This week the lads played a Force on Force game set around the TEAM carrying out a mission to extract a high value target from a hospital in an African village before the army of the country concerned could seize the individual and carry him away.
The game was played using 40mm figures and 1/43 scale vehicles and scenery.
Here is the briefing the TEAM received before the game:
Situation:
Republic of Zangora
6 July 2012
Time: 0500Z
Since the overthrow of Kimba back in February General Mpobo
has been stamping his authority on the nation. This has been progressing in an
uneven manner with Mbopo establishing control over the towns and cities easily
but not being able to do so as effectively in the countryside where pockets of
support for Kimba persist. In the last week Mundosi Lakemba the Chief Minister
in Kimba’s cabinet, who had managed to elude Mbopo was captured. Lakemba had
been trying to exit the country but was betrayed by locals who were opposed to
Kimba. Lakemba possesses the codes to unlock secured bank accounts into which
Kimba had channelled exorbitant amounts of money while he was President. At the
time of Mbopo’s coup the codes were changed, but in the chaos and confusion of
Kimba’s escape Kimba lost the codes.
Lakemba is the only person who now knows those codes which he had
committed to memory. The extent of Kimba’s fortune is unknown, but reliable
sources repute it to be many hundred s of millions of dollars. STATE wants to
ensure that these funds do not end up in Mbopo’s control or that Kimba gets
access to them. INTEL reports that Mbopo has ordered that Lakemba be brought
before him at the Capital within 48 hours. This has not yet occurred as Lakemba
is in poor physical condition – he suffers from congenital lung and kidney
disease – and is being held under guard in a medical centre in the town of
Jumangi. It is vital that Lakemba not be transferred to the Capital where the
codes for Kimba’s bank accounts will be extracted from him.
Mission:
Your mission is to secure Mundosi Lakemba and extract him
alive from Jumangi. Leave nothing that will identify or compromise your
nation’s involvement in the mission. You
will leave no living man behind.
Jumangi from the north west - the team entered the table here
Jumangi from the south west - Lakemba was in the Medical Center - large building to the left foreground
The lads plotting their first moves
Movement in the town as some of the TEAM take out the soldiers in the garrison house
The Army arrives to be greeted by the Militia parading in front of the Bus Station
What to do now - get into the hospital and secure Lakemba!
Put Lakemba in the Ambulance and drive him out Bold as Brass!
After having stirred up a hornet's nest and distracted the militia and soldiers in the direction of the garrison house the ambulances get ready to make their run for the LZ.
At the LZ but not safe yet - one TEAM member goes down KIA but the attackers are eliminated.
The Night Stalker arrives - the TEAM loads up and game ends
Here is Ian's (the TEAM leader) After Action Report
To Chief of Special Operations Washington
After Action Report – Operation
Kimba 2
Sir
I wish to
report that the mission to extract Mundosi Lakemba, the Chief Minister in former
President Kimba’s cabinet has been completed successfully.
The
mission did however result in the death of one member of the team from gunshot
wounds received in a fire fight that occurred just before evacuation. The team
member’s body was recovered and has since been repatriated to the USA for
burial.
The action
commenced with the team being advised that the time available to complete the
mission had been reduce due to hostile air activity. However due to information obtained predawn
reconnaissance the team was able to adapt its basic plan to take account of the
new time restrictions.
The first
step taken was to neutralise militia forces holding the Garrison House (see aerial photo below). This was completed without
arousing any reaction from any other militia forces in the village. Four
members of the team remained in the house to watch the village.
An
extraction team then proceeded to the hospital to take custody of Chief
Minister Lakemba and to prepare him for transport to the LZ. The team was able
to reach the hospital undetected. The
team was able to neutralise hostile forces at the hospital and despite some
protests from western medical personnel took custody of Lakemba.
However,
while the extraction team was conducting their march across country a force
from General Mpobo’s
army arrived in the village and met up with a large force of militia. Action at
the hospital resulted in shots being fired by guards and the interest of Mpobo
forces being aroused. It then became necessary for the team in the Garrison House to commence action
against the Mpobo force to distract them from moving towards the Hospital. This
they were able to do causing at the same time heavy casualties on the Mpobo forces
while suffering none themselves.
Meanwhile
the Hospital team were able to utilize vehicles at the hospital to transport
themselves, Lakemba and western medical staff to the LZ. Due to the success of
the actions of the team at the Garrison
House the extraction team was able to reach the LZ where they were joined
by the team members from the Garrison
House. It was at this time that a
small group of Militia was able to fire on the team which resulted in the death
of one member. The
Night Stalker arrived at the appointed time and all members of team (including
the casualty), Chief Minister Lakemba and western medical staff were evacuated.
Casualties
Delta
Forces – 1 dead
Mpobo
forces - 8 killed in Garrison House, 4
killed at the Hospital, unknown number but at least 30 killed in other actions
with a further unknown number of wounded.
Team
Leader Delta Forces
