Scenario 4 "Tobruck" - Session 2 Turns 8-13
The misery continues for the Italians in this rather depressing scenario
The Australian troops continue to (easily) launch their attack on Italian positions. The 'forlorn hope' defence of the 'tracks crossroads' has been whittled away completely and the surviving Italian platoons here have become a small group of individual platoons trying to hold up for time against the Australian incursions. There was one funny part where an Italian INF platoon demoralised a Matilda platoon that decided to casually drive past. Their rifle fire must have made the tank commanders heads retreat into their cupolas thus causing some confusion. But to all intent and purposes, this line is a 'has been'. The Austalian forces are too strong and are supported by excellent leaders making them even harder to break down.
The main Italian defence will rest on the road at the end of the board. Surrounded by mines and ringing some better moraled BERS units plus artillery not to mention a decent leader or two, the Aussies will have to work slightly harder to break this down (one hopes !!!).
Losses so far have been Australians 2 steps, Italians 8 steps. The Allied loss is so disappointing for me. There have been 13 turns of 42 or 55 col On Board artillery bombardments and just one X has been inflicted. This is a very poor return and also missed the chance to destroy Bren-Carrier borne units in their entirity.
Still a massive 17 turns to go, so only more Italian misery on way is all I can see in this one.
Brett & Vince's C&C Kings Officers 1940-41 Campaign Diary
