US 3rd ID Infantry
| HQ w/ knackers + 2 Schrecks (combat attached)
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DEPLOYMENT AND TURN ONE
The battlefield
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Germans dug in, ready to fight tooth and nail!
The nebelwerfers set up on a rocky ridge
The forces square off
the 57mm AT guns set up covering one flank
US Mortar fire rains in, pinning the enemy.
US none | GERMANS none |
GERMANS: Everybody hunkers down in the morning dark. US: Mortars pin a platoon on the right. The assault platoon surges forward on the right. | |
TURN TWO
Stukas swoop in, catching the assault platoon bunched up!
Panzer IIIs arrive.
Stugs join them!
Nebelwerfers and airplanes hammer the assault platoon!
The armored cannons arrive!
They sneak around a house
Tank Destroyers and Stuarts arrive on the left flank
US ASSAULT PLATOON: 4 stands | GERMANS none |
GERMANS: Fire is focused on the assault platoon, damaging them severely! US: All the armor sneaks forward! | |
TURN THREE
After cleverly pulling back on the previous turn, the Germans surge forward with SMGs blazing!
Predictably the SMG fire is devastating!
Nebelwerfers add to the mayhem!
Planes slam into the left flank.
The Panzergrenadiers follow up and wipe out the assault platoon!
3 Stuarts push through the woods!
M10s and Stuarts move forward
US ASSAULT PLATOON: DESTROYED Left Rifle Platoon: 1 stand Mortars: 1 stand | GERMANS none |
GERMANS: Panzergrenadiers seize the initiative on the American right, annihilating the assault platoon! Armor shifts left to counter the US armor. US: Stuarts and M10s press the left flank. | |
TURN FOUR
Planes continue harassing the American left flank.
Stugs knock out an M10 at long range!
The panzergrenadiers charge forward and assault the cannon platoons!
One of the cannons goes up in smoke, the other 2 pull back.
2 Stuarts bog!
Stuarts assault, but only knock out a single team.
US ASSAULT PLATOON: DESTROYED Left Rifle Platoon: 1 stand Mortars: 1 stand M10s: 1 tank destroyer Cannons: 1 tank destroyer | GERMANS Right Panzergrenadiers: 3 stands |
GERMANS: German armor consolidates on the American left to counter the Stuarts. Panzergrenadiers knock out a cannon. US: Stuarts whiff horribly, and are left exposed. | |
TURN FIVE
planes continue to harass the American left!
Stugs begin to move forward
Panzer IIIs line up shots on the Stuarts. This is gonna hurt.
Yup. The Stuarts are finished.
Planes and nebelwerfers continuously hammer the American left.
The M10s pop 2 of the Panzer IIIs
US ASSAULT PLATOON: DESTROYED Stuarts: DESTROYED Left Rifle Platoon: 3 stands Right Rifle Platoon: 2 stands Mortars: 2 stands M10s: 1 tank destroyer Cannons: 1 tank destroyer 57mm Guns: 1 gun, platoon leader | GERMANS Right Panzergrenadiers: 3 stands Panzer IIIs: 2 tanks |
GERMANS: Panzer IIIs wipe out the Stuarts as they and the Stugs begin pressing the left flank. The left American rifle platoon loses their platoon leader! US: M10s fight back, taking down 2 Panzer IIIs. The rest of the army is largely ground to a halt. The platoon on the right moves forward. | |
TURN SIX
The German right
The tenacious Panzergrenadiers on the American right surge forward, ready to assault!
The M10s fall to concentrated fire from the stugs and Panzer IIIs.
Nebelwerfers continue slamming into the large hill on the right, taking a toll on the infantry and the AT guns.
The last surviving M10 runs away.
But the assault on the American right is stopped cold with 5 hits in defensive fire! Jon then fails 4 of his 5 saves!
But there is no more ranged AT on the American left and the rifle platoon is leaderless!
US ASSAULT PLATOON: DESTROYED Stuarts: DESTROYED M10s: DESTROYED Left Rifle Platoon: 3 stands Right Rifle Platoon: 4 stands Mortars: 2 stands Cannons: 1 tank destroyer 57mm Guns: 1 gun, platoon leader | GERMANS Left Panzergrenadiers: 2 attached HMGs Right Panzergrenadiers: DESTROYED Panzer IIIs: 2 tanks |
GERMANS: Concentrated fire wipes out the M10s. An assault on the American right is repulsed, resulting in the loss of a platoon. US: With the German right flank collapsed, the cannons race forward to engage the nebelwerfers. The rifle platoon begins to shift left to counter the German advance. | |
TURNS SEVEN AND BEYOND
The Germans move forward and prepare to assault
The cannons press the nebelwerfers and a juicy 2 point objective!
The "right" American rifle platoon tries desperately to make it to relieve their leaderless bretheren in time. The German armor sets up in support of the pending panzergrenadier assault!
The assault comes! The Americans are pushed back, and below half. The unit breaks!
I am now down 1 rifle platoon, an assault platoon, the M10s, and the Stuarts. My 57mm guns are down to a single gun, my remaining rifle platoon is 1 away from below half, my mortars are at half, and my cannons are battered as well! I forget to count my 1 57mm gun, and incorrectly assume I am below half. I fail company morale, and it isn't until later we realize I was incorrect. However- it was CLEAR that the Germans were poised to score a victory. It would require immense amounts of luck to turn that around!
Great game to Jon- very hard fought, enjoyable game that lasted us nearly 4 hours!
