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[Plain Ian]

Turn 54 German - south of Bastogne



All was fairly quiet apart from the sound of frantic digging coming from the Germans south of Sibret. They managed to dig to IMPROVED in one turn??? I've told Cesar to give them all Iron Crosses 2nd Class with crossed Shovels. 

At first glance it looks like the FBB have been reinforced as hex A now has 3 units. In fact thats what I thought until I noticed that all 3 are Digging in? So he has gone for a breakdown to try to increase his chances of digging in? 

The 1-104th got a rude awakening. They lost about 16 men in total to artillery and disrupted with the second barrage! So much for D class units. Cissies.

The 735th Tank Bn stacked with them were also unlucky. The quarter master general obviously doesn't like them, and they have gone Low Ammo. Ah well break out the shovels for the tankers. The Divisional HQ has a range of 9 hexes and is just 8 hexes away stuck in traffic..... 

The 818th will have to load up HE and try to disrupt a few FBB company units. Probably best to hit one badly to stop him recombining.

South of Margerotte it was pretty quiet. Too quiet.