After playing the first scenario of Invasion 44 I was once again frustrated on how hard it is to make assaults work in towns and entrenchments. So I went to he forums and was advised it is best to simply stand off and use fire power to gradually wear down the defender, especially if the attacker is the firepower heavy Americans. So that is what I set out to do in this scenario to see if it works.

And it did.

The Americans moved out with their entire force together through the bocage right at Le Fresne. The Germans cleverly put a dug in AT gun and Grenadier Platoon on the 0711 which prevented a rush down the road by the Americans. The Americans took two hours to reduce Les Fresnes and then moved out across country to Couvains in the south held by the Fallschirmjaegers. Again, they Americans setup and pounded the town, knowing this time all they had to do was gain a foothold and prevent German control while keeping casualties down.

It was tough though to crack the high morale German paratroopers but finally they began to crack and in the last hour of combat the Americans entered the town in three spots. They even cleared out one hex with Stuarts which had the wagon towing the ATG all the way form the hill. They did all of this without losing any steps and thus stayed below the five loss threshold thus achieving two of the three VCs: take Les Fresnes and stay below five step losses. The Germans couldn't control Couvains so the Americans won a minor victory.

After all these playings of PG, is the light bulb starting to light up?