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[Plain Ian]

Turn 43 Allied – Rarmont – SPA



It was mostly artillery plus selective firing against his forward units. I continue to fall back. I’ve just about pulled everything out of the Cheneux area. I still have to get the D rated 33th? (well thats what it shows in PzC?) Arm Eng (7th AD) out of the woods. Its going to Disrupt. However I might put this move on hold IF there is no real enemy threat?
My only concern at the moment is if he appears south of the river at Stoumont and La Gleize.

(A) 29th Eng fell back while 17th Tank Bn (CCR 7th AD) stayed behind and dealt out some nasty fire to the 560th VGD Bn. I think 560th is D morale so hopefully they are Disrupted and will fall back. There should be some 116th Pz armour to the NE on the Basse-Bodeaux road which might bring retribution next turn? Since I’m armoured and in a Village he might not use artillery against me. 29th is low fatigue but Low Fuel/Disrupted.
(B) At Basse-Bodeaux the 2-117th/38th did the same to the Pz Lehr infantry in the Assault Gun/infantry group. Unit now shows XX? So its clearly not a Bn sized unit. Maybe its time to halt my retreat?
© La Gleize I used artillery on his KG Hansen and KG Sandig infantry. The 2-120th was left behind to hold up his movement. I will just have to see how many men I lose against his SS stack when I open up the next turn. He has 3 SS infantry groups and probably 40+ tanks including 9 King Tigers?
(D) A/3-32nd Tanks moved SW to join C/3-32nd and Disrupted. The 3-36th Armd Infantry fired on the Pioneers clearing obstacles. Not really a fair fight.
(E) 2-119th fell back towards SPA whilst 743rd Tanks and 526th fell back north. Artillery was used against both enemy groups, but not much. I thought about moving the 1-119th south to harass his loc/supply. 1-119th has recovered back to Fatigue 35 and is at 76% with 587 men. I chickened out. If he doesn’t move a blocking unit in next turn I’ll go ahead.