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[Plain Ian]

Turn 50 German 2pm 21st Dec (Mud) Werbomont - Manhay



Nothing much exciting happened here......I guess this is starting to sum up this game now.

E
116th armour continues to follow up my withdrawal towards Werbomont. Not sure I'll go that far. 40th Tank Bn (CCA 7th AD) is in place to have a go with its 34 M4's. Fatigue is 72 so it will quickly become orange fatigued. The 814th which I've carefully husbanded has 28 M36's and a fatigue of only 14. The 740th Tank Bn (VII Corp troop) has 39 M4's and fatigue of 5 and is well placed to intervene, or to investigate what he has stacked with the Werfer? unit to its south.
Plus just off map 4 hexes from Werbomont I have the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment with 30 M4's and 15 M4 Fireflies.
I guess its just about show time.....

D
Engineers plus an A/T unit follow up the 17th Tank Bn.

B-C
D/40 TNK pays the price for its move last turn and loses 6 M5 tanks. 4 of them to artillery. Thankfully it recovered from Disruption so it has at least some mobility.
Quite a large force with 4 VGD Bn's and possibly a 116th Bn accompanied by a few tanks.
D/40 has the option of pulling back to Bra or fleeing south west. Bra probably pointless as he will target the unit and destroy it with more artillery so its set course south west I guess. His VGD won't catch me.

A
No ground fire only artillery. The two 560th VGD units are disrupted and a tempting target for assault but the 9th SS recon unit will stop this easily.
The 2-335th still hasn't recovered from Disruption yet but the 331st Engineers have.