Now back to the plan, and follow this closely please!
Preperations
First the German commando unit needs to find and establish a central hiding defensive position, and this will be done at the very first night or very early in the morning. Once this is done an escape route is planned and hideouts are made.
When all of the above has been done the targeted town and its surroundings need be studied, something which can be achieved quite easily by an undercover reconnaissance team. The same team should also preferably find out where the nearest native military base is located, thereby knowing what road it'll be utilizing to reach the town. Once that has been done three to four well concealed positions overlooking the city need be found established.
Now when I earlier said that the Commandos should establish themselves around the town I meant in three or four positions like above, and in 3 or 5 man groups, overlooking the entry roads and the town itself, reporting back any activity. So thats around 15-20 men.
Additionally a single well concealable position with lots of vegetation overlooking the road where the native military will be coming from need be found. After that has been accomplished the four S-18/1000 rifles, two MG34's two MG42's are brought over to this position by a 15 man group under the cover of darkness, and once there the weapons are hidden away well camoflaged and then left there.
Now after a thurough recon of the town, and esp. the natural surroundings, two suitable implacement positions for the artillery are established. The guns are then brought up to these positions the night up to the attack, either all in one place or split up in two. (I'd split them up) Each of the LG.40's will need three men for quick operation, so that's 12 men. The medium heavy mortars need two men each, so that's 20 men. So that's 32 men making up the artillery unit.
The small 50mm mortars aren't used for the initial bombardment, but by small 5 man groups moving around to provide a false indication of the main unit's awareness. (But this is during the attack itself which we'll get to later) Furthermore the 3 - 4 watch teams situated around the town overlooking it are equipped with two or three of these mini mortars each.
Once the artillery has been placed ready, or while it is being done, a 10 man team sets out to commandeer native transport vehicles and take the passengers hostage. The trucks or cars gained are then all driven to predetermined positions, made ready to be used incase of an emergency getaway and are then camoflaged to avoid detection.
The 10 man group then returns to be re-equipped to full combat gear, and with the rest they begin to ready themselves for the attack.
The 3-4 watch units are each equipped with one small radio and the artillery unit with two radios, one in contact with the watch posts and one in contact with the commanders unit. The Commanders unit is equipped with one small radio for exclusive contact with the artillery watch units and one big radio operated by two specialists used to monitor any native radio transmissions from the area.
The Attack
First a little overview.
The units in fixed positions are:
Artillery: 32 men
Watch: 15 - 20 men
So thats 47 - 52 men.
The remaining 23 - 28 men are split up like so:
Commanders unit: 5 men ( Staying at central hideout and keeping track of radio transmissions)
Distraction Ambush team: 18 - 23 men
At either 0100 or 0200 hours local time the attack starts with a bombardment of the town by the artillery unit, the 81, 105 120mm high explosive shells causing a lot of damage. 5 min into the attack two 5 man groups of the 18/23 man team move in closer to the town and start firing with 50mm mortars from different directions, shifting location after 3 to 5 shells fired, this way distracting and fooling any natives trying to observe the direction from which the main artillery unit is firing.
Meanwhile the remaining 8 to 13 men from the 18/23 man team are acting as a rear guard, patrolling on foot in a circle around the town, keeping in touch with the other units over small radio.
After the attack has lasted 10 - 15 min all four 105mm LG40 artillery pieces 120mm Mortars fire off four leaflet shells each over the town (The leaflets containing scary messages such as "
What we just did to this town we can do to any other where when we choose, you're not safe anywhere", I'm sure that'll send chills down the spine of the Australian the rest of the Allied countries), after that there's an all ceasefire and the artillery unit emmidiately pack up and leave as quickly as possible.
The two 5 man distraction groups fall back and rejoin with the rest of their 18/23 man team which has been patrolling around the town. From there they head on over to the ambush position where the S-18/1000 and MG's are hidden and make ready.
At this point there is bound to be allot of native radio transmissions being sent to the closest military base, and this is closely monitored by the commanders unit which will be warning the ambush team when to be expecting contact.
Meanwhile the watch units pull back, one of them heading for the ambush position to join up, while the rest head for the central hideout a good distance away from it all. They will stay there with the commanders unit until further instructed. (Perhaps being sent over to some of the hidden trucks to make ready for a hasty escape)
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This is all for now, I'll add in the ambush the rest tommorrow..
I hope you have all enjoyed my little hypothesis so far