German Arty rains down upon the French in the early morning hours. We can already see the burning hull of a French tank.
no telling the damage done to the infantry in the area. we now move to crush the French as the swatter does the fly.
we have spotted a Tank and attack!!!!
He is stubborn but he will die. The mere sight of German armor makes the legionaires run; along with a supporting tank. They do kill a piece of armor this turn ,
however they cannot stand up to the onslaught of the Fatherland.
French motorcycle recons in the south, are stopped before they can get good info, although I think they may have slipped one past me down there.
As in the North, the mere sight of the German armor strikes fear into the weak French hearts and they turn to to escape.
I will not underestimate my opponet as he is cunning, but with the French cunning only goes so far.
Wanna surrender now?? This will be your only chance.
Sapper
"Airborne by Choice, Sapper by the Grace of God."
hmmm the French have hidden well within the forest. We shall have to use other tactics to lodge them from their hiding. They have stopped my armor coloumn trying to cross the bridge, with sappers and tanks. The AT gun in the building has died, tho he took some of our Arein brothers with him. In the South it has become costly for me to sprint the distance between the woodline and the ridge. nice Touch the French have there. I have out run my smoke, and am now attempting to penetrate the line they have there. Again German arty has found its mark , but alas so has the French arty. This will be bloodier than first anticipated.
To the Fuhruer.
Sapper
"Airborne by Choice, Sapper by the Grace of God."
I've never seen such a wave of armor. And a well-placed barrage from his 150mm's has paralyzed a few AT guns and routed many tanks.
The French (needless to say) don't recover well from that or any other suppression. Still, the Germans seem determined to advance, right into my waiting AT guns and infantry, this should be interesting.
Our 75mm guns opened up on their Southern advance, cutting them to shreds. A lone Pz IV crew fought well, killing a SP 25mm AT gun in the process, but died along with his brethrin as our counter-attack rolled forward. We demolished 2 Pz IVs, a host of trucks, some Jpz I's, and our motorcycle troops cleaned up the contents of the Opel transports.
In the Center, our AT guns fire, but cannot hit targets. A few German tanks have their turrets damaged, one is destroyed by a Char 1B that rallied. The enemy continues to cut a dangerous swath through the woods there. We are losing ground, and hope to divert assets from other more successful fronts to reinforce our wavering lines.
In the North, our success is mixed as well. Two more Pz IIIg's die to infantry assaults and heavy tank fire. We may have held the village and the bridge there. To the far North however, the results are far less clear. En route to ambush a buttoned Pz III, our infantry stumbles on not one but three more! We are shot up in the process, and only hope that we can get reinforcements there too before the enemy can flank us.
German losses were heavy this turn, 4 Pz III's were lost or de-crewed, a 3 Pz IV's, 6 81mm mortars, 8 Opel Trucks, 4 Laf troops, 2 Zug troops, 3 more JgdPz Ib's, and a host of crews and infantry.
Our lines of communication are taxed, and as a result, we have lost contact with our heavy guns, and our 75mm battery.
The Germans fight with more fervor than we can yet muster, I hope this latest round of losses halts their advance. We can use the time to consolidate.
We have survived the 75 mm guns of our enemy. They cant withstand our advance.
In the North a PZ IIIg takes out 3 Cavarly units trying to slip along the edge of the forest. The fourth unit runs away. Infantry continues to attack thru the woods as Legionnaires die or retreat.
In the Center the tide has turned. a lone PZ IVd kills a DCA Quad and several inf units. another gets the AMR 35 that was hiding nearby. At the bridge near the villiage, the French lose 2 Char 1Bs and their Cav and inf there retreat. We Lose a brave PZ IIIg . InThe open ground just south of the villiage, a hotchkiss takes a shot at an Opel and is quickly dispatched.
The Southern fight also has seen a change. We lose 2 PZ IIIg, there one to a Somua, the other fighting bravely surronded by tanks and inf. The motorcycle squads in the souh are no more as they were caught in the open or near the treeline and gunned down. We have CROSSED THE RIVER, and now the French try to make a stand.
Strangley a squad of French sappers have died in the rear area. AT the end of the turn French 120mm rains down upon the brave soldiers of the Fatherland. They will rally well and continue to fight. we have advanced beyond the enemys 60mm fire and it falls harmlessly behind us, as our own 150mm drops just in front of us right on target.
If they dont run away the French in that area will be like sitting ducks next turn. Several of our tanks have their main guns damaged, but they continue forward, cleaning out inf across the map.
We could end this fight now if we had CAS to rain upon the French. Too bad they are over the skies of Moscow and London.
