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uff that will be a big battle. Probably quite bloody. i have 305 units now with auxillieries. do you know what that means for the russiantroops? will they get all their units?

btw regarding the last scenario: the Ammo dumps were not attacked by the at-guns that were in range or any other unit. Just so you want to use that again in a scenario. The tank on the western bank of the river was destroyed before the ammo dumps appeared so had no chance to destroy one of them.

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Hmmm dunno. What is the maxlimit of units again?

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ah its all cool 500 units per side are allowed

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Yeah that should be more than enough.

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After a week of unchecked advance following the armies spearheads KG Hauser has to take some heavily fortified positions. the countryside is open and without much cover only some empty fields can be used. the soviets are firmly entrenched and it looks like a tough job ahead. Fortunatly there is a lot of suppport from the corps artillery units and the luftwaffe. The plan is to attack on the flanks to avoid crossfire and then move into the city. the central trenches will beleft for the sower advancing romanian and bulgarian troops to take.

hopefully the russians will then already be in retreat when they see that their flanks are occupied by german troops.

First in on the north will be the slovaks and the fallschirmjaeger. Their kjob is to take the northernmos trench. then the regulars will take the trenches next to it and the gebirgsjaeger will move into the city. The slovaks, fallschirmjaeger and the regulars will then support the bulgarians and romanians in their attack on the center.

The southern sector has a simmilar attack plan. First the small village has to be taken. From there untis will then advance into the city and support the central attack.

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people i am thining on how to add a spanish and a hungarian contingen to the KG. What would you suggest? just more infantry might be boring any special ideas here?

sorry ts4ever but the core mightstill get a little bit bigger jsut a tiny bit :)

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After advancing as planned the southern forces run into the first defenders ofthe village in front of the city. one pioniere zug runs onto a mine in its halftracks and is essentially out of the fight with many injured men and only 3 left in fighting condition. various mines have been spotted and the job now is to get through fast enough before the russian artillery starts pounding the minefield.

the russian airforce is also pressent with 2 planes spotted so far attacking in the south leading to lots of noise and one causality to the infantry there.

In the north things are still quite as the slovaks reach the anti tank ditch and prepare to take the northern mos position. strong enemy presence is confirmed and the luftwaffe will try to take out a t34 in the trenches. the romanians and bulgarians advance in the center ready to put pressure on there after the flanking attacks are in full progress.

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Luckily the advance in the south can move forward quickly without russian artillery stopping them. Still about 20 men are put out of the battle due to some sneaky field craft from the soviets. suddenly huge explosions everywhere in the city and one flamingo tank is lost. They are not of much use anyway with the low amount of ammunition and little armor. Still interesting to use them since i never choose them for battle.

nothing beats the infantry squad in versatility and survivability hehe.

So losses are a bit to high but the first objective is in reach. I still have to find a way to deal with the boobytraps and fourgasse. engineers should be able disable them somehow. in the nroth the slovaks have passed the anti tank ditch and are approaching the trenches that are most north. 1st kompanie is getting in position to take the trenches south of it in order to let the gebirgsjaeger thtough to the railway station in the east.

The Luftwaffe is doing great work decimating the 2 mortarcrews and taking out tanks. So far everything goes according to plan.

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Now we have turn 17 so about 1 hour into the battle losses to russian airattack have bbeen heavy 3 halftracks and quite a few infantrymen. the luftwaffe on the other hand knocked out some tanks and mortars.

the southern attack is going great and the biggest danger are the german 15 cm guns falling short on the fast advancing infantry. The commander of these units really pushes his men to the limit and while the advance is fast and steady the he might stop him soon.

The slovaks and the fallschirmjaegr managed to take the northernmos trenches and are now waiting for the gebirgsjaeger to move through. losses here were about 10 men.

the rumanians bulgarians and the regular infantry are almost in position for frontal assaults of the central trenches but are waiting for the southern and northern flankers to move in no need for haste.

russian artillery is sporadic and falls generally on old positions i have far more losses to my own artillery so far.....

