Russkies in Oklahoma!

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TURN 18

Another day, another parachute drop.

Epoletov spent his turn destroying my two "scout" trucks with a scout unit at hex 21,39 (so much for the northern drop zone being 100% clear) then attacking the scarred survivors of my ATGM alley attack, who alamoed up nicely. Then his next wave rolled in.

It was surprising to see yet another air drop, even more surprising when it disgorged its troops in a northwest line centered about hex 57,179---which is smack in the middle of the already established southern drop zone. In hindsight, Epoletov probably would prefer to have done things differently. I already had artillery beating and troops circling the area. A lot of Russian paratroops got mauled right out of the gate.

On the other hand, there's a heck of a lot more of them in there. He seems to be pretty serious about establishing a foothold on the island.

In the meantime, I pushed back a little in the north, with middling results, but mostly spent the turn reorganizing my scattered forces. Part of this involved driving another fully laden Fox northbound behind a line of trees to avoid the ATGMs on that southern hilltop. Yet another 10-pt marksman ambushed it, killing half the "occupants" (who, as explained by Narwan, are actually riding on top of the vehicle like a bunch of drunken frat boys on a dare). That was ... exasperating, but then I suppose nasty surprises are a part of this game for both sides. On his turn, Epoletov had fired that (doomed) 37mm AA gun at a ground target and got answered with not one, not two, but *five* units opfiring back. Good to see that some things about the U.S. Army never change ...

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