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For those who are still interrested in the development of OSF (version 2); something to read:

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<center><u>Kuibishevo AAR</u></center>

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Place: Kuib'ishevo, Crimea

Date: 7 November 1941

Type: Assault Operation; Axis vs. AI

Short Description : After the German 132. Infantry Devision broke through the front line at Teberti the Russian 16. and 17. Naval Battalions tried to get back to the defense line. The 132. ID had to prevent this from happening and needed to cut off the retreating forces. Some Russian forces tried to get over the river Belbek at the town Kuib'ishevo, but the bridges were destroyed by artillery and air bombardments.

A ford in the river makes it still possible for the Russian bridgehead to withdraw and escape over the Cherkes-Kermen mountain. You need to prevent this from happening and eliminate the forces in & around Kuib'ishevo. This will create a pass for the 72nd. to head on to a bridge, a few kilometers South-East of Kuib'ishevo.

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<font size="+3">A</font>s the men make final equipment adjustments or smoke last-minute cigarettes, the expectant air is torn apart by the sound of rolling thunder, turning into a screaming express-train overhead as the heavy batteries to the rear pour their pre-planned barrage into the fort complex ahead. The bastion is known to be heavily occupied by the enemy, as the gateway to Kuibeshevo.

Through the din, shrill whistles and hoarse commands are heard as the officers and NCO's stir the men into action....

A long ragged line of field grey begins to advance down the rocky slopes heading towards the wood line as A,B & C companies move forward under the watchful sights of many HMG & Field guns in over-watch.

Elsewhere, the recon elements on the A296 begin to creep forwards towards the turn in the road....'Achtung' T34 !!...an NKVD roadblock is spotted up ahead manned by the steel mastadon with road mines to the front, an over-confident driver of a PSW edges his car to far forward and is instantly taken under fire by the tank and a hidden AT gun and is destroyed !...the men scatter into the trees on both sides of the road whilst the aufklarung column stays hidden beyond the turn.

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Over to the left flank, the pioneer units remain hidden in the rocks whilst the heavies and the 105mm battery take the fort under fire to soften up the defences. The barrage continues incessantly as the fort complex is steadily reduced and after 10 minutes the assault elements move forward towards the bastions ramparts, darting from rock to rock with their heavy demo charges and flammenwefers. Any retalitory fire from the fort is met with a hail of H.E. and tracer as the heavy weapons platoons let loose in support. Russian infantry driven insane from the fire intensity attempt to flee the ruins and suffer heavily in the open air, as more shells tear great holes in the walls.

Meanwhile A,B & C kompanies are engaged in heavy fighting and struggling to advance as more and more enemy units appear from the forested slopes and catch some of our units fairly exposed as they cross the broken terrain or slide down rocky slopes. Unfortunately most of our heavy weapons are concentrated on the fort area and several HMG teams have to re-deploy to provide support, losing valuable minutes. To add to our troubles, the T34 from the A-road decides to advance up the rocky slopes and engage our infantry units..we have no AT weapons to engage it and begin to play a deadly hide & seek.

The recon infantry un-supported by armour are also under heavy attack from red infantry elements appearing in large numbers from the wooded road side, fortunately good discipline has kept the platoon compact and they are able to form all-round defence and inflict heavy losses on the enemy !...any attempts to push light armour around the road-turn to support are met with AT fire and a halftrack burts into flame.

By turn 17 our pioneer kompanies are clambering up the rocky ramparts to the breached walls, throwing satchel charges and fring short bursts of liquid flame into the chambers of the fort to wipe out any resisting Russians, some fight gallantly to the last while others flee in terror or surrender. In the fierce fighting,several surrendering russians are unfortunately torched in the confusion as the fighting rages inside. The pioneers storm through the fort complex firing from the hip and flinging grenades into every chamber until the last Russians are wiped out or fleeing down the far-side slopes. Casualties are light among the shock troops as the russians were so heavily suppressed or shell-shocked !! The fort is ours by turn 20, a signal flare shoots skyward to report the success !

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The infantry kompanies gradually overcome the red infantry units and through a series of over-bounds, several platoons surge into the woods and overrun several enemy MG pits and AT guns. A couple of A-Kompanie platoons go to the aid of the recon troops and fire into the flanks of the enemy infantry attempting to overrun the isolated platoon, whilst still coming under erratic fire from the T34 and a light tank.

After 25 minutes, the battle draws to a close as the enemy break off to re-group in the wooded slopes before us. The men stare about them in the pause in the battle to look for familiar faces of kameraden who have become closer than family. Ammo is re-distributed and wounded sent to the rear, as the units re-group ready to face a sure counter-attack from a desperate enemy.

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<font size="-1">Along the edge of a forest...</font></p><hr><p align="right"><font size="-1">Battle of Operation Störfang (v2). Soon vailable on Eichenbaum.org.</font></p>

Regards,

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[ March 02, 2004, 03:13 AM: Message edited by: eichenbaum ]

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Just like to add a disclaimer before anyone tears my literature to pieces, i posted this AAR on the Storfang website for the design team, to encourage through some 'atmosphere'...i would have tidied it up a little if i had known it would go global !...so go easy on me !

ps the image of the pioneers assaulting the fort is superb !

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Originally posted by kingofthehill:

Who mods you use for that terrain, ruins, fort ecc...ecc...???

Thanks

KotH

ps I'm not sure that those are mods, but if it are would be good that be listed on your website.

If it is possible.

Regards

OSF will have a function to apply the MODs with just one click, play a scenario of the campaign and afterwards bring back CMBB to the state before you started OSF.

These MODs won't be available separate from the OSF campaign because many of them aren't compatible with non-OSF scenario's.

Nils

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