If there is no big counterattack coming the situation is well in control it wil be importnat to see how well the rusiians are dugged in in their second line of defense

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here some snapshots from the battlefield in the north one t34 was captured intact after the crew abandoned it due to a grenade rain from the slvak infantry trying to take it out. it will be a welcome addition to the scout group with its hig speed and firepower.

meanwhile in the center the southern group is close to capture the vheavily defended russian HQ building in the city ready to take the trenches from behind while the rumanoans and bulgraians are passing through the mines taking the trenches with a frontal assault. the disorganized russians try to escape to the south running inot more german troops

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Here is the last part of the battle the gebirgsjaeger and fallschirmjaeger taking the train station north of the city.

The paratroops there didnt resist at all after beeing bombarded by several turns with rockets and regular artillery of all calibers.

Unfortunatly also the whole trainstation was in ruins but the tracks should be ready again in a few days.

losses were high at 93 men WIA 6 MIA and 35 KIA but more then 600 russian soldiers were captured and the city was taken.

Most dangerous was the artillery the russians aswell as our own unfortunatly. Then came the flame weapons that were almot all eaten by scouting engineers cripplingmy engineer force. Thats why a zug of Leutnant schwarzs "lucky" platoon will be retrained as engineeers.

Many troops distinguished themselves as bunkerbusters since there was also quite a lot of opportunity for that.

Big thx to the air support which destroyed at east half of the t34 dug in behind the trenches. the artilllery tried to destroy some later but couldnt dent their armor so the infantry had to throw grenades at them until the crew got scared and gave up. This way 2 t 34 were captured in running condition and will be added to our tank group.

Also a platoon of hungarian infantry joined the ranks that had lost contact to their unit. For the time beeing they will form a recon company together with the slovaks and fallschirmjaeger as organizational unit. For now their main mission will be rearguard though.

Hauser is hoping for a little rest since almost all his platoonshave taken losses and need refit lets see if he gets it.

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Rest? There is no rest in Russia, although the advance has slowed considerably due to all the mud. Roads have turned into quagmires and with Moscow appearing on the horizont, the Soviets are becoming desperate. Just as your unit is supposed to be pulled out of the front, worrying news arrive from one of the neighbouring infantry divisions: One of their companies has advanced to far and is threatened by encirclement. You will have to find your way to them in the middle of the night and help them stem the tide.
The situation is completely confused, with the darkness and the forest conspiring against us by hiding large Soviet forces, ready to spring their traps.

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As the messenger with the orders for the night reached Hauser the KG had just stopped for the night. Men were preparing dinner and settling down to repair damaged equipment or justfall asleep on the spot tired from the heavyfighting of the last days and the following march further east.

Once again he would have to rally them and maike them march out.He looked at his thinned out battalion and asked himself how he could organise them to push back the russians and save the threatened company in all this rain and mud and bad visibility.

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With th rain stopping and the sun going down Hausers men are closing in onto the frontline. the whole KG is spread out with the bulgarians and the romanians guarding the front while the slovaks and germans will ride along the road in order to secure the crossroads between the others divisions infantry and their artilleriesupport. Since they will be in front there flanks will be exposed to the expected russian attack from the north and south. but hopefully they will be able to hold these of long enough for the units advancing through the woods to attack the russians in theri flank. it will be flanking everywhere.

Obergefreiter Steinwho had his armored car shot away under him has now command of an almost new T-34 the latest model only the paint is scratched a bit by bullets and handgrenades. He and his crew feel much safer in this heavily armored tank compared to their armored car before.

1st kompanie has been restructured to have all zuege at full strength eliminating two of them to fill up the rest until reeinforcments arrive.

with the clowds moving away and the moon shining visibilty is just below 400m so the iar fighters stay grounded.

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So everything worked out as planned and after half an hour there was a huge amount of burning russian tanks around the area behind the belaegured infantry company which itself was counterattacking at its front.

