MAIN EVENT VI! Red Devil vs. [hirr]Leto

[Der Kuenstler]

Leto's Northern attack force stops before reaching the Oasis. His IIIJs all turn to face Randy's menacing forces to the South. Leto's foot soldiers disembark from the tanks and continue to the Oasis on foot.



Leto has a lone Marder in the center of the high plateau which has begun dueling with RD's Stuarts to the South. He gets a penetration here but it does no damage to the Stuart. These vehicles are all "regular" quality and at over 1000 meters range they miss a lot. Each miss sends up a plume of dust that temporarily blocks LOS between the vehicles, with the result that they have been trying to hit each other for a full minute with only one penetration.



From Red Devil's side here is an overall view - he has 2 Stuarts and a Grant exchanging fire with the Marders in the distance, so far with no results. He is sending his Crusader platoon on "fast" towards Leto's setup area to the West. He also has another Grant shelling the house in town containing Leto's MG 34.



In a view from the East we can see Red Devil is attempting to flank Leto's Marders with his Eastern Stewarts and Grant. So far they have no LOS but they are getting close. To the North we can see the dust raised by Leto's IIIJs turning around to meet the threat.



Meanwhile at the Oasis, Randy seems content to let his trucks get shot to pieces, despite a possible escape route to the North. He could at least get them off the map there and deny Leto the points. Leto's 1/2 squad in the hotel knock another truck out...



To the West, RD's sniper (Riggs) is killed in the brush by Leto's area firing IIIJ.

RADIO CHATTER:

RANDY: "problem with VPs (victory points?) is everyone runs to them instead of fighting :)"
PETE: "You see, that’s the thing I never understood about the way most people perceived this game. People always seem to go to the flags like moths to a flame… usually to their destruction. I am not rushing towards the flags per se… I am picking the ground on which I wish to fight. If one can pick the best ground AND defend the flags, he should most likely win every time."
RANDY: "yeh i'm coming to par-tay... not play UNO :)
looks like good ground to fight upon just wish i had another week's worth of desert gunnery training.. these boys can't hit diddly.."

Ineresting insight into the strategic thinking of these two quality players...