Legioneers advance at Bardia 12/15/40

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Legioneers advance at Bardia 12/15/40

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December 15, 1940
Bardia Libya
1500 Hours

Well we are to advance on the Italians here at Bardia. We are about 80 miles east of Tobruk along the coast road to Egypt. Just two days ago the II Dragoons whipped the Italians here bad. Dont know how they can mount any kind of defense.

The legioneers are rarin to go and have blood lust in there eyes. We would much rather be goin up against the Germans then these foppy marinettes. The Germans dont seem to be doin much here at the end of 1940 dont know what they are waiting for. Dont seem possible this war has been goin on for over a year now. It seems we may never get to see France again and what kind of shape is it going to be in. What with the dam Germans taking every thing they get there hands on.

Was talking to some of the men as we sit here waiting to move out. And all they ask me is when are they going to get to kill germans. After all this is why they volunteered for this mans army. I told them today your problem is not Germans but the dam Italian army.

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RE: Legioneers advance at Bardia 12/15/40

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December 15, 1940
Bardia Libya
1530 Hours

This is goin to be one tough fight. Cant see the enemy till your within 200 yards of them. Then compound that with movement restrictions as well. Can only manage 50 yards every 5 minutes. Hell the mech stuff can only make 100 yards in the same length of time. Got us one heck of a sandstorm goin here. Tough to see and tough to move in it.

C company in the south had a recon team come on 3 mgs. Before they even knew what hit them they had been cut to pieces. Have since given orders the scouts are not to get more then 50 yards out in front of the main lines. Since we moved out 30 minutes a go we have gotten 300 yards and that is all. C in the south and the companys in the north all have at least 500 yards to go to any of the objectives.

If you count any enemy activity we have to deal with we cant reach any of the objectives for at least an hour. Hell just walking to them and not fighting any thing. It will take at least 50 minutes. Its a good thing some of the heat of the day has lessoned or this would be a heck of a march.

The Legioneers will do the best they can after all this is there kind of weather. Every body is putting out all the effort they can. Our artty has been really laying it on the enemy. There cant be too many of them hanging around under that kind of barrage. Thanx to the slow pace our support guns have had no problem keeping up wirh the march so far. Have a few trucks but not enough to transport all the guns. Figured they would have to make shuttle runs, move two up then go back and get another two but the slow pace has allowed the gun crews to keep up.

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RE: Legioneers advance at Bardia 12/15/40

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December 15, 1940
Bardia Libya
1610 Hours

We have been pushing forward for alittle over an hour. Not running into alot of resistence so far. Quite a few of there tin cans have begun to show up. Have taken out at least 80 of them so far. Lost a SPAA a few minutes ago to a driver blunder. He got out just a little too far in front of his infantry support and was blown apart. Our losses have been rather slight so far. Mostly some men have died due to there constant 75mm fire.

We have not stopped moving forward since we began this advance. The only thing is it is very slow due to this dam sandstorm. C in the south has gotten several units to within 200 yards of there objectives. While A and B in the center have advanced to with in 300 yards of theres.

I believe that the reason for the light resistence is due to the fact our heavy guns have been laying a murderous fire in on the enemy.

I have givin specific orders no armor is to proceed past our front lines. Due to the visability being only 200 yards and movement cut down to 50 yards and sometime a 100 yards for mech. All armor is to move along with the infantry and at no time get out in front of them.

We are moving and we are inflicting heavy losses to the enemy. This battle is ours but do not think we will have the time to make the rear objectives due to the movement constritions. Too much space and not enough time.

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RE: Legioneers advance at Bardia 12/15/40

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December 15, 1940
Bardia Libya Advance
1700 Hours

We are still moving forward and wrecking havoc on the italian army. From all reports i am getting we are tearing the Italian tanks apart. If the count is right we should have at least 90 tanks killed to our credit. The body count has to be well over 1500 men they have lost as well. Our losses have been kept to a minamum today less then 200 men and the units lost is near 11. Most of these are from the recon side at least 3 snipers have been lost.

There 75mm have been firing constantly all day. But they are mostly a nuisance and not much damage from them. Have lost a SPAA to them and that is all. Just seems to cause a lot of suppresion and really makes it hard to move a head sometime. What with this dam sandstorm which never seems to let up any at all. And the constant bombarment from there guns it has been very hard to take ground very fast.

We have taken all the front objectives and I have turned lose a platoon of Meduim tanks. They are to take the road to the rear objectives and try and take them. They can make near 300 yards every 5 minutes on the road where off road there lucky to make 100 yards. I know it is taking a risk but i believe the enemy has committed most of there strength to stopping us before we reach the rear.

So far this battle has been lopsided in favor of our side. The Italians dont really have much in the way of armor that can stop our tanks. Our tank gunners have been tearing there tin cans to pieces.

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RE: Legioneers advance at Bardia 12/15/40

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December 15, 1940
Bardia Libya Advance
1755 Hours

Once again we have torn the Italian army apart. We have inflicted heavy losses to them. They lost 1720 men plus 43 Artty along with 116 tanks. Our losses were very slight in comparison to theres. We lost 234 men plus 12 pieces of armor. We lost 2 sp 105mm IG just as we took the last objectives. That was my fault tho had to rush them forward in order to complete my orders. The infantry really had a tough time trying to advance in this dam sandstorm that raged all day.

All in all for only our second battle the men did really well. They never stopped pushing the enemy back all day. And tried to stay on top of them thru all the hardships they went thru today. Our gunners were once again on top of there game as well. They continued to pound the enemy at every opportunity.

We have delt the Italians a major defeat here today. Our orders came down a few minutes ago. We are to move all the way over to Agedabia and set up defenses there just outside the town. Once again we will face the Italians as they continue to try and push the allies back into egypt. I dont believe the Italians will be able to mount any kind of offensive until some time in April of next year. That will give us near 4 months to dig in and get ready for them.

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