Some neck, some chicken

[John B.]

The lesson that will be taken home from this war is to not be in a 50 mm mortar crew. I wonder if the Dutch and Belgian forces had a lot of those.

[John B.]

Big losses in very light tanks. Again, I wonder if this is from the Belgian and Dutch forces.

[John B.]

Heavy allied air losses. If you walk onto the airstrip and see you've been assigned to a Gladiator it's time to report to sick call!

[John B.]

We're about 2/3rds of the way through the game and it is really a redux of WWI. Lots and lots of dead people and the lines don't seem to move very much. RB made a little bit of headway but at very heavy cost. And, I tried to dislodge the German armor division that is far into the red in terms of its readiness, but it took a licking and stayed in place.

[StuccoFresco]

Looks like you are in a good position for now. Generally speaking, how did you halt the Panzers?

[John B.]

Hi SF,

Sorry for the delay in responding. The game continues we just continue to pound on each other. I'm not sure I did anything magic to stop the panzers. I think RB spent a lot of time attacking the cities of Brussels and dividing his attentions between there and Metz and I"m happy to be in trench warfare since my army is bigger. The fact that the BEF could rest up and get to nearly full strength before I sent them into the line was also helpful.

But, it's not done yet, as it stands I only have a marginal victory.

[John B.]

A lot of dead Germans from RB's turn. They are starting to feel the time crunch and pushing. Metz is the one big prize they are next to and it continues to hold out.

[John B.]

Situation at the start of my turn in the north.

[John B.]

And in the south. Nothing much happened in my turn. I dug in and did a bunch of bombardments. Might as well rest my guys and dig deeper and the burden of attack is still on RB. But, my center is a bit thin and there is a 20 VP city there that RB might be able to grab before the end of the game so I have to watch it.