All,
It's 0730, 18 Sept 1939, and the Battle of Kutno is reaching its climax, with this day seeing the heaviest fighting. The Poles had repeatedly frustrated the German attempt to close the pocket, and aerial reconnaissance had found yet another bridge not disclosed on any German map, so the Kampgruppe's new Executive Officer, 1st Lt Ost, led 1st Motorcycle and 4th Grenadier Platoons, along with two squads of attached engineers and two armored cars, to destroy the bridge. The intelligence section didn't expect much in the way of opposition; typically, they were wrong, as the Poles were poised to fiercely defend one of the few remaining avenues out of the pocket.
The Germans are led by Lt Ost, then have Lt Weider's 1st Motorcycle Platoon (of Sgt Gradl's 2nd Squad and Cpl Pankau's 3rd Squad), Officer Cadet Vetter's 4th Grenadier Platoon (with Sgt Mader's 1st Squad, Sgt Lehmkuhl's 2nd Squad, and Cpl Imhofe's 3rd Squad), Officer Cadet Distler and Sgt Keck's armored cars, and engineer squads led by Sgt Barkstrom and Sgt Hafl.
The Poles have their CO, an 82mm mortar, two .30 cal MGs, and seven rifle squads (three with anti-tank rifles).
Overview, north is up, Germans are at bottom right (southeast), Poles are spread across the board on blinds (poker chips).
Near calamity in the center, with two knocked out squads, and I lost my commanding officer…
Fierce fighting at the bridge, and my half-ass attempt at flamethrowers ;)
For the whole fight, please visit the blog at:
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I've got three more write-ups to do. Notice I said three, because I played the final two games of the Poland campaign (I hope sixteen are enough!). Stay tuned for more write-ups, then I've got big plans for the upcoming 5Core Brigade Command, some air combat, a return to my FFL campaign, and a similar modern USMC campaign. I'm sure I won't get to all of that before I return to KG Klink for the France 1940 campaign.
V/R,
Jac
