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Scenario Rank:
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| Parent Game |
Polish Exiles |
| Historicity |
Historical |
| Date |
1940-06-19 |
| Start Time |
17:00 |
| Turn Count |
16 |
| Visibility |
Day |
| Counters |
78 |
| Net Morale |
0 |
| Net Initiative |
2 |
| Maps |
1: 30 |
| Layout Dimensions |
43 x 28 cm
17 x 11 in |
| Play Bounty |
228 |
| AAR Bounty |
227 |
| Total Plays |
0 |
| Total AARs |
0 |
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Introduction
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St-Aignan-sur-Cher, France
South of Blois, the French retreated and re-established a defense behind the Cher River on the Montrichard/St-Aignan line. The German 33rd Infantry Division occupied Romorantin and Selles-sur-Cher before pushing westward to close the trap. In St-Aignan, on the south bank of the river, the remnants of several French formations gathered. Weakened and with virtually no infantry left, the 241st DLI handed over its combat elements to the 85th DIA, notably the 98th Artillery Regiment and the 125th GRDI. Elements of the 4th DCR also joined in the defense of the town and surrounding area: self-propelled guns, Laffly W15TCC tank destroyers, motorcyclists and motorized infantry and a few anti-tank guns. The troops immediately began preparations to destroy the St-Aignan bridge.
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Conclusion
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In the early afternoon, a detachment from the 4th DCR, along with some Algerian riflemen and the Polish anti-tank gunners from 85th DIA, stopped the German attack in the Cher valley. A single B1bis tank named "Vercingétorix" helped the Algerians hold the St-Aignan/Novers railway station long enough to blow up the bridge at St-Aignan, but many of the riflemen were trapped on an island in the Cher and suffered heavy losses to German fire. The Polish gunners and the remnants of the Algerian riflemen held the town until the next day, when the division abandoned the river line; the Polish company commander and eight of his men fell prisoner to the Germans. After the Armistice, St-Aignan would fall on the line of demarcation between Vichy and Occupied France.
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Additional Notes
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Use French 25mm AT counters to represent the Polish AT guns. There is a DIY countersheet for a Polish version of the French substitute counters.
Counters from White Eagles may be used instead of those from The Deluge. |
Display Relevant AFV Rules
| AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
- Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
- AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8).
They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank
leader in order to carry out combat movement.
- AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
- Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn
(either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more
(11.2).
- Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its
printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
- Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire
(7.44, 7.64).
Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire,
but not both (7.22, 13.0).
Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
- Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
- Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
- AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
- AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
- Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
- Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
- Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
- Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
- Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.
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| 3 Errata Items |
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France.
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The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8".
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The movement allowance on the counters in Airborne is misprinted. It should be "3."
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