Location: 2 km south of the village of Ladek Starey
Time: 1515 20 July 2000
<Ingle overhears and says "T-55!? Where's the T-55!? I think I can take one out with my handy-dandy Armbrust!
And maybe take out a few troops with my sniper rifle! Let's go
get them!">
"Not a bad idea Ingle. If we only knew how many ground they them unfriendlies got....... We got two choices
here. Keep on our current heading and see what we got in front of us, or send out a recon team to check out the
T-55 and troops then we set up an ambush. What do ya think boys?" I also get out my map and start studying
it for possible ambush sites. Then I check in on the guy in the back. "How ya holding in there troop? I'm
Cpt. Wolfe. Damn glad to meet ya. What you got for equipment?"
Captain Lee speaks up "Captain Wolfe, lets get out of here. Tank or no tank, all our previous attempts at
recon have met with failure. Besides the tank, they had a mortar and maybe some APCs. I think it's time to cut
our losses."
Lee then points ahead (south). "The only thing I'm concerned about is what's ahead. Shots were fired at Ikeman
and Stewart, and it wasn't only Ingle shooting at them."
"All righty then, it's settled.We're gettin' outta here. Let's move, and keep your eyes moving. We don't wanna
get caught in an ambush." Wolfe then looks at the rest of the trucks in the little convoy, another duece and
a half, and a humvee (which is in the lead).
Feldwebel Gerhardt Dietricht had been running for days, hunting for opportunities to kill more tanks, opportunities
that are far and few between now that he's the lone survivor of his team, when he overhears the report of a tank
on the radio. He immediately realizes that whoever is on the radio is close, within a few klicks. He decides to
find the group and possibly link up with them. It doesn't take Dietricht long to find the convoy, as 2 duece and
a halfs make quite a bit of noise. He slowly follows along, waiting for an opportunity to introduce himself.
1700 meters south of the village of Ladek Starey
Time: 1515 20 July 2000
<Whitedog and Kartz decide to sit tight, hoping to get a better view of the trucks they hear moving south.>
"Kratz grab our gear and lets tail them. If we're lucky we'll get a better look at who we are dealing with.
It'll be a catch up job but we need to know and it would be better to travel with a group with motor vehicles and
this will allow us to confirm who we are dealing with." Whitedog starts moving to Kartz's possition to get
on his horse and ride after the departing vehicles.
Kartz slowly backs up from his position, nods, and grunts in the affirmative at the suggestion of Whitedog. Collects
up the brass, mounts his wagon, and follows The captain out.
Trailing the trucks isn't hard, as the duece and a halfs are rather loud. Getting close enough to get a good view
takes quite a while, as the convoy is hauling ass.
Location: 2km East of Highway 43, 14 km Southeast of Ladek Starey
Time: 1530 20 July 2000
<When Smith gets back, Star is finishing policing the area and tell him to gas the ATV up.
As Smith is finishing gassing up the ATV, Star finishes policing up the area, making sure that no sign of their
presence is left behind. After a quick map check, Smith and Star head towards the nearest town, Ostrzeszow.>
Smith and Star travel towards the northwest side of Ostrzeszow. They hide the ATV in the woodline, then sneak to
an observation point about 250 meters from the town. They immediately spot several trucks coming in from the north.
They pull up near what seems to a hospital and then unload several soldiers on stretchers. The trucks then head
over to another part of the town and refuel from one of the several fuel trucks. All the guards that they see seem
to have been injured in one way or the other. There is also what seems to be a supply dump near the fuel trucks.