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atCampVictory to the south west ofKohang , did manage to mount an attack but soon bogged down in a
series of ambushes.

By chance, the Slammers had a maintenance facility at the Nationalist military baseCampProgress in the
central highlands to the south. The Slammer component at the base was commanded by Captain June '
Junebug' Ransom who was ordered to put a scratch column together from whateverarmour and
personnel she had available and break the siege ofKohang .

CampProgresscame under attack from a Conservative line battalion at the start of the Autumn Offensive.
The Slammerdetachment, consisting of a reduced company of six combat cars and a single troop of three
tanks, put in an immediate counter attack destroying the attackers; Conservative losses were in excess of
60%.

Captain Ransom was given immediate orders to form a scratch-built jock column from the troops and
equipment she had immediately available and relieveKohung with her five remaining combat cars and
three tanks. The column was ambushed right outside the camp in a troop recreation town called Happy
Days. All the Slammer vehicles successfully traversed the town, annihilating a Conservative companyen
passant .

Ransom crossed thePadma atAdakoBeach , a hamlet of twenty or thirty buildings built on the confluence
of theAdako Creek and thePadma destroying a company of Conservative mobile infantry before they
coulddebuss from their trucks. Her column then crossed the bridge at laReole after breaking through the
besieging Conservative lines. One tank was lost to friendly fire and another fell through the damaged
bridge into the river.

The panicking Conservatives instructed the 1stof the 4thNationalistArmoured Brigade, who had
rebelled, to intercept Ransom's remaining vehicles atKawana . The 1sthad around 20 light tanks with 10
howitzer tanks in support. Ransom with one heavy blower tank and five combat cars annihilated the
traitor company in a pincer attack, losing her life in the process. The column relievedKohang and the
heart had been ripped out of the rebellion.



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