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Tunisia 1942: I am the Allied attacker leading a force of 5 American Lees and 14 Canadian squad-equivalents against 9.5 German squads and a 40LL AT Gun. The Germans will get three PzIIIHs on turn 3. I win at game end by amassing ≥ 7 VP: 1 VP for each building I control, 1 for each PzIIIH I eliminate or capture, and 1 for every 2 (FRU) Lees I exit off the east edge. Orchards are olive groves and hedges are cactus hedges. We reset the hedge transformation when we found that disabled VASL's smart LOS checking.
My opponent's setup:
I plan to attack in the north, take those four buildings, and exit all five Lees either via bypass along the north edge, or by spending all MP to enter a woods hex, making a trailbreak at minimum risk.
I sent 4.5 squads to the center to slow down his units in the south as they try to reinforce the north. I see some units are unsupported, so I will swarm what I assume is a HS in C8, then the unit in E7. I don't think the Gun would be this far forward; it's too much of a gamble.
It was a squad in C8, which I VBM froze, reinforced by three squads. My CX stack on the hill is a concealed stack of 9-2, HMG/458, MMG/458. I've acquired a mortar in the north and his concealed unit on the central hill. After turn 1a:
In turn 1b my opponent AM's the concealed unit on the north hill ADJACENT to a Lee and a 457. I eliminate it in DFPh -- it was a ATR/238 coming to try and DI the Lee -- but his other units pass multiple NMCs and 1MCs. After turn 1b:
I continue the attack, using my turns of unopposed armor as agressively as I can. I eliminate his unit on the hill in a lucky CC. I was prepared to fire the 9-2 stack on it if became a Melee. I move two Lees with infantry to try to isolate his units around H7/H8, a 9-1, MMH/548 stack and what might be a DC-toting HS. One of those Lees overruns a squad in the brush north of the wall. In the center I broke the first squad trying to reinforce. I am sending a HS south, to both prevent him from flanking me and threatening the B6 building, and to threaten to flank him and capture some of the southern buildings. After turn 2a:
I pin the MMG/548 and break the 9-1 as they try to fall back, the HS manning the mortar in the north. My opponent shifted his southern forces east, probably to avoid my blocking force in the center. After turn 2b:
I'm fairly certain the 40LL isn't in the eastern woods; I think my opponent would have shot rather than allow the overrun, so in turn 3a I move three Lees to counter his PzIIIHs if he enters them in the north. I rushed two Lees forward, fearing the AT Gun if it were in M9. If he tries to go through the woods, or wiggle through the northern bypass route, I hope to be able to hit them first. In the center I overrun the MMG/548 that was pinned trying to fall back. One squad drawing fire goes berserk and is eliminated charging into J9. I've moved the 9-2 MG stack further south and pushed my blocking force a hex forward as I start pushing for buildings J8 and K9. I was surprised to find the concealed unit in L7 was DC/8-0. I DTed a 8-0 & squad to F14 to DM a broken 548 in J14; it's now moving back north. After turn 3a:
In 3b my opponent splits his tanks. His southern force has deployed to guard the buildings, with a MTR/HS on the hill in N12. My Motion Lee in I8 hopes to be able to duck out of LOS. After 3b:
In 4a I VBM freeze and break the 548 in K9. I DT a 9-1, ATR/457 to P7, behind the O8 PzIIIH, which goes into Motion. I then start moving Lees to M8, stopping, firing after a short delay, and moving away. The third Lee misses but get ROF with its 37LL, malfs its B75, then hits and eliminates the PzIIIH with the 37LL.
M10 was interesting -- it had a broken 548, 9-1 and DC/8-0. In the AFPh a 457 in M9 fired on M10, and my opponent rolled my SAN, which wounded the DC/8-0. In the center I try to swarm the I12 PzIIIH but it repels my infantry. In the RtPh the 548 had to rout to K10, the closest, as the Lee bypassing K9 was unknown to it. But the DC/wnd8-0 couldn't rout with it. The 9-1 and broken 548 could rout to K10 for 3 MF, and continue on to J10 for 5, but an unbroken leader can only rout with a broken unit if it remains with the broken unit throughout the RtPh. If the wnd8-0 accompanied the broken unit, they'd have to stop after 3MF, in K10, the 548 would be eliminated to failure to rout as it ended the RtPh ADJACENT to a KEU. So the wnd8-0 stayed behind and I advanced in for 4-1 CC, and failed to eliminate the 8-0. After 4a:
In 4b my opponent pulls back in the south, and pushes his central PzIIIH further north. The 8-0 and 457 both survive another round of melee and mortar fire from the German mortar in N12. After 4b:
In 5a I exit one Lee and move two others to exit. I had labeled the hexes in the north near the bypass gap with how many MP it would take a Motion Lee to exit from there. It is easy to lose because you forget or miscounted details like MP. I advanced a concealed force led by the 9-2 against the Motion PzIIIH in I9. With a gammon bomb and ambush, I turn it into a burning wreck. I sent a unit to the east board edge to make sure the 40LL wasn't in Q4. In M10 the German mortar broke both my 457 and his wnd8-0. I've withdrawn but he hasn't moved his unit yet. After 5a:
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My opponent's setup:
I plan to attack in the north, take those four buildings, and exit all five Lees either via bypass along the north edge, or by spending all MP to enter a woods hex, making a trailbreak at minimum risk.
