Getting a bit behind in my blog postings. This is a game from about 10 days ago at my place featuring a Blitzkrieg from Table 3 to Table 4 in our Many Rivers campaign. I had won our last game and decided to Blitzkrieg the next table with the surviving forces from the previous battle.
Forces
Guards Platoon #2 (missing 4 men)
FR 0, 5CD, Regulars
Supports (12)
AAMG 1
2 Minefields
2 Barbed Wire
2" Mortar
Extra Section
Demo Team
Demo Team (free)
Schützen Platoon #3 (missing 3 men)
FR +1, 5CD, Regulars
Supports (19)
Shabby Nazi Trick 1
Red Dice 2
Smoke Barrage 2
le.18 IG 4
Stuka Attack 4
Pioneer Squad 6 (10 men)
Game
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| The table, the 3 area of bushes represents clumps of trees, not forests. They block LOS and provide Light Cover. They do not slow movement. |
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| Patrol Markers and JOPs from the German attack area. |
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| View from the Britisg=h defensive line with the Stuka attack, not a whole lot of success destroying buildings, just one which was inconsequential. |
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| Side view of the table, this was the Going with a Bang scenario from the 1940 handbook. Graham had to take out 2 culverts to win the game. I added in the railroad track for the fun of it but we treated it as a road for game purposes as laid out in the scenario. |
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| Lots of smoke in this game |
Summing Up
Well this was a fairly quick game with the British withdrawing before they could destroy either culvert so the road is now open to the German advance and in Turn 5 they are now able to bring in AFVs. Graham was a bit unlucky with the placement of his JOPs as neither was close to a culvert so he had great difficulty deploying his demolition teams. He decided to withdraw to preserve his platoon.
German Platoon #3
Platoon Leader Outlook: Secure
Men’s opinion: 2
CO’s opinion: 0
German Platoon #3: 3 dead next game
German 1st Platoon has lost 5 dead , 5 missing for next game
German 2nd Platoon has lost 8 dead, 4 missing for the next game
British Platoon #2
Platoon Leader Outlook: Happy
Men’s opinion: 0
CO’s opinion: -2
British Platoon #2: 2 dead, 1 missing next game
British Platoon #1: 5 dead, 2 missing next game
It was a busy week and I have 2 more CoC reports to post!
It was an odd game where I rolled far too many "4's" on my Command dice and was only able to get 1 infantry section and my 2" mortar on the table before deciding that there was no way I was going to demolish either culvert. Withdraw to fight another day.
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