All,
The platoon has received three shiny new Panzer Mk IIIs and manpower to make good it's losses, and it has rejoined the active ranks after almost a month working in the recovery, maintenance, and supply sections. It's 1430 on July 20, 1941, and the brothers Mueller are leading their tanks eastward. Several 'pocket' battles have already occurred, and the 52nd Panzer Division is at the vanguard of bagging yet another sizable Soviet force. Soviet infantry are without transportation due to near-constant pounding by the Luftwaffe; being immobile there is little hope they might escape the developing pocket. And Soviet armor is low on fuel, ammunition, and spare parts, but its remaining forces are pushing north and south in a rush to get outside the closing German pincers.
The platoon:
201: Sgt Mueller in a new tank with a new loader.
202: Cpl Heine, who survived last battle by running away, leads the only original tank and crew.
203: Cpl Mueller has a new tank and new loader.
204: This is a new tank and entirely new crew, led by Cpl Wetzel.
Overview of map, north is left. The platoon is at bottom left (northwest) and must exit at least two of its vehicles via the road through the village at top center (east). It's a hardball road surrounded by crop fields, a few stands of trees, and two decent-sized hills in the top left (northeast).
To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
link
Sorry it's taken me so long to get this written up; I actually have a Hakuna-Matata air battle and a Hakuna-Matata ground battle to write up. I've had a lot going on lately with work, some work travel, and then swimming with the wife and kids pretty much every evening I'm home. In any case, I'm working on the write-ups, and will be playing more games this weekend.
V/R,
Jack
goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
