[valo2000]

My unit stayed in the same sector and to be able to hold my ground better i got another infantry platoon assigned. It consists of 2 normal infantries one heavymortarinfantry scouts and a pioneer squad made up of students from the technical university of berlin. Unfortunately their technical skills were more or less theoretical in nature and they had some problems handling their explosives and rifles.

My job was it to take the centre crossroad and stop any enemy movemnt o up this road so a panzergroup could move along the northern road.

the panzer commander made a great job and with help of the 105mm guns he took out one belgian infantry company 2 mortars and 2 two AD guns along his das through the road.

the belgians were trying to flee west on this road and were pretty surprised by our attack. thi sled to the total destruction of the belgian unit only 3 tanks could get away.

unfortunately they had some 120mm batteries we couldnt reah yet and 18 of our 23 causalities were from shrapnell wounds.

one of the 105ers was hit paticulary hard as the building they fired from collapsed killing 2 and leaving one man with a legwound that led to amputation later.

we all feel a bit let down by the luftwaffe that we are still fired on by artillery they should have been taken out already.

the belgians lost a 600 men strong taskforce here because the commander didnt use combinded arms tactics and left his infantry to be taken out by my tanks.
it looks like this is another sign of the imminent breakdown of belgian armed forces.

thi9s was my first major victory and iam promised some organic aty support for my understrength riflecompany with
tanks.