Conquest of Ethiopia, scenario #4: Passo Gashorche

An interesting mix of Infantry types, with the Italian side needing to clear the hill hexes and prevent any direct fire on to the main trail hexes. The Ethiopians start with a small force guarding this critical area but get a large reinforcement force. In fact the Italians also come on the with smaller group of Infantry followed by two larger reinforcement groups. Funny thing is, all the reinforcement groups on both sides rolled to come on the map on their first try.

It was a bloody fight until the end and last time I counted both sides had lost 9 steps each but the Italians lost two Leaders early which hurt. The Italians also had two airstrike which did minimal damaged and managed to stack three 75/13 gun unit together but only scored once. There were many demoralized and disrupted units on both sides running around and you will need all those markers and maybe more, as the low morale makes it hard to recover. The Ethiopians came away with a Major Victory as the Italian couldn’t clear the hills or even the direct fire onto the trail below.