The Battle of Ganjgal
Dakota and his compatriots were aware that they would not have air support, being so close to civilians and all, it was just too risky. With the support of artillery availability, the soldiers continued on route. On arrival however, the unit ere ambushed on multiple sides by more than 100 Taliban militants. Intelligence had reported some possibility of this, but no way near at this magnitude. Dakota and his unit were put in an uncomfortable position, and needed to keep level headed.
The Battle of Ganjgal
Tactics
Despite calling for artillery support, the request was not accepted on the possibility that there would be great civilian casualties. Furthermore, other air support, helicopters, were under fire at another location. It was quite an uncomfortable situation for the unit to put it lightly. The assistance they thought they would have was gone, and they were surrounded. It required a great tactical decision to bypass this situation.
