assault! a BKC II batrep

[petercooman]

Doing a solo game, but time is on shortage, so will not go into it that thorough. After all, pics sell 

Idea is a british assault on a village the outskirts of Caen, trying to break up the german defenses, and draw away german troops from the main line.

setup:








Turn 1:

Off course, we all know that every game starts with the obliged missed command roll.....



Second roll of the game sends the sherman squadron up one move and that's it, then the CO boggs command itself. It's gonna be another one of those games lol



german turn

Only thing the germans wanted to do is reposition a bit, but another failed command roll took care of that... Luckily the co stepped up and got the middle mg and stug in a better position to cover the centre




Turn 2:

The turn starts with a spitfire and a typhoon coming in to hunt the 88's.



The spitfire and typhoon take some AA fire and their attack is reduced, but they both come truogh. THe spitfire doesn't do anything worthwile, but the typhoon finishes the flakvierling and 2 trucks, and pins the 88!




And then, i started cursing at the dice 





german turn

Germans hold the ine!

Turn 3:

With new dice, the british hq orders the infantry to move around the field in single file, after wich he fails yet again.




ditto for the shermans, and bummer for the co. I'm glad this isn't a game in wich you have a number of turns 




german turn:

Just the Stug getting transferred to the CO's detachment, getting ready for when the sherman breaks cover



Turn 4:

I'll just shut up and get my coat then...




The shermans are more lucky and get out from cover, only being shot at by the 88, but the lead sherman makes all saves. The 88 is clearly too far away 



The stug and marder are closer though 




The co gets thing movingin centre, but the forward 88 OP's the hell out of the lead honey



Not easily deterred, the CO orders another move forward, followed by a command blunder that sends them half a move backward. For the love of god!!!!! 


german turn

This one is much more eventfull, popping the other honey, the lead sherman and the firefly, and pinning 2 cromwells.




turn 5

Then the unthinkable happens, they move many times 



The shermans get out, one gets pinned and the other drives back the stug


The co gets 2 cromwells moving, with one getting pinned by the pak, while the other gets lucky andgets 2 hits on the bunker




german turn:

only thing worthwhile was the far away 88 hitting a cromwell and setting it alight



turn 6:

BBeing somewhat doubtfull of the hq's ability i let the infantry do initiative actions: The assault takes out the mg and then in the command phase the hq fails. So does the sherman hq



The CO's troop destroy the pak in the bunker.



German turn:

German 88 makes another casualty!!



Turn 7

The brits destroy the 88 in a close assault. Forgot to take a pic of this!


The shermans smoke the stug



The co loses another cromwell to OP fire from the last 88



german turn

The panzerfaust infantry relocate and smoke the last cromwell!



turn 8:

The turn starts with the shermans shooting the infantry gun to pieces, breaking the german force!!





Victory to the british!!!!

What a bloody mess! But exactly how a frontal assault would turn out i believe!

Frustrating game at the start, but played out nice at the end, the germans were only 2 away from breaking the brits too!

[Ithoriel]

Great stuff! Good narrative, good pics and an interesting game.

However, advancing over basically flat, open ground with no smoke barrage? Send that CO back to Blighty to command a storage depot, where he can do no real harm!

[petercooman]

As said on the bkc forum, i did have artillery assets, but completely forgot them 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Another good report, can't see the British co having a long career!

[Techno]

A very enjoyable and comprehensive report Peter.
Cheers - Phil.

[petercooman]

Another good report, can't see the British co having a long career!

He's halfway back on his way to London right now   

A very enjoyable and comprehensive report Peter.
Cheers - Phil.

Thanks!!!

[Albie Bach]

Good report Peter.
I like the last photo where you can trace the lines of attack by the flaming wrecks.

[Leon]

 

[petercooman]

Good report Peter.
I like the last photo where you can trace the lines of attack by the flaming wrecks.

Ha, ain't much left that isn't burning is it 

[ronan]

good batrep !
Thank you !

but... why did you use my dice ? 

[petercooman]

Your dice? For the love of god, please take them back!!! 

[OldenBUA]

Ha, ain't much left that isn't burning is it 

There. Fixed that quote for you. 

[Hertsblue]

As said on the bkc forum, i did have artillery assets, but completely forgot them 

Argh!! The antidote to eighty-eights is twenty-five pounders, the more the better.

[petercooman]

I thought the antidote was a typhoon, but it managed to detroy everything around the 88 instead. that's what they call irony i guess...

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

25 pounders are a placebo for 88s, the real cure is 5.5" guns.