[TH]First Major Maneuver

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First Major Maneuver
This Information is Officially Release by the Government of Thailand

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Detail
1. Date of Maneuver: Starting after August of 1998 when all personnel are in the position
2. Location of Maneuver: The Maneuver will be located at Phanom Rok, Tha Tako District, Nakhon Sawan 60160, 15.720325, 100.408294
3. Status of Maneuver: Finish
Objective
1. Personnel Transportation and Deployment: Finish
2. Maneuver Planning: Finish
3. Maneuver Battle: Finish
4. Result: Result in 1st Infantry Division Victory

Maneuver Belligerents
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Royal Thai Army (Blue Team, Friendly Team) ๐ 1st Infantry Division [Full Man Power and Batallion]

Royal Thai Army (Red Team, Enemy Team) ๐ 2nd Infantry Division [Full Man Power and Batallion]

Strength
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Royal Thai Army (Blue Team, Friendly Team) 1,650 men 24 M109A2 Howitzer 12 Stingray Light Tank 6 1996 Toyota Supra 3dr LB Base Auto

Royal Thai Army (Red Team, Enemy Team) 2,180 men 36 M109A2 Howitzer 12 M1134 Stryker ATGM 10 1996 Toyota Supra 3dr LB Base Auto

Equipment Description

Sector 1: Every personnel present in Infantry Regiment or Cavalry Squadron will receive an M16 rifle and M1911 semi-automatic pistol per person.
Sector 2: Half of the personnel in the Anti-tank and Artillery battalion company will receive both M16 rifle and M1911 semi-automatic pistol and another half will receive M1911 semi-automatic pistol.
Sector 3: The other battalion will receive an M1911 semi-automatic pistol to defend themselves.

Casualty Report

1st Infantry Division(Blue team)	2nd Infantry Division(Red team)
853 injured 150 serious injured	1,500 injured 405 serious injured

Training Funds: $1,000,000,000
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[Bossza007]

The Personnel present in The 1st Infantry Division and The Second Infantry Division which locate in Bangkok and Prachin Buri would farewell their family and Relatives and get in the Local Transport to travel to Phanom Rok, Tha Tako District, Nakhon Sawan in Maneuver Event. The Maneuver Event was held for Royal Thai Army to begin preparing themselves for hostile situations. The Maneuver would make The 1st Infantry Division as Blue team or Friendly team, and The 2nd Infantry Division as Red Team or Enemy team. The route from Bangkok to Nakhon Sawan will 269 Kilometers, would take around 3hr and 38 minutes to arrive at Destination, and the route from Prachin Buri to Nakhon Sawn will be 251 Kilometers, would take around 4hr and 13 minutes to arrive at Destination.

 

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The personnel would arrive at their destination at Phanom Rok, Tha Tako District, Nakhon Sawan, when personnel gets off their car the officer would call them to line up. after the lineup, complete the officer says "This is not like when you were a Military training student, this is a real maneuver, we will use life-bullet, and real artillery shell! prepare yourself, soldier, the death might be waiting for you" after finishing the officer would take personnel to meet their general. The 1st Infantry division will be command by General Surayud Chulanont a person capable of war-game, 2st Infantry Division will be command by General Wattanachai Wuttisiri a person capable of suppression. The personnel will be sent to a different place, the 1st Infantry Division will be sent to the East Combat Outpost, and the 2nd Infantry Division will be sent to the West Combat Outpost. When They arrive at their Outpost they will see the map represent the maneuver area

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Blue Team
The Personnel will be line up in the Outpost and will be meeting with their General. General Surayud Chulanont commander of 1st Infantry Division says"we have fewer in number compare to 2nd Infantry" so he comes up with a plan to use the large bush in the middle of the field to cover the division and ambush the enemy.

Plan formation of 1st Infantry Division before beginning an offensive line.

Plan and Offensive line of 1st Infantry Division.

Formation: The Plan will come with a Reconnasinase unit in front of the army and 1st,2nd,3rd Infantry Regiment, and 1st combat medical battalion(sorry, I didn't mention this on the map)will follow the Reconnasinase unit, 4th tank battalion and 1st combat engineer battalion will follow the 2nd Infantry regiment follow with 1st signal battalion would be sent a message to 1st field artillery regiment in the back.
Plan: Reconnasinase unit will check the enemy and give a signal to other battalions about the enemy, 1st,2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st combat engineer battalion, 1st combat medical battalion, and 4th tank battalion will set up special line ambush on the north side, the 3rd Infantry Division will take a cover at the south and whatever the enemy go to north or south the 3rd Infantry Division would assign with Support by Fire Position Task and at the start of an ambush the Artillery will fire at first four conditions after the success artillery will fire to last two conditions and the army willfully attack to the Outpost

Red team
The 2nd Infantry Division personnel will meet with General Wattanachai Wuttisiri, he says "we have an advantage in the number of both soldier and equipment compare to Surayud Chulanont's army" so he comes up with a plan to aggressively push the enemy back to their base.

