Missions can be strung together to form campaigns which allows a satisfying sense of progression as the company gains in experience, turning from green to veteran troops. From beach assaults to facing wave attacks, helicopter assaults, or intense street fighting, there are a large range of tactical situations to face which add up to many, many hours of content. Mission types can vary between offensive and defensive, including patrols, with the enemy taking on a variety of stances which determine how they will react to contact. Communications between ordering units and those being ordered is controlled by radio and phone assets, and maintaining these lines is important for command efficiency. All that flows comes from a command structure and the orders it gives, whether that be to pass commands on, move, rally, or fight. How it Playsįields of Fire is a solo game played at the company level-HQs, squads, fire teams, and weapon group scale-and is at its heart a command and control game. From there I will follow the company to Korea and the Chosin Reservoir, and then onto Hue in Vietnam, at each step taking on the challenges they faced. Ahead lies a hard campaign digging out a determined enemy from a coral island in the pacific. This narrative emerged from the first mission of Fields of Fire Volume 2 “With the Old Breed” by Ben Hull as I began a journey with a company of the US 5 th Marines in their assault on Peleliu. By the end of the day, the US 5 th Marines have achieved their objectives but at a terrible price. “Get off the beaches”, rings out and the marines press ahead because to stay put is not a choice. Nevertheless, the other LVTs make shore and marines disembark.
The task ahead, already tough, looks bordering impossible as an LVT on the left explodes. They immediately begin to take their toll, forcing home once more the old adage of no plan surviving first contact with the enemy.
As the first wave of tracked landing craft (LVT) enter the surf, the heavy weapons and artillery from the dug in Imperial Japanese Army open up.
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