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RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 3:01 am
by StuccoFresco
Elmer likes too much to plunge his best units deep into enemy lines. As soon as the initial shock ends, it's easy to trap and annihilate them, achieving much more than the temporary damage of the initial breakthough. Seen several times in the Hungarian scenario: panzerdivisionen charging into my ranks and getting lost.
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 12:47 pm
by Hellen_slith
ORIGINAL: StuccoFresco
Elmer likes too much to plunge his best units deep into enemy lines. As soon as the initial shock ends, it's easy to trap and annihilate them, achieving much more than the temporary damage of the initial breakthough. Seen several times in the Hungarian scenario: panzerdivisionen charging into my ranks and getting lost.
Elmer has been going at that railroad, but hasn't quite got to it.
Looks like he's getting a lot of reinforcement from Benghazi.
It is almost his turn again, about to resolve combats.
Finally got the "swinging gate" almost formed up.
Cleaning up the desert LoL
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 8:06 am
by Hellen_slith
@CW T20
Disaster! Elmer smashes the gate
and almost gets into Bardia.
Back to the drawing board
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 8:08 am
by Hellen_slith
@CW T23
Another close call.
Okay, new plan:
Just build the RR to Tobruk.
get reinforcements to the front...
Seems Elmer swings up the Egyptian border
Going to have to figure a way to slow down his reinforcements
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 11:01 pm
by Hellen_slith
@CW T28, about to resolve this combat...
DAK HQ and X Korp HQ are surrounded and about to meet their maker.
That ought to slow Elmer down a bit ... I hope ...
about 75km of RR to build to Tobruk now
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 11:11 pm
by Hellen_slith
Round 1 of combat: entire 1st Armored Division and the fleet =
40% loss for DAK HQ
Round 2 of combat: remainder of 1st AD and the fleet =
40% loss for DAK HQ
Target remains. <sigh>
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:55 am
by StuccoFresco
I hate when that happens.
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:19 am
by Hellen_slith
Yes, it took two turns but I finally got those two HQ units.
Trying to get 1st Armored to Tobruk now
everyone else works on the RR for now
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:08 am
by Hellen_slith
Remember the old TV show, "The Rat Patrol"?
I loved watching that as a kid.
Maybe that's part of why I like these desert scenes.
Got a conga line going through Tobruk now.
Rat patrols are going out more. I think I found where Elmer's coming from.
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:00 am
by Hellen_slith
Well *this* looks familiar...
a few more RR hexes to repair
Elmer's tougher on +2 setting;
takes 2 moves to get through most hexes.
He held a hex with ONE armored car left in it.
And it wouldn't retreat. Tough guy.
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:47 am
by Hellen_slith
Finally got through the DAK holdouts
except that danged Ariete unit
True to their colors, they have been
systematically troublesome
Leads me to ask, Who's surrounding who
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 2:55 am
by StuccoFresco
How is supply level?
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:14 am
by Hellen_slith
ORIGINAL: StuccoFresco
How is supply level?
The desert seems fruitful despite an arid environment
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 11:16 am
by StuccoFresco
Looks a bit much.
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:39 am
by Hellen_slith
Making much faster progress now.
Scouts are already in Derna.
Two Indian divisions going to clean up the oases down south.
Benghazi in about 20 turns or less now, I think.
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:22 am
by Hellen_slith
Well, I thought this would be an easy drive around the coastline...
but Panzers keep popping up out of the desert
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:05 pm
by Hellen_slith
CW73 now, not much left to do
but sweep up the desert
Forward recon / a few tanks and troops are already in Benghazi
The Oasis down south has a lingering DAK division
but should be able to clean that up in a few more goes
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:51 am
by StuccoFresco
Looks thoroughly done.
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:37 am
by Hellen_slith
Yes, still a little dust up at the Oasis.
Benghazi has a few DAK trying to reclaim that,
and just random units popping up out of the desert it seems.
RE: Campaign for N. Africa N41-43 Hellen v. PO
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 2:39 pm
by Hellen_slith
after CW turn 77
Oasis has been secured,
Benghazi is almost sewn up,
goal now is to get to Abagadi
and all the way around the Gulf of Sidi and secure all point hexes
I had planned to complete the scene by the end of year,
about 44 turns are left so I am on pace ...