Plan formation of 2nd Infantry Division

Plan and Offensive line of 2nd Infantry Division.

Formation: the plan will come with a Reconnasinase unit in front and follow with a group of battalion and regiment with 2nd, 12th, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion at the Center-North, 2nd Anti-Tank Company at the Center-South, 2nd Medical Battalion will stay after 12th Infantry Regiment in the back of medical battalion there will be 2nd Cavalry Squadron, 12th Military Police Battalion, and 30th Cavalry Squadron, the 2nd Signal Crop Battalion will stay behind the group, in the back, there will be Maintenance Battalion and 2nd Field Artillery Battalion.
Plan: An Offensive group unit will be given a clear task along with the offensive line the 2nd and 21st Infantry Regiment will be given follow and support task to an Offensive group. the artillery will be fire at all conditions and the offensive group will be move.

After the finish of the Plan Explanation, the Personnel will be given free time until tomorrow morning before a maneuver begins. the Personnel would set up a camp around the Outpost and rest with their friends.

 

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As the sun rising in the East It's the signal for the soldier to wake up. the soldier would wake up and realized this is the day, the Maneuver day. The annoying whistle sound has occurred to make the soldier get up. The officer shout"Get up you little pig, don't act like a lazy little pig, get up! and line up!" The soldier all get up and line up
The soldier would be meeting with their general one last time today to re-expand the plan and discuss the plan, both general say"remember, if you think you are going to die raise the white flag for your sake if the enemy is going to die give him time to raise the flag for both sakes" after finish the logistic personnel would check equipment and flag for each soldier, the logistic personnel report the equipment is fully-equip.

The General orders their soldier to prepare for setup formation, the 2nd Infantry Division or the Red team command by General Wattanachai Wuttisiri will set up information first and will wait for the artillery battalion to fire and they will charge.
The 1st Infantry Division or Blue team command by General Surayud Chulanont will rush to set up formation and rush to the bush waiting for a signal from a Reconnasinase unit to report the enemy.

as the soldier prepares for the charge into the battlefield, the loud sound occurred, turns out it is the gun sound signal for the start of the maneuver. The Soldier rush into the battlefield with the yell sound of both sides

The simulation of the battlefield during the first phase line of both sides.

Simulation map explanation: The 1st Infantry Division or Blue team rushing setup formation and rush into the battlefield and then the sound of artillery was heard, the blue side's soldier would hear the yells of 2nd Infantry Division or Red team from afar, and the artillery shell would fall into 1st Infantry Division's soldier, the artillery shell fall directly into the 1st combat medical battalion luckily they are medical unit they get the ability to heal themselves result in 3 injured and 5 serious injured, in Reconnasinase unit the artillery shell fall in the front of them, the soldier was freak out and the vision of enemy begin blurry luckily no one was hurt, in 3rd Infantry Regiment the artillery shell also fall in front of them but a lot closer result in 25 injured.
On the 2nd Infantry Division or Red team hear to signal from artillery shot and start rushing on an offensive line, the artillery shell fall into the middle of the offensive group luckily no one was injured, they would continue rushing into the middle of the battlefield.

Casualty Report

1st Infantry Division(Blue team)	2nd Infantry Division(Red team)
28 injured 5 serious injured	No casualty Report

 

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After the artillery was fire many were injured but in the real battle, the time won't stop for anyone. both sides would start splitting into a group and from the new formation that fits in the current situation

The new form formation of Blue team and Red team

Blue Team Formation: General Surayud Chulanont order a 1st, 2nd Infantry Regiment to split into 3 battalions each to cover more area in the ambush, 1st combat medical battalion will be split into 2 squads to support 1st, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion will be split into 2 platoons which will cover and support behind 4th tank battalion, and the 1st signal battalion will be split into 4 squads will keep the signal communication with all men's in the ambush line.
In the middle, the Reconnasinase unit will keep waiting for the enemy. At the bottom, the 3rd Infantry Regiment will split into 5 company size squads to directly shoot the enemy.
Red Team Formation: General Wattanachai Wuttisiri orders a 2nd, 12th, 21st Infantry Regiment to split into 3 battalions each and will be on the frontline, 2nd Medical battalion will be split into 4 squads and continue to support the frontline, 2nd Anti-tank company will be split into 2 squads with 6 tank destroyer each, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion will be split into 2 squads to keep support Tank Destroyer and 2nd Cavalry Squadron, 30th Cavalry Squadron, 2nd signal crop battalion, and 12th military police battalion will stay in the back and support the frontline.

when both sides form a new formation they will continue their plan. the Red team will continue to rush into the middle of the battlefield and will find a surprise that the Blue team will give them

Blue Team Attack Plan

As the 2nd Infantry Division going down to the south, it's a good opportunity for the 1st Infantry Division to start an ambush and would neutralize the enemy, and the 3rd Infantry Regiment in the south can directly fire into the enemy, so the officer issue an order to attack

Red team for the counterattack

The 2nd Infantry Division was certainly too rush into the middle of the battlefield. they will find themself a negative situation, as they hear the yell from the bush, it's too late, they found themselves in a deadly situation, the bullet, a scream is everywhere, the officer ordered to counter-attack into all direction where the bullet comes from.

