"Thet's noo ordnary Rabbit, it's the mos foul, crul, bad timpred Rodent!" R4 Sitreps

[Hobbes]

St. Vith: Turn 12
Hobbes (Allies) v Nort (Axis)

Promises made to Thor, to report back on situation .... but radio communication difficult.

Just returned from extended stay in Paris to be faced with this! .... signal weak.

Have managed to fight through roads full of both retreating and advancing troops to report to General Hoge in undisclosed location. Hoge reports early successes in destroying up to 12 Hetzer's on the road outside Breitfeld but this location is now overrun.... crackle ....

Small success reported by M36 tank destroyers taking out 2 Panthers to the north-east of St. Vith but the enemy seem to be closing rapidly on the town. Hoge recognizes our opponents method of operation and seems shaken. The German corps commander Nort is known to him. I think fondly of Paris and if I will ever get back there, back into the arms of Brigitte.

"We need to keep the goddamn road from Vith to Nieder open, every ambush we set is uncovered you green sons of a b**ches"

I take my leave and head to the front carrying Hoge's cry with me. I must say he doesn't seem like a commander at the top of his game, who would be with Nort in front of him? But maybe that's just me, maybe that time in Paris made me soft. My heckles are up but so is my blood.

The radio crackles one last time before it dies ....