Operation Wasp 6

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Operation Wasp 6 takes place before the initial landing of Tembelan Island, where the players play as Russian special forces.

## Situation

The 61st Marine brigade encircled Istanbul on the 8th of August 2019 after defeating the 3rd armoured division west of the city. At the same time, the 810th Guard Naval Infantry brigade launched several offensives east of Istanbul, effectively cutting off Turkish forces defending Istanbul from Turkish supplies. Quickly after being encircled, negotiations started between the Istanbul garrison commander, Major Akineri Taskiran, and the 61st Marine brigade commander, Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Safronov, to surrender the city peacefully to Russian forces.

After 3 days of negotiations and sporadic fighting around the city, Major Akineri Taskiran surrendered Istanbul and his men to the Russian Forces. Russian forces moved into and took control of Istanbul's ports and airport for further use in the fight into mainland Turkey.

With new ports on the other side of the black sea Turkish Thrace and access to the Bosporus strait, Russia now have access to the Greek theater of war. Russian high command quickly laid its eyes on the heavily defended Tembelan Island, located in the Mediterranean. The heavily beaten, but still standing, Hellenic Navy had requested for assistance in the invasion of Tembelan Island, but was deemed not possible by the Russian high command due to them not having access into the Mediterranean

A planned Russian invasion was hastily put together by the Black Sea naval command in Crimea. UAVs and spy satellites gathered much intelligence revealing heavy SAM systems and a large number Turkish marines defending the island. It was quickly suggested to send the 388th Maritime Recon Point, the Black Sea Navy's special forces unit, to probe and possibly destroy key elements for the upcoming naval invasion.

The bulk of the enemy SAM systems are currently deployed on the south-west artificial island, posing a major threat to any possible friendly air support. These SAM systems are stationed on the small airstrip to protect it from possible. This airstrip houses several Bayraktar TB2 and F-16 fighters that can cause havoc on the naval invasion. The SAM systems, drones and jet fighters are to be destroyed before the proper invasion of the island. Another key target is the Turkish Naval Intelligence Office, where Russian and Altian intelligence are certain played a major role in the funding of the Islamic Army of Altis (IAA) and the inevitable invasion of Altis. It is believed that there might be information on their servers that could be of much importance.

Turkish marines has been busy building up and bolstering heavy defenses, effectively turning the south-western island into a fortress. This is an important step to get further into the island itself, but there will be heavy resistance. Due to the co-operative naval blockade by The Hellenic and Black Sea navy, The Turkish forces will not be able to replenish its forces on the island.

Friendly air support during the raid will not be possible due to heavy weather over the region, this also mean that the Turkish Air Force will be grounded until the weather clears. This means that all possible support or reinforcements will ground based.

## Tasking

Following a successful landing, these are the key taskings issued to the raid team:

1. Take the artificial fortress island.
	* Destroy the SAM systems.
	* Destroy the Bayraktar TB2 UAVs.
	* Destroy the F-16 fighters.
2. Attack the Turkish Naval Intelligence Office
	* Neutralize any possible operatives trying to wipe the servers.
	* Gather important files on the servers.

## ORBAT

* Zero (Platoon command)
* Reaper 1-1 (Infantry) (Assault boats)
* Reaper 1-2 (Infantry) (Assault boats)
* Reaper 1-3 (Infantry) (Assault boats)

## Result

The 388th Maritime Recon Point managed to destroy critical equipment on the island on the artificial island and managed to gather important information from the Turkish Naval Intelligence Office.

Before the extraction, the 388th Maritime Recon Point marked out possible landing sites that can be used for the upcoming naval assault.