THE MAIN EVENT III! Arrow vs. Moondog

[Der Kuenstler]

Message from commander Moondog today:

"My strategy hasn't worked mainly because I didn't follow it. You may remember I had originally planned a sweep round to my left with full support to overwhelm and clear that flank and then head in towards the village. Instead I allowed my armour to get dragged into the centre dropping off MG's and left the company on my left alone and struggling.

I had forseen this company taking both those flags on my left as I didn't think there would be much opposition but they have now got bogged down in fighting which looks like a stalemate or worse as I don't have the necessary numbers to take that flag and Arrow has been slowly reinforcing the position from the bridge and I have no way of responding.

In the centre I have made some silly mistakes, like the Panther move round the back to link up with the Tiger.... that failed in spectacular fashion, but I have also been very unlucky with the armour duels. Every single duel has been one shot one kill. How often does German armour get screwed that easily?

Having said that, Arrow has played his hand very well and got my last stug with a well placed gun. How he got one up there I don't know unless it's been there from the start. Good placement anyway and something I could have done without. It's still a threat now !!

I'm now down to one tank. It's Elite but still no match for the speedy turrets and lethal targeting that Arrows tanks have been displaying and I still can't work out which is his Elite one as they have all been so quick. My pz IV is not likely to get any more luck than the rest of my armour so I'm not sure what to do with it at the moment except use the HE on the Infantry and keep it alive.

As for the Infantry in the centre, in reality a commander would retire at this point and stop attacking or risk getting fragged as I don't have the necessary odds, but I will keep harrassing Arrow for the fun of the game and see if I can pinch another flag before the end.

This has been a real test so far, and no offence meant to my regular opponents but I win a lot of games way too easily without having to do much as my opponents kill themselves, but this has been a real tough challenge. Some may say it's about time I got my arse kicked and brought down to earth a bit If so, they will enjoy watching this game very much. :-)"