"WWII Microarmor Panzer Aces Batrep #2" Topic

All,

The Wehrmacht is pushing east relentlessly, its men snatching sleep an hour or two at a time. It's 0930 on June 24, 1941, the third day of the invasion. The brothers Mueller have led their platoon onward at speed; following the initial fight on D-Day, they haven't had any real contact. The few Soviets they've seen were either dead (from airstrikes), doggedly retreating, or surrendering, and the platoon paid them no mind, pushing forward towards the bridge serving as the objective for the initial thrust. All four Panzer IIIs are in good fighting order, crews looking for a fight. Good thing, as aerial reconnaissance has reported a strong Soviet presence near the bridge.

Once again this fight is in 6mm Microarmor from GHQ, using Two-Hour Wargames' "Hell Hath No Fury" rules, which I have modified to add in infantry, anti-tank guns, trucks, and armored cars.

Overview of map, north is left. The Panzer Platoon is at bottom left (northwest), while the bridge is at top center (east). There are two poker chips (top right and center) representing Potential Enemy Forces (PEFs), and the bridge is also, for all intents and purposes, a third PEF. As a quick aside, I've gotten questions regarding my PEF table, so I've included it in this blog post.

To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
link

Well, I don't want to hand out any spoilers, but it was a bit rough… The boy is not happy and is looking for revenge, as am I, so stay tuned as we'll be playing another this coming weekend. I also got in fights number 7 and 8 for the Royal Marines in Afghanistan, I'll be posting them as soon as I can.

V/R,
Jack

Cool game Jack. You guys took it on the chin. It sounds like a fun campaign, but it's a long war. Can you roll up new characters if you don't make it? You minis look great. Did you paint the bridge? It's very well done! Ben

Enjoying this one :)

Ben – Yeah, we definitely got our butts kicked, but I kind of expected it with this scenario. It would have been quite the luck if we'd have forced the KV-1 to fall back or bail, and then you guys would have accused me of cheating ;)
We will absolutely roll up new characters and be back at full strength for the next fight, I'm just going to roll (probably 4D6) to see how long we were out of the fight before the battalion could find us some new vehicles.

Regarding the Mueller brothers, I they might get seriously wounded and miss some fights, but I won't let them get killed. Everyone else is fair game though.

"You minis look great. Did you paint the bridge?"

Thanks, and I do love this picture! I bought the bridge from a guy named "Gunner," the owner of La Petite Armee (miniatures company).

Cheesesailor – Glad you like it, thanks for posting. Next one will be coming this weekend.

V/R,
Jack