Location: The village of Ladek Stary
Time: 1130 20 July 2000
<Josef then walks over to Lee and Cappanetti...He talks a deep breath, sighs, then begins "my scouts, err
scout says he spotted a large soviet unit to the north, it had several APCs and a TANK! They are not conscripts,
as they ambushed my scouts, wounding and capturing one. Several members of the village are packing to head into
the forest to wait out the attack, then return to what's left of the village. I don't know how many others will
go with them. I should know by about 2 this afternoon.">
Ikeman turns to Lee " Sir, we need to get the hell out of here, we're a bunch of light fighters. We are no
match against any sort of armor. I know, my ranger batt was slaughtered by a guards division. We have a few light
skinned vehicles and barely any real AT weapons. We need to cut and run while we have a head start. The Corps
has to be rallying to the west and we need to link up and get any intell we might have to them. The name of this
game is escape and evasion. I know you feel we should help, but we need to get back to friendly forces."
CPT Wolfe keys the mike and says "Rattler 1, Cobra 1. We're coming in. Out."
While he has a chance, SGM Stewart checks to see if his prisoner is still alive...the prisoner seems to be, the
question is, how long will he live?
CPT Cappanetti waits until the rest of the group arrives, then says "Boys, we got a problem... the inbound
forces are mech, with a tank! Oh, and most of the village seems to be popping smoke...which means we'll be basically
holding the village on our own."
Josef walks up to CPT Cappanetti, "we have wagon with several horses inbound from the south, with 2 individuals,
one driving the wagon, and one on horseback. They seem friendly, but I don't want to take any chances..."
Location: 5 km south of Ladek Starey
Time: 1300 July 2000
<Kartz finishes his meal, makes sure the horses are fed and watered, hooks everything up, cleans the AO, and
heads north per the Capts orders...>
Heading north towards the village, CPT Whitedog calls a quick halt, after spotting the outline of several buildings,
most likely part of the village. "Well sarge, lock and load...might be hostiles in the area." After a
couple minutes, CPT Whitedog says "Ready?"
Location: 2km East of Highway 43, 14 km Southeast of Ladek Starey
Time: 1030 20 July 2000
<Gunn replies "the rally point is easy enough to find, and acquiring some form of transport besides my
feet sounds like a plan, though I was through this area a few weeks ago and don't remember anything more than a
few farms, and they didn't have much."
"I don't have any recent intel on Ostrzeszew, but I think it's our best bet for acquiring anything. I think
it's best that we keep following the highway until we get close to Ostrzeszew, then recon the town and decide from
there. Have at point, that scattergun is better at close range anyways.">
After a few klicks, Pickett spots something out of the ordinary just off the road...it looks like a truck, No sign
of movement around it.