valos german adventure

[valo2000]

i will buy a new unit every other scenario or every second scenario. And i will try to go with a relatively realistic core setup.

My delay battle is so far going relatively good the polish attack seem to be stoped and my 2 infantry platoons are stil at 75%. but i have lost 2 mg. after they had nearly shot all their ammo off.The poles have lost all their tanks one too 2cm shells from a tank and 4 to close assaults. their infantry is largely retreating and i am thinking if i should chase them but there might be a reserve.

currently the map is 60x60 what makes the battle more fighting and less maneuvering and it seems to be easier.
i used to play on a 200x200 map but that gets boring with a small force.

[PanzerBob]

Tanks, Valo

PanzerBob

[valo2000]

my counterattack met the second polish wave and had to retreat. one mark2 was immobilized in front of probably 60 poles and the crew tried to get away because there was no way holding their position.

But the poles showed no mercy and concentrated all their fire on the fleeing crew.

the second mark2 triedt to protect the crew but only caught an atrifle bullet. the damge was only cosmetical so this one could retreat to help the sicherungstruppen.

The polish second wave didnt get as far as the first one before it was stopped by rifle mg and mortarfire.

my new sniper shoot away 3 ammoloads and almost singlehandedly stalled a companysized attack.

the ammowagons were a really forcemultiplier because they made continious mortarfire possible and the other units also did run low on ammo near the end of the battle and without supply i would have had to retreat.

[valo2000]

the next battle was a meeting engagement between a cavalry recon troop commanded by me and a reeinforced polish infantry company.

My core will be a recon troop for this period of the war and so i added a Kavalleriezug with dismounts.

My mission was to secure a bridge before the poles could go there and destroy it.

For this i had another troop of dismounts,2xMGs 3xMortars 3 lmg squads 3 Panzerbuechsen and ammo supply.All with cavalry transports.The Luftwaffe provided Schlachtflieger and 2 me109s as support.

as the battle commenced i took my mgs and lmgs to ridges overwatching the river and my dismounted cavalry platoons took reverse slope postions covered by the mgs.

the poles tried to take the ridges on the eastern bank of the river an were surpised that my men already overwatched thoose positions.

Most of the battle consisted of polish infantry trying to go through mg fire and mortar bombardment. that didnt work for them.

the cavlry transports flanked this attack and took out the enemy aty at turn 20 or so. with the aty gone there was no chance at all for the poles to ever gain a foothold on thoose ridges or to take the bridge.

at the end of the battle 100 poles were causalities and 400 taken prisoner against only 12 wounded and 4 dead on my side.

i have asked hq for some armoured support to my recon group maybe an armoured car.But as Panzers are needed everywhere i dont know if i will get something.


My sniper covered the road leading to the bridge