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Greetings Ma'am's and Sir's,
Adding to the Vice Admiral's report, I proceeded to write this report the moment we got safetly back home. Due to technical problems, I wasn't able to finish the report.
Yesterday was a great victory for our Navy. The Rheinlanders were caught off guard and lost a number ships while our forces lost a few.
Part One:[font=Arial Narrow][color=#FFFF00]Rendezvous
While on patrol, I hooked up with a TF7|SK-J.Smith to find the location of supposedly Lane Hacker around New York. We patrolled several times but to no avail. We then proceeded to California were the system was clear of suspicious people. Once back in New York, another TF7|SK-C.Johnson joined us. Battleship Yukon's scanners reported two Libertonian Gunboats in Magellan. They ordered us to investigate the matter. It seems the Captains of these two vessels, LNS-Audacity and LNS-Liberation, went on a border patrol. They quickly followed orders to return to New York. J.Smith suddenly came up with an idea to raid Hamburg since we had:
3 Figthers
2 Gunboats
But before we proceeded with the raid, we needed more ships so the TF7 guys contacted their fleet and asked for reinforcements. They came in the form of: TF7|SK-J.Burton- Guardian TF7|LNS-Glacier.Peak- Siege Cruiser (Under the callsign Overlord)
Ensign Arthur Crawler also showed up to find out what was happening. He reluctantly joined us because of without approval from High Command and also the TF7 guys were insistant that Primary pilots should supervise the raid. Since I had numerous experience on raids, I stepped up into taking command the fleet designated as "Blue Raiders".
LNS-Liberation experienced engine malfunctioned (probably due to the border patrol) and had to dock. His replacement, LNS-Defiance(Gunboat), came just in time.
Upon forming up the fleet, we received a comm link from another Siege Cruiser, LNS-Freedom, that appeared to be already in Bering, Hamburg JG. Its Captain, Captain Moon, informed us that the Jumpgate is secure and no hostiles were reported in sight.
At this point Liberty Forces were:
5 Fighters (Me,Arthur,Burton,Smith,Johnson)
2 Gunboats (Defiance,Audacity)
2 Siege Cruisers (Glacier Peak, Freedom)
Part Two:[font=Arial Narrow][color=#FFFF00] Preparations
We proceeded towards LNS-Freedom's location. Several Unioner ships were already harassing Hamburg. We took this opportunity to sneak in undetected. A Kruger miner spotted us midway in Bering. I told the fleet to not fire upon the ship because it would report our fleet's location but that would provide a false location of our fleet since I changed the point of entry of the fleet to Hamburg JH in Bering. With RV with Freedom completed, we changed course towards Hamburg JH.
I went first and found incoming Unioner fighters (probably alerted by Pacifica Base) on a intercept course towards our position. They had to be eliminated and were done so by our fleet. With the fleet inside Hamburg, TF7|SK-J.Smith volunteered to find the location of possible targets. He went ahead of the main fleet. At this very moment, a carrier; LNS-Impreza, contacted us on what's goin on but once he secured a comms link with our fleet. He immediately asked for orders to which he would become a cover ship for our escape, Bering JH inside Nordheide. I gave "Overlord" command of the capital ship group.
We lost comms with TF7|SK-C.Johnson after awhile, but it didn't hamper with our operations. Soon Smith made contact with hostiles near Hamburg.
Quote:TF7|SK-J.Smith: One military ship spotted
[LN]-Remus.Sius: Callsign?
TF7|SK-J.Smith: Fighter class
TF7|LNS-Glacier.Peak: Anders: I spot the fighter wing of yours, Sius.
TF7|SK-J.Smith: RFP fighter now as well
[LN]-Remus.Sius: Roger that
[LN]-Remus.Sius: Smith is sspotted aswell.
TF7|LNS-Glacier.Peak: Anders: We're on your tail, keep a low profile though.
LNS-Liberation: Carr: Entering Hudson.
[LN]-Remus.Sius: Capital ships you are to stay behind unless a capship shows up.
TF7|SK-J.Smith: Which they will
[NRF]Service.Ship-1: Achtung libertonian ship in this system
TF7|SK-J.Smith: We've been spotted
LNS-Freedom: Moons: Aw ****.
