Spearhead Division: scenario #9: Bad Road to Hastenrath

I needed to get a game in early this morning and picked what looked to be quick scenario from the Spearhead Division. I’ll make this a short AAR, as basically it is about controlling the Hastenrath town hexes on map 24 and step losses. The German setup defending on map 24, while American setup on map 22 in attack mode. The Germans have a small mixed force centered around a StuG IV and a 75mm gun, with minefields, wire and an entrenchment plus mud to slow the Americans down. The American have a large armor force but a small Infantry force and some good off map artillery.

With only 16 turns in mud, the Americans can’t afford to wait around and probe deep into the German lines to expose their main defensive assets. This where the Americans took most of their losses but once they takeout the German Stug IV and the 75mm guns, they can chip away at the remaining German’s Infantry forces with a ton of fire power. By turn 16, the Germans were destroyed or retreating and Hastenrath was in American hands.

The point totals were Americans 28 points to the Germans 12 points for and a American Major victory. Put that American M16 adjacent to any German Infantry stack with a couple more units and that hex is toast!