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Extra Protection Road to Dunkirk #32 |
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| (Attacker) Germany | vs |
Britain
(Defender)
France (Defender) |
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| Overall Rating, 6 votes |
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3.17
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| Scenario Rank: 763 of 1093 |
| Parent Game | Road to Dunkirk |
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| Historicity | Historical |
| Date | 1940-05-28 |
| Start Time | 10:00 |
| Turn Count | 22 |
| Visibility | Day |
| Counters | 51 |
| Net Morale | 0 |
| Net Initiative | 1 |
| Maps | 2: 120, 123 |
| Layout Dimensions | 56 x 43 cm 22 x 17 in |
| Play Bounty | 147 |
| AAR Bounty | 163 |
| Total Plays | 6 |
| Total AARs | 2 |
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| Inflict Enemy Casualties |
| Road Control |
| Urban Assault |
| Conditions |
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| Off-board Artillery |
| Reinforcements |
| Smoke |
| Joint Forces Battle |
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| Road to Dunkirk | Base Game |
| Introduction |
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Major-General Edmund Osborne commanding the British 44th “Home Counties” Infantry Division and General René Prioux, new commander of the French First Army, heartily despised one another yet had to cooperate to hold open the corridor to Dunkirk. Amid reciprocal accusations of treachery, Osborne retreated to the Mont des Cats, a naturally strong position on top of a sandy hill. In mid-morning, British infantry observed German tanks moving on a town at the foot of the hill. French tanks immediately moved to intercept them. |
| Conclusion |
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The H35 tanks from 2e escadron, 18e Dragons intervened against four German tanks supported by infantry which had attacked Eecke from the North. They smashed a truck convoy and one of the German tanks was quickly destroyed by a tank from the 26e bataillon de chars de combat (attached since 18th of May). The 3e escadron joined the fray and a total of eight German tanks were destroyed in a few minutes which completely stalled the attack. Osborne’s battered troops held on to their dominating position throughout the following day enabling 2,500 men from 5th Brigade to withdraw behind them. |
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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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| 3 Errata Items | |
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Ignore the direct fire values. (Shad
on 2010 Dec 15)
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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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| Road To Dunkirk, scenario Thirty-Two: Extra Protection | ||||||||||||
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Road To Dunkirk, scenario Thirty-Two: Extra Protection An interesting scenario, the British defend with some nice 25-pdr guns and just enough Infantry type units to protect them and some key victory objectives. The French armor enter as reinforcements and in my case they entered on turn one. The Germans armor has their hands full trying to attack and defend against French Armor which in this case is a little better than the German armor now throw in the British 25-prd guns with that nice 4-5 factor anti-tank factor and the German armor is doomed. The Germans managed to take a few town hexes on western most map but even that proved difficult in some assaults, as the British Infantry is all ENG & HMG types, with the Engineers getting that assault bonus in town hexes. The British won a Major Victory, 28 points to 11 points. With that said, I enjoyed playing this scenario and would play it again. |
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| Just Enough Protection! | ||||||||||||||
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Our play mirrored what others have reported. I had the attacking, batch of combined arms Germans. The T-Rex led the Allied defenders in his usual fast-moving and opportunistic style. The Jerries' victory conditions seem a bit out of reach. Both sides drew middling leaders, perhaps the Brits had a slightly better set. My Wehrmacht troops put up a tremendous fight for around 16 turns, but lost out to the ably-led French armor and British infantrymen, that the ever-ready, T-Rex used very aggressively. I thought that this would turn into a hard-fought draw until our 3rd session. Lost my senior leader on the 9th turn and we had 12 of our 22 turns shortened by the stinking FOW rule! The contemptible British AT gun lasted until the 16th turn after taking terrible toll of my overeager armor. The German tanks were outmaneuvered and out shot whenever they challenged the fast-moving French tanks. The dice fates definitely favored the Allied defenders. The combination of British combat engineers and HMG units were lethal in almost all urban close assaults, this time. The Allied side got a major victory, recording 34 points to 14 points. This scenario is suitable for both solitaire and shared play. In the latter case, the more experienced player should probably lead the slightly weaker, attacking Germans. This one gets a 3 from me and the suggestion that the victory conditions get a review and a possibly a rewrite. |
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