This was a night mission in terrible snowy weather. Begin time was about 2230.
The enemy lost two tanks and one APC, one by heavy artillery fire and one by one of the the command squad's RPG gunners.
One friendly rifle squad was wiped out, while the other was whittled down to four out of 12.
Command squad lost six.
Lost control of the mortars, so that fire support was gone and heavy naval artillery was the only option left.
A decision was made since nearly all the losses took place before the main force even got the Chalkeia, to establish a defensive position at the church in Chalkeia and hold it for 45 minutes.
However, the decision was made to bug out before then since incoming enemy infantry was starting to overwhelm the position. The commander requested emergency air support from a pair of Greek A7 attack jets loitering nearby. Their intervention wiped out, by my count, four technicals, and another ten effectives, enabling the main force to retreat safely.
The failure of the mortars to get online caused an output storm, so fotos looked terrible. What follows are the best of the last two missions:
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| An enemy antiaircraft position was captured |
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| An enemy T-34/85 in the distance |
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| A destroyed enemy tank in the distance |
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