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[Plain Ian]

Turn 75 Ferman - Magerotte - Martelange



A high level shot of the action.

At Magerotte I had put the 735th Tank Bn (84th Div) in T mode to send it south to Chaumont and then forgot to move it. He eventually spotted it but luckily only after he had fired off all his artillery in the area. He then brought his armour up and it was a turkey shoot. I lost 9 M4’s and the unit now has fatigue 144.

The 1-101st also suffered losing 75 men because it was sitting in clear terrain. I had brought it forward to allow 

2-501st and 2nfd Tank Bn to pull back. It was a costly exercise. The 2-501st lost 51 men mainly due to fire from his Panther Bn.

At Hollange he assaulted my Engineers (158th) then brought up more tanks.

The one big surprise was ther change in direction of Panzer Lehr? His armour has pulled back and not pursued me to Martelange. I guess Indragnir and clear terrain are like Vampires and sunlight! <g> He must be worried about my 4th Armoured Division and its 3 Battallions of M4's. I'd swop these 90 M4's for 20 Panthers any day.

So how do you play PzC Bulge. Run away is the best defense it seems. I must be defending too far forward? Too spread out. Wish I could stick a Panther pillbox on every main road and just go home job done.