THE MAIN EVENT III! Arrow vs. Moondog

[Der Kuenstler]

I'm a bit confused: does Moondog have a Panther or doesn't he ? According to the screenshots he has one, but according to the purchase screen by Lord Bane and the post by DK from yesterday, in which he cites Moondog, he has not.

Oh yes - he has an elite panther that was given to him as a bonus unit. Arrow also has a bonus elite Sherman loaded with 20 extra tungsten rounds.

Yes Rico - I will add some trees - I usually play with them off so I have a bad habit of leaving them off.

Next we have Arrows setup. I have drawn a green line where the most convenient flags would be for the Americans to go for, and it looks like Arrow is going to do just that. He has an infantry force to go get the northern flag, the bulk of his force for the three flags in the center, and nothing at all to the South. Looks like he's going to let Moondog have that Southern flag.



Most of his armor is lined up in the Southwest. He is leading with a halftrack pulling a 57mm gun. His lone vet Sherman leads his sherman platoon and the platoon leader is trailing the pack. He elects not to line up any of his vehicles on the road side by side. His foot squads are flayed out side by side, not lined up straight in a row.



To the Northwest we see Arrow's elite Sherman. A lot of hope rests on this nimble tank and crew. It must kill something - something big - before it goes down, or all that tungsten will be lost. But look - Arrow will be facing the bulk of Moondog's armor ahead, including the elite Panther. Will he live long enough to hurt the Germans? He's leading with halftracks, so hopefully he will be able to back out of there before going up against 5 German afvs, two of them elite. But Moondog will have the same trouble to the South - his lone Tiger will be facing five of Arrow's shermans.



Message from Arrow:

"My plan is to seize two small knobs for ATG support. The first on my left flank is between the wooded flag and the church flag. The second is in the middle between the church flag and the 2nd from the right flag. I'm holding my armor in reserve until I see what he does. His armor is great at range, mine are better up close. German infantry needs to be engaged quickly to use up their limited ammo. Infantry to capture the 4 flags on the right, Except for a light recon in case he neglects the points, I have given up the flag on my far left. I already made a couple of mistakes, one of which was not pre-targeting my arty. In purchasing assets I like buying the whole batalion it gives me the superior numbers. I give up quality for quantity, typical attrition warfare."

"You must do your damndest and win!" says general Patton....