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The Rytel Position Deluge #10 |
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(Defender)
France
(Defender) Poland |
vs | Germany (Attacker) |
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| Overall Rating, 1 vote |
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| Scenario Rank: --- of 940 |
| Parent Game | Deluge |
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| Historicity | Historical |
| Date | 1939-09-01 |
| Start Time | 11:30 |
| Turn Count | 36 |
| Visibility | Day |
| Counters | 175 |
| Net Morale | 0 |
| Net Initiative | 1 |
| Maps | 4: 1, 104, 105, 6 |
| Layout Dimensions | 86 x 56 cm 34 x 22 in |
| Play Bounty | 217 |
| AAR Bounty | 171 |
| Total Plays | 1 |
| Total AARs | 1 |
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| Inflict Enemy Casualties |
| Road Control |
| Conditions |
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| Anti-infantry Wire |
| Entrenchments |
| Minefields |
| Off-board Artillery |
| Terrain Mods |
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| Broken Axis | Maps |
| Deluge | Base Game |
| Fall of France 1 | Counters |
| Fire in the Steppe | Maps + Counters |
| Introduction |
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While XIX Motorized Corps commander Heinz Guderian swanned about in a half-track micro-managing 3rd Panzer Division’s advance, he left the two motorized infantry divisions under his command to their own devices. Second Motorized Division crossed the border and soon ran into tough Polish fixed defenses at Rytel. Rather than use his mobility to find the Polish flank and move around the fortifications, division commander Paul Bader dismounted his infantry and ordered a frontal assault. |
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Podpulkownik Jan Maliszewski’s 35th Infantry Regiment had mobilized in March 1939 and deployed at Rytel in July. For the past two months he had set his men to stringing wire, digging trenches and building concrete emplacements. Bader helpfully flung the bulk of his infantry directly at those positions, and the Poles poured rifle and machine-gun fire on the Germans as they struggled through the swampy ground in front of the fortifications while the division artillery – concentrated here – rained down shells as well. Bader continued the attacks for six hours before realizing that his division was shattered; during the night Maliszewski was ordered to abandon Rytel because 3rd Panzer Division’s advance threatened to outflank him. |
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| AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
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| Armée de Terre |
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| Heer |
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| Wojska Lądowe |
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| 2 Errata Items | |
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France. (plloyd1010
on 2015 Jul 31)
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The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8". (Shad
on 2010 Dec 15)
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| #10 Rytel Position |
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German assault against Polish entrenchments, minefields, wire and 3 casemates, luckily the Germans have a company of engineers and plenty of OBA support. There are three victory conditions, all German, step losses, controlling either E-W road and controlling both E-W roads. The Polish forces have to cover both roads so as not to give the Germans an easy victory by concentrating all their forces on one road, the terrain favors the defense with the Germans having to negotiate around swaps in full view of the Polish defenders. The main German force struck the southern E-W roads Polish defenses after taking some disruption fire from Polish OBA on the approach march, it had limited overall effect. It was slow going with heavy fighting but the German infantry with the support of OBA & HMGs reduced one Polish entrenchment after the other, as well as two casemates on this portion of the battlefield. To the north the German forces attacking along that road made some progress due to all the Polish attention going to their forces under heavy attack down south, these German troops did not clear the road but they kept any Polish troops from reinforcing their comrades. Germans achieved two out of the three VCs for a minor victory. Good battle that come down to the last 9 turns. |
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