With their British cousins still vastly outnumbered and outgunned on mainland Ritmo, and their sister Delta platoon damaged and stagnant during their amphibious assualt of the large South-Western island, USMC mechanised infantry Echo platoon intend to conduct an explosive counterattack on PLA defenses.

Exploiting an exposed but dangerously narrow flank, Echo platoon seek to capture a PLA airbase and the densely urban town of Rontus, in order to establish a new head of operations on Ritmo and begin to deter or destroy further Chinese involvement on the island nation...

Vehicles for the operation are:
1x M1A1 FEP
2x LAV-25
1x AN/TWQ-1 Avenger

Three-Star Rating Key
☆ Minimal presence expected
☆☆ Moderate presence expected
☆☆☆ Primary focus of the operation

Operational Assessment
Combat Intensity: ☆☆☆
Roleplay Emphasis: ☆
Difficulty: ☆☆☆

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: - Defend the town of Arapovo from enemy assault. - Counterattack enemy positions towards the south-eastern airfield. - Destroy blockades, naval defenses and air defenses en-route. - Capture and hold the south-eastern enemy airfield. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: - Destroy enemy munitions and supports en-route. - Capture any relevant intelligence on enemy positions or strategies. - Capture any enemy POWs where able.

(OBJ) EARTH: - ECHO to move and defend southern bridge flanks before assaulting and clearing defenses across the river. - Hammer to move and defend southern bridge main crossing before assaulting and clearing defenses across the river and holding WP-1 - Lima to hold and standby for potential repairs before moving across the river when safe. (OBJ) MARS: - Echo and hammer to assault and destroy enemy inland and coastal defenses or blockades. - Hammer to hold WP-2. (OBJ) NEPTUNE: - Echo and hammer to assault and destroy enemy inland and coastal defenses or blockades. - Echo 1 to assault WP-4 and destroy potential enemy AAA or artillery. - Echo 9 and Hammer to hold WP-3. (OBJ) PLUTO: - Echo to dismount and assault enemy entrenched urban positions and destroy blockades. - Hammer to defend main roads eastwards. - all units to hold WP-6. (OBJ) Saturn: - Echo 1, Hammer 1 and Hammer 2 to amphibious assault WP-7. - Echo 9 and Lima 4 to clear bridge crossing at WP-6. - Hammer 9 to cross bridge crossing at WP-6.

- Resupply to be handled by LIMA 4.

- Emergency supplies (e.g LAT) permitted in Hammer elements.

- (PAK in field)

- CPERS to be handed to LIMA 4 as required.

- anti-air and naval artillery are available as enemy coastal defenses are cleared.

(None available at present)

Echo 7 will be communicating with Hammer 9 and Lima 4.