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PM – July 22, 1943 (T27)

Patton wants to be First in Messina!

Note: I am landing troops in the same place as Patton but I am landing two regiments not just a couple of battalions.

PM – July 22, 1943 (T27)

Race for Messina.

1st Cdn – will move northeast towards Messina.
231st Bde & 51st Div. & 23rd Arm. – These units no longer can attack more than once per turn.
Will start to swap out with fresh units from XIII corps

7th Army – continue push to Messina on the northwest side of the Island.

PM – July 23, 1943 (T29)

All Roads Lead to Messina.

3rd Division – Regiments 7th and 15th have successfully established beachhead.
Will start to funnel in additional troops.

5th and 50th Divisions- Rested units of XIII Corps arriving to replace XXX Corps Units.

PM – July 23, 1943 (T29) Round 2

Axis Resistance is strong this round of battles.
Axis units successfully defend position.

AM – July 24, 1943 (T30)

Axis had back-to-back turns.

The axis air did significant damage US Navy ships supporting the 3rd Division Beach Landing.

They will be pulled back.

AM – July 25, 1943 (T32)

Overview of Forces.

AM – July 26, 1943 (T34)

The CW Navy takes a beating from Axis Airforce.

AM – July 26, 1943 (T34) round 2

Axis putting a stiff resistance and successfully defend in four places.
Following posts show results from two of these battles.

AM – July 26, 1943 (T34) round 2

CW suffered 11% losses versus 0% for Axis.
Axis unit is a 15th Pzr Grp Infantry (mot). The unit did split into three companies and two of them retreated.
What is not shown is the Axis supporting 10Xartillery units.

AM – July 26, 1943 (T34) round 2

US suffered 131% losses versus 11% for Axis.
Axis unit is a HG Pzr Division Mech Infantry Bn.
What is not shown is the Axis supporting 9Xartillery units.

I know this has nothing to do with this particular thread but the map and unit icons are great. Can you let me know where I can locate and download. I updated the map a while back but this is much better.

Thanks.

ORIGINAL: wags133

I know this has nothing to do with this particular thread but the map and unit icons are great. Can you let me know where I can locate and download. I updated the map a while back but this is much better.

Thanks.

The only mods I use is railroad damage, bridge damage, and formation highlite (red and yelllow) . I got these from Silvanski mods in the mod section of forum. Everything else is from the scenario and toaw4 basic package.

I will check it out. The terrain was much nicer. Sorry to ask, but what is the TOAW4 basic package. I want to make sure, I access the correct MOD. Thanks again.

You can disregard my last message. I'm good.

PM – July 26, 1943 (T35)

Bombs Away!

I moved all the artillery as close to the front as possible.
Then I went for a massive bombardment campaign with artillery and the available air units freed for combat support.
The results are listed below…not really overwhelming but a few with measurable outcomes.

PM – July 27, 1943 (T37)

Germans start to retreat!

PM – July 27, 1943 (T37)

My units are a little ahead of historical.

AM – July 28, 1943 (T38)

Axis Air attack both US and CW navies.

CW Navy (#1) – Battleship Warspite takes damage during battle.
US Navy (#2) – Axis air attacks ships in harbor. No damage to any allied units.

AM – July 28, 1943 (T38) round 2

To the bitter end.

Round 2 - Axis delivers significant damage to attacking Allied units.
Round 3 – Allies do better second attack but still suffer heavy losses. Allies capture territory.

Am I reading this right, have you lost 3 cruisers and something like 27 destroyers?? Axis air power was not capable of this kind of effectiveness at this point in the war. I wonder about naval power in this game, between this AAR and Warspite's AAR on the desert campaign, it seems naval/air and naval/ground interactions are substantially out of whack.