User blog:Blue20913/GT-NMSW7: Battle of the Lighthouse

Battle of the Lighthouse
The Battle of the Lighthouse was a conflict in Global Thermo-Nuclear Mutant Shark War VII. Herbert's Second Pookie Company engaged 75 EPF Advanced Recon Forces. They also fought against a battalion of CP-CG Citizen-Soldiers, who were stationed there to protect the Task-Force. The battle ended in a defeat for the EPF and CP-CG but Herbert's Pookie forces lost an entire half of their company.

Battle Timeline

 * 3:00 The Second Pookie Company begins marching to the Ski Hill.
 * 5:00 The Second Pookies Company begins marching to the Lighthouse.
 * 7:00 Pookie forces build siege fortifications and prepare for the assault.
 * 8:00 The Pookie Navy dispatches their 5 ships each with a crew of 100 to establish naval dominance.
 * 8:30 The HPS Cute attacks the EPS Snowball with a broadside of cannon fire. The EPS Snowball takes moderate damage but still stands afloat.
 * 9:00 The Migrator sails out of dock and peppers cannon fire upon the HPS Cute and the HPS Mumu. Both ships are heavily damaged, the HPS Mumu begins to sink.
 * The EPS Delta joins the battle, the EPF now have a fleet of three ships. The HPS Mumu is sunk, the HPS Cute, and the HPS Boa attack furiously in retaliation. The EPS Snowball sinks quickly.
 * 9:15 The Migrator fires another giant broadside peppering the Pookie Navy with canon fire once again.
 * The HPS Cute sinks, the HPS Boa narrowly dodges the fire and takes minor damage.
 * The HPS rejoins the rest of it's squadron, the HPS Boa, HPS Peach, and HS Klutzy line up and fire several broadsides upon the EPF Navy.
 * 9:20 The EPS Delta sinks, the Migrator takes significant damage but stands tough. The Migrator fires another set of broadsides and sinks the HPS Peach.
 * 9:25 The HS Klutzy sails up and rams the Migrator, the HPS Peach sails alongside the Migrator and fire a broadside.
 * 9:30 The Migrator starts doing quick repairs and fires broadsides at the HPS Peach.
 * The HPS Peach receives moderate damage, although it lost a large portion of it's engines and loses a great portion of it's speed.
 * 9:35 The HS Klutzy rams the Migrator again, comes about, and fires three sets of broadsides in less than five minutes. The Migrator is in dire straits and begins to sail in retreat.
 * 9:40 The HPS Peach lines up with the Migrator and fires one last broadside. The Migrator begins to sink, as the crew begin to abandon ship. Captain Rockhopper holds his hat over his chest and sings a song quietly. Yarr is on his shoulder and gives a solid glare awaiting death.
 * 9:45 The Migrator sinks, Rockhopper, and Yarr both drown in the ocean. The HS Klutzy sails to the HMS Peach and begins repairs on the ship.
 * 10:00 As the ships are repairing the Pookie Infantry fire several salvos of artillery rounds upon the Lighthouse. The CP-CG begins to fire upon the advanced infantry. The Pookies take causalities but manage to continue advancing.
 * 10:10 The Pookie Infantry secure the beach, the CP-CG withdraws from the beacon and into the lighthouse. The EPF Advanced Recon begin transmitting signals by powering the beacon off and on. Pookie infantry shoot the Beacon and disrupt the transmission.
 * 10:15 The Second Pookie Company's Alpha Squad plant a charge on the door and breach the lighthouse. Alpha Squad is immediately cut down by a barrage of gun fire. Bravo, Charlie, and Delta Squad also die in the gunfire.
 * 10:25 After ten minutes of fighting, CP-CG forces start losing ammo, and switch to their rifles. Echo Squad fires Grenade Launchers into the lighthouse and the CP-CG take heavy causalities.
 * 10:30 Echo Squad leads the reformed breech, and the Pookies start advancing into the lighthouse. CP-CG start losing soldiers rapidly, several squads start to retreat up the stairs onto the roof.
 * 10:40 The Second Pookie Company clears out the Lighthouse and secures the perimeter. Infantry begin pushing upwards toward the Beacon. The EPF place explosive charges on the hatch. Pookie Infantry take moderate losses breeching the hatch. The EPF toss several grenades down, the slaughter of Pookie Infantry turns into a disaster.
 * 10:50 The HS Klutzy and HPS Peach begin firing broadsides on the Beacon for support. The EPF and CP-CG take enormous causalities. The EPF grenades explode and engulf the beacon on fire.
 * 11:00 Special Pookie Infantry extinguish the fire, there are no remaining EPF or CP-CG forces.
 * 11:30 The Second Pookie Company secures the area, they leave 5 squads to guard the area. The rest of the forces meet with the First Pookie Company and attack the Docks.

First Pookie Company

 * Air Force: 0
 * Navy: 375, 3 ships sunk, 1 moderately damaged, 1 lightly damaged.
 * Army: 500

EPF

 * Air Force: 0
 * Navy: 600, 2 EPS ships sunk (150 crew each) and the Migrator (300 crew members).
 * Army: 75, 3 Task-Forces of EPF Advanced Recon

CP-CG

 * Air Force: 0
 * Navy: 0
 * Army: 500 CP-CG Soldiers