Forward elements report bears in the southern woods. Grizzly Bears!!!:eek: Grizzly Bears with 150mm HE shells. Those Brummbaers are tough. I shot one of them several times in the side with HEAT and didn't kill it. Then I hit it a couple times in the front with a 76mm Gun and didn't do anything to it. I hope I didn't make it mad.
I finally got that Pz Luchs. It was about 1000 yards from where I started chasing it. Lucky for the crews of those two light tanks that they didn't stumble upon any Grenadiers just waiting for unescorted AFVs. The boys' blood was up and I couldn't stop them from chasing those 2 Luchs.
In the north we have at least a Mechanized platoon moving up to support the FJs trying to hold the E-W road. They are supported by a Stug IV too. I hope there isn't alot more armor up there or it could go badly for my AFVs.
Jess' Beyond the Beachhead PBEM scenario
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Major tactical blunder on my part...
Bordering the major East-West road on the north, is a large 7 hex building that my platoon of FJ's chose for the anchor of the defense of the road. The FJ's were being hard pressed by American Armor and my old friend the Engineer Tank. I was bringing up a platoon of Grenadeirs on HT's and two sections of armor to reinforce the defence of the road. They chose the lee of this building to disembark and prepare to join the defense. Imagine my suprise when the armor drove right through the building as if it were no obstacle at all. It turns out that the building is actually only the center hex, even though the picture of the building extends into the six surrounding hexes. My halftracks were sitting ducks, and the Stug's are not tanks even though I have been pressed to use them in that role on occasion.
Instead of backing up the defense, that platoon now joins the general rout of all the German forces from the east bank of the Elle river. I did manage to destroy the lead American tank with Pz-III, but I am sure I will loose that tank as well as the Stug this next turn.
I am getting crushed all along the front!
After breaking through crossing the Elle river, the American is mopping up my routed units, and continueing to push East towards St. Clair. I am struggling all along the front the put up some kind of hasty defense as I attempt to prepare a suitable welcome around St. Clair, unfortunately all I have succeeded in doing is piecemealing my forces into the general rout that continues all along the front!
I must get organized, or face being humiliated and removed by my superiors!:mad:
Bordering the major East-West road on the north, is a large 7 hex building that my platoon of FJ's chose for the anchor of the defense of the road. The FJ's were being hard pressed by American Armor and my old friend the Engineer Tank. I was bringing up a platoon of Grenadeirs on HT's and two sections of armor to reinforce the defence of the road. They chose the lee of this building to disembark and prepare to join the defense. Imagine my suprise when the armor drove right through the building as if it were no obstacle at all. It turns out that the building is actually only the center hex, even though the picture of the building extends into the six surrounding hexes. My halftracks were sitting ducks, and the Stug's are not tanks even though I have been pressed to use them in that role on occasion.
Instead of backing up the defense, that platoon now joins the general rout of all the German forces from the east bank of the Elle river. I did manage to destroy the lead American tank with Pz-III, but I am sure I will loose that tank as well as the Stug this next turn.
I am getting crushed all along the front!
After breaking through crossing the Elle river, the American is mopping up my routed units, and continueing to push East towards St. Clair. I am struggling all along the front the put up some kind of hasty defense as I attempt to prepare a suitable welcome around St. Clair, unfortunately all I have succeeded in doing is piecemealing my forces into the general rout that continues all along the front!
I must get organized, or face being humiliated and removed by my superiors!:mad:
People like me should scare the hell out of you. Why? Because I can get inside your head. And once there, I run around like a squirrel through a habiTrail, flipping the switches that can make you do everything from craving a Pepsi to voting Republican.
Don't need no recovery time
Come on GI!
Got a fresh resupply of schnitzel and beer, and I left this game hanging on a bad note. Lets get back underway and see if I haven't gained a little patience with another real world experience behind me.
I believe the ball is in your court Rbrunsmen. The 29th and others have crossed the river, front line German defenders have their hands full stopping pandamonium while trying to organize a new line of resistance. I think you just recently discovered there might be some teeth behind my grizzly growl, so come on and dust those files off, and lets get back in the fight!
Got a fresh resupply of schnitzel and beer, and I left this game hanging on a bad note. Lets get back underway and see if I haven't gained a little patience with another real world experience behind me.
