Red Hessian Reporting Facility

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Message to: RHA
Comm ID: Oberst Johannes Farb
Location: Vogtland, Dresden


Guten Morgen! As you already know we launched an interdiction operation on Daumann convoy transporting valuable goods and arms to the BHG base rumored to be Omicron Delta from The Ring. Our intelligence section had been tipped off of the time of the departure, but no other details were available. Major Gunther Hoerst assembled a force to see that the convoy would not reach it's destination. The convoy was protected by BHG escort force of unknown quantity and numbers.

At 2000 PM the initial interdiction force launched from Vogtland and headed to New Berlin.



Major Hoerst ordered us to S-13 hole as he himself took upon himself the scouting of the direction where the convoy would head. While we were waiting for the order to move out it was soothing and relaxing to listen to the Truth Transmitter drone broadcasting one of the finest propaganda messages ever to grace Rheinland. Although it's latrine duty and demotion for my adjutant for that one grave mistake in the message I ordered him to send to the Rote Front technicians preparing the drone.



Finally Major told us that the convoy had made it's move. It was headed towards Frankfurt and we scrambled to cut the lanes in S-13 and in Frankfurt side near Brucshal. Our forces were spread quite thin so everything was hanging on a balance. Commanding officer Hoerst had managed to enlist help in form of a known loose cannon, The Joker who happened to be in the area to keep us informed of the convoys movements. He helped our forces to patch our drag-net. At that moment it looked like the opportunity to strike a grievous body blow to Daumann had slipped through our hands. Moments later Major Hoerst told that the convoy had gone to Munich and we moved our forces to S-17 as it was the only reasonable route they could take.

Our forces covered the Theta hole and were poised to spring the trap. After agonizing wait finally the convoy was spotted and was ordered to halt summarily and hand over the goods.

But it's never as simple as that. The events quickly lead to fight with the escorts. One GB and GS was quickly reduced to cooling flotsam by our concentrated efforts. Major Hoerst ordered our 2 bombers to go and see that the prize grab, DHC-Train.Leipzig, would not try to seize the advantage and flee. Everything went according to script until a bounty hunter Manta forced me and the other bomber to switch our attention to himself. And then Leipzig bolted! I, in Red Autumn and Major Hessler in Messerschmidt, had dropped the ball, 49.8 million ball to be exact, big time. Gunther went on a trajectory for that and immediately our forces dispersed to lock down and search for the lost Leipzig as couple of fighters were left to perform delaying action. It could not be found.

Our intercomms were ominously silent after such a major blunder. We could practically hear Major Hoerst grinding his teeth in anger and frustration. Our only hope was that his anger would have been directed at the BHG pilots still remaining and let them be the scape-goats.

Our forces managed get a hold of Bavaria and tried to use it as a hostage and force Leipzig out of hiding. In this the Daumann showed their true colors and sent a clear message to it's workers and left Bavaria hanging out there alone. At least the cargo of Bavaria never reached it's destination as our forces made it drop all the guns and get out while he could.



While waiting for the fighting to die down and praying for the news of our scouts that they had located Leipzig our bomber squadron intercepted traders at Theta hole and made some amends by asking them to support the revolution financially. And for a wonder a DHC escort bomber wandered out of Theta. It looked like he was lost his way as he just stood there immobile and silent for a long time. Finally we ran him off to Kurile.



But alas. It was no use. The big prize had slipped from our grasp and we headed back to Dresden mollified.

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