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[Plain Ian]

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



The 212th keep on coming. I can now see just about the whole Division now witht he appearance of a VGD Bn in the north by my 19th Tank Bn. (6 VG Bn's, 1 Pioneer, 1 Fusileer)

My 19yh Tank Bn lost a tank when his 'reserve ' armour appeared. The 17th had taken 3 shots at the 212th which moved first so did not fire. 

His main Pz lehr armour has moved around to link up with the 5th FJD. My losses against the 212th were pretty light but he hasn't started to press yet. 

The 53rd Arm Inf bore the brunt of his artillery. Heavies, light, werfers...kitchen sinks....he threw everything at it. i think this was another of my crystal ball predictions from last turn and he didn't let me down. <g> The unit naturally disrupted but recovered??? 

After the artillery deluge he moved his spotting FJD units ajacent to the 53rd away and brought up more. 

It looks liek I was lucky here because IF he had moved the 5th FJD first and bumped into 1-12th he might have used his artillery against this and may have had enough MP's left for an assault??????

Situation is still grave. Too many targets for my artillery to stop although most of them are in clear? I think I may have to sacrafice the 4th Combat? I also may have to start bringing the 10th Armoured back from Mersch. I've started moving the 54th Arm Inf already.