New Custom Scenario

[Schwerpunkt75]

Gents,

Greetings! I've finished work on my custom scenario, ** Find a Way Through. Ed helped me test it a couple of months ago, and his feedback was invaluable in turning it into something that should work for PBEM.

Below is the description:

[Thisnes, 62 kilometers SE of Brussels, Belgium]: [H2H][HISB][GD]: The task of "waving the red cape" in the Allies' faces in Belgium in May 1940 fell to General Hoepner's XVI Armee Korps (mot.), which included the veteran 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions. On the morning of May 12, 1940, armored units of 4th Panzer Division clashed wiith elements of the French 3rd Light Mechanized Division's 5th Light Mechanized Brigade (5e BLM) near Hannut, Belgium. 5e BLM was part of General Prioux's Cavalry Corps, the mission of which was to delay the onrushing panzers long enough to allow the main Allied forces time to establish a strong defensive line on the Dyle River in Belgium. During this initial clash, which was the first real tank-vs-tank battle of World War Two, the tankers of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cuirassiers fought hard and bravely but were forced to retreat.  They left behind 11 of the 21 Hotchkiss H39 tanks with which they had entered the battle, and their commander, Capitaine Sainte-Marie Perrin, who was killed when his tank was hit. On the afternoon of May 12, General Hoepner, believing that Allied resistance in front of his Korps was crumbling, ordered 4th Panzer Division to conduct a reconnaissance in force to "find a way through" and prevent retreating Belgian forces from taking up positions behind the anti-tank barrier at Perwez. Oberstleutnant Eberbach, commander of Panzer-Regiment 35, 4th Panzer Division was assigned this mission, and a battle group built around I./Pz-Rgt 35 and I./Schutzen-Rgt 12 was assembled. The need to refuel imposed a delay on the Germans, and it was not till after dusk that Eberbach set out to complete his mission. Contrary to what Hoepner believed, however, not all Allied forces in the area west of Hannut were in retreat. In fact, the 5e BLM, despite having been formed only in February 1940 from French cavalry branch reservists, was not at all discouraged by the results of the earlier fighting and was intent on completing its mission of imposing a delay on the Germans. As the sounds of advancing German tank tracks floated towards them in the evening air, 5e BLM tankers slammed their hatches shut, dragoons readied their weapons and all said a quick prayer for courage and luck. [ALL: N VV]

[Crossroads]

1940 scenario! Nice!

[Herr Straße Laufer]

The original was much fun to play.
With the right amount of tweaking this is a good one.

And, we could use more 1940 scenarios!



HSL

[Crossroads]

The original was much fun to play.
With the right amount of tweaking this is a good one.

And, we could use more 1940 scenarios!



HSL

Yes please! 

[Schwerpunkt75]

The original was much fun to play.
With the right amount of tweaking this is a good one.

And, we could use more 1940 scenarios!



HSL

Yes please! 

More 1940 scenarios, you say? Hmmmmm . . .

[Schwerpunkt75]

The original was much fun to play.
With the right amount of tweaking this is a good one.

And, we could use more 1940 scenarios!



HSL

Yes please! 

More 1940 scenarios, you say? Hmmmmm . . .

Anyone got any ideas/suggestions/fantasies about which engagements in 1940 they'd like to see made into a scenario?

 I was actually considering turning the Battle of Gembloux, which would be like the sequel to ** Find a Way Through, albeit a much larger action and scenario.

[Crossroads]

That's a neat idea! It's always fun to be able to play a number of battles related to a larger operation, and the Gembloux gap would be a nice choice, especially given the hard times the Germans received there

[Warhorse]

This is great, love early war engagements myself!!