RyanJacquel
02-09-2007, 08:12 AM
Well, I'm an avid Battleground Europe (World War 2 Online) player, and I thought I would share an experience, one I hope I will have in 1944 DDAY.
Right now I am sitting with my Lee Enfield Mk4 .303 rifle in a bush near a German forward base. Forward bases in BE are basically an forward out post in between two towns that are heavily fought over. They can be blown up by combat engineers by placing satchel charges on them. The side that owns the forward base can spawn everything that can be spawned in the towns army base (AB) from this forward base.
Anyway, I'm sitting in my bush with my sniper rifle, it's about 0030 and the moon is covered by a few clouds. The Germans in the area (33 Panzerkampf gruppe) are preparing to launch an attack on the French town of Aaltar defended by the British 1st Guards Brigade.
I am not shooting anything, or hunting anyone down, I am simply sitting, and listening and watching every piece of armor, truck, and infantry set up for the attack. Infantry are loading onto Skdfz 251 Halftracks. Pak40 and Pak36's with there crews are hooking up to Opel Blitz. Armor is forming up just be side me actually, some of the larger tanks have some German infantry sitting on them.
Some of the Germans are using open chat so I can see what they are saying. The odd Spitfire flies low and fast over the FB to scout the area, but the German Flak 38's and Flak 36's scare them off, and they don't notice the armor hiding in the bushes next to me. Luckily I am reporting everything I see coming out of the forward base, and have been doing this for the past 2 hours (real life time)
A German sentry just walked right past my bush line that I was in and actually paused to pull out his binoculars and look around. If I moved at all, he could hear or notice me and the jig would be up. The tension is amazing, even though it's just a game, you don't want to get killed because it took me almost 30 minutes (real life time) to get into position. Soon the sentry moves on and hops onto a Tiger I just as the armor column starts to roll toward Aaltar from Gent FB.
It's now about 0130 (game time) the moon is high in the sky and the clouds have cleared making it much brighter then it was an hour ago. Numerous times German guards walk past me in my bush, after they pass I peaked over a small berm line to see what I could see. I see a Skdfz 232 heading off to join the fight and four Flak 38's guarding the skies over the forward base.
The town that the Germans are defending is getting pummeled from the sky with JU87's and HE111's and from the ground by the big guns like 88's and Pak40's. I can hear the fight going on in the distance, the thumping of anti aircraft guns like the Bofors 40mm or Cmle 25mm. The crack of grenades and rifle fire going off in town and the almost buzzing sound of the MG34.
My squad mates are telling me that the town is getting hammered hard, the bombardment from the sky has let up and the tanks and infantry are starting to roll in. With all of our armor and anti tank guns destroyed by the bombings we have nothing but AT rifle grenades and the odd sapper to kill them when they enter the streets.
It's now about 0230 and an HE111 just zoomed over head no more then 100ft off the ground, 1 of its 2 engines on fire... seems our AA gunners are accurate. In the distance I hear the roar of the 111's engines fade, then mere seconds later, a low rumble of it bursting into flames as it hits the ground.
The town that we were fighting so hard to defend has been over run and is now under German control. The 1st Guards have been pushed out and the 33rd PanzerKampf Gruppee has taken its place, I am now almost 30 kilometers behind German lines and need to find my way back Allied ground so that I can collect my points and not lose the sniper out of the spawn list... wish me luck!
All of this actually happened, I am still running back to Allied lines, and have killed a few German soldiers trying to stop me. I really hope I can get this sort of experience out of 1944 D-Day because this is the most exciting, nerve racking, tense moments I have ever felt in a game.
Right now I am sitting with my Lee Enfield Mk4 .303 rifle in a bush near a German forward base. Forward bases in BE are basically an forward out post in between two towns that are heavily fought over. They can be blown up by combat engineers by placing satchel charges on them. The side that owns the forward base can spawn everything that can be spawned in the towns army base (AB) from this forward base.
Anyway, I'm sitting in my bush with my sniper rifle, it's about 0030 and the moon is covered by a few clouds. The Germans in the area (33 Panzerkampf gruppe) are preparing to launch an attack on the French town of Aaltar defended by the British 1st Guards Brigade.
I am not shooting anything, or hunting anyone down, I am simply sitting, and listening and watching every piece of armor, truck, and infantry set up for the attack. Infantry are loading onto Skdfz 251 Halftracks. Pak40 and Pak36's with there crews are hooking up to Opel Blitz. Armor is forming up just be side me actually, some of the larger tanks have some German infantry sitting on them.
Some of the Germans are using open chat so I can see what they are saying. The odd Spitfire flies low and fast over the FB to scout the area, but the German Flak 38's and Flak 36's scare them off, and they don't notice the armor hiding in the bushes next to me. Luckily I am reporting everything I see coming out of the forward base, and have been doing this for the past 2 hours (real life time)
A German sentry just walked right past my bush line that I was in and actually paused to pull out his binoculars and look around. If I moved at all, he could hear or notice me and the jig would be up. The tension is amazing, even though it's just a game, you don't want to get killed because it took me almost 30 minutes (real life time) to get into position. Soon the sentry moves on and hops onto a Tiger I just as the armor column starts to roll toward Aaltar from Gent FB.
It's now about 0130 (game time) the moon is high in the sky and the clouds have cleared making it much brighter then it was an hour ago. Numerous times German guards walk past me in my bush, after they pass I peaked over a small berm line to see what I could see. I see a Skdfz 232 heading off to join the fight and four Flak 38's guarding the skies over the forward base.
The town that the Germans are defending is getting pummeled from the sky with JU87's and HE111's and from the ground by the big guns like 88's and Pak40's. I can hear the fight going on in the distance, the thumping of anti aircraft guns like the Bofors 40mm or Cmle 25mm. The crack of grenades and rifle fire going off in town and the almost buzzing sound of the MG34.
My squad mates are telling me that the town is getting hammered hard, the bombardment from the sky has let up and the tanks and infantry are starting to roll in. With all of our armor and anti tank guns destroyed by the bombings we have nothing but AT rifle grenades and the odd sapper to kill them when they enter the streets.
It's now about 0230 and an HE111 just zoomed over head no more then 100ft off the ground, 1 of its 2 engines on fire... seems our AA gunners are accurate. In the distance I hear the roar of the 111's engines fade, then mere seconds later, a low rumble of it bursting into flames as it hits the ground.
The town that we were fighting so hard to defend has been over run and is now under German control. The 1st Guards have been pushed out and the 33rd PanzerKampf Gruppee has taken its place, I am now almost 30 kilometers behind German lines and need to find my way back Allied ground so that I can collect my points and not lose the sniper out of the spawn list... wish me luck!
All of this actually happened, I am still running back to Allied lines, and have killed a few German soldiers trying to stop me. I really hope I can get this sort of experience out of 1944 D-Day because this is the most exciting, nerve racking, tense moments I have ever felt in a game.