Guderian's View - Merry Christmas! - Guderian v Feldgeneral Hoth (No peeking Chema!)

[Guderian]

Turn 4:

During the replay, the two parachute platoons in Champs fire on 1. company behind the stone wall, killing a rifle and MG section and causing the rifle platoon to retreat. The parachute platoons then retreat out of LOS into Champs. A LMG section to the left of Champs (unseen in the picture, but located at the red hex) finishes off the MG platoon (ouch!). During the German turn, the volksgrenadiers of 1. and 2. company advance to the edge of Champs. They don't enter Champs because they will be out of action points and the outer hexes are probably targeted by artillery. The overwatch teams of 2. and 3. company move forward and draw fire from Champs and the woods to the right of Champs. Based on this information, I estimate that there is one company in the woods to the left and right of Champs and one company in Champs itself.

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KG Maucke gains the high ground, but can they hold it? Note that I am being drawn into a fight to clear my flanks even though I originally didn't want to. Chema keeps attacking me from his flank positions. When I push him back out of LOS of the road, I am pushing him back to his own prepared positions. I then feel compelled to clear those positions. 1. company got plastered by artillery during the replay. In addition, I lost a FT HT and an AA truck. My losses are equal to Chema at this point.

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