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[Plain Ian]

Turn 81 German – 2am 25th Dec Snow – Mersch



I’ve already looked at this area but I’ve watched the replay to see what happened.

His 9th Panzer motorised infantry moved up and was hit by a hail of tank shells from my armour at Mersch. (3)

There was 3 assaults. I think the first assault was with the 2 x Bn’s of 352nd? One disrupted?

The second assault involved his 9th Pz recon unit as he lost a vehicle. He might have used the motorised infantry as well as they definitely did not fire during the turn.

The last assault was probably by the 276th VGD Bn which moved up during the turn.

The 55th Engineers were asked to start taking the bridge down last turn on the assumption that it would take several turns and I didn’t want the unit to be sitting there being pounded by artillery or Panthers waiting on it coming down. And guess what they did it one turn. 121 men of the 1-11th and 2-11th are left marooned on the other side of the R. Alzette now. Two more battalions wiped off the OOB.

The only consolation is that I get to hit his 9th motorised for another 40-60 men with my tanks in Mersch.

As for Indragnirs intentions in the south I’ll cut and paste his email to me which came with the turn.

"My plans for the south...well I can reach Berg in a single turn with the 9th PzD. I can cross back the Alzette with my forces there or I can left a VGD to guard the river and sent the others with the panzers and mass Lehr, 9th PzD, FGB, 5 FJD, 79, 212 and 352 VGDs and try to force my way up to Attert... decisions, decisions... if I reach Attert I can cut all the forces between Attert and Mersch against the river... maybe the unchecked 9 and 167 VGDs could play a role."

I think I got most of this right apart from the VGD’s he has in reserve in this area. I thought he had the 79th VGD down here but it looks like its the 167th. Which means the 167th is elsewhere? Bastogne?

Anyway that’s it folks time to do my turn.