Enter Rommel

[Dog Soldier]

German turn five.
14:00 PM March 31, 1941
Normal Conditions
Visibility 3km.




Fifth Light Division
Major Dossler did not like the visit from the General. Push them harder. “We must break through.” the general told him. “Rommel will be coming to check your progress.” While the German assaults did force the British out of their positions, no decisive penetrations were made. The 1 MG 8 battalion was disrupted in the last assault. If they do not rally quickly, it may not be possible to secure the orchard at coordinates (33,8) on the map. Time is certainly running out.

Dog Soldier’s notes
Who would have known that the British would retire all their long range armored cars on the southern front to the coast? I really thought there would be some that moved west from their start positions. Then they would harass the Axis rear of any southern force. My blocking troops south west of the Fifth Light Division are wasted.


Fifth Light positions along the coast on German turn five. Armor is on the objective.

Infantry Regiment 200
Lieutenant Gruber pushed ahead to the corner of the marshes. No sign of the British here as his scout cars crested the hill. Not even a delaying action. Where are the British? It was too good to hope the enemy had abandoned Bir el Ginn. It now seemed possible the British had not been expecting this maneuver. The short delay at 10:00 hours may have thrown them off. “Will it be a race then to the objective?” thought Gruber. The next two hours drive would tell.
The assault on Bir es Suera went well. All the enemy AT guns were destroyed along with most of the armored cars. The objective will be easily taken as the British are mopped up. The troops not engaged in mopping up will move with all speed to join the rest of the group.


Axis troops ‘turn the corner” unopposed on turn five in the south.