I believe the ball is in your court Rbrunsmen. The 29th and others have crossed the river, front line German defenders have their hands full stopping pandamonium while trying to organize a new line of resistance. I think you just recently discovered there might be some teeth behind my grizzly growl, so come on and dust those files off, and lets get back in the fight!
People like me should scare the hell out of you. Why? Because I can get inside your head. And once there, I run around like a squirrel through a habiTrail, flipping the switches that can make you do everything from craving a Pepsi to voting Republican.
Re: Don't need no recovery time
Originally posted by CPT Shoe
Come on GI!
Got a fresh resupply of schnitzel and beer, and I left this game hanging on a bad note. Lets get back underway and see if I haven't gained a little patience with another real world experience behind me.
I believe the ball is in your court Rbrunsmen. The 29th and others have crossed the river, front line German defenders have their hands full stopping pandamonium while trying to organize a new line of resistance. I think you just recently discovered there might be some teeth behind my grizzly growl, so come on and dust those files off, and lets get back in the fight!
Im making war, not trouble~
Well, I finally got that Brummbaer I was worried about. Unfortunately, I had forgotten where a number of Germans had been dug in, so I had to find them the hard way again.
I'm moving forward all along the front, but there is a huge line of bocage in front of me that I suspect will be full of AT guns and MGs.
I'm moving forward all along the front, but there is a huge line of bocage in front of me that I suspect will be full of AT guns and MGs.
Everyone is a potential [PBEM] enemy, every place a potential [PBEM] battlefield. --Zensunni Wisdom
I will sorely miss that Grizzly!!:(
I cannot afford to throw away combat power like that.
I am glad that you are stumbling over my units. They are in such a bad rout right now and they are doing plenty of stumbling over themselves.
If you only knew how much that error in judgment I had with the building cost me.
I have managed to rally (temporary I am sure) long enough to destroy the light tank that so Psychologically blunted my local counter-attack. My Old Friend the Engineer Tank works feaverishly on the mined, main East-West road, so I button him up with a MG and take out a Jeep that got a little aggresive in overwatch. The GI's are backing up their counter-mine effort with a flame tank that has me in quite a jam at the moment.
I forgot how deadly the US Mortar threat was to units that you have discovered, and neglected to move them...You took full advantage by pounding all known locations as my turn finished up.
Luckily for me, I still have plenty of indirect assets and ammo, so I reply with a weaker (slightly more tardier) German version of your famous steel rain.
:p Hope you can feel that!
It is soooo good to back in the thick of it!
Hey, this is only turn seven! Even though the Americans are advancing along a broad front, and have taken over initial objectives all across the front. I still have plenty of surprises left in store
I cannot afford to throw away combat power like that.
I am glad that you are stumbling over my units. They are in such a bad rout right now and they are doing plenty of stumbling over themselves.
If you only knew how much that error in judgment I had with the building cost me.
I have managed to rally (temporary I am sure) long enough to destroy the light tank that so Psychologically blunted my local counter-attack. My Old Friend the Engineer Tank works feaverishly on the mined, main East-West road, so I button him up with a MG and take out a Jeep that got a little aggresive in overwatch. The GI's are backing up their counter-mine effort with a flame tank that has me in quite a jam at the moment.
I forgot how deadly the US Mortar threat was to units that you have discovered, and neglected to move them...You took full advantage by pounding all known locations as my turn finished up.
Luckily for me, I still have plenty of indirect assets and ammo, so I reply with a weaker (slightly more tardier) German version of your famous steel rain.
:p Hope you can feel that!
It is soooo good to back in the thick of it!Hey, this is only turn seven! Even though the Americans are advancing along a broad front, and have taken over initial objectives all across the front. I still have plenty of surprises left in store
People like me should scare the hell out of you. Why? Because I can get inside your head. And once there, I run around like a squirrel through a habiTrail, flipping the switches that can make you do everything from craving a Pepsi to voting Republican.
I spotted Stug IVs, Pz IIIms and (oh, the terror of it!) Panther Gs!:eek: I took out one of each. I also killed a large crew (8 men) but I don't know what equipment they were attached to since I couldn't see it.
Shoe is getting sneaky by turning his op fire to 0 for his 75mm AT guns. I had to run over one of them to get it to reveal itself with the expected result: scratch one M4.
Still moving forward with small pockets of resistance that I am sweeping over as I approach the center North-South line of the map.
