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[Plain Ian]

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

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Last picture. I'm up to my limit which means I'm back on photobucket which is a bit of a pain. I'll have to see if I can delete some things as I'm pretty sure some pictures I've loaded are not linked to posts. I'll maybe ask for some help to do this.

Anyway back to the game. Crystal ball time 2. I predicted he would counter attack my 2-11th (poor play by me) and thats what he did.

A) After a short barrage (-14) he hit me with direct fire (-25) which disrupted the 2-11th. He assaulted with one Bn and won the hex despite taking heavy losses. The AI picked the worst hex to retreat (really?) and my armour was cut off. 

B/C) He attacked the 1-11th then and despite losing heavily he achieved his aim. Not only am I isolated but I am Low Ammo because I returned fire. Its a double whammy I've already talked about. Surely only isolation is required at this stage. Ammo test should kick in now so that I can decide whether or not to fire???? 

D) He attacked then all down the line inflicting heavy casualties on my units in Clear terrain. 

Lastly he had TWO successful carpet bombings against me. Cesar and I have discussed German air being able to carpet bomb and we both agree that its 100% steak mince......which is Scottish for rubbish. 

Anyway on the replay I only saw one attack which reported -17men and -1 gun but when I opened the file I can see that I lost -58 men from two HQ's and -3 guns? Cesar mentioned that he checked after the attacks and saw his VP's had jumped +10. 

So the good news is that my Engineers have built a bridge in ONE turn. (4 hours) Unbelievable. The bad news is that because of his assault I can't get over the stupid bridge. I need to push him back obviously to restore supply to my armoured group and to start evacuating.  Time to start planning. I have 5 air this turn (3 carpet) so thats my first option. 10th Armoured artillery is not available as I don't have los now. I maybe thinking that if I fly an air recce (I have one available) then this wil allow 10th to fire? Yes?

Stay tuned. I'll play from south to north so maps should be a bit easier to follow.

Edit: bridge is from wrong engineer unit. It should be the unit above. I'll correct picture.  Corrected now.