Long live the Reich.
Sapper
"Airborne by Choice, Sapper by the Grace of God."
I think the German commander has been outfitted with 80-90% AFVs. If we were any other nation, we'd make him pay dearly, but the noise of the tracks on the German tanks is too loud for the delicate French sensabilities, and the infantry does indeed run from in front of the advancing wave of German armor.
But the good news is that we manage to destroy a good bit of their armor as they continue their advance. They lose a Pz IIIg and STuG B to infantry assaults. Another Pz III is destroyed by a close Char 1B shot to the rear. With only 1 or 2 tanks remaining in the far North, we appear to have halted them there. In the center, reinforced by their merciless 150mm, we continue to be overrun, but not before they lose 2 more STuG Bs in the forest there. In addition, we've now immobilized two more Pz IVs in the center, and should finish them off next turn.
To the South, the enemy had a wave of STuG B's with Laf troops riding shotgun behind their initial assault, operative word is "had". The MG riders now dead, one STuG is immobilized, another badly damaged and suppressed. They have one more live Pz IV down there and a few scattered enemy, but we will close on them soon enough. Once our Southern front is clear, we can divert our assets to reinforcing the Center...
Oh, and XO, do your parents still have that villa in Spain? They do? Good! Well, here's what I want you to do, call them right away and see if they've got room for...
hahaha, yes, the French commander now attempts to make jokes about our blitz. Does he not understand that killing 1 or 2 Tanks, will not staop the Beserker like troops of the Fatherland?
While it is true that he has made some feeble gains this turn, it has not stopped us. In the north we lose a PZ III to AT fire. He shall pay with his life for that. The Char 1B he had there is no more. In the center our assualt goes well. We have taken out another DCA , an AT gun, and several Cav units. The ridge there is almost clear of the French, and their pestilance. South of the Villiage, we have killed another Char1B and several more Cav. While the French still hold the villiage and their Cav is everywhere there, they are all in retreat.
The South has taken yet another turn, this time against us. Whlie crossing our armor thru the open ground there, we have met stiff resistance, and have payed dearly. Not to worry , this is the French. A few well placed kills and they will be in full retreat.
We have broken their lines on almost every front. I think he is surprised we have not gone for the VHs yet. We will do that when we have wiped the Map clean of the French hordes.
While the French Commander is correct in his assessment of our forces, he must remember that this was planned and is no accident. We knew the French would not stand before our armor as say the Americans do. To The Fatherland.
" CPL!!! Get this report to Berlin quickly." Heil.
Sapper
"Airborne by Choice, Sapper by the Grace of God."
here we are I have forgotten what day it is. What we thought was going to be a simple matter of moving in has become a bloody fight.
While the French fell somewhat to our feint in the North they have recovered nicely.
While that feint did give us time to slip thru in the center/south, they still hold the village. We have lost more armor there.
We are now in his rear area tho, just outside his home VHs. he has alot of stuff down there behind the ridge, but we slowly knock it out.
Our arty continues to pound away at him but our losses become heavier each turn. 5 tanks his last and 4 on my own turn.
But soon we shall all be wearing Iron Crosses as the Fatherland will surely decorate us for the valient fight we have brought upon the wicked French.
Forward my Countrymen, for the Reich. !
Sapper
"Airborne by Choice, Sapper by the Grace of God."
The French continue to fight valiantly. In the North, the battle has decidedly shifted in our favor. We eliminate the last Pz IIIg, and our Cavalry surges forward destroying the German infantry that arrives too late to defend its smoking armor. A sniper kills the Stoer Jeep hauling their command element, and destroys a Opel Blitz before he is killed himself. The last man in a 75mm MLE gun crew has finally rallied and assumed his position behind the gun (after 7 turns) and fires a shot across the river, destroying another Opel.
Our Sappeur squad rushes across the road ahead of the German infantry, pulls the fuse on a satchel charge, and destroys the only bridge in town, sending the burning Pz III hulk and its crew splashing into the water below. Amidst very heavy shelling (on both parts, our 120mm, his 150mm), two Cav squads rush forward assaulting the remaining buttoned and retreating Pz IIIg's, destroying one. A Char 1B rolls forward, and upon finding another Pz III mired in a failed attempt to cross the river downstream from the village, puts rounds into it until it explodes.
As bloody as the Northern battle is, the Center surpasses it. A final Pz IV scores two more kills on our vehicles as we attempt to destroy it. It one-shots a Souma R-35 with an AP round to the front, sending the crew scurrying. And an AMR AC attempts to flank it and is instantly immobolized by another accurate shot, all the while 120mm raining down on the lone tank.