KG Hausers Scouts entered the village and contact was made. It was short and intense ight fighting with a nasty surprise of 7 T-34 breaking into the rear area town where the divisonal artillery was stationed. They ran right into 2 platoons of german regulars which gave them all they had at hand (mainly grenades and a feew satchel charges. Major Urbandts tank (a captured A10 cruiser tank with a howitzer for cs) was destroyed but he managed to get out of it in time. Luckily one T34 was captured intact after its crew surrendered it in the city so this will be urbandts new ride. A t34 fresh of the factoy the latest model :). Hopefully it will serve him better.

Thx to the low visibillity the tanks could move more freely which really hurt the rssian infantry trying the encirclement.

the captured T-34 got a few kills especially as the russian tankers were quite confused meeting it in the centre town mistaking it for one of their own.

To make the confusion on the battlefield complete a captured german tank has been spotted in the north with russian markings.

The pictures show the moment of KG Hauser linking up with the frontline company and the aftermath of the russian attack from the south in the town

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and so it ended as quickly as it began with the russian units in total rout. 3 tanks were captured a t-26 a t-34 and a pz-38 was recaptured that tank has quite a story already. It shhould be no problem to get it running again we have to see what can be done with the t-34 and the t-26. there arecertainly a lot of spare parts laying around the battlefield.

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As morning comes the unit settles down in the field north and south of the embattled town as well as in the town itself. The next morning the general of the divison whose copmpany was saved and thx personally Oberst Hauser for the work of his men. He also takes with him the captured t-34.....

luckily enough it is possible to get the pz 38t and the t 26 running and kg hausers tank platoons are full strength again even though the composition of the unit wouldnt fit to the official guidelines.

Planes fly overhead and a sunny autumn day passes as the infantry works on improving their AT capabilities building molotovcocktails.

So far no news on a new mission and so the unit gets a little rest watching other units pass by on the road pursuing the retreating russians.

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The first snow was actually a welcome sight, since it meant an end to the horrible mud season. Now however, with temperatures approaching -30 degrees, you begin to feel differently. Still, the war can be won this winter, with Moscow being tantalizingly close.
Enemy forces are dug in on a ridge in front of their capital. According to prisoners, you can actually see the spires of the Kremlin from this position. You are to mount a recoinassance in force together with some motorcycle troops.

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With the harsh conditions it was an amazing luck that all vehicles got up and running that morning of the attack. This fact made Hauser more confidend hic recoinassance in force could be succesfull. The last months had been easy on them following the advance of the other units and mainly receiving prisoners to be send to the rear.

Now with the other units exhausted this KG was one of the few fresh units avaiable to throw into the final attacl on moscow. It was quite hard to advance under these weather conditions even without the russians taking the occasional shot at them and all the unit was basically roadbound if it wantedto advance at any significant pace.

with the weather clearing up for the first time in days it was the chance to take the ridge that blocked the way to the moscow. Its planned to attack on a broad front and overhelm the enmy with surprise since there isnt much support from division hq like last time. It was just not possible to prepare an attack in that short time and half the ammo was frozen anyway.

the first few munits already bring an end to the Kradschuetzens mission to find the enemy wh has positioned itself in the villages and trees next to the road sniping on any advancing unit.

The KG has to change into attacking formation while it is still spread along the road as it was usual on themarch to the front.

Quickly the snipers are taken out by the armored vehicles but now the infantry has to move forward since there might be AT guns lurking in the woods on the side of the road.

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after some 20min the first roadblocks are cleared and in the north the troops are close to have eyes on the trenches that are todays objective. speed is important since russian artillery is.....

in the south the fighters spotted a t34 company attacking so the southern group will move into a defensive stance untilthese vehicles are taken out.

How they are going to do that remains an open question though it might come down to hurling handgrenades and profanity at them. It will be easier forthe bulgarians since they speak a language similar to russian and all they have is handgrenades....

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BTW, can you give me a rundown of your forces again, including the Italians (which we will revisit soon)?

