Panzer Grenadier Battles on April 29th:
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Italians get slaughtered - but almost eek out the minor.
Author Dan Storm
Method Solo
Victor Britain, India
Play Date 2019-02-10
Language English
Scenario DeRa001

I set this up with the main force attacking the West Hill and a smaller force sprinting up the East side of the board to the North Hill. I left the East Hill totally alone and figured if I quickly got 2 hills for the Minor V I will try for the 3rd and the Major V. The attack on the West Hill went horribly wrong and 10 step losses were quickly in the graveyard. The sprinters on the East did well - the Italians were able to avoid all Opp Fire from the East Hill while sprinting North - and got next to the defenders of the North Hill unscathed. But after 4 turns of fruitless assault - The Defenders would get easily disrupted and demoralized - but the recovery morale checks from the leader and entrenchments were just as easy. After a half dozen turns I pulled everyone out and made a killer double stack in 2 hexes adjacent to the trenches with 16 FP on the DF Table - same results - could not pull off any good rolls to get everyone in the hex demoralized for a 2nd set of assaults. It ended with the Indians holding on to the entrenchment hex on the North hill after the Italians touched / occupied / controlled / walked through every other hex on the hill.

The West hill was finally cleared of all Commonwealth units by turn 23 and it took 3 turns to have Italian units touch / occupy / control / walk through every other hex on the hill. Between turn 26 and 30 there was a line of Italians holding 4 hexes of slopes on the Eastern edge of the West Hill and 4 hexes of Indians adjacent to them.

The whole thing ended badly for the Italians as a 1/2 platoon of Indians took a stroll North through [2] Opp Fires of 12FP Machinegun Fire unscathed and "touched" a hex of the West Hill to deny the Italians "Full Control of The Hill".

Good Stuff! Good scenario to get the feet wet and get a grasp of the rules. Piece count is low - but distance that needs to be covered is high - hence the 30 turns. Direction of the victory went back and forth a number of times so it was tense.

1 Comment
(edited 2019-02-14 16:49)

Look at it this way, they got there 4 required step losses!

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