Solo In The Snow

 So I set to on my last solo outing of 2021, lets hope I do not have to start the new year with one, yes I am looking at you Boris.

The game would be a German attack on a forward British position to clear the way for the main attack, the game would last until one side exceeded their Battle Rating or at 00.30 hours whichever came first.

Captioned photos of the action follow below,

A British Vickers MG keep watch down the road.

Steiners's foot patrol advance through the copse to probe the British right flank.

The German StugIII advances in the centre with an infantry squad in support.

It soon comes under British mortar fire.

The British Cromwell comes up in support.

The Germans counter with a PzIV.

After a lengthy duel the Cromwell comes off worse, however the PzIVs ammunition is almost exhausted in the process.

The Germans attempt a flanking move on the British left but are intercepted by British reinforcements and destroyed.

The Stug moves up in support of the PzIV although the Stug itself is low on ammunition, expending it on destroying the Vickers team.

The German mortar support is less than satisfactory.

The British Sherman moves up.

Table overview.

The Sherman engages the PzIV without much success.

However it forces the PzIv to respond with similar results, it does exhaust its ammunition though.

The problem when I roll for both sides is things rarely get hit so 00.30 soon arrived, time to assess the situation.

The British had lost the Cromwell and the Vickers team, with a reserve section still to come up and only having lost a third of its Battle Rating was still in pretty good shape.

The Germans had only lost a full squad and a Panzerschrek team, however the PzIv was out of ammo the Stug had one round of fire left and four infantry units were pinned, their Battle Rating only had a third remaining.

It was evident that the Germans were not really in a position to carry on with its remit so I decided it would withdraw.

I think the mat really looks the part and I think from the photos most will concur.

Next Tuesday it will be over to GHQ again when Don Baldini will once again fight for control of Howardsville.

TTFN and KBO