Midnight Massacre


Uttfeld, Germany, September 15th, 1944: The "Siegfried Line" was proving just as tough to crack 
as everyone had feared. The 28th Division was the first American unit to be ordered to tackle
this formidable obstacle, an honor its men would rather have left for someone else. Progress was 
slow and costly, and often strayed from plan. In order to close an unexpected gap between two
battalions, Company F of the 110th Infantry Regiment cleared out a small grouping of pillboxes
in the late afternoon of September 14th. The last pillbox fell just as darkness arrived. The
weary men settled down around the pitted and scarred pillboxes, hoping to spend a quiet night.
But just after midnight, the sound of approaching tracked vehicles brought everyone awake.

Game Length: 7 turns

For the Germans to win they must capture all pillboxes
For the Americans to win they hold the pillboxes

Germans: Squads, MMG, LMG's, FT's, AFV's
Americans: Squads, MMG, MTR, BAZ's

Boards: #17, #18

Aftermath: The newly reconstituted 304th Panzergrenadier Regiment of the 2nd Panzer had been called 
upon to counterattack, and given some special support in the form of flamethrower armed halftracks.
Overrunning the American pickets, the Germans were among the positions of the company almost before
all were awake. Company F's radio was defective, capable of sending but not receiving. Only one
desperate message was transmitted to nearby units: "King Sugar to anybody. King Sugar to anybody.
Help! We are having a counterattack - tanks, infantry, flamethrowers!" But the radio unable to
receive, no artillery support could be offered and the regimental CO could not get more information 
on the enemy force. Before any help could arrive, the action had subsided. The men of Company F had
been slaughtered, most in their foxholes; only a few had survived to flee to tell, in disjointed
detail, what had happened.


Source: from ASL Annual '89, ASL Scenario A9, Midnight Massacre
  