TF7|LNS-Glacier.Peak: Anders: Keeping a distance of 5K behind the fighter wing.
[LN]-Remus.Sius: Fighters go!
TF7|SK-J.Smith: Nein, nein, ve are Rheinwehr
LNS-Defiance: Holding at the Hamburg Jump Hole...requesting orders
RM-RNC-Belagerung: Franz: Guten tag. Mein herr.
Theodor.Karlsson: There are two Liberty Navy ships, have them on my scanners
Armin.Van.Buuren: tag
[LN]-Remus.Sius: Move back to the Fields
TF7|SK-J.Smith: Cruiser sighted
[LN]-Remus.Sius: Smith move back to the fields.
TF7|SK-J.Smith: Roger
At this point Liberty Forces were:
4 Fighters (Me,Arthur,Burton,Smith)
3 Gunboats (Defiance,Audacity,Liberation)
2 Siege Cruisers (Glacier Peak, Freedom)
1 Carrier (Impreza)
Part Three:[font=Arial Narrow][color=#FFFF00]Vice Admiral Takes Command and Swords are clashed
LNS-Liberation fixed its engine malfunction and managed to find another Siege Cruiser,LNS-Liberator , whilst returning to our fleet while LNS-Impreza made its way to the Bering JH in the Nordheide. Once we were safely near the edge of the field, I and Smith made another recon to know the enemies' position and numbers. During the recon, comms were established with the [LN]-LNS-Florida, Siege Cruiser with Vice Admiral Jack Malrone in command. We gave him a sitrep over the situation and he seemed very approving of it. Several more Rheinland ships started to take off from Hamburg.
A republican ship, RepEx|Lena.Mueller, spotted us and tried to follow my recon wing. She posed as a threat to our fleet's location and had to be eliminated. More reinforcements showed up and the battle was drawn.
At this point Liberty Forces were:
4 Fighters (Me,Arthur,Burton,Smith)
3 Gunboats (Defiance,Audacity,Liberation)
4 Siege Cruisers (Glacier Peak, Freedom, Florida,Liberator)
1 Carrier (Impreza)
Part Four:[font=Arial Narrow][color=#FFFF00]The 1812 Overture is played
Upon engaging the Republican, Rheinland reinforcements came and engaged our fighter wing. TF7|SK-J.Smith engaged the reinforcements with Arthur.Crawler and Smith's was disabled by the vast numerical superiority of the enemy fighters. I requested gunboat support to which the Vice Admiral granted because it would present a bait for the Rheinland Capital ships.
Almost at once, a BS was spotted by the Siege Cruisers. RNC-Wittmund was made a target by the Vice Admiral and the Siege Cruiser.The Battleship was guarded by a cruiser, RM-RNC-Belagerung, which took the mortar shots and high-powered forward gun of the Siege Cruisers.
It went down first before anyone could realize what was happening. Next, the Battleship went on a frenzy and manage to take out the Freedom. It Captain was foolish enough to charge at the enormous Battleship. The Battleship then went down under the combined accuracy and firepower of the three Siege Cruisers. Just in time, our fighter wing was replenished by the arrival of a LSF Agent, =LSF=Internity, he immediately caught the attention of several fighters that prevented the destruction of the entire fighter wing.
Our gunboat support sustained heavy damage and both Gunboats were disabled during the fight. The Impreza made a very effective covering fire for our fighter wing. A few minutes after the BS was downed, the Vice Admiral ordered a full retreat. Once the retreat was sounded, Jarek appeared and was immediately downed by Arthur.
The Cruisers were being CDed by the enemy fighter wing and the LSF Agent helped them escaped. The Impreza stayed behind to provide covering fire for our fighter wing. The Agent helped me and Burton to escape while he and Arthur ward off the pursuing enemy fighters. I was sure they wouldn't escape with the number of pursuers on their tails but by some luck. They were able to cruise and off to the fields. The Rheinlanders broke off their pursuit in fear of a trap set by us.
With the retreat successfully completed our forces got safely back home.
Liberty Forces losses: LNS-Defiance LNS-Liberation LNS-Freedom TF7|SK-J.Smith
With this battle, we deemed that our losses were acceptable compared to Rheinlanders. This victory will serve as a reminder that a small and balanced fleet coupled with good planning can win a battle against a bigger fleet.
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