THE MAIN EVENT III! Arrow vs. Moondog

[Der Kuenstler]

Minute three:

Moondog's Elite Panther stalks up the road behind his three stugs. He has no worries now with his artillery barrage totally screening Arrow's LOS to the East. All of the MG42 teams and HQ disembark from the stugs and move towards some buildings West of town.



A lot happens from Arrow's side in town. His lead Sherman, which was spotted by Moondog's stug last minute, bolted forward on "fast" behind some houses. The reg stug got one shot off at it but missed. The Sherman then drills a 251/1. Arrow's green sherman stays to the rear and fires smoke to break the menacing stugs' LOS. The Sherman platoon leader then advances behind the smoke cloud. Arrow's 57mm gun is spotted and pinned by some 251/1 mg fire before it can reach cover. His vet and reg Sherman continue to flank to the South.



GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME! Cocky Americans - this bold halftrack saves the day - it drives right up to the central church - its bumper scraping the church wall, and delivers its platoon. The U.S. Rifle platoon advances inside the church and waits. We can see they pick up a sound contact of German soldiers nearby.



The sound is Moondog's Pioneer platoon on the other side - trying to fight through the bushes. These are Pioneers and no one brought hedge clippers? They lose precious seconds fighting the dense growth....



Meanwhile Moondog's vet Tiger hunts down the road and spots Arrow's precious Elite Sherman trying to get repositioned. If Arrow hadn't backed up from the artillery drop earlier, he would not be in the Tiger's sights now - but that's the way it works. One problem causes another problem. The Tiger has already gotten one shot off and missed, and as the minute ends the unlucky Sherman crew still hasn't seen it. Will the 88mm monster miss again?