Probe Amongst The Hedgerows
Game 2 of the Kampfgruppe von Luck Pint-Sized Campaign for Chain of Command For this encounter I could call on a whopping four points of support. No prizes for guessing what I opted for, yes a Rifle Team and a Bren Team combined (with freebie Junior Leader) to form a whole section. Re-organising the lads I now had three full sections (incl the support) with one of the platoon sections having an extra bloke. All Dave has to do is get a team off my table edge! The outskirts of Ranville (Para table edge at the top) The cobbled track denotes the sunken lane - up to the buildings View from the Paras side The Patrol Phase resulted in the Paras having jump off points on the left flank by the fields and amongst the buildings on the right. The Germans did well to push one right forward alongside the narrow track with the other two in the orchard (upper mid left in the pic). JOPs in place Dave brought on plenty of troops in quick succession so as to ...