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[Plain Ian]

Turn 75 Ferman - Mersch



A high level shot again of the south from Pratz to Mersch. I’ll be a bit more detailed in my turn.

At Pratz he contended himself with artillery against the 1-12th (4th Inf Div) which lost 43 men. The 25th Cav also lost a Greyhound. He also reinforced the woods hexes at Pratz with more 5th FJD units. They could be fairly fatigued though?

The werfers at Pratz were spotted agains this turn. I’m not surprised, their barrels must be glowing red! I’ll have to ask Indragnir after the game how often ammo low effected his artillery and they became Unavailable? I’ve got 12 Unavailable artillery at the moment, nearly every one of them is 90+ in Global supply. The one that isn’t 90+ is 89.

At Mersch he pulls back his infantry and lets fly with his 75mm’s and artillery. The 11th Tank Bn loses an M4 and the 735th of 5th Division loses 2. The 2-10th Infantry stacked with the 735th loses 27 men. He does lose a 75mm from his rearguard unit he left behind.


I will have to attack out now with the 5th. With luck his units might remain disrupted a bit longer. If I can’t push him away from the hexes outlined he will have pefect observation on my Engineers as they attempt to build a bridge in this area. I should be able to assault and push his 75mm out of the town as they are disrupted. I will have to see if I can disrupt and push back the 352nd unit. Its not the best Division in this area but it should still be reasonably high strength. Lets hope its a D morale unit.  I have two air attacks (one is a carpet bomber) and two artillery Battalions for this operation.