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[Plain Ian]

Turn 72 2am 24th December German -south and the green fields beyond...



last map of Indragnirs turn. All artillery. 

4th Armoured Div HQ did a great job deflecting his counterbattery fire. I think it was hit about 7-8 times 4 of which were losses. 19 men lost but the two M7 Priest Bn's were untouched. 

Some artillery then fell on units in the Bigonville area which is off map to the north west.

Then right at the end of the turn, he advanced a disrupted VGD Bn and the 24th Arm Engineers was hit by 4 blasts from werfers. The unit is in Clear terrain so casualties were heavy. Thankfully the unit did not disrupt. I guess he was suspiscious and wanted to have a look. If he had done this earlier then the 24th would have been chewed up. The unit is isolated but I have several options to restore a los/loc. The 37th Tnk Bn is one option. The 24th might also be able to assault the VGD unit back, and I can move some units over the medium bridge south east of it. (I have an Arm Inf Bn (on foot) below the M5 tank unit)

The AOK 7 MG unit did not move and you will see that its isolated because Indragnir has blown the Mersch bridge. So its hande hoch for these boys I guess. The 10th Tnk Bn has recovered disruption which is useful.

Mersch well I guess I have to keep advancing. I've 3 units from 3 different CC's of 10th armoured there plus a unit from 4th Infantry. All of them are at the extreme range of command from their HQ's. I will have to move the HQ's east (all Morale C) and none of them are on roads. 

Anyway I've got to walk the dog and then I'll start my turn going from south to north for a change. Not looking forward to Warnach.