Our Firestorm Red Thunder Campaign Week 2 Saturday, 24th November.
Battle 1 - Battle for Leipzig 3
Soviet: Terrance (Attack)
British: Anderson (Defend)
Points: 100
Mission: Counterattack
Score: Soviet 6: British 1
Tokens: 5
The Soviets initiate a massive drive to retake Leipzig and push all the way through Thuringia, Fulda to Kassel.
Battle 2 - Battle for Giessen
Soviet: Eddie (Attack)
US: Jerome (Defend)
Points: 64
Mission: No Retreat
Score: Soviet 4: US 3
Tokens: 1
Following on their successful push from Dresden, the Soviets continue their offensive west into Giessen. In their way was a US Mech-heavy Team. Pulling their weight, they made the Soviets pay for every inch of land before withdrawing back to Dusseldorf.
Battle 3 - Battle for Rheinland-Pfalz
Soviet: Eddie (Attack)
West German: Shawn (Manœuvre)
Points: 64
Mission: Counterattack
Score: Soviet 4: WG 3
Tokens: 1
With the Red Tide driving a wedge through the middle of NATO forces, a West German task force raced to position itself to try and block the Soviets. The meagre force almost fought the Russian T-64 armoured force to a standstill but the aggressive Soviet Commander broke the Leopard 2 Company, forcing them to retreat into Cologne and Bonn, leaving the soviets in firm control of Rhineland-Pfalz.
Battle 4 - Battle for Frankfurt AM Main 1
Soviet: Benjamin (Attack)
West German: Shawn (Manoeuvre)
Points: 64
Mission: Breakthrough
Score: Soviet 4: WG 3
Tokens: 1
Having successfully divided NATO in two, the Soviets decide to take the Financial Center of West Germany, Frankfurt AM Main. A desperate West German force Leopard 2 Company fought the soviet T-64 battalion to a standstill.
Battle 4 - Battle for Frankfurt AM Main 2
Czech: Benjamin (Attack)
British: Anderson (Defend)
Points: 85
Mission: No Retreat
Score: Czech 5: British 2
Tokens: 3
With Frankfurt in dire threat of being overrun, NoRTHAG rushed a British Mech and Highlander force to reinforce the City. The ensuing battle of attrition was again fought to a standstill, with the Czech Tank battalion inching closer to the City Center.
Another week of Soviet and Warsaw Pact victories have the NATO Alliance reeling. Will they be able to steamroll across the whole of Europe as the Third Reich did in 1940? Keep tuned in to the Emergency Announcements.
