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South of Sauville
Fall of France 2 #22
(Defender) Germany vs France (Attacker)
Formations Involved
France 3e Division Cuirassée de Réserve
France 3e Division d'Infanterie Motorisée
Germany 1st Panzer Division
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Draw 0
Side 2 1
Overall Rating, 1 vote
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Scenario Rank: --- of 939
Parent Game Fall of France 2
Historicity Historical
Date 1940-05-16
Start Time 07:00
Turn Count 24
Visibility Day
Counters 96
Net Morale 0
Net Initiative 2
Maps 2: 29, 30
Layout Dimensions 86 x 28 cm
34 x 11 in
Play Bounty 182
AAR Bounty 222
Total Plays 1
Total AARs 0
Battle Types
Bridge Control
Inflict Enemy Casualties
Rural Assault
Conditions
Off-board Artillery
Randomly-drawn Aircraft
Reinforcements
Terrain Mods
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Fall of France 2 Base Game
Introduction

After breaking out of the Sedan bridgehead, 1st Panzer Division drove westward while the Grossdeutschland Regiment held the line at Stonne. To cover their southern flank, the panzer division sent detachments to secure the bridges east of the town of Le Chesne on the Ardenncs Canal. As for the French, poor decision-making by the high command left the area defended by only scattered recon elements and a few tanks from 3rd DCR.

Conclusion

West of Stonne and Tannay flowed two nearly parallel swampy water courses crossed by many bridges and locks: the Ardennes Canal and the Bar River. On the west bank, near Sauville, two French recon platoons from 76the GRDI, mounted in Simca civilian autos, ran into a German motorized column from the 1st Panzer Division at 0600. The French lost 14 men and most of the vehicles, but those who escaped alerted the various scattered recon groups protecting the canal line, especially at the Tannay bridge. At 0730, Hotchkiss tanks of the 42nd Tank Battalion's Third Company moved from Le Chesne to delay the German advance. At 1000, these tanks pulled back to join the defense of the bridges. As further German infantry and anti-tank units advanced, more French infantry came from the rear to hold the bridges. The 16th Bataillon de Chasseurs Portes riding armored Lorraine carriers arrived, like the cavalry, to save the Pont-Bar bridge and the day. By then all the bridges were under attack and around midday Stukas appeared, but the bridge defenders held out for the rest of the day and that night French engineers blew up some of the bridges.


Display Relevant AFV Rules

AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle
  • Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
  • AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement.
  • AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
  • Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2).
  • Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
  • Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
  • Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
  • Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
  • AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
  • AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
  • Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present.
  • Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
  • Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
  • Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
  • Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
  • Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.
  • Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB)
  • Armored Transports: These are not combat units and are therefore not APC's, and they can transport all types of transportable units (5.6) so they are not Prime Movers. They suffer the same vulnerabilities in combat as open-top AFV's (7.61). All are mechanized. (SB)

Display Order of Battle

France Order of Battle
Armée de Terre
  • Mechanized
  • Motorized
  • Towed
Germany Order of Battle
Heer
  • Mechanized

Display Errata (2)

2 Errata Items
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France.

(plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
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The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8".

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
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