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The next thing we are going to do is coordinate our strike against the 5th FedCom RCT with the 17th Arcturan. We’ve been coordinated with Lillie about ways to go.
We’ve brought in our extra forces, don’t a quick reload/rearmor of the mechs we used against the Hussars (we won’t have a Thor, Comet, Warhammer, Jenner, Wolfhound) and head out to smash the weak and losing 5th.
Fighters fly overhead, and we move in.
Mesopotamia Battalion will drive, minus the damaged units, through the south flank on their position. Meanwhile, Nordic Weapon Battalion will drive on their east flank. That gives us roughly 35 mechs flanking them in the middle of a battle with the 17th that they are already losing.
The 5th FedCom sends out some tanks and infantry to slow us down on the flanks so they can keep focusing on the folks in front. It does, but not as much as they probably hoped.
Seeing an impending flanking attack on two flanks, the 5th RCT breaks and flees. Their DropShips are about 2 miles to the north-east. They begin to move for their transport quickly and appear to be quitting Small World. We begin to follow them, and they break off some units to again act as a rear guard to keep them forward. The 17th blows through them and sends their fastest units to harass the 5th and keep them focused.
After a while, the 5th FedCom RCT reaches their place with the local defenders of tanks and troops here protecting their formations, and a bunch of DropShips as well. An RCT has a ton of DropShips, Unions, Leopard CVs, Gazelles, a Mule or two, an Excalibur or two in there, a rare Conquistador, and a lot more.
The 17th begins to build a cordon around them. What is that?
Essex orders our local DropShips to pick up the 6 companies of K&C here and radios Lillie.
“You need to punish these folks. Your side is losing the war on both fronts in the Lyran and FedSuns territories. You need more than a little victory here. You need a total destruction. Push into the Dropzone and smash their forces, and their DropShips. Do a combat drop right on top of them and smash them!
It’ll take the 5th hours to fully load up and begin to leave. You have time to load up, and then do a combat drop right on top of their units. Don’t let them leave yet. Punch again!”
Lillie takes Essex’s advice and they load up. 6 DropShips carrying Kilts and Commandos mechs get ready to do a combat drop on top of the 5th’s position, and the 17th Arcturan Guard are doing the same, while tanks push forward.
We are fighting hard and furiously, for a while.
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