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[Plain Ian]

Turn 78 German - Dec 24th 4pm Dusk (vis 1 hex) - Winfield



Well the 2-104th and 3-104th had been braced for action after 2nd SS armour and infantry had rolled up last turn. I think Indragnir was going to use his armour to soften up and then assault until he saw my armour to the south.

He used a little artillery on the 2-104th (-6 men) and then brought up 15th PGD Recon and used that to fire. (-15) He then launched an assault against the 2-104th using both 2nd SS infantry units. The result was pretty horrific. He lost 58 men but the 2-104th lost 164 men, was disrupted and pushed back.
In total the 2-204th lost 185 men and went from Green Fatigue 2 to Red Max fatigue.

I spoke to Cesar about this and he admitted that one of his units took a hefty hit in Fatigue. (90+?) But he said that two elite german panzer Grenadier hitting a US battalion should cause a lot of damage and I had to agree with him. I guess if the 2-104th had been disrupted before the assault his losses would have been smaller?

Anyway after the assault the way was now clear for his Panthers to visit my M4's. The Panthers weer joined by armour from the 15th PGD. One blast and I lost 4 tanks. 2nd blast and a further M4 was lost. (probably just Panthers on own) The 707th went from 23 runners to 18 and its fatigue jumped from 7 to 114! My mistake for putting them in the front line but it was to ensure the infantry to the south got away. Hoever I do get to use my heavy artillery on his StuG's and Jagdpanzers which are in Clear terrain. 

Apart from that this sector was quiet. My patrols have picked up his SS Recon still digging in. 

Having looked at things I think the units south of the 707th/2nd Tanks will have to move south. One unit is still disrupted. I'll T mode them out south.