This is a British attempt to cutoff retreating Italian troops by advanced forces of the 7th Armored Division. It must first deal with an Italian armored brigade, that although have not trained together still well able to corral the British tanks. The Italians have slower M11/39 and M13/40's with heavier armor. The British are speedier but littler armored. Their guns are about equal with a slight firepower advantage to the Italian 47mm to the British 2pdr, but the 2pdr has a better range. So the British need to stay back and maneuver to get good shots while the Italians need to close in to kill.

In my play, the British were able to get across board 2 before the Italian tanks woke up. The Italians moved quickly to close on the British while they started to maneuver. Once they closed to range, opening shots were misses but the Italians were subsequently able to get a kill on a long range shot on a A9. This started the British down turn. The British tried to maneuver around the massed Italian tanks, but the Italian gunners were to good and the British armor too thin, an A13 was hit as well. The British 2pdrs could not get the kills on the numerous M13/40 and M11/39s, but finally scored hits on some eager tanks. But this allowed other Italian tanks to maneuver for cross fire shots, leaving more British tanks burning and 5 steps lost, so the British victory conditions were out. Slowly the Italian tanks pushed the remaining British tanks back on to board 2 and giving the retreating infantry room to get down the coastal road to safety and the win.

Although this was interesting the play could have been better, the Italian tanks are stronger than the scenario intro and conclusion portrays, giving the British a bit of a false sense of easy success. But you have to watch out for good Italian player maneuvering their tanks.