Swift and Destructive |
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Two words best described the attack of the Germans the night after the Americans had crossed the Rapido. The end result- by turn 9, nothing was left of the American task force. They had setup with two INF in four hexes, making a semicircle around the bridge head, with the HMG's at the flanks, and the 81mm mortar at the bridge. The Germans setup to attack the two Western most positions and a smaller group to attack the Northern station, and then attack the mortar, thus taking the bridge and a victory for the Germans. The Germans were lucky when picking their leaders, and after they moved up to the American posts, they unleashed their firepower. By turn 4 the german firepower of HMG's, INF's, and the 150 IG, caused the Americans 3 steps and left most disrupted or demoralized. On turn 5, as the Americas bring more units from the South the Germans fire DF again, furthering the damage, and allowing the Germans to assault the next turn. The assaults are completely biased towards the Germans, and so were the roles. The three assaults that took place rolled:6, 4, 5, with all of these rolls being on the 30 column. The Americans try to counter assault, but good roles for the Germans leave the reinforcements destroyed as well. Some of the units which were demoralized in the assaults had fled towards the bridge trying to recover, but in the next couple of turns, the Germans moved their HMG's together, and picked off the lingering Americans. On turn 9, the Germans gained INT, and a group of three INF's and a strong LT. fired at the mortar, whose fire had not yet inflicted any damage on the advancing Germans. Result: German Major Victory. |
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