For this, Terry and I, agreed that we would not pay the point costs of the German assault barges and the 1000points could be spent on troops to raid the cost. So with this in mind, I brought with me six 10 man squads, a couple of MMG's. A flameflower for any pesky bunkers we might find. A single Brandenburg Assault squad with as many SMG's as they can carry all led by an officer.
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| British Men doing thier duty, defending the country |
Terry deployed a few Home Guad squards, backed up with a Northover projecter and a Smith Gun on the coast line, with a Anti Tank Gun and a MMG hidden in the depths of the English countryside.
The naval guns let rip, and a prepartory bombardment hit the English defenders before turn 1. All units took a variety of pin markers, with the Northover projector taking a casulty.
Turn 1:
With the first dice being pulled, (it did help I had 15 dice in the bag), the first German barge arrived and began to lower the ramps. Spotting the enemy the Northover Projecteror opened fire, but missed the bulky ship. Shouts of not being able to hit a barn door were heard floating over the English coastline.
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| The invasion happens |
With the first turn, nearly over, two boats mortered in between the bulky barges, and disembarked a Banrdenburg squad, a flamethrower and the commander, leading the assault from the front.
Turn 2:
Again, the first dice was mine, and I ran forward the first German squad(known now on as R1(from now on I'll designate the squad as L or R for which side of the battlefield, and 1,2, or 3, for the order they came in on)), on the right flank, landed on English soil. Terry opened fire with his Smith Gun, hitting the boat and causing a might three pin makers.
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| Anyone know where Butlins is? |
Meanwhile, at the rear, Terry's reinforcements began to arrive. Several squads of the BEF finest arrived bringing with them a squad of the Navy's finest. Worse, for the Germans, they were backed up by a Hornet tank, rumbling it's way through the English countryside. Bristling with five machine guns, this was quite a terryifying prospect, as well as being mentally added to the list of models I want to get.
The final act of the turn, was for me to remove all of the pin markers, that the barge on my right had picked up. It felt very weird rallying a boat, but it had picked up four pin markers which would carry on to the squads about to disembark, so it was the right move to make.
Turn 3:
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| Caught drinking tea. |
Terry, in response, advanced the Hornet forward. That was the plan, but overcome by the Carbon Monoxide fumes, the driver slipped into reverse and moved away from the enemy.
On the left, Squad L1 moved forward, and reduced the nearby Home Guard squad by two men. The Home Guard were resolute and stayed put, kowing that there was a squad of the Nave finest nearby. Meanwhile, the Flamethrower, spying the enemy commander standing watching his men drinking tea (Terry's officer's assistant was modelled drinking a cuppa) and opened fire, incinerating the two men.
The Home Guard squad, horrified by seeing thier officer turned to ashes, fired at Squad R1, and killed a man.
The coastal front was now a lot opening, the Germans had a foothold on the beaches as squads R2 and L2 jumped out of the boats and advanced forward as the BEF scrambled forward to stop them.
Turn 4:
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| Nearly made it |
That would have been the plan, but boyed with thier success the flamethrower failed to notice the MMG inside the pill box, sitting on Ambush, and were cut down in a hail of bullets. Terry had a MMG mounted on a quad bike contracption, which I can't remember the name of. It opened fire, and took out two more of the Brandeburg assault squad.
On the left flank, Squad L1 took out three more men of the Home Guard squad they were facing, but then came under fire from the Navy squad, that had now arrived in. They wethered a large number of hits, but were still there.
The Hornet slipped off backwards once again, much to my relief. However, the BEF squad, then added fire to L1, taking out 3 more men. In response Squad L2, charged forward, and killed three of the Navy squad.
Terry's Anti Tank Gun, had spent the previous three turns trying to hit the Barn Door shapped Barge, but had decided to shoot at Squad R1, killing a man. The Light Mortor, finally finding a decent firing spot, hit the recently arrived Squad R3 but missed the moving target.
The turn, came to an end, as in the centre of the board, the lone Home Guard surviour, assaulted the German commander, and killed his assisstant, before being killed in return.
Things were starting to look bleak as all seven of my squads were now on English soil.
Turn 5:
The remainder of SquadL1 charged forward, hoping to wipe out the Navy squad. I knew this was a sucide mission, as it was a seven on four match up. It could be a glorious moment, until I rolled my dice, and killed 1. The squad was duly wipped out, and Terry retreated his Navy squad into nearby cover.
Squad L2 came under heavy fire, and elected to spend the turn, down, causing them to lose only one man, which was annoyingly, the man with the LMG. The Brandenburg squad, over in the middle, advanced on the Quadbike MMG, and caused one hit, doing no damage.
Over, on the right the BEF squad charge the damaged Squad R1, and killed two men. Impressivly, Squad R1 fought back, and wipped out the BEF squad in combat. Meanwhile, the quadbike then wipes out the Brandenburg squad, causing the surviours to flee back to the coast.
The Hornet finally moved forward, and the driver gunned the engines, hoping to make up for lost ground. Meanwhile the final units disembark from the boats, and a MMG arrive on either side of the boats (Being LMMG and RMMG respectivley)
The Navy squad and the MMG opened fire on targets, but were unable to wound anyone.
Time for the final turn.
Turn 6:
As the final turn began, it was clear that a German win was the likely outcome, could Terry stall the German advance, or would the Germans push forward.
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| L3 advancing under a hail of fire. |
Squad R3 charge, and wipe out, the quad bike. The key to killing vehicles, is charging them with a full squad. Meanwhile, the BEF MMG takes out three of Squad R1, causing them to flee.
The Hornet moved forward again, and much to Terry's pleasure, it opened fire as L2, who went down, but still lost two men who were not quick enough. The Navy squad added to the fire, and killed two more of L2, who remained strong.
The rest of my squads advanced forward, and after three and a half hours, the game came to an end.
The final score,
Terry: 8 David 22
So, I win by 14 victory points, and take 10 campaign points. Terry, meanwhile get's a further 3 campaign points for stopping my forces from getting of the board.
Terry was unucky with his dice rolls for the Hornet. The 5 mmg's would have paid a heavy toll on my forces. He was also, unlucky to lose both of his artillery pieces quite early on in the game. It could have been a different story, if they kept adding pin markers to the barges, which would have been passed on to the disembarking boats.
If I were to play this game again, I would think about taking some infantry squads in Hanomags, to get them off the board quicker. Now, all I need to think about is how to defend the English coast.
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