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[Plain Ian]

Turn 50 German 2pm 21st Dec (Mud)




A
First surprise was a mobile Flak unit suddenly appearing on the road. He didn't travel up the road so must have moved it via the woods. He obviously wants to see what I have here.

B
The 2-395th was assaulted by his 12th SS armour and thrown back on the two armour units behind it. Despite the overwhelming use of armour my losses were reasonable as at least 10 were lost to fire before the assault. Replay showed no loss results for the assault?

C-F
The 12th SS and 12th VGD hammered away at my defensive line along with the usual artillery support. However I've been lucky and no units were Disrupted.

The 1-38th were hit pretty badly losing 17 men to 2 Werfer bursts alone.
The 2-39th has been tipped into Orange Fatigue and the 3-38th which avoided things is clinging onto Green Fatigue at Fat 95.

I noticed that he pulled back a few Disrupted units (277th and 12th SS). My return fire and artillery support was not the best but reasonable considering the fatigue of my defenders.

G
The fresh 3-18th received a welcome baptism of fire as it arrived on the battlefield. It lost 42 men (down from 763 to 721) and its fatigue has jumped to 35. At least half its losses were from ground fire from the German group opposite. Not sure what size the 3rd PGD units are but they could be 3-400 men each? I may pull back and see if he follows? My Local Supply level will go up from 92 to 95 if I do. His will surely take a drop? Plus I will receive support fire from adjacent units.