NFACW Skirmish

 The first battle in my 3mm Near Future ACW campaign took place tonight. Advanced elements of the Chicago Combine's 3rd Division were tasked with securing an important crossroads dominated by a large semi wooded hill. Opposing the Combine were  Indiana Free Republic soldiers and tanks of the 4th IFR Regulars.

The Combine was able to call up additional infantry reinforcements bringing their total strength to a full battalion of mechanized infantry supported by a company of T-90 tanks. The Combine lacks ready access to former US Army equipment and has been forced to purchase much of its armament from Russian arms brokers.

The Combine commander deployed his infantry in echelon for the maximum chance of break the IFR left flank and thereby securing the crossroads. 

The IFR has a dominant position on the hill and in the woods. However the IFR commander has spread his forces thin with no reserve.




Initial contact took place in the small woods between  a full company of Combine infantry and 1 IFR infantry platoon. The IFR was forced back due to over whelming firepower from the Combine's BMP-3's.

Combine Infantry push hard against the IFR left while the T-90s pin down the hill's defenders. After much effort and heavy casualties a break through is achieved. While on the hill a company of BMP's knocks out several IFR M1 Abrams tanks and Bradley IFV but fails to secure the top. The gains made at great cost are for naught as the cost high enough that the cross roads and hill are securely back in IFR hands by the end of the engagement




The skirmish has delayed the advance of the Combine 3rd Division into the Ohio valley near Evansville long enough for the IFR to link with their Texan allies. But even with the addition of an expeditionary brigade the IFR/Texan force is still outnumbered by the Combine by a 2 to 1 margin in the the theater.


More to follow...