OPERATIONS ORDER
Operation Hetman (2023), Triglav

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Situation

Background Information
A platoon of Polish mechanised infantry supported by Rosomaks is tasked to push Russian forward forces back across the Biela River in order to permit mining of two key bridges across the river. In doing so, the platoon will also seek to temporarily enter and destroy the Russian forces in Brena and Gliniska to ensure that the engineers can mine the bridges safely. The commander's intent is to deny the Russians easy access across the river.

Friendly Forces
[1x] Combined arms platoon consisting of: [2x] Rifle squads, CALLSIGN HAMMER. [1x] Rosomak, CALLSIGN VIPER. Supported by logistical element Nickle and combat medic team Starlight.

Supporting Assets
JW1328 - Fire Direction Centre for self-propelled artillery at Kryśnik Rocket base. JW1146 - EOD support squad at Nidek Training Grounds.

Enemy Forces
RUSSIAN AIRBORNE AND COMBINED ARMS UNITS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA OF OPERATIONS. IN SOBÓTKA, A SMALLER FORWARD RECON ELEMENT IS EXPECTED. THIS ELEMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONDUCT RECONNAISANCE AND PATROLS IN THE AREA, TARGETTING Kryśnik Rocket base IN PARTICULAR. IN BRENA, RUSSIANS HAVE ESTABLISHED A MEDIUM-SIZED RUSSIAN GARRISON. THIS GARRISON IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DEFENSIVE AS IT IS BELIEVED RUSSIANS WANT TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR GAINS AND RESUPPLY PRIOR TO FURTHER MOVEMENTS. IT IS FURTHER BELIEVED THAT THIS MOVEMENT IS NOT TOWARDS Kryśnik Rocket base BUT RATHER NORTHWARDS TOWARDS KOLEMBRODY. IN GLINISKA, HEAVIER GARRISONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS IS IN PART DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO ŁUKÓW AIRBASE TO THE NORTHWEST. THIS GARRISON IS ALSO EXPECTED TO REMAIN DEFENSIVE DURING OUR OPERATION. ŁUKÓW AIRBASE HAS BEEN OCCUPIED BY A RUSSIAN AIRBORNE COMBINED ARMS BRIGADE SUPPORTED BY A NUMBER OF AIRFRAMES. THIS INCLUDES ATTACK HELICOPTERS. TROOPS AT ŁUKÓW AIRBASE ARE EXPECTED TO ACT AS A QUICK REACTION FORCE SHOULD FRONTLINE TROOPS BE ENGAGED.

Mission

Tasking
SEIZE CONTROL OF SOBÓTKA, AND SEIZE TEMPORARY CONTROL OF BRENA AND GLINISKA SO THAT MINES CAN BE PLACED ON THE BRIDGES IN BRENA AND GLINISKA.

End-state
MINES HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE DESIGNATED BRIDGES, CANALIZING RUSSIANS TOWARDS AVENUES OF APPROACH MORE FAVOURABLE TO POLAND. THIS ALLOWS FOR POLAND TO ESTABLISH A MORE SECURE FRONTLINE ALONG THE BIELA RIVER.

Execution

Commander's Intent
THE COMMANDER'S INTENT IS TO DENY RUSSIAN ACCESS ACROSS TWO KEY BRIDGES BY MINING THEM. THIS MUST BE COMPLETED TO DELAY ANY FURTHER RUSSIAN ADVANCES FROM THE NORTHWEST. MINING THE BRIDGES IS THE DECISIVE FACTOR. ANY AND ALL OTHER OBJECTIVES IS SECONDARY TO THE COMPLETION OF THIS TASK.

Tasks and Sequencing
REFER TO THE MAP BUTTON ON THE LEFT FOR A FULL MISSION MAP. PLATOON HAMMER AND SUPPORTING CALLSIGNS WILL ASSEMBLE AT Kryśnik Rocket base. HAMMER WILL ENSURE THEY BRING WITH THEM A COMBAT LOAD THAT WILL SUSTAIN THEM THROUGH PROLONGED CLOSE-QUARTERS COMBAT. VIPER WILL ENSURE THEIR VEHICLE IS READY FOR COMBAT, AND COORDINATE WITH NICKLE IF THEY SHOULD BRING ANY ADDITIONAL INVENTORY. NICKLE COORDINATES WITH HAMMER 8 TO ENSURE HAMMER AND VIPER ARE SUSTAINED THROUGHOUT OPERATION TRIGLAV. STARLIGHT ENSURES OUR MEDICAL READINESS IS HIGH.

