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Searching for the 88
Author leonard (Britain)
Method Face to Face
Victor Draw
Participants unknown
Play Date 2020-04-23
Language English
Scenario RtDk038

Northwest of Abbeville, there's a wide plateau between Moyenneville and the Mont Caubert heights. On the north side of the plateau, terrain drops steeply in Cambron. The plateau was a real killing ground being defended by a few 88mm AA guns (La croix qui corne, château de Cambron, Mont de Caubert). The French Somua tanks suffered greatly from these so the Scots were sent through the woods to reduce the German resistance. They were the only ones to reach their objectives, clearing the Bois de Cambron and threatening the AA guns but, in the end, they had to withdraw because their right flank remained open. I've played the scenario with a novice to teach him the rules and tactics. It was quite fun with a lot of terrible dice rolled in assault in the woods. My Scots suffered from catastrophic loss (decapitation) and very slow progression against pesky German HMGs. I took the precaution to send one of my leaders forward, as a scout, to find the location of the 88 battery (hidden). However, while my infantry platoons were embroiled in long assaults in the woods, the leader-scout was unable to find the AA guns before the very end of the game. In the end, I had just two turns of artillery (2 X 13) against the 88 to attempt to destroy it (bombardment on column 30) but both dice were 7: no result at all !! On the other end, I succeeded to kill many Germans in assault combat (lost 9 units) while keeping my own losses at 4 steps. We also had two random events ; one British aircraft and one German Stuka but both were unable to see any target. Since I managed to control one of the two trails and keep my losses under 6 steps, the game was a draw. Good fight !

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