture has been stabilized, Morphine has been administered; knee has been wrapped and bandaged. No immediate stitches are done. Shrapnel has been removed and the Major is being observed for his possible grade 2 concussion.

The balance of the team salvage what they can from the Humvee, incl- 6cs NATO MREs, cold weather gear, Portable laser designator, burnzomatic torch, Motorola gang charger, radio for humvee, mk19, fire extinguisher, M82 Barrett but no ammo of any kind. The still and trailer were never detached and thus were destroyed.

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0930 HRS – team boards the LAV and goes off-road east towards Chelmno.

1100 HRS - Team arrives and does a lengthy recon of town. Notice that there is a battalion worth of Polish and Russian forces guarding an intact bridge! The Capt. and the LT decide the route they need to take to get to Karlino must go North thru Gdansk and Tczew where the 2nd Marines were once held up. If they are still there then the Major will get the medical attention he will need. The town and bridge are a no go so they latch up and since the LAV is amphibious go north along the river a few km and will cross. By 1400 hrs they have crossed and go NW towards the town of Swiecie and into the woods for night.

*note, the medic will check on the Major every 20mins while in the LAV and every 45 mins once we are camped for the night.*

July 28th
0600 HRS – Team makes their way North until they cross the HWY outside of crossroads, then back to the HWY and cross it going East. They will travel North off-road until they reach Tczew (one of the last known cities where the 2nd Marines were}.

1000 HRS – Team makes it to 1 km SE of Tczew where the LAV commander notices the back end of a vehicle in some small woods about 100m north. Lt Chan is advised by the GM that the major is stable so the Lt and Sgt Derry will go and insect the vehicle.
After making their way to it they are greeted by12 US Marines. After some greetings the LT radios for the LAV to come up. LT Chan is a Marine so he has a brief reunion. The team is briefed by the Marines. They are a 12 team LP, and have been there for 3 weeks observing Tczew. The city was over run on July 7th, shortly after the fall of Kalisz. The Marines retreated North to Gdansk and set up a 2000 man base with 8 M1 and various other vehicles.

1300 HRS – the team loads up and make their way North to Gdansk.

1430 HRS – team enters Gdansk and goes right to the Marines camp. The major is immediately taken to the hospital and the rest of the team is debriefed. During the debriefing they advise them of the following-
- Operation reset is handed over.
- Location of Plock and the Hydro AND refinery.
- Various other info that was collected over the Past 28 days.
1700 HRS – Team is given a make shift sleeping quarters. The LAV crew is given base jobs and the LT and the SGT are moved into rotation for the next 8 days. Similar to the jobs the Marines had in A few good men in Cuba. Watch towers.

July 30th the Major is released from the hospital and 1 week light duty.
Aug 5th the Major rejoins his team. The team is re assembled into a Recon unit via the LAV.

AUG 6th – 0800 HRS the team hears on the radio the details to OPERATION OMEGA and given the details on TF34 and the 09-23-2013 departure date.