Part 34: Obong-Ni Ridge: Turn 9
Sam. posted:
Does anyone know what it is that causes bombers to attack friendlies?
If you command a pilot to attack an area, they will attack anything remotely near that area that gets within their sights (this can be especially annoying with strafing runs that can hit targets a few hundred meters off of the parameters).
Obong-Ni Ridge: Turn 9
Our Pershings have reached the battlefield now, and are picking off any infantry that advance too far along the northern flank. I'm partially concerned about the Su-76, but a Pershing will evaporate it in a head-on fight, let alone two of them.
Meanwhile, the infantry Platoon reinforcing us is advancing towards hill 125, which is so special it gets its own label! As soon as this maneuver is complete, we will be outflanking the enemy and will be able to finally initiate a counteroffensive.
To assist with maneuvers in the north, the Su-76 needs to stay buttoned, as it is the primary threat to the north. There are a lot of infantry units around it, but most of them are a combination of pinned, fleeing and understrength, so they are a trivial matter.
In addition to this, any infantry unit that moves beyond a certain point gets shredded down by every single infantry unit behind this ridge. There is a whole line of North Korean infantry units that have been pinned to hell (most of which retreat, rally and return to repeat the process).
Like I said before, the main threat is this huge blob of North Korean forces in the center. The airstrikes I called in earlier only graze this force, but if we decide to outflank them and destroy them that way, any unit that gets put out of commission is worth the effort.
Regardless, I'm still very concerned about the size of this force. Hopefully the Pershings and our attack jets will be able to do something about it. If not, I doubt we can win this battle with any sort of efficiency.