Enter Rommel

[Dog Soldier]

Axis turn four.
12:00 PM March 31, 1941
Normal Conditions
Visibility 3km.

Fifth Light Division
Major Dossler sent his troops forward to try and overwhelm the British infantry and guns holding the bottle neck. Though they had an early success disrupting the British infantry, the assault failed to force the enemy back. The major could take some comfort that his troops were still in good shape to assault again after a short reorganization. The British took greater casualties and might be thrown back with the next assault. Engineers are clearing the mines near the marshes and Pz jagers have moved through the marshes on the northern flank to threaten the weak flank of the defenders.
A message from Infantry Regiment 200, Lieutenant Gruber reported surrounding some armored cars and AT guns at Bir es Suera. They should be liquidated in the next two hours. No other signs of the enemy. “They will know we are coming. I do not think the enemy is prepared for us.”, radioed Gruber. Dust clouds suggested the British were clogging the bottle neck between the marshes with more units. The Free French infantry seemed to have moved off the ridge near the coast. “Maybe Gruber will draw some of the British off now that he has been revealed”, thought Dossler. We shall know soon enough.

Dog Soldier’s notes
T41 is a different game altogether. I fired three shots with the 88mm AT guns section at the armored cars across the minefields. Only got one fatigue for my trouble. I expected to blast them out of the hex.


German positions for the Infantry Regiment 200 on turn four.