Hurtful Thoughts
28-06-2007, 05:32
Format:
Front/Campaign
Loaction: time
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Madagascar:
Port Morsby, Paupa New Guinea: 10 June 1850
The entire 3rd fleet of the Hurtful Trading Company was undergoing a small operation to secure exclusive trading rights with Madagascar.
The fleet consisted of 10 frigates (/w/ compound steam engines), 10 clippers, and 80 armed packet ships, and a total of 10,000 crew, and 10,000 passengers.
The clippers would move ahead first, and try and secure the rights peacefully before the rest of the fleet arrived. The clippers were expected to arrive in a fortnight, while the others were due to arrive a week later.
Indian Ocean 15 degrees South, 55 degrees East 24 June 1850
The ten clippers had seen the coast of Madagascar, and they decided to hail shore for directions to the nearest port, in Antalaha.
Siam:
Burma: 17 June 1850
Minie Riflemen were trained in climbing trees, and dressing in drab grey colors, while aiming at tagets, sometimes on the next hill over. These were sharpshooters.
Others were trained in infiltration tactics, to sneak into enemy camps, in an attempt to duplicate the successful outpost raid at Trenton, which only resaulted in four casualties, half of which had been a resault of freezing to death on the trip across the Delaware river.
(2 divisions)
Strait of Melacca 17 June 1850
There was a great bustle along the Indonesian shore, as sodiers practiced marching rapidly through the sandy beech, care for their rifles near water, getting on and off boats, and landing them in the surf without swamping.
Casual onlookers would see it as an odd spectacle, of soldiers in dull red uniforms attempting to wade uphill with their rifles and cartidge boxes raised above their heads, and the red dye leaking out of their uniforms and staining the sea a brilliant red.
While soaked, the seargents then had the troops form up into skirmish lines and assault the treeline, with paper targets affixed to trees up to 3 yards into the woodlands. To save time, they were instructed to reload their Dreyse needle guns and Minie rifles while moving.
The Dryese riflemen in particular, were instructed to have bayonets fixed at all times, and how to fire from the hip, as now the hand didn't have to move so much to reload his weapon, it also protected the shooter's face from burning gunpowder.
Malaysia
Borneo 17 June 1850
Infiltration with Dreyse breechloaders and Minie rifles practiced.
(3 brigades)
Strait of Melacca 24 June 1850, 1930 hrs (Dusk)
The Hurtful soldiers slipped into their small boats, and started rowing, a set of drums could be heard.
Being a nearly 50 mile trip, they expected to reach shore by nightfall in 3 waves, each wave equaling a brigade, and each wave divided amongst 5 beachs (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo [so I'm using modern names...])
Each Battalion consisted of 9 boats, which in turn held a platoon of 50 Hurtful mercenaries, each boat was numbered. (hence, A1 through A9, to E9).
Each brigade was color coded as well. With the letters being given White, Red or Blue paint (chapest colors at the time, hence why redcoats wore red and french wore blue), with a second color given off by a shaded lamp (Green, Red, or plain yellow).
The lights were to be extinguished upon coming within sight of shore, using only sound of the drums and water slapping upon the hulls for guidance.
Each seargent was also given a revolver, a pair of sulfur matches, a torch, and a whistle, on the sides of each boat were racks for two hale rockets.
The order of the day was 'shock and awe', some seargeants also told their men to yell upon engaging the enemy.
Front/Campaign
Loaction: time
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Madagascar:
Port Morsby, Paupa New Guinea: 10 June 1850
The entire 3rd fleet of the Hurtful Trading Company was undergoing a small operation to secure exclusive trading rights with Madagascar.
The fleet consisted of 10 frigates (/w/ compound steam engines), 10 clippers, and 80 armed packet ships, and a total of 10,000 crew, and 10,000 passengers.
The clippers would move ahead first, and try and secure the rights peacefully before the rest of the fleet arrived. The clippers were expected to arrive in a fortnight, while the others were due to arrive a week later.
Indian Ocean 15 degrees South, 55 degrees East 24 June 1850
The ten clippers had seen the coast of Madagascar, and they decided to hail shore for directions to the nearest port, in Antalaha.
Siam:
Burma: 17 June 1850
Minie Riflemen were trained in climbing trees, and dressing in drab grey colors, while aiming at tagets, sometimes on the next hill over. These were sharpshooters.
Others were trained in infiltration tactics, to sneak into enemy camps, in an attempt to duplicate the successful outpost raid at Trenton, which only resaulted in four casualties, half of which had been a resault of freezing to death on the trip across the Delaware river.
(2 divisions)
Strait of Melacca 17 June 1850
There was a great bustle along the Indonesian shore, as sodiers practiced marching rapidly through the sandy beech, care for their rifles near water, getting on and off boats, and landing them in the surf without swamping.
Casual onlookers would see it as an odd spectacle, of soldiers in dull red uniforms attempting to wade uphill with their rifles and cartidge boxes raised above their heads, and the red dye leaking out of their uniforms and staining the sea a brilliant red.
While soaked, the seargents then had the troops form up into skirmish lines and assault the treeline, with paper targets affixed to trees up to 3 yards into the woodlands. To save time, they were instructed to reload their Dreyse needle guns and Minie rifles while moving.
The Dryese riflemen in particular, were instructed to have bayonets fixed at all times, and how to fire from the hip, as now the hand didn't have to move so much to reload his weapon, it also protected the shooter's face from burning gunpowder.
Malaysia
Borneo 17 June 1850
Infiltration with Dreyse breechloaders and Minie rifles practiced.
(3 brigades)
Strait of Melacca 24 June 1850, 1930 hrs (Dusk)
The Hurtful soldiers slipped into their small boats, and started rowing, a set of drums could be heard.
Being a nearly 50 mile trip, they expected to reach shore by nightfall in 3 waves, each wave equaling a brigade, and each wave divided amongst 5 beachs (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo [so I'm using modern names...])
Each Battalion consisted of 9 boats, which in turn held a platoon of 50 Hurtful mercenaries, each boat was numbered. (hence, A1 through A9, to E9).
Each brigade was color coded as well. With the letters being given White, Red or Blue paint (chapest colors at the time, hence why redcoats wore red and french wore blue), with a second color given off by a shaded lamp (Green, Red, or plain yellow).
The lights were to be extinguished upon coming within sight of shore, using only sound of the drums and water slapping upon the hulls for guidance.
Each seargent was also given a revolver, a pair of sulfur matches, a torch, and a whistle, on the sides of each boat were racks for two hale rockets.
The order of the day was 'shock and awe', some seargeants also told their men to yell upon engaging the enemy.