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Old June 7th, 2010, 12:03 PM

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Default First battle: Sept 1 1939 North of Chojnide Poland

Forward elements of the 3rd Infantry Division, II Army Corp, encounter an understrength Polish battalion. Oberstlt Krafft is ordered to support an infantry company from the 3rd Inf Div in securing the roads in the area. A 10.5cm battery from 3rd Panzer Division will be available for artillery support. Visibility is clear (50) and HQ allows roughly four hours for the operation (45 turns). The area is dominated by a central hill to the southeast of a road intersection (Map is attached at turn 8).

The plan of battle is for the infantry company to move in from the west along the northern east-west road and secure the intersection. After securing the intersection, the infantry will move south to secure the western approach to the central hill and the woods south of the hill. The panzer company will move along the intersecting road from the south west and support the infantry.

Twenty minutes after the arrival of German forces in the area, Polish artillery begins shelling the area south of the intersection and a troop of Polish armored cars are spotted on the road just north of the intersection. Counterbattery fire is called in to the 10.5cm battery and the PzIII's and IV's of the company open fire on the armored cars and the targets are quickly dispatched.

Soon after the armored cars are eliminated, Polish calvary is spotted on the central hill. The calvary is quickly engaged by long range machinegun fire and a platoon of Pz1b's maneuvers west of the hill to engage. As the calvary is being routed, scouts rounding the hill to the north spot Polish infantry approaching the hill from the east. The second Pz1b platoon circles the hill to the north and engages the infantry.

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