What Would Patton Do? A Flashpoint Adventure

[Hottentot]

Whew. It took all the diplomat in me, but I managed to convince Colonel Smith in Saint Pierre to borrow me their Chinook chopper.




And with me are three battle hardened platoons from Durras, ready and eager to fight the enemies of our way of life. To ensure their safety, I shall pilot the chopper personally.




My plan is genius in its simplycity. I left one platoon of men in Durras to delay the enemy. Meanwhile we will fly behind the lines, land on this mountain and proceed trough the forest to hit the vodka drunken pigs in their rears. In short, we shall put them between anvil and a 100% American stainless steel hammer, not that cheap yellow thing they have on their unholy flag.





Enough talk! To the skies!





I'm getting a hang of this soon!




OK, this isn't so difficult after all. We fly low and fast, to avoid detection by enemy anti aircraft forces. The men are screaming in anticipation of the glorious battle we are about to begin!




This looks like a good place to land. OK, manual page number 687. Auto-hover on...




And a soft touch down on flat surface...




I jump out of the chopper to cover my men while they disembark. A good commander like Patton thinks of safety first!





Hmm, the commies must be somewhere down that valley, but I can't see them due to this darn fog...





Come to think of it, I can't see my men or my chopper either. I swear I left them right there! Where did they go?! Does the chopper pilot's manual say anything about situations like this? Let's see...

Yeah, I think I found the relevant page. Page 693: "After the landing..."



"...remember to engage the handbrake."

Did we forget that, men?

...Men?




Oops.

Being suddenly alone behind the enemy lines and in hostile territory, I find that the most tactically prudent course of action is...




...To turn 180 degrees and start assaulting another direction. I'm sure Patton said something along those lines somewhere too...