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ok i ll will do it completely:

HQ KG Hauser

1st mixed company

HQ Squad

Infantry platoon (Slovak)
3xInf
1xPioneers

2xScouts
1xSniper
2xATRifles

Recce Platoon
Commander w/o vehicle(soon t34 maybe since 2 have been catured recently)
1xMatilda
1XT-34
1xBren carrier

Fallschirmjaeger Platoon
3xFallschirmjaeger
1xPioniere
1xScouts
1xSniper

Hungarian Platoon
2xInfantry
1xengineer
1xscouts

2.Kompanie

Kmp_HQ

3xplatoons
3x infantry
1xPioniere

mgplatoon
2xmg34

Transportzug
3xAPCS
1xTruck

Pzjgdzug
1xt-26
2xstug3e

ind Pzjgzug
2x2pdratgun
1xvickershmg

1.Artillerybatterie
3x75mminfgun
105mm howitzer
75mm gun
40mm boforsflak

2.Artbat
3x25pdr
40mmboforsflak

Ind PzKmp(5 tanks....)
2xpz38t
matildaII
pz2c
pz3f

3.Kmp(bulgarian)
HQ

scoutplatoon
2xscouts
sniper
atrifle

3xInfplatoons
3xinf
1xpioneers

mgplatoon
2xmgs

mortarplatoon
2xmortar
aamg

4.Kmp Gebirgsjaeger

HQ

3InFplatoons
3xgebirgsjaeger
1xPioniere

wpnssquad
1xsniper
1atrifle

scoutplatoon
2xscouts

1xmg

Mortarplatoon
3xmortar
1xaamg

5.Kmp Romanian

HQ
mortarsquad
Mgsquad

4xinfplatoons
2infsquads
1xengineer/scout/Infantry

1xsniper

Gunplatoon
ATgun
Infgun

2xIAR.80 fighters

i am still not clear what made it from the itaians to northafrica

probably one infantrycompany, one tkplatoon(3 tanks,italian....),
2xmortars,Atgun(s),2 trucks and some aaguns and mgs.

meanwhile itlooks toughto take the ridges in time while the russians are counterattacking looks like an objective to far i am just not so fast in the snow.

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Hmmmm. I wonder if you shouldn't leave the Romanians and Hungarians on the Eastern Front. We can revisit them later for a huge final battle ;)

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Well the romanians will probably stay at the beautiful eastern front (my condolences) one platoon of them might go to the dessert just as observers. The hungarian marines beeing marines are just made for these kind of expeditionary missions...(its just a platoon anyway 4 units..)

I aslo have to think about the bulgarians but probably they will happily join in the expedition to the african dessert.

(its hard to leave core units...)

But reports about moving the KG to the mediterranian theater are just rumours for now maybe produced by wishful thinking as the soldiers are freezing in the russian winter.
So far they have managed to crawl into the first trenches in the north that were empty to their surprise.

Some counterattacks from north and south were repulsed the most serious one in the south by a company of t-34 tanks which was taken out by panzergrenades and a lot of heavy insults accompanied by satchel charges heand grenades and whatever was on the hand of the bulgarian engineering troops. one section under Milenov destroyed 3 Tanks using flame throwers gernades and satchel charges. they earned themselves an extra ration of slibovitza or probably vodka here and some shiny metal peaces to hang on the uniform.

Appart from the destruction of some enemy units the reconaissance showed only weak defences and KG Hauser sits now entrenched in the northern Ridgeline and was moving into the center one when the operation was delared over by HQ.

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Ok, the big finale in Russia...

So close and yet so far... the frozen terrain and strong Russian counterattacks finally stopped the great offensive before Moscow could be taken. What's more, the Russians brought in reserves from Siberia and forced us to withdraw. Now our front is under attack at several points. Not even the thought of service in warmer areas can lift the spirits of your men, as you are tasked with holding a quiet part of the front, along a major river. Only occasional sniping and the nightly attacks of those blasted biplanes attest to the presence of the Bolsheviks.
Recently the river has frozen over. This gives you an idea: You will not leave the Ostfront without a final feat of heroism. Radio intelligence confirms that there is a Russian command post in a major school building in a village behind the lines. You will pick a special force of platoon strength from your infantry, let them sneak through the lines in the night and take out that post. The rest of your force will hold the western bank of the river against similar Russian incursions. You have three bunkers at your disposal which you can place whereever you like.

