ASL The Last Hurrah Scenario 45 - Revenge at Kastelli

Published in ASL Module 6 - The Last Hurrah

KASTELLI, CRETE, 20 May, 1941: A number of Greek regiments, under-
strength and poorly armed but with grim determination after the defeats of the
past month, were on Crete. On the day of the German paratroop assault, one
such - the 1st, numbering a bit over 1,000 men - was stationed at Kastelli near
the western end of the island to protect its small harbor. German troops landed
east of the village, and north and south of the main road nearby. Needing no urg-
ing from the New Zealand officers attached, the Greeks - though poorly-armed -
sallied out to meet the enemy.

Best played as Greek vs. German when playing against the AI.

Units: 
German: Squads, Leaders, LMG
Greeks: Squads, Leaders, LMG

Maps: ASL Maps 2, 3 and 11

Setup:
Greeks set up anywhere in BR Zone 1
Germans have been pre-placed in this scenario

Terrain: Village, grain, brush (all woods hexes made brush by scenario rules), orchards

Visibility: 6 hexes

Scenario Length: 11 turns (the last turn being Greek only)

Victory Objective: The Greek player wins a major victory by amassing 20 or more victory points.
The German player wins by preventing this and/or by achieving the VP amounts set in the scenario.

AFTERMATH: So furious was their attack, so bitter their rage, that by 1100 hours the
pockets of German paratroopers were overwhelmed. A Greek platoon led by a New
Zealander, Major Bedding, captured the last stronghold in the rocky hills above the vil-
lage. The Germans lost some 50 men killed and 58 taken prisoner; 57 Greeks were
killed and 62 wounded. But the real story of the battle of Kastelli began now. Bedding
reported to his headquarters that he took over and jailed the prisoners taken there at the
request of Greek Colonel Maniadakis, who was afraid that his own men might kill them
out of hand. Yet when the German 95th Engineer Batallion took the village on the 24th,
some 200 Greeks were killed - in retaliation for supposed atrocities (it was claimed that
some 40 Germans were mutiliated). This episode marked the beginning of numerous
German reprisals against the Cretans - a new note in the crescendo of the blitzkreig.

Adapted by: utexgrad
Original Scenario Design: Rex A. Martin and Brian Martuzas