Turn 1. US aerial assault results in one Canadian Leopard C2 destroyed, one damaged, and one TOW jeep is also now a burning wreck. Gowddamn. Canadian tactics rely on small elite units defending chokepoints and focusing fire on enemy's flanks and rear. AA is completely useless.
At the next 3 rounds the US make probing attacks along the main roads at the south, but they are so far easily repelled. A whopping 6 (!) M2A3 Bradleys are destroyed, some by Canadian Leos, some by SF troops with LAWs. Eryxes are also pretty good. Infantry units are also spotted here and there, as is first bigger problem, an Abrams tank. Leo's 107mm guns are no use against the frontal armour of the Yankee beast, so they quickly retreat to woods. Infantry must deal with it while mobile AT vehicles try to outflank it. The Roayl Beaver Defenders must now hope that there are no more than a company or two of M1A2s.
But oh ****. Six more Abramses make an appearance in what is a weaker point in Canadian outskirts! Even though one is immobilised, the future seems grim. AT forces in the rear echelons are already taking positions. Six Abramses vs. 4 SF troops and an Eryx team. omg so unfair. Defences overrun.
At turn 5, the US forces are starting to make their main push. The Abrams onslaught crushes the Canadian outskirt defences in the north, while in the south the SF troops are simply delaying and skirmishing with Yankee aggressors. One M113 is destroyed.
But then the Abramses in the north make a mistake! They decide to use the open ground, possibly in fear of more SF ambushers, and get pinned down on lethal TOW-2/107mm gun fire. Two Abramses are destroyed immediately, one by a lucky 107mm hit into the side skirts, another by a TOW missile piercing the turret side armour. Most shots by Canadian defenders are, however, ricocheting from the unpenetratable frontal armour of M1s. One Abrams is also damaged, but not seriously.
Canadian defenders decide to pull back a little, abadoning their exposed positions and taking up new ones. One of the three Abramses in the north is immobilized by several 107mm hits. It was their choice to take the worst route! After that it's a piece of cake for Leo's to pick on it, and minutes later the M1 is a burning wreck. 4 out 6 enemy tanks in the north are now out of the game - one immobilized, three destroyed. An Eryx team in the north is sent to assault the immobilized Abrams in the woodland, but is forced to retreat due to new tanks arriving. **** you!
At the next turn, US retaliates by bringin down heavy artillery fire in the southern more urban sector, and sending their fighter/bombers against the dug-in Canadian tanks. One Leo is destroyed, and an A-10 attack just demolishes one defence stronghold in the south. Two SF teams and an Eryx team are lost in an eyeblink. However, it does not matter, since US losses are completely devastating; the idiotic Abramses decide to continue their ill-fated attack on the north, losing 4[/b] tanks in rapid succession. Victory, it seems, is now purely a matter of time. A sole surviving Eryx team attack the retreating US tank crews, while US infantry is trying to push through the Wall of Lead in the south. At least one Bradley is destroyed.
Turn 7
Attackers try to take the southern section in what is degenerating into fierce urban battle. Losses are great, at least in modern standards, but US slowly and surely gain foothold along the main highway. Canadian troops further west down the road dig in and wait. A Leo, trying to counterattack and give the troops more time, is destroyed by an Abrams, as is a TOW jeep trying to regroup in the North.
Some stupid elkriders try to show their courage. "Hey guyz get in there ok?" "YESSAH", they shout and gloriously JUMP RIGHT INTO THE OPEN ROAD, getting immediately gunned down by an Abrams standing on guard just 100 meters east of them. Glorious Special Forces my ass.
Turn 8. More aerial assaults. My only AA forces, some Inf-SAMs, are already dead and achieved nothing during the combat. So the US air forces can ravage around freely. One Leo is damaged, but nothing really serious happens. It seems that the USAF forces patrolling the area have already depleted their heavy-duty munitions, so now I only have to fear the Warthogs' 30mm Avengers.
Do not miss the exciting ending! How will the battle end? Can the Canadians stand proud or will Anne Coulter and her Shocktroopers pee on the burnt remnants of Saswahaqhats?