Phase 1

HAMMER AND VIPER MOVES IN DEFILADE TOWARDS POINT BRIGHTON. THE INTENTION IS TO GET AS CLOSE TO OBJECTIVE ALPHA AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT BEING DETECTED, SO THAT WE CAN CATCH THE RUSSIAN RECON ELEMENT BY SURPRISE. WE INTEND TO ENTER OBJECTIVE ALPHA THROUGH SECTOR ALPHA 1. HAMMER 1 WILL THEN FOCUS ON THE SOUTHERN SECTORS ALPHA 2, 3 AND 4 WHILST HAMMER 2 ORIENTS NORTH AND CLEARS SECTORS ALHPA 5 THROUGH 8. SQUAD LEADERS ARE EXPECTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH VIPER FOR SUPPORT, THOUGH IF IDLE VIPER WILL FOCUS ON SECURING THE NORTHBOUND SUPPLY ROUTE. CLEARING OF OBJECTIVE ALPHA IS CRUCIAL FOR OVERALL OPERATIONAL SUCCESS. PHASE 1 IS CONCLUDED ONCE OBJECTIVE ALPHA IS DEEMED SAFE.

Phase 2

SATELLITE IMAGE WITH ADDITIONAL INTEL. PHASE 2 SEES HAMMER AND VIPER ADVANCE ON OBJECTIVE BRAVO AND CHARLIE. THE BRIDGE WILL FIRST BE CROSSED BY HAMMER, WHO WILL ESTABLISH A BRIDGEHEAD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE ALLOWING FOR SAFE VEHICULAR MOVEMENT ACROSS THE BRENA BRIDGE. THIS INVOLVES CLEARING THE MILITARY COMPOUND IN SECTOR CHARLIE 1 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER CROSSING. BEYOND THIS, PRIORITY SECTORS TO CLEAR AFTER CROSSING ARE CHARLIE 1, 2 AND 3. CHARLIE 5 IS ALSO BELIEVED TO BE OF CONCERN DUE TO MILITARY VEHICULAR ACTIVITY THERE. ONCE INITIAL SECTORS ARE DEEMED SAFE, ALL SUPPORTIVE VEHICLES WILL BE MOVED INTO BRENA, AND NICKLE WILL INITIATE MINING OF OBJECTIVE BRAVO. ONLY ANTI-TANK MINES ARE TO BE USED. ONCE RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK FROM OBJECTIVE CHARLIE AND OBJECTIVE BRAVO HAS BEEN MINED, PHASE 2 CONCLUDEs. AN ORGANISED LOGPAK MAY BE PROVIDED AT THE END OF PHASE 2 IF REQUIRED.

