Breaking News: Field Reporter Forgets Camera, Readers Left in Dark!
Yes, that's right, I forgot to pack my camera for week two, so no pretty pictures of the games that went on. So instead a brief write up of the action on a night when the winds howled a gale, the rain flooded the streets and we anticipated the return of 'Hurricane Bawbag'.
Hoff's Cousin Hung Out To Dry By Cunning Tetrarchs
On table one Gordon's Panzergrenadiers faced off against a veritable horde of David's Fearless Veteran Tetrarchs. The nippy Para tanks taking advantage of a railway embankment to cover their advance onto the objectives.
A reversal of deployment would have suited Gordon as he left a pair of 251/9 'Stummels' to cover the objective as the Panzergrenadiers advanced. Lessons were learned as the Allies took the win.
A victory for the Allies in Game 1
MacLean's Stuarts Not Given An Easy Time
Table three hosted Norman and Robert, with the American Cavalry put up against another Panzergrenadierkompanie. The Stuarts and M8s found it not an easy task against Robert's Halftracks in between the Italian hedgerows. Eventually though the plucky mounted grenadiers capitulated and the battle went the way of the Allies.
A Victory for the Allies in Game 2
Dug In Hungarians Repel Anderson's Half Track Assault
And finally, on table two, I made my Mechanised Aces début against Murray and his Confident Trained American Armoured Rifle Company. The sheer amount of man-power that came out of those dozen or so half tracks was terrifying, but the Trained rating made up for that.
A crazy advance in trucks from myself gave the Americans an opening to take a few shots, knocking out two trucks and bailing the platoon out.
The advance from the Americans was like a wave of green, but as per usual the dug-in Veterans made a name for themselves, surviving a hail of .50cal and .30cal fire to emerge unscathed.
The advance from the Americans was like a wave of green, but as per usual the dug-in Veterans made a name for themselves, surviving a hail of .50cal and .30cal fire to emerge unscathed.
Aside from a failed assault from the Yanks, driven off by massed firepower, the only other thing of note would be Murray's CO surviving having his jeep blown out from under him, only to be picked off by a rifle moments later.
A victory for the Axis in Game 3
Current Tally - Allies: Three wins, one draw, two losses | Axis: Two wins, one draw, three losses
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