When Eagles Attack Lion Farm

[Monkie]

This is how the dice rolls went for Kegley and Rose.... well done men!

[Monkie]

And here is Lehman coming in to save the day by pinning Rose's assault and ending any chance for victory. I would have done anything to see a 3 roll for my units this game.

[El_Condoro]

I've never seen the AI do that - send Richter out from the NW. He usually hangs around with Hoffman. In other scenarios, my actions affect where the AI sends its squads, so try the south and then west approach to see if the AI only sends Verhafter, which is what it has done every time I've played this scenario. What happened to your squads in the south-west forest? Did they get close assaulted by Verhafter? Getting Rose so close is an achievement - don't forget you can reload the scenario and it will start you on Turn 5 (in this case) and maybe you can offset the bad dice rolls.

[JonJonJon]

ORIGINAL: Monkie

This is pretty much how every game has gone my last 4 attempts. Rose and Kegley sit in the only cover available and continue to do absolutely nothing to wear down the outter defenders. Any attempt at decoys have been cut down already by the AI 2 and 3's rolls. The demo charge is with the 2 squads in the woods but Richter is waiting along with Verhafter neither of which has suffered any damage. Berhafter has the orchards covered so Rose has little to no chance of moving towards the objective without some type of pin or loss.

I think you're being too aggressive - there's no need to move forward of Rose and Kegley's positions until the last turn. Decoy runners before the defense is whittled down is suicide. Sit back , take advantage of the superior range the allied troops have and deplete the defenses for four turns.

[Monkie]

Actually Rose did sit back till the last minute and was able to get his assault in on the HQ on the turn 5 Allied move and close assault segment, however by then he was so depleted and the pin pretty much ruined any chance. Rose has to be on the move by Turn 4 or else I don't think his platoon has movement points but I could be wrong, I'll have to game it and see.

To answer El Condoro.... the squads in the SW forest I sent after Verhafter and Richter since they really had little else they could do. I was obviously trying to draw fire off of Rose. I believe they had the Demo Charge and inflicted some casualties but little to change the course of the attack. I believe they were wiped out on the Germans turn 4 segments counterattacks.

Kegley was worthless and I immediately sent him back to the states to train replacements.

[Monkie]

So Rose does need to be on the move for Turns 4 and 5 to be in position for the final assault. I got close but it was only because I literally sacrificed most Kegley's Platoon rushing out from the house drawing fire. The final assault was put in but no dice. I guess I can replay the last turn over and over until they roll a winning assault but I'm good with knowing this is about the best strategy available.

Perhaps a little tinkering in the OOB might create a few more approaches for the Americans.