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Egyptian Turn 24....The Egyptian's continue to pour reinforcements into the fight with Reshef's Bde at Amir. Both armor and mech infantry appear on the high ground to Reshef's right.

Another Egyptian attempt to push down Lexicon is met by a wall of tank fire...

Erez..."Reshef, my lead element is with your people. I recommend that we use Lexicon as a line. My forces to the east, yours to the west"

Reshef..."Agreed. I need to back my people off first. They are low on ammo. Let me know when you have your people in place. Watch the high ground to the east, more of them have just shown up."

Erez..."I have an element about to take care of that"....

Turn 24 cont...A volley of missile fire flew towards Nir's tanks but they hit nothing, leaving the tanks covered in thin wires.

Israeli Turn 25...They watched as the enemy retreated out of Amir. The amount of tank cannon fire into the buildings and streets forced the enemy back, but the Israeli's were not going to advance....

Erez's tanks turned east and forced the Egyptian armor on the high ground back after losing multiple tanks.

Reshef's armor begins to deploy west of Lexicon, with tanks providing covering fire.

Turn 25 cont...The Israeli's occupy the last of the buildings within The Farm. The rest of the line consolidates their positions.

Nir's tanks make contact with Matt's Para's and provide overwatch down the trench line...

Turn 25 cont...Nir's force continues to force its way north, finding itself over running pockets of resistance while taking ineffective enemy fire.

A Plt of BRDM-2's is wiped out...

Israeli Turn 26...The assault towards Amir. A Company of tanks secure the western flank, destroying the remain enemy armor. Another force secures the eastern flank....

A Bn of tanks approaches Amir, but holds outside of the objective to await the enemy response. There are over 30 vehicles aflame in and around the objective.

Reshef..."Are we ready?"

Erez...Yes.

As always bootlegger great read and presentation. Looks like you got them on the run, but all I can think of reading it is "at what price victory".

ORIGINAL: budd

As always bootlegger great read and presentation. Looks like you got them on the run, but all I can think of reading it is "at what price victory".

Thanks Budd....With 19 turns left, I still have to get at least Matt's Para's across the canal. When all is said and done, I will compare the loses in game vs historical...especially in tanks.

This scenario is brutal....The Egyptian artillery is bleeding me to death.

Turn 26 Cont....The Israeli's continue to consolidate the Tirtur Road line while attacking only the northern portion in "The Farm.

Turn 26 cont...Nir's tanks are constrained by wrecks and terrain. The Centurian's are like elephants in the sand....but they take their toll of enemy armor.

Adan..."Can you break the line?"

Nir..."Yes, I need about hour, but we will break their line."

Adan...They are about to launch on Amir. Can you support ?"

Nir..."Not yet. Can they do without me?"

Adan..."They will have to."

Egyptian Turn 26...The enemy artillery takes another Bn Cdr...Morag is dead.

The enemy counter attack at Amir.

Turn 26 cont...The Egyptian's destroy 3 of Erez's tanks as they continue to reposition to the Israeli threat.

Israeli Turn 27..."The Massacre at Amir"

Cpt Shazly watched as the last of his 18 truck convoy exited the assault bridge. He climbed back in his vehicle and went to the head of the column. Once there, he turned right keeping the high bank of the canal to his right and headed south. His orders were to move to an area approx 500m south of the bridge and setup a defensive position to deny the enemy access to the bridge. He asked his commander "What enemy?" "Hq's says enemy "Raiding groups" were operating in the area and were believed to be heading towards the bridge to destroy it. Deploy your unit in front of the road using the canal to secure your right, and tie your left with the unit here." He pointed to a group of buildings that were at the road intersection on his map.

The terrain was mostly marsh, sand, and hardpack so the going was slow. There was a light fog hanging in the air making visibility only about 500m. Off to his left he saw a bright glow in the night sky and he heard the muffled sounds of what he thought was... tank cannon fire? As he approached the position where he would dismount his troops, he saw the burning hulks of bridging vehicles, SAM vehicles, APC's and tanks. "What "Raiding Party" can do this?" he asked himself. The last thing he saw was a bright flash off to his left front before he died...

Lt. Havanah's makeshift company of tanks, made up from survivors from the early fight at the Tirtur/Lexicon junction, were positioned along the canal bank about 1.5km's from Usha road. His force was the one that eliminated the Egyptian armor foray into the Matzmed area and now he was trading fire with various vehicles that were using the multitude of wrecks as cover. Between the smoke, fog, and fires, it was becoming tedious and they were wasting precious ammo.

He called the TC's of the two tanks from Mitzner's Bn and told them to hold their positions as he moved the rest of the tanks off to the east and north. He wanted to get around the wrecks to finish remaining enemy vehicles. As his tanks cleared the wrecks, a lone T62 was mixed in with some bridging vehicles. Then, just to the right, a column of trucks appeared. He ordered his force to open fire with white phosphorous and machineguns on the trucks while he took on the tank.

3 more tanks were spotted coming down what he believed to be Usha Road. In the ensuing 15 minutes, he stood in his TC's hatch as he watched as his tanks decimated the column. The tanks raked the vehicles as enemy soldiers tried to escape the killing ground...18 trucks, 5 tanks, 2 Bridge tanks, 2 Mobile Sam launchers, and an untold number of Egyptian soldiers....

Just to his east, the sound of massive tank cannon fire rocked the night. Multiple hits within the small village caused the Egyptians to panic and attempt to retreat. More Israeli tanks fired at the enemy tanks on the high ground to the east also causing mayham as more and more tanks were destroyed. Just to the south of this onslaught, erez's tanks pulled into reverse slope positions waiting for the Egyptian's to expose themselves at very close range....

Turn 27 cont...Nir's forces continue to attrit and overrun the Egyptian positions . The terrain has dictated that his fight is one of enemy destruction, not one of maneuver.

Egyptian Turn 27.. The battle for Amir ...

The Egyptian commanders "on the ground" realize the importance of holding the Amir junction. Mulitudes of units are brought forth to form a defensive buffer to deny the Israeli's a path to "Their Bridge"

The rest of the enemy line continues to contract under Israeli pressure.

Israeli Turn 28....As the enemy continues to throw more units at Reshef's advance up Lexicon, Erez's forces guard his flank.

Reshef..."I'm taking heavy fire on my right flank from the high ground. Can you do something about that?"

Erez..."I have a Bn moving higher that should help. There are enemy tanks trying to push west behind you. I have a Bn engaging them now and they will also move higher."

Sharon listened to his Bde Cdr's transmissions. "Your attack has caused the enemy to direct his artillery elsewhere. It has dropped off considerably here. "How far have you gone?"

Reshef..."Yes, I know where its now falling. I'm at Usha/Lexicon. They don't want me here."

Sharon understood the meaning of both transmissions.....

Turn 28 cont....Nir's Bde continues its destruction mission..

Looks like the Egyptians are into a world of pain now that they have been pushed out from the Farm

The AI seems to put up a pretty decent fight...

And it is only going to get better!