Author	treadasaurusrex (Germany)
Method	VASSAL
Victor	Germany
Participants	OldPueblo
Play Date	2022-10-04
Language	English
Scenario	FaoF043

This was a 2-session, online, introductory play-through with a high-morale opponent that is new to both PG and VASSAL. I played the defending Germans side in this low, unit count scenario in which my infantry company and an 88 mm AT gun platoon are assigned to hold positions in the woods or town on Map 31. My resolute opponent led the attacking French combined arms force.

The Boche setup in a sloping woods hex near the town on Map 29, both of the east-west road on Map 31 to await the oncoming Gauls. The French advance slowly in two stacks. The Germans take advantage of the slow pace of the movement-to-contact and manage to infiltrate the town on Map 31, in force. As the French close-in, the direct fire intensifies as 3 assault groups become decisively engaged on the margins of the town. Some misdirected French artillery lands on one of the stacks, decapitating the French leadership and sowing chaos among the attacking troops. Combat losses mount, and by the end of turn 8, half of the the French RES infantry had been eliminated (6 steps) and 2 German steps are casualties. Finally, after many pro die rolls, the dreaded 88 crew were able to eliminate the last step of French light tanks by the end of game turn 11.

The tragically-fragile, French infantry were not able to succeed in, multiple close-assaults on the town and were gradually worn down, or demoralized, and an additional leader was killed.