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Blue, Gray, and Bocage Scenario-German Perspective
choppinlt:
Current Time 1600 Hours
Turn 5 Staff Report: The good news is that our lines have held after repulsing a large coordinated assault. The problem becomes supply and replacements. The Americans are using artillery fire at a rate we could only dream of, and combined with their assaults we are caught in a meat grinder. The Americans are using a sledgehammer approach, and while their first strike was repulsed further strikes are likely to make larger and larger gains until our lines finally break.
The enemy battalion on our left flank broke off its attack at 1426. 1/9 and 2/9 were both forced to recoil 200m. Companies 1, 2 and 3/9 are well under way with recovering their cohesion.
The American battalion located 2nd from the right broke off its attack at 1455 with the battalion on the far right breaking off their attack at 1513. 7/9 was forced to recoil 200m, and 8/9 was forced back 300m. This means that 8/9 no longer receives the benefit of being in prepared positions.After the next assault 7/9 is likely to be pushed from their prepared positions as well. Companies 7, 8 and 9/9 are all recovering from degraded cohesion.
As stated in the previous turn report, 90 total casualties were received.
4/9 continues to create prepared positions for a new line of defense, and we are waiting for the remainder of this battalion to arrive to help shore up the defense. We appear to have made a good choice in establishing our defensive line here first.
Unit Positions at 1600 Hours
1600 Plan of Action: At this point, the plan is to continue to just hang on. To reduce the threat of counterbattery fire, the decision has been made to leave the artillery in a defensive support role. We have no margin for error and we want to limit risks till we get some more reinforcements.
Christian Knudsen:
How's it going?
choppinlt:
It's going slow right now. There is lots of activity going on behind the scenes at the moment that is slowing down scenario progress. It's all good stuff though! ;) I hope to make progress on the scenario today or tomorrow.
choppinlt:
Current Time 1800 Hours
Turn 6 Staff Report: All is quiet while units recuperate from the previous assault. Cohesion recovery is underway for the applicable units when at 1700 the steel rain once again starts to fall. This is no longer harassing fire, but a full-on sustained bombardment lasting till 1800 with every front line company is targeted.
8/9 takes the worst punishment since they no longer count being in prepared positions. They were at least able to prepare hasty positions just prior to the shelling from 155’s and 105’s. They suffered 4 casualties, fatigue loss, and perhaps most concerning is the further loss of cohesion.
9/9 was hit with multiple batteries of 155’s and 4.2-inch mortars. They suffered 3 casualties, fatigue loss, and now has degraded cohesion.
7/9 was hit with a battalion of 105’s and suffered 2 casualties and fatigue loss only.
2/9 was also hit with a battalion of 105’s and suffered 1 casualty with some fatigue loss.
3/9 was hit with multiple batteries of 105’s and 4.2-inch mortars suffering 2 casualties, fatigue loss only.
1/9 was hit with a battalion of 105’s suffering 2 casualties and some fatigue loss.
4/9’s prepared positions have been completed, and from the sounds of it, just in time. The engineer company is now starting to prepare positions for the next company to arrive.
Serious cracks in the defensive line are really starting to show.
Plan of Action: At this point the current plan is to weather the storm as best we can. To conserve ammunition, the artillery remains on Defensive Fire Missions for the inevitable assault. The good news is that another company (5/9) arrives to help bolster our situation, so they will be moved in to place and their positions prepared.
choppinlt:
Current Time 2000 Hours (Updated 19 Dec)
Turn 7 Staff Report: “Get out of your holes, and take your positions! Here they come!!” After wiping off the dirt and debris of the bombardment the troops find that the inevitable assault is underway. Within a span of 3 minutes every front line unit was engaged starting at 1808 hours.
Only 2 of the American units are still engaging us, but every frontline unit we have are in various levels of contact with the enemy. Our forces appear to have somehow weathered the storm again, and given ground sparingly. Our right flank appears to be the focus of the day’s assaults, though no breakthrough appears imminent at this point. We are awaiting more detailed reports, but casualties appear to be heavy again. The men are very tired and our ranks are thinning at an alarming rate.
Our 105's took counterbattery fire with only minor disruption of operations.
Meanwhile 4/9 arrived at its destination and goes about regaining full cohesion and preparing a new defensive line.
We just received an intel report stating that due to enemy success on our right and the loss of Hill 192 (bad news), we are now a higher priority for reinforcements and resupply (good news). In particular we should see improved ammo stock levels for our artillery. Reinforcements will continue to trickle in.
Unit dispositions as of 1811 hours
2000 Hours Unit Dispositions
2000 Hours Plan of Action: wait for combat to wind down and make further assessments regarding unit dispositions. Once darkness falls, we will go about re-establishing a new line of defense.
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