The question is: How aggressive will Shoe be with his equipment? Will he come out and play, or let me stumble upon the random mines and AT gun emplacements, thus weakening my forces before the final meeting?
Shoe is getting sneaky by turning his op fire to 0 for his 75mm AT guns. I had to run over one of them to get it to reveal itself with the expected result: scratch one M4.
Still moving forward with small pockets of resistance that I am sweeping over as I approach the center North-South line of the map.
The question is: How aggressive will Shoe be with his equipment? Will he come out and play, or let me stumble upon the random mines and AT gun emplacements, thus weakening my forces before the final meeting?
Everyone is a potential [PBEM] enemy, every place a potential [PBEM] battlefield. --Zensunni Wisdom
Never was one who could muster the patience to sit back and let you stumble against my positions.
Gave a little better accounting of myself that turn.
Cost me another Panther and a Stug, but managed to get a hellcat, a greyhound, and a couple of light tanks, I will know just how aggressive I can afford to be if the American throws back this localized counter-attack.
Can't believe that I missed both of those jeeps! wasted far too much ammo trying to take those out.
The Americans have reached my main line of resistance. We will now see if we can hold the advance here, or regroup and try again near St. Clair.
For the FatherLand!
Gave a little better accounting of myself that turn.Cost me another Panther and a Stug, but managed to get a hellcat, a greyhound, and a couple of light tanks, I will know just how aggressive I can afford to be if the American throws back this localized counter-attack.
Can't believe that I missed both of those jeeps! wasted far too much ammo trying to take those out.The Americans have reached my main line of resistance. We will now see if we can hold the advance here, or regroup and try again near St. Clair.
For the FatherLand!
People like me should scare the hell out of you. Why? Because I can get inside your head. And once there, I run around like a squirrel through a habiTrail, flipping the switches that can make you do everything from craving a Pepsi to voting Republican.
I don't think you'll want to be that aggressive again in the South.
The partner of that Hellcat you killed took vengeance upon a Brummbaer and a Panther. That Panther was tough! He took a direct hit from a flametank and shrugged it off. That's 3 dead Panthers. Is there another lurking in the bocage that I haven't seen?
I also got a Stug IV, several HTs, a Sdkfz 251/10 and ran off a couple panzergrenadiers.
This was not without loss on my part: In the North, op-fire killed my two .30 cal jeeps, a recon team, an AC and a Sherman. These were necessary losses, I guess. However, I made two incredibly stupid mistakes: I lost a Greyhound when I drove him over a known minefield without thinking. I also drove an Eng Tank along a hedgerow for no good reason without even thinking that there could be dugin panzergrenadiers: stratch one Eng Tank.
My arty is pinpoint accurate but not very devastating (60mm mortars for the most part). The Germans have tons of 81mm and 120mm mortars and they can really blanket the front. I'm getting pounded everywhere!
The partner of that Hellcat you killed took vengeance upon a Brummbaer and a Panther. That Panther was tough! He took a direct hit from a flametank and shrugged it off. That's 3 dead Panthers. Is there another lurking in the bocage that I haven't seen?
I also got a Stug IV, several HTs, a Sdkfz 251/10 and ran off a couple panzergrenadiers.
This was not without loss on my part: In the North, op-fire killed my two .30 cal jeeps, a recon team, an AC and a Sherman. These were necessary losses, I guess. However, I made two incredibly stupid mistakes: I lost a Greyhound when I drove him over a known minefield without thinking. I also drove an Eng Tank along a hedgerow for no good reason without even thinking that there could be dugin panzergrenadiers: stratch one Eng Tank.
My arty is pinpoint accurate but not very devastating (60mm mortars for the most part). The Germans have tons of 81mm and 120mm mortars and they can really blanket the front. I'm getting pounded everywhere!
Everyone is a potential [PBEM] enemy, every place a potential [PBEM] battlefield. --Zensunni Wisdom
Ouch!:(
That was painful.
Maybe I should try the "let you stumble on my positions" approach.
That was painful.
Maybe I should try the "let you stumble on my positions" approach. People like me should scare the hell out of you. Why? Because I can get inside your head. And once there, I run around like a squirrel through a habiTrail, flipping the switches that can make you do everything from craving a Pepsi to voting Republican.
If it were not for the nice minefields, I would have been chased off the map by now.
