It's a Long Way to Tipperary Tournament - Round 3 - S43 DIME Beach

[Dog Soldier]

Turn 5 10:00 AM 10 July 1943 Day Normal Conditions Visibility 2km


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Italian Mobile Groups E&H and the 4th Livorno Division were released this tun.  Mobile Group E moves immediately to the Airfield VP location SW of their starting position. With a company of the Italian 33rd Infantry Regiment an American 82 AB company is surrounded in an IP in the nearby village.  Unless there are additional AB units nearby, I should be able to eliminate this enemy unit next turn.  Then I will continue to fortify the village and surrounding area.

4th Livorno Division takes advantage of the cloud cover to move fast down the road to the bridges on the Gela River near that northern airfield.

Panzers of the two KG proceeded south PzII units leading as scouts.  Armored cars moving south on the left flank of the KG to sniff out any additional American paratroops.
The PzG 104 (detachment at Comiso moved out to pursue the AB units restricting their supply point to the east. They destroyed the AB unit that moved north.  The Italian Blackshirt battalion is keeping contact with the AB unit that moved south.
Italian armor engaged the AB engineers across the river blocking the bridge. PzGr infantry drove up the main road to engage the AB engineers if they stay next turn.
Another AB unit was detected by a German engineer unit as it moved south. With artillery barrages the engineers finished off the 3X men unit.
Italian Coastal Defense Units are no match for the American infantry moving up from the beaches. They continue to delay where they can. They will not last the day. Many will be prisoners by nightfall.

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Victory Results stands at a Draw at 579 VP. I intend to change that soon with 175 VP in objectives alone I can take. Maybe that will put a little pressure on Steel God who is usually very methodical. Maybe... it is still early and this visibility is making a game of blind man's bluff.

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Dog Soldier

[Steel God]

Situation at the end of Turn 6 – 1200 July 10th 1943

Brian made short work of several of the Para Detachments, which cleared his way towards the beaches.  Another isolated at Ponte Olivo Airfield will get eliminated next turn but will at least slow him a little on his drive south.  

The beach is secured and consolidated, and the 45th and 1st IDs have linked up, the Para Detachments are falling back towards the Beaches, fulfilling their primary function of roadblocks if necessary but hopefully some will survive to be consolidated into a decent sized unit, as their assault values will be appreciated later.  The most vulnerable position right now is along the west bank of the Acale River, where the gap between the two infantry divisions is only lightly screened.  I have 4 units overdue for landing, and of course they’re all critically important, 3 armored units from 2nd AD, and the Mortar Battalion for 1st ID.  We finished off 3 isolated Italian Beach Detachments, and their Artillery unit, aside from the guns they weren’t worth much VP wise, but the score stands at 763, a Minor Victory technically, but includes 100VPs I don’t believe I’ll be able to hold till end game (the ones East of the Acale River), so in my mind we’re standing at a Draw.