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Amfreville:

Turn 2, Day 2.

729th RGT/ 709th INF DIV vs 507th RGT/ 82nd AB DIV


First off let me say this. The fact that Bob didn't throw in the towell and played out this battle speaks volumes. He was caught without any anti tank defense here this time, basically had to just watch helplessly for 19mins as this battle unfolded.

The previous battle set this up for me, as I needed that area I took to deploy the most critical tank to this attack. I had no idea what he was going to use here this time (there was a longer then normal delay in his purchase phase, on occasions he has changed his tactics), but I was hoping he was going to play this as he had the previous battles. I figuired the worst that would happen is I could lose both tanks and probably 1/2 map on morale, leaving me just enuff town at the top to probably hold out for several more turns till help arrived. Best case I could take the entire map or enuff of it that he would be forced to disband this Bg.

If the counter attacking Bg arrives at the top of this map day 3 (and its the same one), then this might be the high watermark for me here. Actually I might find myself meeting the same fate after a days battling, but at least for now the 507th is in supply and can take a well needed rest!

Screen shot from the tank deployed to the east side of this map. I think the gunners name is fitting here and was game selected, how ironic!

The Brits had the TETRACHS arrive by glider... the US had the Shermans drive to their destination.

Sadly 5th Para wasn't there to get that glider, but the 507th was very happy for Heuston efforts! [:D]


St. Honorine:

916thRGT/352nd ID vs 26thRGT/1st ID

Merville Battery:

Turn 2, Day 2.

WN 4 / 716th INF DIV vs 8th BDE/ 3RD British ID


I wish I had an easy answer for this map, but I dont. The crossfire is insane, the cover poor, and the 20mm's deadly. All you can hope for is attrition to win this map. I finally got a little this battle, something I should have got last time had I played it right.

Hermanville Sur Mer:

Turn 2, Day 2.

192nd PzGr/21st PD vs 8thBDE/3rd British ID

Who said the Hibiki story was over!**

Excellant German tactics rule the day here. They cleared an opening, braved tank fire, covered with well placed mortar rounds and used Panzer support to surpress my infantry teams. The end result was a well earned exit flag!







**"Small ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki". Probably the best AAR ever writen, by Cuttlefish.

Edit: Reply to bottom post. Your being very modest Bob. That was truely an amazing feat you pulled off! Also what are you doing wasting time here posting, when you have your own AAR to do (just kidding)! Ive been waiting for over a week for an update man, come on, get with it, I need my Pacific War fix...! [:D]

While I am happy with the results of the Hermanville battle, I do want to say that a had some luck in this fight. My half track could have gotten popped by your infantry or the tanks covering the gap at the bottom of the field early on. The fact they cleared that infantry team so quickly and spotted your tanks helped me know what I was up against. Killing that one infantry team was very helpful since it allowed my assault teams to get up off their bellies and run through to the forest.

Plus the stone fence near the exit flag does make tank maneuvers tricky. And finally - it is always hard to hold big maps like this against a determined push in one spot - I know from being on the receiving end most of the time.


The Fatherland must be protected! Hitler says to throw these invaders back to the sea and we will do so!!

Creully:

Turn 2, Day 2.

WN 72/716th ID vs 8thBDE/3rd Canadian ID

This map might be small compared to the rest, but what it lacks in size it makes up with heart. Connecting five road junctions, two of which were critical for me at this stage of the campaign, this town had to be taken fast and at all costs.

Lucky for me WN 72 was just a shell of its former self, having lost a good many teams at Dog Green beach June 6th. That being said, they didn't just roll over and play dead here either. Their command team (which terminator 7 will be based off in the distant future) almost took out my entire BG by itself.

Not taking any chances, I entered this map with air and mortar support to deal with the at-guns. Having no fuel I knew I couldn't count on armor, even thou I gambled bringing one along anyway. Battle started out great for me too with my tank(1) out of fuel and my first two recon teams (2&3) killed within seconds of contact with the enemy. Now down to 12 teams this was begining to look interesting. Wasn't until I was able to bring back the other scout teams (5) that the map was finally taken with heavy losses (even lost my mortar team(4)). What really surprised me at the end was how well morale held considering 4 of the 5 German teams were lost. We probably were at the 3min mark when it finally ended.

Crepon:

Turn 2, Day 2.

915th RGT/352nd ID vs 231st/50th British ID

Hummmm.....Only the birds were making noise in this one. So far our bill for damage is running around 500 bucks. Tired of waiting, the towns people have already started returning to there homes.

I basically just used the opportunity to take back area lost during Bobs assault for the Arromanches exit a few turns back.

End of turn 2, day 2 action report!

Turn 3, Day 2 (June 7th):

I have to say the movement phase is what makes this game fun. I had some ideas were my oppenent was going in a few areas, in others I had no clue. One spot in particular I could easily have been waiting for their arrival, but Caen is my objective and that BG has the best entry point (now whether it survives is another story). The rogue German BG I now have in the Omaha area pulled off many impressive moves to snake thru to an open coast now.

St Marie du Mont:

Turn 3, Day 2.

919th RGT/ 709th Inf Div vs 506st RGT/101st AB Div

Not really much to say here. I set the AB up to cover the only exit available for the Germans if they decided to leave Exit 2 map. Germans faced a tuff entry point, no ammo, and a Bgs morale you will never break and the outcome was pretty much a given, if not this turn, for sure the next. Only thing I was worried about if I didn't finish them off this turn, I would be forced to stay at Exit 2 incase they decided to go back.

This is a good place for me to say something about no ammo. I think as it stands currently in the game it does not mean very much. Just my 2 cents from playing this game, but I would like to see another level of supply created so that when a BG is out of ammo, they really are out of ammo (say 10% of max, were by German Mgs would only get 250 rounds insted of 500 to 750). Maybe its not possible to do program wise, but I just think right now "no ammo" levels are a joke. We battled for nearly 19mins and the Germans never ran out (now granted Bob did a great job shuffling teams, but come on). If this was a 15m game they wouldn't even have to be shuffled!

Mosles:

Turn 3, Day 2.

916th RGT/ 352th Inf Div vs 18th RGT/1st ID


916th pulled out of St Honorine heading into Mosles just as the 18th arrived from Colleville. Germans had just a slight edge and due to the terrain were able to get a better angle on the Surrain exit. I had what I thought was fairly good setup to keep the exit neutral but a great last second charge by a Marder secured it just as time ran out. 916th has been fairly busy moving toward the coast day 1 to block a break out from Fox Green and now seems to be headed back to support the Trevieres depot.

Merville Battery:

Turn 3, Day 2.

WN 4 / 716th INF DIV vs 8th BDE/ 3RD British ID

The End!....Oh crap I think there will be a sequel day 3 that wont have such a happy ending!

Ouistreham:

Turn 3, Day 2.

857th RGT/346th INF DIV vs 7th BDE/ 3RD Canadian ID

Germans attacking from Benouville.

Creully:

Turn 3, Day 2.

915th RGT/352th INF DIV vs 8th BDE/ 3RD Canadian ID

Germans attacking from Crepon.

End of turn 3, day 2 action report!

With a new scoring system under development the Germans are currently winning this GC 57 to 35 with 8 still undecided.

Turn 4, Day 2 (June 7th):

St. Mere Eglise:

Turn 4, day 2.

795th Ost/709th ID vs 505thRGT/82nd AB

Pont L' Abbe:

Turn 4, day 2.

1057thRGT/91st ID vs 22ndRGT/4th ID