1st Chronicles Of V Panzer Army DAR - Allied Side of Things...

[Tiger 88]

Ok - so Scott asked me if I would be willing to give my side of the story - so here goes:

Basically - Scott and I are playing history again with Earl's great and brilliant V Panzer Army Campaign - where Scott as you already know takes command of V Panzer Army - controlled by Gen Hasso von Manteuffel and I play as the 1st Army Lt Gen Hodges.

I want to up-front say to my man Von Earl - THANK YOU my friend for the work that you do with these scenarios, and in general to all the designers who feed us the goods! Without you - I know that I would go nuts!! I also want to thank Jim Mays and his Brass for all that they do for ALL of us who are in this club - this truly is my home away from home and my everyday escape from work and lifes curveballs......so here goes....

At the start of turn 8 - this is where I stand as the allies:



as you can see the Huns have a very long way to go and I am going to do everything in my power to kick Scott's ass and keep him out of the following - what I call - "What's At Stake" (WAS) areas of this campaign. So here are my hot points:



as you note the Huns are licking their lips at this very 1st OBJ - and I am preparing the city for the assault - I have moved and continue to move precious arty assets back to this city, and am unlaoding them and will rain down on Scott my death from above for the next several turns - perhaps I will get some loaded stuff - like he does with me - LOL!

The next hot point:

The crossing of the Our River from the South - this is where Scott has now pressed the issue at Heckusheid in the deep south.



I now have finally received some M24's and armored scouts just southwest of this crossing where I have every intention of moving those boys up the dirt road to Heckusheid to pester the Jerries there....Scott now has some Hertzers and infantry moving up there...

The 3rd WAS is:



this is just north of Burg Reuland and the huns will want this property as well!

The 4th WAS is:



Right now this city is all quite - but it is a main artery for the northern sectors and corridors - I am very worried about this area since it leads eventually to Toris Ponts.

The 5th WAS is:



This are is just west of Ambleve and feeds into Toris Ponts as well...

The 6th WAS is:



and South of Toris Ponts is WAS 7:



and Finally the Grand Prize WAS 8:



So lets see how the I performed or moved at the fronts:

Lets start at the Northeastern Front where King Tigers have joined the party - I had field reports state that men were changing their underwear upon seeing these beasts joing the actions:

This Losheim before: