Jamie and I played a battle at his a couple of weeks ago. I have been so busy with work, I have not had the chance to do a write up, and truth be told, my memory ain’t what it used to be! However, I have a few pictures, and can describe just how totally bizarre was my plight!
Setting the scene
“The 3rd Battalion, German 1058th Regiment was located in wooded high ground (Hill 20) about a mile south of Ste.-Mère-Église near Fauville. At around 10: 00 a.m., two companies of infantry and several self-propelled guns launched an attack north along the N-13 highway toward Ste.-Mère-Église. Effective fire from a 57mm antitank gun of the 80th Airborne Antiaircraft (Antitank) Battalion positioned at the roadblock on the south end of town stopped the self-propelled guns.”
Point x marks the guns position
“The German infantry withdrew a short distance to reorganize, while artillery and mortars positioned on Hill 20 pummeled the Company G positions—”
“A counterattack by Company I evidently convinced the German battalion commander that Ste.-Mère-Église was strongly held, and no more infantry assaults were launched from the south. They continued to shell the town with mortars, Nebelwerfers, and 88mm antiaircraft guns.”
This was the part we were playing.
Table
I was attacking from this end.
I had an grenadier platoon, each squad with one mg team. I had a STuG and with the few points I had left, I took an artillery observer.
I don’t recall what Jamie had, other than the anti tank gun and I think a second Bazooka team.
So as I said, no blow by blow account, but I had a horrendous time prosecuting this one
I had to exit a unit off the far end of the table and the hedges you see were all tough Bocage.
My plan, such as it was, was to get a squad up and into a position to chuck a few smoke grenades into the road to try and make it a little harder for the gun to hit me when I started moving the STuG. This I managed.
The anti tank gun and the STuG traded a few shots and the gun I think missed one and struck a couple of glancing shots. The crew of the AT gun took a casualty.
We both racked up a number of CoC dice throughout the game.
I tried to bring a squad up on the left flank…
And it got dismembered when Jamie deployed a defensive squad and mmg squad.
I brought in an 81mm mortar barrage but the turn ended an£ I lost it immediately, The smoke also cleared and the propelled gun slew off the road rather than take more anti tank fire.
It fired it’s HE on the squad and inflicted a few casualties before I managed to call up the mortars again….much to Jamie’s annoyance.
To be continued….
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