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HQ was a bit unclear with their objective description i see which buildings are important for me to hold but which building should i raid with my "lucky" raidingparty?

Maybe you could add someobjective hexes?

And some hexes are called tramlines trenhces hole? i guess they are supposed to be ice what happened there?

btw thx for all the inventive mission :)

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Sadly, this is all the intelligence HQ is able to provide.

About the ice issue: I have no idea why, but whenever I place ice in the editor, it comes out as that... I will try to get it sorted out.

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Ok, here is a fixed version. I also added a map text of the suspected command post.

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Report from KG Hauser to division HQ:

russian probing attacks during the early night turned out to be main push to cross the river on the whole front. so far the line is holding all units have been ordered to the river bank to combine their firepower for the short range fighting in the night.

northern bridge has been taken out by soviet heavy artillery taking down one of their own tanks with them. crashing the ice beneath it.

use of the frosen river has also been dangerous to our tanks with the captured t-26 and its crew gone while they advanced to far on the ice.

another captured t-34 received a hit in the turret rendering the main gun an cmg useless for this night.

main russian armor attacks are going on on the northern and southern end of our sector. in the north a company of t34 could be destroyed (one left) in the south 3 kv41 have almost crossed the FROZEN river.the enigineers are waitng with bombs and molotov cocktails. heavier guns are needed for this kind of target then what our panzers have.

our own little raiding party has fought its way to the school building where it appears a general and his staff have been trapped as they came forward to observe the attack. hopefully they can be captured before they receive reeinforcments.

The whole situation is quite chaotically as can be expected during a night attack. meanwhile some sectors are very quite. the bulgarian company sppent the night just watching the fireworks around them with nobody contesting their area of control

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Sorry for misleading you a bit, but I wanted to achieve an actual surprise offensive for once ;)

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a few minuits later the whole mess is cooling down the russians have taken their bloody nose lost some 20 tanks and now it has come down to infantry laying on the ice sniping at our trenches while the heavy artillery continues to disturb Major hausers sleep.

Maybe there will be a second wave of tanks otherwise its more or less over for tonight.

One KV-1 was immobilised and the halftracks are getting ready to tow it up the riverbank to see if it canbe used :)))))

it will be a good replacement for the t-26 that went down to the bottom of the river.

The raidparty in the north is meanwhile looking for the russian artilley maybe they can catch some katyuhsha batteries :)

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After 1 hour the whole western riverbank was heavily devastaed by the russian artillery while the river itself has filled with dead and wounded russian soldiers. KG Hausers lost a few men to shrapnel wounds and frostbite but the rest gotthrough this night unharmed.

The raid platoon returned to lines with valuable intelligence and some prisosners from the russian Divison commander.

In the morning snow started falling again extinguishing the fires started from the artillery and covering the fallen. Around midnight almost all traces of the attack were gone only the destroyed tanks were proof of the nights fighting and dying.

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Ok, the next scenario is in Africa and will feature the Italians only.

You unit caused quite a stir after somehow escaping from East Africa (even though you had to leave you faithful Askaris behind). Now you have a relatively boring assignment: guarding the southern flank of the Italians and German Africa Korps.
While Rommel is preparing his next offensive, you are sitting in an ex-Osmani fort at the edge of the Sahara desert, watching out for the occasional British or Gaullist raiding force from Sudan. You have some motorized vehicles for patrols into the desert.
Today a scout plane spotted French forces at a nearby oasis, probably preparing an assault on your fort. Counter attack and destroy them.

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the italians are an overstrength infantry company now. The Askaris decided to stay in their homeland and in the dire situations of the escape from east africa there was nothing much their commanders could do to make them stay. also fuel and vehicles were scarce so many of the heavyweapons had to be ditched.

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With the news from the recon plane coming in colonel baggio rders the rests of his once so glorious Cassadores de Africa to mount up and destroy the french in their base. He knows the men that made it so far through the dessert will easily defeat this green French units. They might not have the newest weapons but they have tons of experience fighting in the desert.

