Phase Two - Ground battle using Bolt Action.
The setup followed the description back in Part One found HERE, with one German Unit on board, here seen huddled behind a stone wall outside of a small brown cafe' (below and), top right;
and the Allies in the near corner.The Allied Forces, as selected:
2 x medium MG team
1 x Medium Mortar
3 x Veteran Glider Infantry squads, one equipped with multiple SMGs and AT grenades.
One bazooka team
1 recon jeep with MMG mounted
One Arty FO team
One 75mm Howitzer.
Rolling to enter the fray on the same side the Germans set up, the Allied Commander chose to huddle in the trees rather than immediately take fire from the enemy, and control the ford over the river, with a mortar team, one squad, and a Medium MG north of the river, the remainder of the force on the south.
Turn 1 saw no additional German units arriving, allowing the Allies to run toward the bridge, leaving the northern MG team and mortar on Ambush, and one squad Running along the river's edge towards the foot of the bridge.
Recon jeep races ahead
Turn 2 saw the far German squad run from cover to cover in the north coming under MG fire from the MG team in the woods and taking a pin, while their relief column began to arrive, also on the eastern edge, a Panzer IV and a track full of SS Fanatics.
German Commander: "...Despite my fear of untrustworthy intelligence, I put my squad on alert and hoped that there were not too many steins of cheer being raised at the small brown cafe'. We heard our A-A and drone of aircraft motors and knew reports of an invasion were true. From the cafe' we sprinted to cover to the west to watch the river both sides of the bridge and called for armor support"...
Having both sides' units arriving from the same edge meant a running race to the bridge while immediately coming under fire.
The Panzer immediately put the US MG team in the woods under fire, delivering pins from its MGs. The halftrack was hit by the US bazooka team, putting it out of action, but the entire squad it was transporting escaped with only a pin to show for their forced dismount. (Should have fired at the flank of the Panzer, in retrospect).
SS squad leader: "...We were advancing toward the bridge when I raised my binoculars in time to spot an enemy panzerfaust in the ruins south of the bridge. As the rocket streaked toward us I ordered a halt and immediate abandonment behind our 251 - and to my horror it destroyed the vehicle we had just left..."
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