Played another game of Elusive Victory with Paul today. This time scenario EV9 Operation Rimonim – an Egyptian sortie to challenge IAF CAP over the northern Red Sea.
The game played fairly simply with Paul’s Egyptian MiGs (2 x 4 ship MiG-21 formations) flying to intercept my two four-ship Mirage IIICJ formations which idled to the East back over the Sinai and their friendly Hawk batteries.
As the MiG’s reached the Red Sea and turned to the south the Mirages reversed to head west and hit their afterburners. They pair of Mirage flights made a fast head on pass firing radar guided Matra’s at the MiGs, shooting down one MiG and damaging another (soon to be crippled by a mechanical failure random event).
The single MiG kill for no Israel loss was enough to ensure an Israeli victory, so the Mirages carried on past the MiGs and headed east at full speed to safety.
A further flight of Mirages sorted from Refidim to join the fray, but didn’t reach the fight in time along with an additional two Mirages which appears from a lucky random event roll.
Great fun .