As the sun come up the trucks leave. what a relieve to be able to drive in a truck thinks corporal Vicari after having lugged that stupid AT rifle through half of africa he is eager to but some bullets in a bren carrier.

The map is quite open with a ridge seperating the french and italian basses. the plan is to disembark and use the cover of the rough terrain for an ambush if the french already are on the move.

Preserving the transport is of utmost importance nobody here wants to be on foot again after the march from east africa

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Colonel Baggio was really pleased with the radios they had here this gave him a perfect overview of the situation. His mortars and the gun were shelling the oasis. The spotter plane found some machinegun positions and mortars that were badly camoflagued and promptly a bren carrier and a mg team were destroyed.

The french were surprised while taking there breakfast and cursed their bad reconaissance while they jumped for cover in the trees.

Il Cassadore de Africa were climbing a ridge a few hundred meters away from theoasis getting ready for the galant and honorful stormattaque. one of the soldiers in the camici nere fitted a breastplate he still had from his grandfather and the askaris(one platoon had stayed with the unit expecting huge loot in hte northern african cities) were getting their talismans ready it surely would be a beautiful charge.

meanwhile tenienete ferrari was sniping at a bren carrier sitting in the dessert. while it got shelled by artillery it was a race who could destroy it first.

The french crew had trouble getting it to run and was already jumping out abandoning it in the dessert.

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Teniente Ferrari wasted about 15 rounds of 37mm ammo on that bren carrier filling it with holes making all but the brave driver run away. hef inally got it running and drove away fast. Ferrari then saw the french infantry running away from their assembly point in the oasis they realy had been surprised and now tried to get out of the bombardment. unfortunatly for them they ran straight into the italian machine guns waiting for them on the ridge.

It was a pretty one sided afair.

meanwhile ten. moretti saw the feench exiting the oasis nd couldnt resist. He adjusted the feather on his cap and started running downhill screaming obscenities at the french the rest of his platoon followed his charge dreaming of the glory they would bring for the italian empire in africa taking this oasis.

Major de Lucca saw this lack of discipline froma few hundred meters behind the ridge he and the platoon of regular infantry that carried most of the heavy weapons still had to get up the ridge since they had been at the back of the colloumn. He just hopped these stupid black shirts would get themselves killed since they were actual quite good soldiers if they werent drunk or starting heroic charges into enemy machine guns.

Maybe this attack would make the french rout completely or it might cost him half his company...

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While he was adjusting the artillery fire Colonel Baggio heard the crew of the AT-Gun guarding the western side of the fort firing. What had happened he quickly sent an orderly to investigate.

As it turned out some jeeps had been spotted driving towards the fort at highspeed. appaently they had heard the news of the fighting and where hoping to take the fort in an coup de grace while its infantry was out attacking the oasis.

Baggio quickly ordered soem jeeps with machine guns to drive back to help defending the fort.

Meanwhile the italian militiamen continued their glorious charge one en stumbled and fell next to moretti who quickly hit the ground as he saw bullets impacting next to him. The vickers guns had found them. luckily this was only a short episode in the otherwise glorious charge. They ran and shot while the french ran and didnt shot back.

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Lombardi kicked in the door of the little mud hutoverlooking the oasis. traces of ashes showed where the french commander has burnt secret documents before escaping. They had left the wine though. quickly he and his men checked the building and after securing the area they investigated the food and drink stocks left behind.

There was still some fighting north of the oasis but basically all the french had been taken prisoners or had fled into the sahar dessert. probably they would come back the next days begging for water without their transports they are lost out here.

At the italain base colonel baggio had assembled his artillery troops to fire on the motorized attack from the north. They destroyed the lead jeeps and men looking like bedouins could be seen jumping out. it must be some special unit or maybe some local auxillaries he thought. quickly these units was turned back after they realised the defnses of the fort were well organised. they left a pair of burning jeeps taking with them their dead and wounded.

as the sun reached its highest point fighting had stopped everywhere. The few french troops still fighting surrendered after they saw the last bren carrier destroyed by grenades. there was just nothing they could do here anymore other the surrender.

