Panzer Grenadier Battles on November 23rd:
An Army at Dawn #3 - Fire Support Leyte '44 #29 - Thanksgiving Day
Carpathian Brigade #3 - Breakout and Pursuit Panzer Lehr 2 #24 - Plug the Hole
Desert Rats #23 - Te Hokowhitu-a-Tu ("War Party") Panzer Lehr #24 - Plug the Hole
Desert Rats #24 - Hill 175 South Africa's War #7 - Rear Echelon
Dragon’s Teeth #33 - Chickenshit Regulations South Africa's War #8 - Ons Is Helsems
Invasion of Germany #38 - Making Hay South Africa's War #9 - Sunday of the Dead
Jungle Fighting #9 - Another Try West Wall #8 - Making Hay
Panzer Lehr Stands Confused
Author scrane
Method Solo
Victor Britain
Play Date 2012-11-14
Language English
Scenario PaLe002

This replay was a bit funny because I really didn't pay close enough attention to the wording of the victory conditions for the British, and might have had an easier time of it as a result. In this battle the British need to capture a town and a bridge from a weak Lehr battalion, with a battalion of infantry and a battalion of Shermans to do it.

I split the German defenders into a stronger force holding the town and a weaker force the bridge. The British should have concentrated all their forces on the bridge , approaching from the north, and played for the minor victory. Instead I split my forces into stronger and weaker groups and tried to take both simultaneously. The town has a large area of fields to the south, so the British town assault force could approach mostly unseen.

Had their morale rolls gone better, the Germans stood a good chance of stalling the British drives in both locations. However, the British were quite lucky in delivering a good number of X and 2X results, and the Germans suffered a lot of leader losses and morale failures, making it very difficult for them to maneuver their forces. They did succeed in conducting a number of infantry assaults on tanks, and their Panzerfausts wreaked a toll on the Shermans and Fireflies.

The bridge was secured with relative ease, but the town required a protracted scramble to finally root out the last die hard defenders, with reinforcements trickling in from the successful bridge assault to allow the British to finally carry the town.

Not a bad scenario but it felt a bit disjointed in play, perhaps because I didn't stick to a sound plan for either side. Could be worth another play someday with my attention more focused.

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