Paintball Magazine August 2017 Paintball.Media Issue | Page 45

There were two attempts made by the
Germans to complete this objective. The
first was led by Guice, along with myself,
Chris Potter, and Mike Elward. We led a small
strike force Northeast along the boundary of
the map and then follow the river West to
establish a perimeter around the bridges,
while Elward took the remainder of our force
and moved North through Paris once we
reached French Insertion. We successfully
crossed the river at the most Northeastern
part, but encountered an entrenched enemy
and were unable to push through. Our strike
force was forced to pull out and head back
to re-insertion. We arrived back at insertion
at 1815.
The second attempt was led by myself and
Chris Potter. We left insertion with a much
larger force and traveled through Caen to
Paris, where we linked up with Mayo and
Chaos Company. They would arrive on site
with Guerilla (led by Hamilton) and LOD
(led by Bear) 5 minutes after I established a
perimeter with Mayhem Company at Frack’s
Bridge. Once Mayhem was on site at 1850,
I led a small team of 10 towards the area
where the bomb would drop, leaving Chris
in command of defending Frack’s bridge
with our remaining 30 soldiers. I arrived at
the bomb site at 1902, after being redirected
by French soldiers on multiple occasions,
causing great confusion and contributing
greatly to our failure to acquire the bomb.
The Allies had possession of the bomb at
this time, and were getting ready to plant it
at Dubs’ Bridge. I radioed to Chris to commit
the rest of the unit to battle, and the fight
was on.
The 101st was entrenched in the riverbed
under Dubs’ Bridge. Elements of Guerillam
(Hamilton), LOD (Bear), and Chaos (Mayo)
all arrived to reinforce Mayhem at 1705. We
had superior numbers, but they had superior
positioning. I blanketed the area with all the
smoke grenades in my bag, about 7 to 10,
saving the last colored grenade for directing
the troops. I controlled the right, Chris
controlled the left. I popped yellow smoke
between us and gave the order to charge
through the smoke, leading the way with
our flag. However, we emerged from the
smoke to an empty riverbed and a French
General informing us that the bomb had
been detonated. We were too late, and the
Allies were successful. Had we had another
30 seconds, I would’ve been able to diffuse
the bomb and drive the 101st from the area.
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