[Imp]

Time to see if we can pull something out of the bag.
Tank attack kicks off 2 MMGs fire then the ATG thats still up for a fight, 1hit no effect, only unpinned squad croses the 100m to near tank & assults hoping to draw fire from them. No fire because LOS vanishes as he drops a grenade in, strike1. MkIII thats been killing bunkers comes into sight & I discover that they have dischargers now, moves again hit survives but only 1 tank has a LOS to. 2nd MkIII breaks cover & they both move once more. Can't risk going any further as do not know whats out there but reckon 1 tank is out of shots. JPz1 enters trees & 2 shots later notches up its first kill then another takes out the third.
4th tank requires a bit of a gamble, squad fires at from 100m man down hes had enough so 2 MKIIIs run past at 500m, he misses obviosly not related to the last lot. JPz moves to 150m fires no effect on front turret, next tries 100m damaged, last shot kills & I wipe my brow.
Scout can now stick his head out, 2 more tanks its a good job I did not go any further. Brown trousers platoon still no contact of any sort hes sped up!!
Last bunker dusted off

Now to the tricky bit choices choices who do I fire at first most are 250m+ away but there is a group of 5 with 3 within 100-150m of squads I have there hidden behind treeline. If I can deal with them my units nearby could try & dig some out. At the other end of the cauldron I have a pretty hurt squad next to a Frenchie
There are 2 in the centre & the rest are hugging the trees behind.
I have about the same number of units facing them but it includes 4 tanks & 1 AC.
Also 4 squads most in transport just out of sight & a few more that might reach the area.
When these tanks fire they are kicking up enough dust to block view which I have to think about & may be able to use to advantage.
To difficult to explain but its hard to judge when dust becomes vissible any fire adds to even small arms can create you just dont know when but more than normal. Managed to block my LOS in error but got round it, blocked 1 French squad from taking part in what one can only call heavy fighting, this is not a firefight we have the real deal going on here.
Vehicles & some squads fire concentrating on left flank, moving forward & the French are throwing more at it to. Village on the diagonal road errupts with fire then more comes streaming through a gap in the trees, the grounds turning red & we are now climbing over the dead to push on towards the trees. A pioneer makes it by truck to a previously unengaged squad. Boy is he pissed, his first fire kills 6 men & the remains head through the trees.
The boys 100m away charge & break the left flank. The middle has crumbled all that remains is 2 men running for their lives,a mortar was found here to & quickly dispatched.
Thoughts of mounting an attack on the tanks are fading fast as everyone is heading to the cauldron by any means.
That includes a FOO who finnished off 2 squads with his smg. We cannot afford to take loses like this but need to clear the area before his arty comes down.
At the end of it all somehow I have not lost a squad & we have moved forward 300m everywhere but the right flank. Can see 2 new units, there are more. Of the original 13 squads 3 are still in there holes 1 of which is badly hurt & routed & the taters of 6 other squads litter the field.
That was pretty manic part of the problem being most armour is near his tanks but there is no way we can maintain this type of push, good fun though I am enjoying this campaign. Going for a fastish ending to this battle, find & kill.
Also realised my Blue strike was effective again no men down but a JPz1 is immob before it saw any action.
The Pioneer who managed to stay out of this got dropped off North of the village for a looksee.
Casulties so far the French are about a company of infantry & 4 tanks & bunkers down, mine I realy don't know but not good a platoon maybe.

AIT> Another Mortar hits truck 2 passengers & it dead. Fire was quite light compared to earlier both sides lost 2 or 3 men & tatered squads survived mainly because passed through woods. Bringing my arty on song round village & West of. If I had known those big guns would have been handy leaving on CB.
Cleared some mines up North.
Think we can conclude I found them, funny thing is old brown trousers is still unscathed maybe he did not get the short straw after all.
Time will tell.