Casualty Report

1st Infantry Division(Blue team)	2nd Infantry Division(Red team)
250 injured 20 serious injured	450 injured 50 serious injured

 

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Current situation
The 1st Infantry Division continues to attack non-stop trying to push groups of the 2nd Infantry Division in to isolate, the 2nd Infantry Division can't do anything much just fire back in all directions. one of the 2nd Infantry Division soldiers says "sir! we can't hold it anymore! if we continue like this we will get encirclement sir!" the officer replied "Everything is uncertain we can't do anything much right now! keep firing back!" in the side of 1st Infantry Division, the soldier says "Mr.s officer our ambush line seems to be a success!" the officer replied "Haha! they will raise the white flag soon"

Current 1st Infantry Division plan
As the situation begins in favor of General Surayud Chulanont he issues the order to ambush line to isolate to the north side of the 2nd Infantry Division and the 3rd Infantry Regiment will penetrate through the south side of the 2nd Infantry Division defense's line currently there is nothing to issue a big order much in a battle situation, the plan would be an issue by an officer of each squad to issue an order, and the frontline battalions start to get damaged.

Current 2nd Infantry Division plan
As the majority of the 2nd Infantry Division has been damaged primarily on the north side. General Wattanachai Wuttisiri would issue an order on the north side of the army to attack the enemy which is going to encirclement the group in the back, at the south the battalion would continue counterattack and try to clear the weak part of the 1st Infantry Division area.

Casualty Report

1st Infantry Division(Blue team)	2nd Infantry Division(Red team)
300 injured 50 serious injured 175 recovered from injured 25 recovered from serious injured	500 injured 100 serious injured 200 recovered from injured 45 recover from serious injured

 

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After the attack of many soldier start, each side develops their position as best as they can to win the strategic point. the Infantry battalions on the north side of the 1st Infantry Division start to split themselves into company size squad and will cover a large area of the North and will encirclement the 2nd Infantry Division that hasn't captured yet on the Northside, at the southside the 2nd Infantry Division has an advantage over number compare to the 1st Infantry Division soldier that currently present in southside, the 1st Infantry Division in the south will continue fire into a 2nd Infantry Division that is going to push and clear them.

As the 1st Infantry Division in the North trying to push the 2nd Infantry Division into their Decision point the middle of the encirclement point, some soldier squad of the 2nd Infantry Division tries to push back, some end up begin to capture, and some end up begins able to capture 1st Infantry Division squad but get capture by the reinforcement, at the south both 1st Infantry Division and 2nd Infantry Division start to push into the assault position immediately.

After the successful encirclement of the 1st Infantry Division at the northside, the last 2nd Infantry Division was forced to withdraw from engagement the incoming 1st Infantry Division soldier and withdraw back to the decision point, at the southside the 1st Infantry Division which is currently fighting with the incoming 2nd Infantry Division soldier, the 1st Infantry division offensive plan tend to be unsuccessful and force the 1st Infantry Division to split into the platoon.

After The last 1st Infantry Division squad in the northside of the battlefield was forced to fall back to their decision point the 1st Infantry Division will continue to push into the decision point and will successfully capture the last squad of the 1st Infantry Division and occupy the decision point, at the south the 1st Infantry Division soldier was forced to fall back from their decision point and the 2nd Infantry Division will successfully occupy the decision point and capture all 1st Infantry Division soldier that fallback.

After the successful attack of the 1st Infantry Division in the north, and the 2nd Infantry Division in the south, they will meet in the middle of the battlefield to decide the result of the battle, in this battle, appears to be that the 1st Infantry Division now has an advantage of number compare to the 2nd Infantry Division and both sides decide to call artillery to fire at the battlefield non-stop.

after a long hour of fighting, the officer of the 1st Infantry Division all send a signal communication of their victory and the loss of the 2nd Infantry Division, at the last moment of the battle the 1st Infantry Division split into platoons to encirclement the enemy and capture all the soldier of 2nd Infantry Division.

Result

The 1st Infantry Division command by General Surayud Chulanont to win in the Maneuver battle and would receive real war experience, Encirclement skill, firing skill, signal communication skill, artillery operation skill, tank operation skill, maintenance, and engineer skill, and field medical skill. on the 2nd Infantry division which lost the battle would receive better decisions skill, suppression skills, firing skills, signal communication skills, artillery operation skills, Tank destroyer operations skills, maintenance, and engineer skill, and combat medical skill.

Casualty Report

1st Infantry Division(Blue team)	2nd Infantry Division(Red team)
450 injured 100 serious injured	750 injured 300 serious injured

The Soldier will celebrate their victory and the injured soldier will be transported to the hospital, after the finish of celebrating the soldier would be sent to their home and reunite with their family
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