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Day 2 – 18h30

151st Inf Bde and 4th Arm Bde are making some painful progress towards the airport (see picture below). For this progress to happen though I had to give new orders for an all-out attack regardless of casualties because before that, the units kept stopping and holding back. The 231st Bde has still not started to move towards the airport and is still lined up on the north-south highway. It is being thoroughly harassed and fired upon by enemy units around Gennep.

Day 2 – 19h30

It seems there is a few hundreds SS troops around Gennep according to 231st recon reports. It will be impossible to march towards the Welshap airport before these enemy troops are routed since they can fire in the backs of the 231st, so I order the 231st to attack immediately. Princess Irene Bde is encountering fierce enemy resistance on its side. I order the Dutch Bde to step up the attack and continue to press forward.

Day 3 – 00h24

After a long and arduous evening of fight, 4th Arm Bde and 151st Bde announces they have secured the Welshap airport objective (see picture below). We now need to hold on to it. I order Brigadiers Gordon (151st) and Carver (4th) to establish a strong defense perimeter to insure the continued control of the airport.

I can now concentrate my energies to re-establish full control of Hell’s Highway. In Eindhoven, although 506th Rgt has secured most of the downtown, enemy troops remain around and prevent the complete securization of the city. I order the 506th to extend their defense perimeter and energically attack enemy troops. Meanwhile, the 231st Bde is embroiled in a major firefight in Gennep. The SS troops there I tenaciously holding their ground. Hopefully we will regain control of Gennep before tomorrow morning.

Day 3 – 3h30

I order the 44th Royal Tank Rgt to send its C Coy in Zeelst to secure the village and the D Bty of the 102 AT Rgt to do the same in Meerveldhoven. I also order A,B, and C Recon platoons to secure Veldhoven.

231st Inf Bde, Princess Irene Bde and 506th Rgt do not report significant progress. The resistance of the Germans is major.

Day 3 - 8h00

The operation is over, and the scenario is a draw. Although I managed to capture the airport, it is pretty much the only objective I got ! I was not able to recover control of Gennep and Eindhoven, consequently I failed in protecting the highway. Also I could not get any other objective (except Meervelhoven). Yes, the Germans suffered lots of casualties, but so did I too. My 151st Bde, 231st and Princess Irene Bde have all been decimated.

I was thoroughly surprised by this scenario and the AI actions. Obviously, the intel I got in the briefing was wrong but still I should have been more careful, especially in securing the highway.

I especially learned a hard lesson regarding the protection of my artillery assets. Because I thought they were safe, I did not protect them appropriately and they got mauled pretty bad. I suffered about 75% casualties among my divisional artillery. In my opinion, I might have been able to regain control of Gennep and Eindhoven if I would have had all my arty batteries intact.

Reads just like my first attempt at TTT. There are some nice traps for the unwary camper in that one!

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One of the things that threw me for a loop when playing Gary was the different positions that the extra units enter on the map. It really makes this one painful. Just when you think you have your plan down right the game goes and throws you a curveball and your plan goes out the window.

I don't think we had a single game where things went the same way twice.

I agree with you guys, this is a very surprising scenario. At first it looks like a walk in the park, and then things start to go awfully wrong and your panic level rises [:D]

I really enjoyed this one, I felt overwhelmed by the AI at times.

Great to see. [:D]