Jim will be commanding the Germans. He is another veteran war-gamer, who has played Blitzkrieg Commander for years, as well as many other games. Remember he cant see the table and has only a map and my reports to go by. He will be tasked with countering an overwhelming American attack and perhaps even scoring a victory of his own!
This German force represents the kind of throw-together battle group seen in Normandy. scattered units with no orders from High-command, rallied by a single commander. The forces are of varying quality representing the ever desperate German position in 1944.
Soon I will hand over to Jim to tel you about his plans and tactics in his own words.
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| German Kampgrupp Von Bock |
A* - German CO - General Von Bock, leading a mixed formation consisting of; Company of Grenadiers, PAK 40 ATG Platoon, a Battery of Wesp SPGs and a Anit-air unit of Sdkfz6/2s
B* - HQ - Colonel Fressner, leading another mixed formation consisting of; Company of Green Infantry supported by a Machine-gun platoon and 75mm Field-gun Battery. Also a Platoon of Panzer IV tanks with Veteran crews.
C - HQ - Captain Prille, leading a Company of Heer Infantry supported by a Machine-gun platoon
D - HQ - Captain Rendulic, leading a green Czech Company supported by a Machine-gun platoon
E - HQ - Major Linermann, leading a mixed formation consisting of; two Assault Pioneer platoons, two Heer Infantry Platoons and a PAK 40 ATG platoon.
F - HQ - Captain Schorner, leading a mixed Formation consisting of; Two Heer Platoons, one Machine-gun platoon, one Motorcycle recon platoon all of which are Veterans. The are supported by a platoon of Tank hunter Nashorn SPAT guns.
* These two formations are in reserve and are not available for Jim until turn 2
OK, over to Jim to highlight his plans for battle
D-Day + 1.
As the allies desperately try to expand their
bridgehead to include any airfields they can capture. The Germans are
facing their own problems. General Von Bock has a large area to defend
with troops of mixed quality. He has guessed that an airfield in his
sector is an objective of the allies. He has placed a poor quality
infantry company as a temporary garrison. He has placed a decent quality
company in Arret de Cheval to guard the crossroads . a mixed company is
in a wood between the two locations to support either. A mixed company
of infantry and tank destroyers is in Murs blancs in reserve. Two
companies are held back as a counterattack force.
Jim.
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| Jim's Deployment, NOTE he is completely unaware of the Sneaky rangers Tony has placed in the woods and fields. |
Unknown to Jim, he actually will be reinforced as the battle unfolds. An additional German formation will be available to him from Turn 3 on-wards. This represents, scattered German forces forming up and attempting counter attacks.
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| Surprise reserves |
HQ- Captain Hass, leading a StuG III company supported by a Mechanised Platoon of Grenadiers, Recon 233 and Mortar platoon.
Next up. Some game mechanics
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