Quickly the askari stripped them of any valuables they were carrying while the rest of the italians refreshed themselves in the oasis lake the fighting had made them thirsty.

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beautiful little scenario!

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Thanks!

After this successful operation you are transferred north into a special task force of mixed nationality, which just came back from the Russian front. The unit is still in a process of refitting and preparing for Rommel's next offensive.

4 months later, on the 26th of May, the long awaited offensive against the British Gazala position finally kicks of. Due to the length of the front line, the Allies are organised in a bunch of "boxes", defensive positions scattered throughout the desert, supported by artillery, tanks and dug-in anti-tank guns. It is your task to take one of them, thus opening the path to Tobruk.

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ok i just wrote some text that got lost we have 5 infantry company and one understrength tank company in total. mst of the romanians and bulgarians disapeared from the unit.

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several new pieces of equipment have been delivered to the unit on its mission on the spearhead of the advance. KG Hauser/Baggio has now the questionabe honor to go wherever there is trouble.
Especially because they are now linked to the famous Cassadore di africa that are a legend in italia for their march to italian north africa from abyssinia.

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half an hour into the attack the dessert already has cost the KG 2 halftracks and around 20 men. The RAF attacked and left its mark even though the FlAK also left its mark on the RAF dmaaging all of the planes and shooting down in flames 3 of them. 2 tanks have been immolbilised nad now the infantry is rechingthe trenches of the british troops.

The hill is hold by infantry and at least 2 companies of tanks which is quite problematic since KG hauser only has one tank company. So far all taht can be done is throw smoke into the line of sight of the english tankers.

it might be up to the infantry again to stuff the tank guns with grenades...

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Hmm I kind of feared this would happen... the desert is tank county. I will probably give you auxiliary tanks in future tank heavy scenarios.

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The problem were mainly the raf airplanes. i am now on the hill and might just be able to take everything in time if i dont run out of smoke rounds and artillery. i think i have enough tanks i just need to able to get them close enough to do damage. and of course another tank platoon should fit in well.

Now The flak guns have been ordered forward. I have 2 88mm guns they might do the trick.

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S o after one hour of bloody fighting the battle ended. losses were unusually high in equipment and men. 2 Tanks got dmaged but can be repaired. 3 HT were destroyed by air attack. completey torn apart by 20mm bullets.

Also there were some men injured in the artillery and ad units but most of them will be able to return to duty soon.

like always the infantry was hit the worst but they also won the battle. the tanks and infantry garding the ridge were disabled by them using all kinds of impovised at weapons, flamethrowers and explosives. 3 valentine tanks and one grant were captured more or less intact. Also a huge number of trucks and guns were captured that might replace the destroyed halftracks until further replacements arrive.

lessons learned here are that the airdefense has to be taken more seariously and that the tanks have to act more aggresive to minimise losses to the infantry.

Now the men of the KG take a rest on the ridgeline at least for a few hours until further orders arrive.

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as the panzers fill up their tanks and the infantry munitions up it looks poising to continue the attack into the nemy rear now that the box is taken.

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After the breakthrough, British tank forces hastily counter attack. A swirling armor battle develops in the open desert.

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Many weapons were captured but for now none of the guns could taken with the unit as they had to advance further on. Hauser and Baggio decided on leaving a little covering force to organize the incorporation of the captured equipment and crews for them.

only Teniente Ferrari and his crew got a new ride.one of the grant tanks could be put into running condition. their own tank had been heavily dmaged bya bomb and its gun had been taken out of comission. Also some of the trucks were started since 3 transports had been lost to air attack.

The infantry was reorganized to have 3 full strength squads in each platoon at least therest of the men went as replacments to the artillery or into the reserve guarding the captured equipment.

temperatures had become almost ubearable as the unit moved onwards into the breach they had created the day before. still many of the veterans were still frozen inside from the russian winter and the burning sun and allied air units were easier in them then freezing cold and russian tanks.