The defense of the bridges along the stretch of the Bergues canal south of Dunkirk was entrusted to the heavy weapons company of the French 1st Battalion, 224th Infantry Regiment, supported by miscellaneous troops including several mobile 155mm coast-defense guns manned by naval crews. . .two days later, in the early morning, the position at the Seven-Planets bridge three miles south of Dunkirk was probed by the Germans. . .
Attacker: German (Infanterie Division 18)
Defender: French (224ème Régiment d'Infanterie. 68ème Division d'Infanterie)
8.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: German Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:20.5 D:14.5
AFVs: A:6
PzKpfw IIA Opel Blitz x 5
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:2
7.5cm leIG 18 8cm GrW 34 5cm leGrW 36 x 2
D:3
Canon AC de 25 SA-L mle 34 x 2 Canon de 155 GPF
Misc Rules:
Large hill on Bd 40 is level ground. D: AS (A19.131)
In SSR 1, change "Hill 486" to "Hill 520". Regarding SSR 3, if the leader in building 40oD1 undergoes Heat of Battle, the result is always treated as Battle Hardening.
MMP
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Not a lot of options for the French. Got one shot off with the MG in the chateau before both crews broke, never to rally. One shot from the 155mm before it was over-run. Was lucky with a shot from the 25mm that destroyed the Pz II but worked out that 25mm is pretty useless against infantry. Made a dash over the bridge with a leader to bolster the HMG in line with the bridge. Rob's use of smoke to blind the French on the southern bank allowed him to position his kill stacks that then broke my defenders. My last surprise of the hidden 25mm in the wheat field was not sufficient to prevent his from taking his objective.
2021-06-16
(D) Eric Partizan Eric
vs
French win
2020-10-25
(D) Kevin Duval
vs
Dwayne Duval
French win
Although the ART 155 didn't last long on board, the initial fire from it with the supporting troops adding to the German misery. Maintaining ROF with the HMGs phase after phase did much at keeping the Germans broken and DM while slowly grinding their squads down for the needed CVP.
2020-10-25
(A) Dwayne Duval
vs
Kevin Duval
French win
The well placed French defenses forward of the bridge refused to give any ground while keeping the Germans broken and disorganized in the grainfield until they had earned 25 CVP without a single German unit stepping foot on the bridge.
2020-09-09
(A) Dan Best
vs
Dave Mareske
French win
2020-06-09
(D) Simon Staniforth
vs
German win
2019-11-06
(D) Scott Sherer
vs
Jeff B
German win
Way too many malfunctioned weapons to stand much of a chance against Jeff. Had a nice ROF run early in the game that broken many German squads but soon they rallied and the French equipment let them down and the Germans got across the bridge on Turn 6 for an early victory.
2019-11-06
(A) Jeff B
vs
Scott Sherer
German win
6.5 hrs
Germans chose to come right up the gut, with only a MMG and the 9-2 in the north to try and suppress the MMG nest. My truck and HS passenger were flamed by one of the AT guns while trying to make too deep of a push. That insolent crew would not be much longer for this world. Germans suffered a lot of breaks early, but were able to rally back in the grain. Turn 3 was probably the tipping point, with the French breaking the MMG up in the castle (to be gone for good the next turn) and one of the HMGs along the canal. The other HMG and MMG manning infantry were busted. The Germans for there part did break (and ultimately lose the next turn) their MMG in the north. It probably would've been over shortly after this if the Germans could find some smoke, but the radio operator could not maintain contact for at least 3-4 successive rolls. The French HMG looking down the bridge was subsequently re-manned, holding the Germans to a crawl for a couple turns. But, once they were broke (and even without smoke), the Germans were able to cross the bridge in force on Turn 6 and dispatch the green guards in CC in the victory building for the win.
2018-07-30
(A) patrick palma
vs
Chuck Dye
German win
2018-03-20
(A) David Garvin
vs
Lionel Colin
German win
2018-03-17
(D) Shane Pask
vs
French win
Germans did not get onto the bridge until turn 8 but could still have won if they had not panicked and raced across the bridge in trucks which were easy targets.
2017-09-14
(A) Larry Rohlfing
vs
Craig Houliston
French win
2015-09-10
(D) James Rimmer
vs
David Yllanes
German win
[Imported from ROAR]
2015-09-10
(A) David Yllanes
vs
James R
German win
An interesting scenario, but I think the balance is fragile and too dependent on the dice. James had really poor shots and malfunctions at the beginning, which let me get too fast to the bridge.
2010-05-03
(A) David Ramsey
vs
Martin Barker
German win
Nice scenario - lots of German toys, sneaking over a bridge.
2010-01-28
(D) Richard Jenulis
vs
Russell Harley
French win
2009-09-27
(D) Aaron Sibley
vs
Pete Phillipps
French win
2008-01-08
(A) Martin Sabais
vs
French win
2007-08-19
(A) Rich Weiley
vs
Dave Longworth
German win
2006-10-04
(A) James Lowry
vs
Patch Bunny
French win
An expensive lesson in Fire Lanes took the heart out of my attack before it got going.
http://www.rindis.com/blog/922
