"KG Klink in Greece, Fight #7" Topic

All,

Morning, 12 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. The fifth battle saw Captain Freitag's beleaguered 1st Schutzen Battlegroup defend the B3 bridgehead against attacks by the British Rangers/9th King's Royal Rifle Corps, and the Royal Engineers/New Zealand Cavalry, pushing the former back and destroying the latter! The sixth battle saw Battlegroup Wehner (1st Recce) attack and destroy the Lee Force/Australian 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, though they suffered so many casualties they were in then combined with the 2nd Recce battlegroup. Now we move further south to carry out a meeting engagement between Lt Loeb's Panzers and the Allies' 4th Hussars.

Panzers forward!

First blood goes to a Matilda of the Hussars as Sergeant Friessler's Panzer III is hit and immobilized.

Yeah, with British armor about, it was only a matter of time before the Stukas showed up…

German pioneers put up a spirited defense of the village.

To see how it turned out, please check the blog at:
link

We've also got the map moves for Turns 7 and 8:
link

So next up we've got Lt Loeb's Panzer Battlegroup attacking Australia's 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.

V/R,
Jack

Great AARing. I'm looking forward to the next two battles!
Thanks, John

Thank you John, glad you liked it! Yes, KG Klink's campaign in Greece is drawing to a close, three more tabletop fights left. Next one will post later this week, then the last two next week.

V/R,
Jack

Nice AAR – and I think your decision on the Matilda Is was fair – while they did have pretty good armour the driver's hatch up front was vulnerable and with the exposed tracks they would have been a lot easier to disable than those somewhat mobile fortresses called Matilda IIs

Thanks, Frederick, I'm glad you liked it, and thanks for your insight into the Matilda Is, I appreciate it.

V/R,
Jack

man that's a good job on those buildlings, 'specially the tiled roofs

by the way the AAR doesn't sound too far off reality. Commonwealth forces really ate it in Greece.

Thanks buddy, but I must admit, those are Crescent Root buildings, prepainted ;)

Yeah, I'm feeling bad about the Commonwealth forces getting beat up pretty bad; it's historical, just doesn't feel right..

Next fight coming up!

V/R,
Jack