"Hostomel Heroes", "heavy" level, sixth part

End of March 2022, Dmitrovka-Zabuchye

“The most dangerous thing in war is to underestimate the enemy and to be complacent about the belief that we are stronger.”

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

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Tell me, did you take care of your fighters? Did you get them the best equipment, reward them for their deeds? Then you’re all set, and there’s almost nothing to worry about in this mission. The thing is, you will be allowed to use only experienced troops, no recruits!

And if someone foolishly sacrificed their fighters for immediate success - it’s very likely that they will have to start all over again, beginning with a landing at Hostomel Airport...

You will have to guard the retreating columns from attacks by sabotage groups. The enemy attacks unpredictably, from different directions; and to keep things from being too “boring”, they periodically launch artillery and airstrikes. (I confess, I lost the mission twice before I understood what was what.)

It’s about to begin! Let’s run while we’re still safe!

The most formidable enemy is positioned between two rows of garage-storage areas: a tank (point #1). If you manage to destroy it, we retreat back toward the earthen piles: the infantry will defend from the top of the hill, while the equipment occupies the sides.

A couple of pieces of equipment need to be placed at the next intersection - to the left of it is a building (point #2); another squad - to the south of the map, by the garages (point #4). The last group of defenders heads north along the highway, toward the T-junction almost at the edge of the map (point #3).

Now we are fending off enemy attacks, timely leaving the zones of airstrikes and hoping that the convoys don’t lose any units. (Honestly, I didn’t count how many convoys passed - there was no time for that!) Sooner or later, the enemies start shelling the road, causing the convoys to take a detour. Which, of course, is also controlled by the enemy.

Reinforcements are arriving from the north, we leave our positions and rush to flush the enemies out of three checkpoints, which we need to do before the new convoy arrives. (Perhaps it would have been better to occupy them in advance with the reserves we called. However, the number of summoned squads is limited: will it be enough?)

This is important!

Among the scattered houses in the northeast, there is a mortar battery, several pieces of equipment; some buildings are occupied by enemy special forces (point #5). When the order for a general evacuation comes through, these ambushes may pose problems for your retreating units. Where else can we find reserves to eliminate these ambushes?

The columns have passed, a new update comes in: once again covering the highway and ensuring the withdrawal of the previously arrived reinforcements. We only need to hold on a little longer, until the order to retreat together.

However, after that, you will receive another task, but everyone must complete it on their own.

The deed is done, you have completed the game...

Now we await the release of the next projects from “Playing Cats”: “Mariupol”, “The Front Line”.

Good luck to you all!

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“Peace must be won by victory, not by agreement.”

Cicero

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