german 200 battle campaign

[valo2000]

ok when i said we would reach frace i was abit rash.

we defeated the dutch army at least.

Our mission was to assist a Paratrooper platoon that had captured earlier a supply depot and thanks to our fast advance we could help them against the dutch reserves trying toget it back. We were adavcing fro the south trought the fields around theis depot.there wasnotmuch cover tobe found.

On a street in the north a recon company moved forward and clashed with ca. 10 panservagen 36 speeding into the direction of the depot. Behind them were 4-5 inf companies.

the armoured cars managed to destroy a 37mm armed sdkfz 251 and a psw 221. the only gun armed psw222 was soon out of ammo and the recon guys turned north to avoid the panservagen that wer some kind of dutch tank substitute armed with 37mm guns and 2 mgs.

now came the hour of 2nd kompanies AT-Guns. they took ut 5 Panservagen and first kompanies at-rifles got 1. the last remaining mark 2 tookout the 2 and one was destroyed by a direct hit from our 80mm mortars.

the dutch inf was beatintoretreat by artillery and mortar fire and the returned the favour with the divisions 120mm and 75mm batteries.

Again we took some losses especially to artillery and nowthat we for the first time encountered heavy artillery it is time to bring more maneuver in our fighting style.

to many causalities were caused by staying in semi-covers positions that were no protection against 120mm rounds.

After the dutch surrender we were pulled back to divison reserven and received 2 new tanks to replace the ones lost. one mark 4c and a panzer 38 equipped with sabot ammunition.

Also reinforcements for the infantry arrived.