We are building up quite the graveyard of vehicles (it seems to like jeeps) along the main road to St. Clair. The American pauses just prior to entering a new square of boccage in the south, so I ablige his offer, and pound away at his positions with what Arty I can muster. Radios have been problematic lately...just another thorn digging away at my side, now if I could just eliminate those engineer tanks and flame tanks, I might get something going.
We are building up quite the graveyard of vehicles (it seems to like jeeps) along the main road to St. Clair. The American pauses just prior to entering a new square of boccage in the south, so I ablige his offer, and pound away at his positions with what Arty I can muster. Radios have been problematic lately...just another thorn digging away at my side, now if I could just eliminate those engineer tanks and flame tanks, I might get something going.
People like me should scare the hell out of you. Why? Because I can get inside your head. And once there, I run around like a squirrel through a habiTrail, flipping the switches that can make you do everything from craving a Pepsi to voting Republican.
It had just occurred to me in my last turn that the engineer and flame tanks are very important, so if you didn't get them this last turn, you probably won't be seeing much of them unless you present a particularly enticing target to me.
Everyone is a potential [PBEM] enemy, every place a potential [PBEM] battlefield. --Zensunni Wisdom
The Grind continues...
The GI's seem to have an endless supply of armored vehicles. The greyhounds make my poor StuG turn circles before an M4 lands the leathal blow on the rear! (Jess what is it about M4s loving the German behinds??)
I do what damage I can, but the onslought seems endless, and dispair creeps around the edges. Everywhere I try to hold, the American smokes, piles on the mortars at all known locations, and then drives in the armor to waste my supressed troops.
We must re-group! But to what end....
:p
Composure overcomes me...Is that Panzers I hear? German Panzers??
The GI's seem to have an endless supply of armored vehicles. The greyhounds make my poor StuG turn circles before an M4 lands the leathal blow on the rear! (Jess what is it about M4s loving the German behinds??)
I do what damage I can, but the onslought seems endless, and dispair creeps around the edges. Everywhere I try to hold, the American smokes, piles on the mortars at all known locations, and then drives in the armor to waste my supressed troops.
We must re-group! But to what end....
:p Composure overcomes me...Is that Panzers I hear? German Panzers??
People like me should scare the hell out of you. Why? Because I can get inside your head. And once there, I run around like a squirrel through a habiTrail, flipping the switches that can make you do everything from craving a Pepsi to voting Republican.
Starting to see a few Panzers. But the most difficult thing is that there seems to be a Grenadier everwhere I turn. It's very difficult to get through all the bocage on the timetable set for me to capture all the high point value VHs to the east.
Also, there's a Nashorn lurking around out there that I've lost track of.
Also, there's a Nashorn lurking around out there that I've lost track of.
Everyone is a potential [PBEM] enemy, every place a potential [PBEM] battlefield. --Zensunni Wisdom
The Cavalry arrives on the scene, and the lead PZ III crew gets tired of the ride and abandones the vehicle, farther down the column another falls apart with a maintenance issue. Sure would like to know where that GI commander buys his rabbit's feet.
Stop stroking it GI!:mad:
Scratched a few more light armor vehicles, but the big boys are still lurking and I have a driving desire to show them the business end of an '88!;)
Stop stroking it GI!:mad: Scratched a few more light armor vehicles, but the big boys are still lurking and I have a driving desire to show them the business end of an '88!;)
People like me should scare the hell out of you. Why? Because I can get inside your head. And once there, I run around like a squirrel through a habiTrail, flipping the switches that can make you do everything from craving a Pepsi to voting Republican.
Originally posted by CPT Shoe
The Cavalry arrives on the scene, and the lead PZ III crew gets tired of the ride and abandones the vehicle, farther down the column another falls apart with a maintenance issue. Sure would like to know where that GI commander buys his rabbit's feet.
Scratched a few more light armor vehicles, but the big boys are still lurking and I have a driving desire to show them the business end of an '88!;)
i love you
Shoe has tak'en a beat'n through out this series!:eek: and he hangs in there...hmmm shall we give him ...a.......few Tigers?
Jess~Trouble maker
Im making war, not trouble~
T..I..G double Ger's!!!
I want, I want, I want...
People like me should scare the hell out of you. Why? Because I can get inside your head. And once there, I run around like a squirrel through a habiTrail, flipping the switches that can make you do everything from craving a Pepsi to voting Republican.