Italian Side: Yakstock
Greek Side: 06 Maestro
Order Delay: Painfully Realistic
Historical weather
Standard replacements
Normal Supplies
The Greek mission is simply to prevent the Italians from attaining any deep penetrations into Greek territory. The obvious goal of the Italians initial attacks will be to capture bridges, road junctions, and perhaps a few hilltops. If they can be held within 15 to 20 kilometers of the border, it would be considered a great Greek victory.
Most of the Greek VIII Infantry Division is present on the map at the beginning of the battle. There are large reinforcements arriving in a few days, so it seems safe that the Italian offensive will be easily contained. I am aware that the Italians have some AFV’s and have an advantage in artillery. However, the Greek Army has good defensive ground; it is/was believed that the Italian forces would be worn down while pushing past (certainly, not through) the various strong points.
I was considering the possibilities of a counter attack for a day or two and then something completely unexpected happened; a significant Italian force had pushed its way around the Greek right flank. This had some profound effects on the rest of the battle.
The 1st screen shot is of most of the operational area. It shows my initial intentions, which happen to partially coincide with the starting deployment. It is a rather large map, so I removed the units for a better view.
Each marked area with orders represents at least a BN. The main line to the south is mostly unmanned, however, there are large reserves available to build the line (or so it seemed). The blue arrow in the North West area was a brilliant scheme to threaten the Italian supply base. It actually reached the areas it was assigned to, but whatever headache I caused to Yakstock, I am sure I was on the losing end of that operation. The units that participated in that raid (recon Bn) were cut off and little use to me for the remainder of the battle.
Although I took about 15 screen shots of this game, I’m not sure if I can use most of them. I may need a different picture compressing program. Anyway, I have enough to give a decent picture of this very intense struggle. I will add to this AAR gradually until it’s complete.
Feel free to give comments/advice on my operational methods or on graphics.
