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All,
It’s 22 June 1990, and things are not going well. While the War of Liberation brought about a free Cuba with a democratically-elected government, pro-Castro holdovers have been causing quite a bit of trouble, detonating pipe bombs in markets, sabotaging power transformers and rail lines, indiscriminately firing into crowds, and assassinating government officials. Cuban intelligence was able to trace the activity back to Castro regime holdovers backed by Venezuela, and somehow tied to an unidentified Middle Eastern state. Overtures were made to the Venezuelan government in order to halt the violence,
Upon receipt of this information, President Waraldonez called a National Security Meeting to discuss potential courses of action. It goes without saying that General Estevante recommended war with Venezuela; El Preidente told him to put a cork in it, then turned to his diplomats, who immediately went to work, using political back channels, with the Venezuelan government. El Presidente was informed that Venezuela’s bottom line was ‘reparations,’ payment for upsetting the balance of power and peace amongst the peoples of the Caribbean, and President Waraldonez reluctantly agreed to this scheme.Major Villanueva and fifteen of his Special Operations troops were dispatched to escort “The Ambassador” to Agadir, Morocco, in order to deliver an astoundingly large amount of money to an individual designated by Venenzuela, in what was now labelled “Operation Pay-Off.” But Operation Pay-Off was doomed from the beginning, as Venezuela and its as yet unidentified Middle Eastern co-conspirator never had any intention of honoring the deal. As Major Villanueva and his men led The Ambassador to the exchange point a string of explosive devices detonated, destroying the Cuban vehicles and the building they were headed for. A fierce firefight broke out between the Cubans and unidentified masked gunmen; the Cubans were attempting to fight their way out of the ambush zone, get to a defensible building, and link up with a a local Moroccan Quick Reaction Force (QRF), which was coordinated by Major Villanueva prior to the execution of Operation Pay-Off.
Things, as usual, are not going so well. Back at the command post we see men cowering (red bead) and casualties mounting. To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
http://cubalibrewargame.blogspot.com/2016/10/operation-pay-off-batrep-1-part-ii.htmlThe games have been fun, just way too long, and my dice rolling has sucked in a truly extraordinary fashion. I’ve got one more fight to post, then I need to play another one to finish off Operation Pay-Off.
V/R,
JackKyoteblue:
Yup, I’m sending Jack some surplus Taliban stuff including some tallies on motorbikes. I didn’t realise that the packs I ordered contained more bikes than I suspected, so barring an Afghan chapter of the Hell’s Angels emerging in Helmund province, I won’t need the little blighters. So why not send them to someone who will give them a good home and shoot them up weekly?
Cheers and good gaming.
Rod Robertson.
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