[Imp]

New Battle
We are to dig the French out again & are assaulting at dawn.
Turns 45 visibility is 11 terrain is mainly fields with some single line trees surrounding them (like fulda gap MBT), area 130 x 130

Road runs E>W 250m from top with a small village at coord 50,4
2nd E>W road runs mainly down 91 going sligtly South for last 2km in the West
A third road runs at 45 degrees from 30 to the bottom right corner.
Where it crosses route 91 there is a small settlement & also at coord 60,42.

We have to capture the level 3 hill that dominates the NW quadrant at its most Eastern point it is about 10 hexes from last village mentioned & North of the village gets fairly close to the road. It stretches to within about 10 hexes of route 91 which veers away from it & has 2 large peaks.
Level 1 has about a 70% ring of trees on it but the rest is mainly fields.
Elsewhere its flat.

We must control both Peaks & the terrain between the hill & route 91 so as to control the roads in the area for the advance.

We have had some changes to our line up & it currently stands as follows.
Total inc crews 8 shy of 900 men

Infantry
3 Comp > 39xSquads 6xMMG 6xScouts 2xSnipers
20xTrucks 8xHalftrack 3xMotorbike
A&B comp have swapped 2 squads for Pioneers giving a total of 4

Armour
2x222 4x321(8rad)
14xMkIIIe 2xRaempanzer 6xJPz 1

Arty
4 Each of 8cmMTR 10cmNbwMTR 10cmK18(offboard) 15cmInf How 12 Trucks
2 Foos 223Fu

Other
4xFlak36 mobAA
3x 4.7Pak ATG 3XSdkfz7

Support
2xJPz 1
2x75mm offboard
1x22cmMrs offboard

Notes Got a bit big for a fast game last time so pioneers deleted now in inf com.
Rather than increasing my tank company stayed with 22 tanks but swaped MkIIs &IV to JPz1 for the moment.
Upgraded MkIIIs & 4 armoured cars.
I actualy have 40 squads 1 is in command of the odds & sods.
Trying big guns 22cmMrs, it might hurt but has a very low rate of fire so thinking not that useful.
Looking at arty listed core has grown a bit might delete some next game.


Votes for path please when get there Balkans N.Africa or Eastern Front, thinking Mother Russia. Not played this campaign before but a long time in dessert could get a bit boring. Could I do a few dessert battles & then get transferred?