Elsewhere, a successful charge by 3 squads ends up disabling a JdgPz 1b, and continued shots into it may force the crew to dismount. A surrounded Char 1B fires in vain at an immobolized Pz III, which returns fire, damaging it further. A Pz IV nearby, its main gun destroyed by an earlier hit, fends off infantry attempting to assault the Pz III, but our armor support from the South closes on him, and finally destroys him. The German commander's spearhead appears to be stopped, a mere 250m from our home VHs, as a final attack from 25mm TDs, Souma and Char 1B tanks finishes off a Pz IV and two STuG B's that were leading the push. They'd just rounded a small knoll where our tanks were waiting.
A German SF squad was detected and dispached minutes earlier, but not before it could disable a carrier, en route to moving more AT guns forward. Conveniently, the German assault immobilized our carrier on a wooden bridge, blocking the German advance across it. Our scouts report the enemy may have 2-3 more Pz IVs/STuGs in the center, but we should be able to defeat them with our remaining forces and push them back.
To the South, the Germans had a bit of a surprise for us. They had a wave of TDs and Tanks behind their initial wave. We destroy a STuG there this turn, spot a wounded (disabled) Pz IV, and drop heavy artillery on them in an attempt to slow their advance. We are trying to buy time for our tanks, sent to counter their breakthrough in the Center, to return. The Germans have some infantry in the area, but we do not see that as a threat as we have superior (albeit suppressed) numbers. We receive a plesant surprise as a SP Mortar rolls through our area, stopping on a small rise. A Char 1B rolls forward and broadsides the unlucky vehicle from 50m.
ASIDE:
I'm curious as to the coding in the game, and would be interested in other's input on the matter. It seems as though (can't verify, or put my finger on it, because I haven't kept records) the worse you're doing, the more often your troops hit. In this game, the German armor is literally dicing through mine. They one-shot almost all tanks that OP-fire them, or that they find as they advance. One shot that damages the hull typically decrews the whole vehicle. It was a massacre! Conicidentally (I alledge) I hit MANY more times with a 9-15% chance to hit than I should. On my turns, I'll crest a hill (moving one hex seriously degrades my TDs or Souma's chances to hit) and fire at the exposed GE tanks, and even with a VERY low chance to hit, I'll score one. And not just one.
Has anyone else noticed this? It's as if the game knows you're getting your arse handed to you, and cuts you some slack on the hit percentages. Well, again, a one-sided perspective. He doesn't seem to miss at all, perhaps this game is just a "high accuracy" fluke. Thoughts?
"WHAT IS THIS!!!!!!??? I go to Berlin for a week and return to this?? You are unfit for command! I have command now. "
The French have penetrated our lines in the south. In the North we continue to flush out Cav in the forest. haha The French commander did not expect our infantry to arrive so late. While we may have held them in reserve a bit too long, they are quickly changing the tide.
The insulin French will not give up. If it is a Blood bath they want it is a Blood bath they shall have. The sky now rains steel upon both them and us. His big guns do little damage, however his smaller 60 mm is true. As he now approaches our VHs in the South, he shall die in our trenches.
We have lost much armor, nd the field is littered with burning or abandoned hulls. They too have suffered great losses. But now they shall receive the death blow of the Fatherland.
on To Paris!!!
Sapper
"Airborne by Choice, Sapper by the Grace of God."
While the German armor has done much damage to our Souma and Char 1B, our AA trucks have stayed just shy of the lines. Now, with their infantry advancing, we order our SPAA forward. Their Opels explode in flame across the battlefield.
Their armor is breathing it's last breath in the Center and North. We finish off a wounded Pz IIIg, and a retreating STuG is broadsided by a 75mm round and explodes. We apparently OP-fired a remaining JgPz 1B, and have just closed on the last of his Pz IIIgs with a wave of our infantry.
The German commander may, when word of his losses reaches him, sue for peace.
There shall be no peace unless it is by the German hand. Youmay surrender now and live to see tomorrow, or die. The choice is yours.
We have now cleared tyhe forest in the north. We have pushed the remaining Cav back to the villiage and killed the HMG that was hiding across the river.
In the South the fight goes on as we lose ground. Hopefully our Arty this turn changes the tide of that fight.
Sapper
"Airborne by Choice, Sapper by the Grace of God."
Well, the German gunners in disabled TDs fire on a LARGE arc. Needless to say, we lose two more vehicles (1 SP AA gun and one Souma) to one STuG and one JgPz 1b firing almost to their sides!
