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. The fourth fight saw Major Bohm's 2nd Recce Battlegroup push back the Australian 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment after some fierce fighting. Now we return to Captain Freitag's beleaguered 1st Schutzen Battlegroup, which is defending the B3 bridgehead against attacks by two Allied battlegroups: the British Rangers/9th King's Royal Rifle Corps, and the Royal Engineers/New Zealand Cavalry.
And the Allied counterattack kicks off, with Kiwi armored cars leading the way, followed up by British tanks and infantry.
The New Zealand cavalry storms ahead and secures Hill 227, in the heart of the German deployment area!
The slow tanks and infantry reach the bridge, struggling to keep up.
And then all hell breaks loose as the Stugs come in (bottom right) on the Allies' left flank and begin chewing into their bridgehead.
To see how the fight went, please check the blog at:
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And things are progressing rapidly now, so here are the next two Campaign map moves:
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Stay tuned, Fight #6 coming up later this week!
V/R,
Jack