1st Chronicles Of V Panzer Army DAR

[Cole]

The screen shot below of the fighting north of Steinebruck seems to confirm my thoughts that the Americans are short on infantry but not on tanks. This turn I have just overran the last AA gun and Quad .50 cal position.

North of the 3 American tank platoons I have cleared the ridge and tree line of infantry and spotters. Just below the engineering unit at the bottom of the screen is the 500 vp hex (all bridges blown and no fords to the south but the ones way down by Burg Rueland).

Last turn I cleared out all American infantry that was left on my side of the river and were hiding out of LOS at the base of the hill. During Steve's turn he moved his armor up and subsequently pushed my infantry back up the hill. All I have between me and the VP hex are those tanks and disrupted infantry.



Down by Burg Rueland I am now across the Our River in some force. The American infantry has been hard pressed the last few turns and are mostly disrupted. Every counterattack back down the hill has been easily repulsed by German MG and a mobile AA unit firing from across the river. I have also been fortunate that Steve has not been allocating many artillery missions for the past few turns.

At least two companies of infantry have come up from the south in a bid to distract me from my advance across the river. In the screen shot my infantry has caused an American platoon to disrupt and to retreat back into a bend in the river. I moved my single PZ-IV and a halftrack to close assault with my Panther blocking the only means of escape. With their back to the river the Americans fought desperately and a lone bazooka team destroyed the PZ-IV before being mowed down by the machine guns mounted in the halftrack.

A company of infantry has decided not to risk a frontal assault and has moved up the hill. I should have a decent reception for them. Either that or I'm happy to trade banks of the river. I have everything, including the kitchen sink, up close to the front lines so any roving bands of raiders can do little damage.