Paul and I got 4 more turns of
A-112 "Gift Of Time" done today.
In German turn 3, I got 2 AFV hits, one kill, but a SAN killed my OBA radio operator. I managed to send over a second 8-0, who recovered the radio, but malfunctioned it with his first contact maintenance DR !!! During American turn 3, the Lees arrive, and use the hillock protection to set up in reverse-slope positions. My turn 4, the rain starts, and I decide to push hard. I'd liked to have killed at least one more AFV before doing so, and the radio malfunctioning means I lose my best means of defeating the still hidden ATG. A Lee rolls an improbable hit on a 26 hex, th5+4 shot, the subsequent dr gives a normal hit, FTK6, and Paul rolls a crisp 5 to kill the first German tank. The rain stops in Allied 4 RPh, and another Stuka plunges down on an M3, but its attacks do nothing. In the German turn 5 PFPh, I am able to kill both Lee tanks, and another Valantine. leaving just 1 surviving, along with the still HIP ATG. I continue the advance turn 6, and the ATG pops up pretty much where expected; losing that OBA really was a bummer. During turn 6, I lose the Kubelwagen and its passengers (an 8-0 and the still malfunctioned radio), and in Allied PFPh, I lose a 2nd PzIV.
With 1.5 turns left, my Casualty DVP score is 48. Units exited off the north edge are worth double, so one (MA functioning) Italian SPG or German halftrack will be enough to win. That ATG will have to do something special.............the PzIVF2 in 30U5 will be looking to fire smoke.
John.