Author	triangular_cube
Method	Solo
Victor	Germany, Italy
Play Date	2022-12-18
Language	English
Scenario	DeRa015

This is another interesting scenario despite appearances of another only Brit tank vs stuff battle. It does lack balance, but not to the grievous level of some of these Desert Rats scenarios so far. Brits have two groups of tanks and a large amount of arty both on and off board to break up 2 groups of Axis infantry. Axis simply must contest some of the airfield, which is a splotch of many hexes, so the VC REALLY says they have to be all eliminated. With a high turn limit, there is plenty of time for the artillery to do its work if the Brits can keep it alive. Keeping the OBA alive, as they only have 1 spotter, is also a challenge.

Axis begin on the ridge and move slowly towards the airfield. As the ridge protects them from spotting, the Brit leader and one tank unit (to prevent capture) skirt around ahead of them and plot the bombardments. Fire is largely ineffectual, but there are some disruptions. Just enough to slow up the advance a bit but not stop it. Axis OBA is succesfull in knocking out the on board 25s, at which point they dont have much else to do but harass the lone Brit Capt as much as possible.

The Germans are able to advance to the end of the ridge line and group up to assault the airfield. Their 37s get in position to fire, but need very good rolls to accomplish anything. Meanwhile the second british tank group tries to get in the Italian's way a bit but ultimately fall back to the field.

Initial German assaults are successful in pinning down the Brit armor and knocking a few out. Their flimsy morale ultimately wears them down, and a catastrophic leader casualty/decap ends up freezing them in a bad spot. Once the Italians and German engineers get to the field though, they mop up the Brits.