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[Plain Ian]

Turn 51 4 pm (Dusk) 21st Dec Weather mud



A 326th VGD Pioneer unit (E) replaces the AA unit I destroyed last turn. IT loses 3 men moving in but calls down some artillery on the 1-394th which slips into yellow fatigue and is Disrupted.

The 1-23rd has to stand and take it from the 12th SS armour group, plus a lot of artillery fire. (50% losses due to direct fire) My artillery hits the 277th A/T unit and takes out a gun and Disrupts it. Not sure why direct fire losses were on the low side, possibly he is low ammo?

My southern line comes under direct fire pressure, plus also some artillery. My return fire does score some satisfactory hits though. He reinforces the line (A/B/C) with more units though and things look grim for next turn. Only the 2-38th is not exhausted.



Well no option really. I fall back again. The 1-47th falls back on the fresh 1st Combat Engineers (I forgot to label the unit), the 3-38th are the 'fall guys' and have to stay put because the hex they are in, also contains the 39th HQ which is STUCK in the Swamp hex and cannot move. I thought about 'bugging out' the 3-38th as well and leaving the HQ behind to delay him but decided to stay put.

V th Corps artillery is just about all back and on line again and it did make quite a few hits on the enemy. I searched out all the VGD units and targeted them.

Will he continue his push through the Hoes Venn?