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Desert Rats #17 - The Tomb Of Sidi Rezegh Jungle Fighting #7 - Line Of Departure
Desert Rats #18 - A Pibroch's Skirl South Africa's War #5 - Irish Eyes
Infantry First, or, "Get those damn tanks out from behind those damn bushes!"
Author patman
Method Solo
Victor Germany
Play Date 2013-09-11
Language English
Scenario PaLe022

This scenario requires the Americans to push through two boards arranged the long way. As the German, I put my best tanks in a commanding position overlooking the approaches on the first board, and as a result the American tanks had to hang back while the infantry went up to assault the Panzers. After assaults were initiated the American armor started moving up, but there were just enough other German tanks to start brewing up a goodly number of U.S. tanks. Nonetheless, the infantry made it more or less through the first board, bypassing or isolating some towns along the way, to get to the second board, with its big town complex (Percy) which itself shielded the eponymous Crossroads behind.

While the Americans took several hexes in Percy, they never got to the crossroads, and the 5 points for that proved to be the difference, with the Germans getting a 6 point victory (less than a 3 point advantage would have been a draw). In hindsight I probably should have sent two Sherman Platoons off the map (for points) rather than having them approach Percy from the rear and get their asses handed to them by a Panzer IV. Overall, a close and good scenario, and a lesson in using American tanks.

2 Comments
2013-09-12 07:01

Nice to see you play again Pat

2013-09-12 09:58

Thanks, Vince, it had been a while! Work and family keep me pretty busy!

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