COMM ID: John Xiger
SHIP NAME: SFC|Assault1
RANK: Gunboat Capitan.
TARGET ID: Liberty Forces Reporting Center
SUBJECT: Invasion report, operation " SUDDEN STRIKE " ENCRYPTION: Low PRIORITY: Very High
Greetings, as everyone know, Rheinland is losing war and our forces outnumber them 2 to 1, however for a long time now, Rheinland created unbreakable defence in Hamburg on 2 strategic points, Battleship Westfallen and Planet Hamburg.
Our fleets in the past tried to break Hamburg defences for a long time with terrible results as enemy fleets defend both positions with Battleships and Cruisers, and they have many carriers and station with high number of very good fighter and bomber pilots, to make matters worse, Shipyard located near planet Hamburg constantly send reinforcements.
Every time our fleets tried to break defences on planet Hamburg or on Battleship Westfallen, they were quickly outnumbered, those who tried to retreat was ambushed by enemy bomber wings.
Because of that we were forced to fight in defence, as MND Cruisers attacked Texas, New York and California.
Several days ago after defeating enemy forces in Texas navy fleet counter-attack and pushed enemy back to Hamburg and then returned to Texas, however SFC decided that this war can not end quickly with defence alone, so we prepared offensive plan what is mix of Ambush, Blitzkrieg and Hit and Run tactic.
Our operation codename was " SUDDEN STRIKE "
The clue of the operation was to do something unexpected by enemy.
1 of SFC patrol pilots and my gunboat was send as scout and bait in this operation as we watched enemy movements on Planet Hamburg, meanwhile SFC fleet was on stand by in battle formation.
Fleet formation - http://oi45.tinypic.com/2ln8l8k.jpg 1 Carrier, 3 Dreads ( all equipped with cloack technology SFC was working on for some time ), in front 4 Battle Cruizers.
Enemy fleet had 3 Battleships ( 1 Rheinalnd battleship, 1 Rheinalnd Carrier, 1 Kuzari Battleship codename Project.Dragon, he was equipped with Jump Drive ).
4 Cruizers, 3 gunboats, 3-4 fighter/bomber pilots.
Enemy cruisers, Gunboats and Carrier were all over the place for high mobility when they 2 Battleships were fortified near Planet Hamburg, meanwhile enemy subcrafts were attacking fighter pilot SFC|Patrol-6
Our 3 Dreads and 1 Carrier activate cloack and moved to planet Hamburg, keeping 1 k distance from enemy Battleships and they were ready to attack Project.Dragon and destroy him before he will managed to jump to safely, meanwhile our 4 Battle Cruisers were distracting enemy forces, I and Patrol-6 went closer to Project.Dragon with CD on standby.
Operation end up to be a complete success, enemy cruisers were to far from planet to notice our Dreads and Carriers uncloaking, enemy battleships were captured off guard, Project.Dragon was destroyed and next enemy Battleship as well.
With enemy stronghold destroyed, we begun hunt on enemy Cruisers and Gunboats, without stronghold to coordinate defence we managed to deal massive losses.
I failed to capture all enemy destroyed ships, so here are data from battle log on Battleship.Melinda
[28.01.2013 22:51:42] Death: Project:"Dragon" was put out of action by LNS-Deucalion (Gun)
[28.01.2013 22:52:18] Death: RNC-Panzer-Schultz was put out of action by RNC|MND-Rohrkatze (Wasp/Hornet)
[28.01.2013 22:52:24] Death: RNC|MND-Rohrkatze was put out of action by Viscious (Gun)
[28.01.2013 22:53:13] Death: RNC-Nebelparder was put out of action by Viscious (Gun)
[28.01.2013 22:53:24] Death: RNC|MND-Gepard was put out of action by LNS-Deucalion (Gun)
[28.01.2013 22:54:47] Death: Kriegsmarine was put out of action by SFC|LNS-Ravager (Missile/Torpedo)
[28.01.2013 22:56:01] Death: RNC-Moskau did their best.
[28.01.2013 22:58:36] Death: RNC-Pandora was put out of action by Capt.Dav-Gaps (Gun)
[28.01.2013 22:58:42] Traffic control alert: STUKA|Jan.Schmidt has requested to dock
After dealing big losses to enemy forces, we decided to retreat main fleet and sacrifice small squad to hold enemy off.
Everything happened just as we predicted, enemy fighter wings tried to slow down our fleet in Bering, and enemy bomber wing tried to catch us from Hamburg.
My gunboat, fighter pilot SFC|Patrol-6 and Battle Cruiser SFC|LNS-Ravager and Battleship Melinda stayed in Hamburg to keep enemy distracted until our fleet would return home safely.
I and Ravager end up fighting 3 fighters/bombers and 1 cruiser, after heavy battle enemy cruiser tried to escape but I followed and finished him off.
http://oi45.tinypic.com/34fbfgh.jpg
[28.01.2013 23:04:32] Death: Adolf.Tarman was put out of action by Battleship.Melinda (Gun)
[28.01.2013 23:10:49] Death: [RM-RNC]Altenau was put out of action by SFC|Assault1 (Gun)
As the battle went on, Battleship.Melinda, Patrol6, my gunboat and Ravager were fighting enemy fighters and bombers, what cost us patrol-6
[28.01.2013 23:16:42] Death: SFC|Patrol-6 was put out of action by [RM]-Fr.Adrian.Wiesen (Gun)
We would be able to fight enemy fighters and bombers longer, but then 2-3 Reaver bomber pilots arrived and targeted our ships, the moment they arrived, it was a lost battle.
[28.01.2013 23:21:37] 2013-01-28 21:21:39 SMT : [RM]-Fr.Adrian.Wiesen is attempting to engage cloaking device [28.01.2013 23:23:51] Death: RFP|Det.Thom.Wolthers. was put out of action by Battleship.Melinda (Gun) http://oi47.tinypic.com/2ymi0c6.jpg [28.01.2013 23:25:50] Death: SFC|LNS-Ravager was put out of action by RFP|Kom.Daniel.Artura. (Gun)
We expected that Ravager would be destroyed, so I retreated from battle and returned to Texas since enemy was to busy to notice it.
Battleship.Melinda activated cloack device and retreated from battlefield before it was to late.
Final result of operation " SUDDEN STRIKE "
Our losses: 1 Fighter pilot, 1 Battle Cruiser
Enemy losses: 2 Battleships, 1 Carrier, 6 Cruisers/Gunboats, 3 fighter/bomber pilots.
The reason for our heavy losses in Hamburg is that enemy have organized defences and is capable to hold up until enemy bomber wing arrive and destroy our fleets 1 by 1.
Yesterday victory was result in splitting enemy forces all over the place and surprise unexpected attack what captured enemy off guard and cause chaos in enemy ranks, hunting remaining forces and quick retreat before enemy bomber wings arrived.
Proved successfully, we will continue our operation on enemy territory.
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