The German artillery they're counting on to turn the tide has fallen on where our troops were, not where we are, and ours falls with deadly accuracy in counter-battery.
We've found another of his SP mortars driving near our front lines, and hope to destroy it soon. And we found one other intersting point, our opponent is defending his VHs with 75mm IGs that have HEAT rounds, in 1941!
He now has one less gun, as our Char 1Bs roll forward, but one Souma fell victim to these hidden menaces.
Our enemy still has an infantry presence in the Center, as well as a 37mm AT gun. We've suppressed both now with withering 120mm fire, and will mop them up soon. To the North, he touts his infantry presence as well, but unfortunately for our opponent, there is no terrain of value in those woods. And thanks to our vigilent MG teams and ACs, we have now turned his motorized infantry into foot infantry.
He does fight on with tragic, almost admirable determination. We shall see what he continues to do.
As the French roll forward towards our Vhs he finds our 75mm IGs. We too were surprised to find we had HEAT rds in the barrels. Speaking of those yet another Somua falls victim to one.
As our Panzers roll forward to meet him on our terrain, they kill 2 more Char1bs. He is losing more and more each turn as his infantry loses its will to fight.
Tho our arty falls short this time we will press on. His is accurate however and slows our advance. The men have transitioned to the Defense well and are prepared to again take up the advance.
Forward men Forward.
As for the French Commander I offer this:
[font=Arial]Last chance for you to escape with your life! I will have no pity on French commanders![/font]
Sapper
"Airborne by Choice, Sapper by the Grace of God."
The German were faced with a tough choice. Run back to Berlin with their their tails between their legs, or beg for reinforcements. A new wave of AUX Pz IVs has plowed into our ranks, claming Char 1B and Souma tanks.
We will not be disheartened. We shall beat back the Germans with what assets we have left.
This turn, 5 more German tanks are ablaze, including 3 of their new Pz IVs, and one more is immobolized by infantry.
hahahahahahhahaha The French Commander is at a loss for words now as his last feeble attempt to break us has been crushed.
His Arty rains down on empty ground falling harmlessly. Tho we lose two more PZs he loses yet another Char1, a 75mm AT gun, 2 Cav units, and several crew running for cover. The French are in complete disarray as they try to compensate on one flank and die at the other.
We have reclaimed the VHs he took and chased down his units and destroyed them as they fled. We will show no quarter to the French.
Yes we called up our reserves, but only to thourghly crush the insulin French.
Perhaps they should stick to baking bread, and making what the Americans call French Fries, and leave War to the Ariens!!!
For the Fuher..... Eva Braun will Love us!!!
Sapper
"Airborne by Choice, Sapper by the Grace of God."
Yet again the French have fallen victim to another cruel trap. As he advances towards what he thinks are free areas he is killed mercilessly.
In the south we kill 2 60mm mrt sqds, and a 75mmAT. On the hilltop we surround 2 more 75mm AT guns, giving them no escape, and flush out his ammo carrier. we Lose 2 PzKs in this attempt to take the hill. in the center he loses 2 more DCA Quads trying to take our VHs on the Hill. a PzK and a Char1 shoot it out atop the hill there, outcome to be determined.
To our Rear the French have apparently infiltraited and have taken 2 of our 4 Home VHs. They shall be dealt with severly.
Once again his Arty fire is inaccurate, and does zero damage except to tear up the ground.
There is smoke everywhere from arty and burning tanks. The battlefield is littered with hulls, and abondoned equipment.
This truely shall be a Battle that will go down in the history books.
Sapper
"Airborne by Choice, Sapper by the Grace of God."
The German commander continues to throw his reinforcements against our remaining forces with reckless abandon. Perhaps the lives of his men are of less concern than his reputation with their "Hitler".
He learned the perils of driving through our artillery park moments ago, and now prepares to learn another lesson. We destroy 3 more tanks with a combination of 75mm AT gun fire and tank fire. Our infantry continues to scuttle abandoned GE equipment, and we are attempting to consolidate our remaining forces for a counterattack.
His forces are all but routed in the North, one lone Pz IV remains there, against our infantry.
We own his rear area, cutting off his escape. We now hold all his home VHs.
In the South, he gives our light mortars and 75mm guns trouble, but we have a nasty surprise waiting for him there as well. In the Center, the battle still wages, but we are about to take all the VHs there as well. Only the South will remain contested if our plan works.
Infamy is all this commander is ensuring himself :p
just outside his home VHs. he has alot of stuff down there behind the ridge, but we slowly knock it out. 
:p