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Monday, 1 July 2019

Hell In The East

Having travelled back from a short break yesterday we did not want to big a game today, so I set up a small squad level Battlegroup rules game on my 4 x 4.
The Russians (Dave) would be holding a line roughly back from the centre of the table about 8 inches, the Germans (Me) would attack from the left.
The Germans pushed forward early towards the objective in the cornfield adjacent to the station with their Sdkfz222 armoured car. Meanwhile the main push would take place on the right taking advantage of the cover provided by the wood.
Having survived the attention of the Russian A/T rifle it fell victim to the deployed 45mm A/T gun deployed by the barn to the left of the cornfield.
The first two turns saw the advance into the wood while awaiting reserves to enter on turn three, this turned out to be one unit, the on table units now coming under intense area fire were getting pinned down. Turn five saw the chance of an appearance of the Luftwaffe, Herman's boys however were found wanting. The VVS in turn seven however were on the ball and proceeded to drop PTAB bombs on the unsuspecting infantry about to enter the cornfield.

Meanwhile the arrival of the German StugH kept Ivan busy on the left
The air attack triggers a Battle Counter draw, this left the Germans with another two points taking them over their battle rating, eek! Turn eight saw the unpredictability of war, the Russians took a battle counter to un-pin units and keep the pressure on the Germans, a 5! this took them over their Battle Rating, forcing a withdrawal. A let off for Hitler's lads, and a victory for yours truly at last!

TTFN





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16 comments:

  1. Norm1 July 2019 at 21:34

    Very nice Phil and an apt post to follow our conversation (Phoenix) about getting 20mm / 28mm into a smaller space and having a great game.

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    1. Phil Robinson2 July 2019 at 04:56

      Thank you Norm. It was a cracking game, Dave was really unlucky he was called to withdraw.

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  2. David1 July 2019 at 22:25

    Chit! 😞 Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory!

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    1. Phil Robinson2 July 2019 at 04:57

      I saw what you did there. You was certainly robbed.

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  3. Matt Crump2 July 2019 at 00:03

    Nice looking game Phil as you say size isn’t everything, I keep looking at different rulesets but just can’t build the enthusiasm to change ?

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    1. Phil Robinson2 July 2019 at 04:59

      Thanks Matt. Always on the look out for something new, but getting to old I think, so I am going to stick to the rules I know in future.

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  4. caveadsum14712 July 2019 at 05:50

    Lovely looking game and a victory, what monument are you planning on building to celebrate?
    Best Iain

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  5. Phil Robinson2 July 2019 at 06:46

    Thanks Iain. An arch a very large one :~)

    Ironically this was one of Dave's best if not the best performances in our games on the Eastern Front.

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  6. Matt2 July 2019 at 13:29

    Lovely looking game.

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  7. George Anderson3 July 2019 at 05:47

    Good report and fun had by all, wargaming is a funny old business.

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    1. Phil Robinson3 July 2019 at 08:35

      Thank you George. It is usually me who specialises in losing at the death.

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  8. Paul Scrivens-Smith6 July 2019 at 13:29

    Nice game in a compact space.

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    1. Phil Robinson6 July 2019 at 15:36

      Thank you Paul. Always find it makes the game a lot more intense.

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  9. Moiterei_19848 July 2019 at 11:37

    Great looking game!

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