Sandhurst Army College Historical Battle Database
by Bryn Monnery
Contents
Battles of the Tantalum War
Battles of the Tantalum War
The Battle of the Bay
We were one hundred miles out when we saw our last friendly, one
of our Naval Frigates launching missiles by the dozen at some little island
in the Andaman archepeligo, just like the one we were heading for. We tore
past her at over a hundred knots before accelerating to attack speed. The
APCs were struggling to keep up so we let them drop back a bit. All I knew
about the target was that it was the main satellite for all the Bengali
forces in theatre, I was glad to be going somewhere where I'd do some good.
At ten kilometers out we got our first contact. Tactical computers
identified a Bengali Naval Corvette, constructed in Japan, one of the so
called "Akagi" class. Big mother, 2000 tons. This wasn't going to be as
easy as we thought...
Setup
The Bengali home area should be a jungle/ wood with the satellite centre
in its centre. The Centre should be a bay. The Indonesian home area is
open sea.
The bay should have a large beach and extend towards the sea at the
edges.
The Bengali's must have half their infantry and hovertanks on the beach.
The rest of the infantry should be close to the satellite uplink. The artillery
and anti-aircraft formations may be placed anywhere with good lines of
sight. The Corvette must be at least 6 inches from the beach.
The Indonesians setup anywhere in their home area.
Bengali Forces
1 Akagi class Corvette
Size 20 (2000 tons)
Chemical Fuel Engine (Gas Turbines)
Hydrofoil Mobility
Armour 6
Basic ECM
Basic Fire Control
1 HVC/6 turret
2 GMS/H (enhanced)
3 APSW/L
2 APSW/H
1 element of marines (line troops with close assault weapons)
Modular-2 modules: Weapons and Propulsion
Cost 483
10 T-2B Hovertanks (2 Troops of 4 and one of 2)
Size 2 (20 tons)
Chemical Fuel Engine
Slow GEV mobility
Armour 2
Basic ECM
Basic Fire Control
1 HVC/2 turret
GMS/L (basic)
3 APSW/L
Cost 81
4 T-4 Hovertanks (One Troop)
Size 2
Chemical Fuel Engine
Slow GEV mobility
Armour 2
Basic ECM
Enhanced Fire Control
1 HVC/2 turret
GMS/L (enhanced)
APSW/L
APSW/H
Cost 92
3 A-7 Self Propelled Artillery pieces
Size 4
Chemical Fuel Engine
Slow Tracked Mobility
Armour 1
No ECM or Fire Control
MRL (medium artillery)
2 Cargo (ammunition)
Cost 133
1 A-7C Counterbattery Radar, Mobile (Forms single troop with 3 A-7s)
Size 3
Chemical Fuel Engine
Armour 1
Slow Tracked Mobility
Counterbattery Radar
Cost 172
2 A-7A Air Defense Units (Single troop)
Size 2
Chemical Fuel Engine
Armour 1
Slow Tracked Mobility
Basic ADS
Cost 218
Satellite Communications Centre
Size 2 Building
C&C
Armour 1
3 APSW/L
Infantry
16 Rifle elements
4 APSW element
4 GMS/L (basic) elements
1 Close Assault element (marines from ship)
Indonesian Forces
15 S-4 Hovertanks (3 troops of 4 and one of 3 plus command tank)
