In Progress Let’s command you guys in Firefight !

[Azira]

Can a tank shoot at a building, hoping to have it collapse?
If so, I think I should just shell that fucker of a building. Bury the frenchies.

 

[ValeVelKal]

Can a tank shoot at a building, hoping to have it collapse?
If so, I think I should just shell that fucker of a building. Bury the frenchies.

No you can’t with your tank. I think heavy arty can but not a Pz38t

 

[Egosphere]

Are the smokes as accurate as the artillery? Maybe try smoke of this area, if Azira decides to drive out into the yard

Edit: not that area exactly, but the view from the industrial district that would line up with that area, to see between the buildings

 

[Azira]

Aw shoot. Hoped to bring down a building. Would be amusing. Well then, I'm in a tank. I'm supposed to fight other tanks or shell fortified positions, right? Approach cautiously, shooting at opportune targets.

 

[ValeVelKal]

Germany - Part V - Twelve to nineteen minutes into reaching the target

So this was the plan :

Boot's squad should progress toward the enemy while Ob. Azira's tank will get close by as soon as the smoke shells land to suppress the enemy. The mortar should also shoot in the general direction, to keep the French heads down.

Of course, the French were resisting to this plan by shooting at Boot's men :

Boot's soldier had progressed while avoiding being in sight from the warehouse the French were known to be in, but it turned out the neighbouring warehouse was occupied too, and OG Kubert was wounded.

Finally, the opening toward the North is covered in smoke, and Azira's panzer can safely cross to the small "park" in the middle of the warehouses :

From there, it can deliver copious amount of fire into the two warehouses :

Meanwhile, U. Boot has a surprise : a French AT gun is in position at the crossroad, though it seems to not being able to shoot at any target :

That does not stop Ob. Azira to now shoot through the left wall of the building. Damages to the French squad are unknown :

Only one Frenchman is ever seen, for a very small amount of time :

Meanwhille the mortar team is redriected toward the French AT Gun :

As per usual artillery and mortar tactics, OG Sukhavati starts by shooting some adjusting shells. For instance, this one seems to be a bit too much to the right of the target ...

... wait...

... and suddenly Boot's squad is without leader, courtesy of OG Sukhavati.


This is the current situation :

With one dead and one wounded, it is unknown how much the former Boot squad will be able to carry on. The French infantry seems well but not fully suppressed. What will the Germans (Azira Egosphere CappenVarra Catacombs Sukhāvatī ) do ?

 

[Catacombs]

While Azira's panzer is laying fire, I'll swing by squad around the tank, take position in the warehouse and try to fire from the flank at the French light AT gun with my MG specialists. The others will lob a couple grenades.

 

[ValeVelKal]

While Azira's panzer is laying fire, I'll swing by squad around the tank, take position in the warehouse and try to fire from the flank at the French light AT gun with my MG specialists. The others will lob a couple grenades.

Which warehouse ? The one with the French ?

 

[Darth Roxor]

 

[Strange Fellow]

all according to keikaku

 

[Tigranes]

Sukhavati, Sukhavati

I knew it, sir, that's a French name, that is

 

[ValeVelKal]

Gonna solve in a couple hours so send final instructions

 

[CappenVarra]

when ordering artillery, mortar, tank, etc. fire towards a target area, please stop any and all infantry from moving towards that area into friendly fire?

 

[ValeVelKal]

when ordering artillery, mortar, tank, etc. fire towards a target area, please stop any and all infantry from moving towards that area into friendly fire?

Honestly this was very unlucky, mortars usually don’t deviate that much.

Anyway I ran the following minutes. Incoming soon

 

[Egosphere]

Quick question: when tanks get line of sight, do they fire automatically, even if allies in the way?

 

[ValeVelKal]

Germany - Part VI - Nineteen to twenty-third minutes into reaching the target

Leutnant Catacombs orders his men to sortie from the satefy of the warehouse to fully surround the French squad and as much as possible attack the AT gun :

Meanwhile, after some issues at actually aiming, OG Sukhāvatī 's mortar starts to get very accurate :

First shell is only a bit off :

Second shell is a near miss

... and third shell triggered a larger explosion than a mortar shell should have :

The column of smoke raising from the anti-tank gun position leaves no doubt about the fact that the later is destroyed :

The German's glee does not last long : U. CappenVarra 's men are suddenly under sustained fire from French mean from the train station and warehouse on the other side of the tracks :

This is initially missed by Leutnant Azira 's tank crew and Leutnant Catacombs , as they are focused on a large number of French running from the warehouse in front of them :

While they ran totally without covers, they had only appeared in front of the Germans a few seconds, and Azira's machine-gunner did not find the time to properly aim. [actually, who is manning the MG in a Pz38(t) ?]. Not one Frenchman was hit while running.

A particularly daring Frenchman noticed the officer leading the Germans, and even tried to kill him while the Germans were focused on the other side of the warehouse :

Fortunately for the Germans, he missed...


... and fortunately for the Frenchman, the Germans also missed him :

The Germans in the central park were under some sporadic fire (probably 1 - 2 riflemen) from the French on the other side of the tracks, and Leutnant Catacombs ordered to run back into cover. for the moment.


Meanwhile, monitoring the action in his tank, Leutnant Egosphere was informed that reinforcements had arrived :

A small task force led by Leutnant ERYFKRAD infantry, mounted on Unterfeldwebel tindrli 's APC and accompanied by Unterfeldwebel Falksi 's Panzer III F had arrived on site.


This is the current situation :

What will the Germans do ?

 

[ValeVelKal]

Quick question: when tanks get line of sight, do they fire automatically, even if allies in the way?

To my knowledge, they won't shoot if they risk hitting an ally, though there can be case like a shell missing a target and hitting an ally BEHIND the target. FF for infantry or tanks is exceptional, I don't remember seeing any though maybe it happened to me once or twice and I just don't remember.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I'd like to loop out a bit, attack the ATgAT crew from the east.

 

[Falksi]

I'll be behind squad leader.

 

[boot]

war is a racket

 

[Endemic]

Good thing you haven't run into one of these yet:

 

[ValeVelKal]

Good thing you haven't run into one of these yet:

I am not sure we would have anything to destroy that short of a direct artillery hit. Maybe the Pz III F from less than 100m, but the crew better have the faith.

 

[tindrli]

im going all in here in this area

 

[Egosphere]

You can push me to position i originally had in mind, and focus fire on the same infantry squad that azira is firing on right now

If any of ERYFKRAD Falksi tindrli want to cross the road and go east, then smokes here:

 

[CappenVarra]

my men can hold position (assuming warehouse cover is sufficient), and send the french welcoming committee plenty of hot lead love

 

[Falksi]

You can push me to position i originally had in mind, and focus fire on the same infantry squad that azira is firing on right now

If any of ERYFKRAD Falksi tindrli want to cross the road and go east, then smokes here:

Sounds like a plan.