All,
Afternoon, 11 April 1941
Here we are, continuing Kampfgruppe Klink's campaign in Greece. The first battle saw Captain Freitag's 1st Schutzen Battlegroup take a key mountain crossroads manned by members of the British Royal Engineers supported by Armored Cavalry from New Zealand. The fight saw the Germans infantry nearly eliminate the Commonwealth battlegroup, which fell back in disarray. Captain Freitag pressed his advantage, immediately pursuing south down, where it ran into defensive positions manned by the remnants of the New Zealand 21st Infantry Battalion. 1st Schutzen then evicted the NZ 21st Inf Bn from its positions, forcing them to fall back. The third fight saw 1st Lt Ginter's 2nd Schutzen moving secure a crossing over the D3 bridge, forcing the 27th MG Battalion back. Now we have Major Bohm's 2nd Recce Battlegroup pressing forward against remnants of the Australian 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.
Heavy fighting breaks out as a German tank-infantry team works to clear the Diggers off of Hill 256.
German armored reconnaissance attempts to pull a 'Hussar trick' and fling itself into the village before the Australians can mount a defense, but are ambushed by Vickers machine guns on Hill 327.
The attack on Hill 256 is floundering as the German infantry are being roughly handled.
The defender (top left) aren't looking much better, but their spirits are lifted when the Aussie Carrier Platoon arrives (top right, with German armored cars at bottom center)!
To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
link
Next up, Captain Freitag's 1st Schutzen is defending the B3 bridge from the Brit Rangers/9KRRC and Royal Engineers/New Zealand Cavalry battlegroups.
V/R,
Jack
