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In this May '44 game we see the Americans already ashore in force somewhere in France.

10000 point game....gonna be interesting as I don't normally play with this much!

Surrender now!!!!!!!!



:rolleyes:

The offer to Mr Overlord to surrend, was answered with some sort of rude hand gesture. So be it.

First turn lots of smoke, the US forces search for the Germans, none are around.

Back to you Sir Overlord

Initial contact shows the scouts bumping into each other. I manage to kill a .50cal jeep and a scout team runs head on into a rifle squad and get shot up...a half-track finishes them off!

Have a few scouts spotted but no heavy hitters so far.

The MC that killed my jeep has paid for its crime, dropped some mortors on the wood where my recon team bit the bullet. Not much else is spotted................yet:p

Well the MC teams brothers got a kill on .50cal jeep but in the south a Kubelwagen found the wrong end of a Sherman 76! Ouch!


Starting to push forward towards objectives...still only scout units spotted so far......

This would put a M4 Jess tank charge to shame.

Northen recon elements spot 40 thats right 40 Pz-IVhs in a formation heading our way ( I should have bought some 155mm )
A call has been put out armor from all parts of the battle field is in route to meet the the Germans. All mortars are called in to no effect

To you General Overlord

Rolling forward in the North.. managed to kill a 105mm M4 and a M8, lost a Kubel to a bazooka team

Pretty upset on the darn recon units in the south getting knocked out with NO return fire at all sheesh! Couldn't they see the 76mm Sherman? After all they are RECON units...known for thier observation skills...unless these guys are from Aufklarung "Helen Keller"

Sgt Jackson, I don't care how many tanks there are hold fire until given the command to fire ! I can't blame them for being nervous 40 German tanks are causing the ground to shake from the shear weight of the formation, a Hellcat pops up frpm behind the ridge, two shots later a Pz-IVh is burning. Another M4105 sends 105mm crashing into the side of two more Pz-IVs. A M4(76mm) pops from behind a hill and scores another kill. Then it get taken out by German return fire. Two more Hellcats and another Sherman take there shots at the German horde all regester kills.

Sgt Jackson, fire at will, Sgt Jackson commands two AT guns that have been holding fire. Carefully he picks the best targets among the confused and scrambling Germans, between the two 57mm AT guns APCR rounds tear though at least 4 more PZ-IVhs. The front of the German tank force is sitting on top of a on call arty grid 4.2 inch rains all into the formation not causing any visable damage. The air force is called into the mess, 4 planes come streaking in to help. Doging multiple AA guns and Flak Panzers, one of the 4 get shot down. The others take out two more tanks.

Recon from the planes shows that all the tank kills are only about 1/4 of the force:eek:

Up and down the line the command is hold, help is on the way from other parts of the battle field.

German 150mm shells land wrecking a AT gun, and in the south German 81s kill a Greyhound. Several Panthers are spotted in the middle and south.

Well the Germans seemed to do a little better that time around. Killing two Shermans and a 1/2track. **** AT guns seem to be everywhere! Oh well, we will push on!

Sgt Jackson are you all right ! Sir, we have some wounded but we still have ammo and lots of targets. Keep firing ! Help will come.


More Pz-IV join the pile about 5 more. The the Germans pop smoke. Need to relocate quick, there is going to be lots of German tanks rolling through at close range.

Sir this just in from the center, several Panthers and a Tiger are in woods waiting in ambush. Direct the 81s to there pause, maybe we can make them move. In the south all is quite.

Infantry push foward all along the front with light contact.

At the end of the turn smoke is dropped by the German all along the front.

The Germans slowly recover from the initial slaughter and hopefully reorganize for a better push into American lines.....

Only some arty this turn.

Please send the turn my good man

This turn, I killed a Pz-IV but lost a M4 105:(

Not mush else, German arty rain all into my lines

Trying to make some gains in the North, tough 105mm M4 got in several lucky hits even after being buttoned up. Ran into infantry in the woods and am trying to work through it.

Six or Seven more Pz-IVhs die to US tanks set up in secondary fighting positions in the North not sure how many more are up in the North, I'm getting thin so I hope not to many more.

In the center a Tiger gets hit with several 105mm and 76mm AP rounds but the Tiger just shrugs them off:eek:

In the South is all quite

Trying to shore up my forces from the big setback in the North....I hate bazooka's BTW!

Stumbled across a Ranger squad in my rear area but can't seem to hurt it.

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Anyway about six more Pz-IVs die in the north, in the south all is quite. A Tiger gets killed ( Finally ) but I lose a M4 76 to German Arty