ChappyNS
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TURN 3 (CDN)
Sgt Musgrave and Canning aimed their main guns at some suspected enemy locations. Musgrave's light tank fired, the HE round smashing into the wooden building across the river, but doing little damage to the structure. Canning's shot was better placed in the wood line, but no Germans were there (dummy in E1).
It was time for 1 Pl to advance and to find those fleeing Germans. Maj Liddell had the PIAT section advance to within range of the building (P2), but no enemy were positioned there (dummy). Without any enemy in that building, Liddell had his soldiers rush forward at his urgent request; they circled around the woods and found the enemy skulking in the trees. The bren gun opened up on them, killing five Germans, while ten or so of them looked like they were attempting to surrender (HoB roll of "12") but in the heat of battle the trigger happy Canadians gunned them all down. (no quarter). Only Pasternack managed to escape and he fled through the woods to the other side.
A bird's eye view from above would have shown that the Canadians looked like ants - all of them moving about and along certain lines. 2 Pl under Capt Dillon moved due south along the riverbank, eventually finding the road through the trees. They were coming up from behind 1 Pl who was securing the bank itself.
The 3 Pl section in the rafts finally unloaded...Capt Bowman had the entirety of 3 Pl move inland, albeit slowly to maintain contact with the last section who had just disembarked. Their mission was to hold the bridgehead, and he was taking the time to survey good defensive positions amongst the marsh and trees.
Capt Chapman and CSM Sterlin had the firebase pack up and jump into the boats. The crossing here was shortest along the river (without getting stuck in swamp) and they managed to climb out of the boast behind 3 Pl.
The assault boats that had carried 1 and 2 Pls, A Coy, across the river had beached themselves in front of the reinforcing B Coy about a minute ago. Maj Galloway stroked his moustache nervously as he watched A Coy firebase move across the river. When they were halfway across, he ordered B Coy to get into the boats. Galloway moved with 4 Pl, and they clambered into the boats. Galloway and his two platoons were not going to follow A Coy; instead they found a narrow channel to penetrate further south of the bank. They would be in the boats longer, but they would be bettered positioned along the bank. Meanwhile, Cpl Ellis who was leading 6 Pl moved across the river where Capt Dillon had been previously. Some of his men were able to disembark while the others had a little farther to go. Finally, 5 Pl managed to jump into the boats after Maj Galloway departed, but they were not able to progress much at all.
The Canadians were moving everywhere, fully aware that a German reinforcement would be on the way soon...
TURN 3 (GER)
Stacks of S?. 39 counters in all with a minimum of 50% activation...here we go!
Both Honey tanks fired at the wooden building - splinters were flying everywhere but the damage was only superficial.
"Callsigns 1,2 this 19. Germans on the way! Get to your positions as soon as you can, out!"
Both Liddell and Galloway had heard the inevitable message from the CO. From their int briefings during orders, they knew that the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division would try to deny any foothold across the river at Castropignano. And so here they came. They would be relentless, and they would want to throw both companies back across the river as soon as they could.
Sgt Musgrave and Canning aimed their main guns at some suspected enemy locations. Musgrave's light tank fired, the HE round smashing into the wooden building across the river, but doing little damage to the structure. Canning's shot was better placed in the wood line, but no Germans were there (dummy in E1).
It was time for 1 Pl to advance and to find those fleeing Germans. Maj Liddell had the PIAT section advance to within range of the building (P2), but no enemy were positioned there (dummy). Without any enemy in that building, Liddell had his soldiers rush forward at his urgent request; they circled around the woods and found the enemy skulking in the trees. The bren gun opened up on them, killing five Germans, while ten or so of them looked like they were attempting to surrender (HoB roll of "12") but in the heat of battle the trigger happy Canadians gunned them all down. (no quarter). Only Pasternack managed to escape and he fled through the woods to the other side.
A bird's eye view from above would have shown that the Canadians looked like ants - all of them moving about and along certain lines. 2 Pl under Capt Dillon moved due south along the riverbank, eventually finding the road through the trees. They were coming up from behind 1 Pl who was securing the bank itself.
The 3 Pl section in the rafts finally unloaded...Capt Bowman had the entirety of 3 Pl move inland, albeit slowly to maintain contact with the last section who had just disembarked. Their mission was to hold the bridgehead, and he was taking the time to survey good defensive positions amongst the marsh and trees.
Capt Chapman and CSM Sterlin had the firebase pack up and jump into the boats. The crossing here was shortest along the river (without getting stuck in swamp) and they managed to climb out of the boast behind 3 Pl.
The assault boats that had carried 1 and 2 Pls, A Coy, across the river had beached themselves in front of the reinforcing B Coy about a minute ago. Maj Galloway stroked his moustache nervously as he watched A Coy firebase move across the river. When they were halfway across, he ordered B Coy to get into the boats. Galloway moved with 4 Pl, and they clambered into the boats. Galloway and his two platoons were not going to follow A Coy; instead they found a narrow channel to penetrate further south of the bank. They would be in the boats longer, but they would be bettered positioned along the bank. Meanwhile, Cpl Ellis who was leading 6 Pl moved across the river where Capt Dillon had been previously. Some of his men were able to disembark while the others had a little farther to go. Finally, 5 Pl managed to jump into the boats after Maj Galloway departed, but they were not able to progress much at all.
The Canadians were moving everywhere, fully aware that a German reinforcement would be on the way soon...
TURN 3 (GER)
Stacks of S?. 39 counters in all with a minimum of 50% activation...here we go!
Both Honey tanks fired at the wooden building - splinters were flying everywhere but the damage was only superficial.
"Callsigns 1,2 this 19. Germans on the way! Get to your positions as soon as you can, out!"
Both Liddell and Galloway had heard the inevitable message from the CO. From their int briefings during orders, they knew that the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division would try to deny any foothold across the river at Castropignano. And so here they came. They would be relentless, and they would want to throw both companies back across the river as soon as they could.
. You both have seem to have struck a chord somewhat and characterize playing the SASL system.
