Russkies in Oklahoma!

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TURN 20

Oh, boy.

Epoletov's turn was hairy enough. Yet another AA gun popped up, all of 150 meters from the Apache that killed its mate. I was lucky; the copter bugged out before getting hit, and the overwatching Abrams minimized the number of shots that Epoletov got off. Then at turn's end three more transports arrived: One dropped in the southern LZ, the second left a trio of BMD-1Ps ~39,151, and the third drop was somewhere on the east bank of the river.

My Apache in Epoletov's backfield unloaded an entire round's worth of fire on the 203mm at 118,47 without killing it. (Personally, I wouldn't place artillery in stone buildings, but it's not something that we discussed pregame. So, eh, it is what it is.) So after some self-debate I turned the other bird around to help with the new paradrops on the island. It was just able to launch a couple of long-range bursts at the APCs, killing one of the BMD-1Ps.

Meanwhile, the Abrams finished off that sneaky AA gun, while its escort Humvee uncovered another ATGM at 104,59 (*without* getting killed in the process). After a little suppression fire, the Humvee rode up and disgorged its scout crew to finish the team. Then a Fox stumbled across an ATGM team at 82,68, *also* without getting killed. (Can't place them *too* close, Epoletov. Accuracy declines at short range.) So I had a lot of luck killing 158-pt teams this turn. My esteemed adversary will be none too pleased while watching that replay.

Other than that, mostly reshuffling yet again. Each time a major drop happens, my troop allocation has to adjust. It looks like the Russians plan for the major endgame fighting to happen in the south. At least until next turn's transports fly over ...

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