I sent 4.5 squads to the center to slow down his units in the south as they try to reinforce the north. I see some units are unsupported, so I will swarm what I assume is a HS in C8, then the unit in E7. I don't think the Gun would be this far forward; it's too much of a gamble.
It was a squad in C8, which I VBM froze, reinforced by three squads. My CX stack on the hill is a concealed stack of 9-2, HMG/458, MMG/458. I've acquired a mortar in the north and his concealed unit on the central hill. After turn 1a:
In turn 1b my opponent AM's the concealed unit on the north hill ADJACENT to a Lee and a 457. I eliminate it in DFPh -- it was a ATR/238 coming to try and DI the Lee -- but his other units pass multiple NMCs and 1MCs. After turn 1b:
I continue the attack, using my turns of unopposed armor as agressively as I can. I eliminate his unit on the hill in a lucky CC. I was prepared to fire the 9-2 stack on it if became a Melee. I move two Lees with infantry to try to isolate his units around H7/H8, a 9-1, MMH/548 stack and what might be a DC-toting HS. One of those Lees overruns a squad in the brush north of the wall. In the center I broke the first squad trying to reinforce. I am sending a HS south, to both prevent him from flanking me and threatening the B6 building, and to threaten to flank him and capture some of the southern buildings. After turn 2a:
I pin the MMG/548 and break the 9-1 as they try to fall back, the HS manning the mortar in the north. My opponent shifted his southern forces east, probably to avoid my blocking force in the center. After turn 2b:
I'm fairly certain the 40LL isn't in the eastern woods; I think my opponent would have shot rather than allow the overrun, so in turn 3a I move three Lees to counter his PzIIIHs if he enters them in the north. I rushed two Lees forward, fearing the AT Gun if it were in M9. If he tries to go through the woods, or wiggle through the northern bypass route, I hope to be able to hit them first. In the center I overrun the MMG/548 that was pinned trying to fall back. One squad drawing fire goes berserk and is eliminated charging into J9. I've moved the 9-2 MG stack further south and pushed my blocking force a hex forward as I start pushing for buildings J8 and K9. I was surprised to find the concealed unit in L7 was DC/8-0. I DTed a 8-0 & squad to F14 to DM a broken 548 in J14; it's now moving back north. After turn 3a:
In 3b my opponent splits his tanks. His southern force has deployed to guard the buildings, with a MTR/HS on the hill in N12. My Motion Lee in I8 hopes to be able to duck out of LOS. After 3b:
In 4a I VBM freeze and break the 548 in K9. I DT a 9-1, ATR/457 to P7, behind the O8 PzIIIH, which goes into Motion. I then start moving Lees to M8, stopping, firing after a short delay, and moving away. The third Lee misses but get ROF with its 37LL, malfs its B75, then hits and eliminates the PzIIIH with the 37LL.
M10 was interesting -- it had a broken 548, 9-1 and DC/8-0. In the AFPh a 457 in M9 fired on M10, and my opponent rolled my SAN, which wounded the DC/8-0. In the center I try to swarm the I12 PzIIIH but it repels my infantry. In the RtPh the 548 had to rout to K10, the closest, as the Lee bypassing K9 was unknown to it. But the DC/wnd8-0 couldn't rout with it. The 9-1 and broken 548 could rout to K10 for 3 MF, and continue on to J10 for 5, but an unbroken leader can only rout with a broken unit if it remains with the broken unit throughout the RtPh. If the wnd8-0 accompanied the broken unit, they'd have to stop after 3MF, in K10, the 548 would be eliminated to failure to rout as it ended the RtPh ADJACENT to a KEU. So the wnd8-0 stayed behind and I advanced in for 4-1 CC, and failed to eliminate the 8-0. After 4a:
In 4b my opponent pulls back in the south, and pushes his central PzIIIH further north. The 8-0 and 457 both survive another round of melee and mortar fire from the German mortar in N12. After 4b:
In 5a I exit one Lee and move two others to exit. I had labeled the hexes in the north near the bypass gap with how many MP it would take a Motion Lee to exit from there. It is easy to lose because you forget or miscounted details like MP. I advanced a concealed force led by the 9-2 against the Motion PzIIIH in I9. With a gammon bomb and ambush, I turn it into a burning wreck. I sent a unit to the east board edge to make sure the 40LL wasn't in Q4. In M10 the German mortar broke both my 457 and his wnd8-0. I've withdrawn but he hasn't moved his unit yet. After 5a:
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