Phase 3

MOVEMENT TOWARDS OBJECTIVE DELTA WILL SEE ONE SQUAD CLOSE TO THE ROAD IN BETWEEN CHARLIE AND DELTA, AND ANOTHER SQUAD MOVING THROUGH THE FOREST TO SECURE IT. VIPER WILL PROVIDE SECURITY ROADSIDE. NICKLE AND STARLIGHT SHOULD CONSIDER TRAILING THE MAIN PLATOON WHILST MOVING ALONG THE RIVERBED TO AVOID EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO SIGNIFIANT FLANKING MANEOUVRES BY THE OPFOR. OUR ENTRY TO DELTA WILL BE SECTOR DELTA 1. ONE SQUAD WILL PROVIDE BASE OF FIRE, ATTRACTING ENEMY FIRE IF REQUIRED, ALLOWING THE OTHER SQUAD TO MOVE TO AND ENTER DELTA 1. ONCE DELTA 1 IS SECURE, HAMMER 1 WILL SECURE DELTA 2, 5 AND 6. THIS SQUAD'S MAIN RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PREVENT QUICK REACTIONARY FORCES TO MOVE THROUGH FROM ŁUKÓW AIRBASE. FOR THIS REASON, THIS SQUAD MIGHT ALSO HAVE TO SECURE DELTA 10 AND 11, MAKING SURE NOT TO BECOME DIRECT TARGETS FROM ŁUKÓW AIRBASE DEFENCES. VIPER WILL SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS. IF THE PRESSURE BECOMES UNSUSTAINABLE, HAMMER 1 WILL FALL BACK TOWARDS DELTA 8. HAMMER 1'S TASK IS ESSENTIAL IN STABILISING THE AREA SO THAT NICKLE AND OTHER ELEMENTS CAN COMPLETE THEIR TASKS SUCCESSFULLY. HAMMER 2 FOCUSES ON SECTORS DELTA 2, 3, 4, 7 AND 8. SUCCESSFULLY CLEARING SECTORS 2, 3 AND 4 WILL ALLOW NICKLE AND STARLIGHT SAFE PASSAGE TO EASTERN LIMITS OF OBJECTIVE DELTA, WHEREAS CLEARING DELTA 7 AND 8 WILL ALLOW NICKLE TO MOVE TO OBJECTIVE ECHO. BEFORE NICKLE STARTS MINING ECHO, ALL SUPPORT VEHICLES NEED TO BE MOVED ACROSS THE RIVER, AS PASSAGE WILL NOT BE FEASIBLE AFTER MINING HAS INITIATED. THIS EXCLUDES VIPER, WHICH POSSESSES AN AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE AND MAY CROSS THE RIVER INDEPENDENT OF ECHO. INFANTRY ARE TO REMAIN IN THE TOWN FENDING OFF ANY RUSSIAN COUNTER-ATTACKS. ONCE ECHO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY MINED, VIPER WILL FIRST MOVE ACROSS THE RIVER. ONCE VIPER HAS ASSUMED A SECURE OVERWATCH POSITION ON THE OTHER BANK, HAMMER 2 WILL CROSS THE BRIDGE WHILST HAMMER 1 COVERS. FINALLY HAMMER 1 WILL CROSS THE BRIDGE. ALL ELEMENTS WILL THEN EXFILTRATE TOWARDS Kryśnik Rocket base.

Administration/Logistics

Resupply
LOGPAK WILL BE BROUGHT WITH US BY NICKLE. DUE TO OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS, WE DO NOT EXPECT FURTHER SUPPORT FROM OUR ASSEMBLY AREA IN Kryśnik Rocket base. LOGISTICIANS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS FACT.

Medical
COMBAT MEDIC TEAM STARLIGHT WILL BRING AN AMBULANCE WITH THEM FOR TREATMENT OF BROKEN BONES AND SERIOUS INJURIES.

Rules of Engagement
In accordance with SOP

Fire Support Plan
In accordance with SOP

Close Air Support
In accordance with SOP

Command/Signal

Communications Plan

Callsign	Primary Frequency	Superior Frequency	ACTUAL
HAMMER 9	40mHz	37mHz	Maj Korean Falcon Platoon Commander (≤32)
HAMMER 1	250mHz	40mHz	SSG Tony Squad Leader (≤15)
HAMMER 1-1	251mHz	250mHz	SP2 B.Miller Fireteam Leader (≤6)
HAMMER 1-2	252mHz	250mHz	SP2 Taru (Ret.) Acting Fireteam Leader (≤5)
HAMMER 2	260mHz	40mHz	SFC Jenkins Squad Leader (≤15)
HAMMER 2-1	261mHz	260mHz	2Lt SkullCollector Fireteam Leader (≤6)
HAMMER 2-2	262mHz	260mHz	Pvt Darkman Acting Fireteam Leader (≤5)
VIPER 9	361mHz	37mHz	Sgt Jochem (Ret.) AFV Crewman (Commander)
NICKLE 4-1	71mHz	70mHz	SP3 Kat Logistics Support Chief
STARLIGHT 4-2	72mHz	70mHz	PFC Shambala CMT Leader

Considerations
In accordance with SOP