1st Chronicles Of V Panzer Army DAR

[Cole]

I have found out that the way south is blocked. All the bridges are blown. There is a crossing that my troops and an American rear guard are heading to (ford just north of the Our River label).


To the north the 293rd Regiment has cleared the tree line and have even destroyed a few half tracks that were keeping watch on our advance. There are miles of open hilly ground so until some Tigers come from the south to support the infantry in the open my boys will rest.
Steve must of lost track of my armor or expected it all to go south as he kept four platoons of armor on the hill to the west of the Ambleve River. One platoon was destroyed by panzer op fire last turn and two platoons you can see in the screen shot below we engaged from the hill top by a lone surviving Tiger tank eager to revenge his fallen comrades. 5 American tanks went up in smoke and both platoons were disrupted. On the screen shot my infantry is blocking the road to the north and a platoon that was able to rally was destroyed by panzerfaust op fire while attempting to escape during Steve's turn. The other platoon fled into the woods with a leader. My infantry is in pursuit.
The remaining platoon on the south slope of the hill also fled into the forest.

Schoenburg spends another day in Allied hands. Last turn I almost cleared a lot of his infantry off the hill top but some visible infantry remained. American artillery pounded the tree line but on my in the woods on my left I was fortunate that I had eliminated all the spotters. When Steve began his turn quite a few platoons that held their op fire rushed off the hill top. I am finally King Of The Hill but I did not move to the north edge as he will have quite a reception for me. One platoon sent on a suicidal scout mission to the edge discovered AA guns down there and he has at least a battalion of the M24's inside the town.