Campagne Compass, 8. Les italiens attaquent à droite (flanc fai...
Campagne Compass, 8. Les italiens attaquent à droite (flanc faible GB), puis s'autorisent une sortie au centre sur des inf sans recul. Les Gb consolident leurs positions. Combats très durs dans le secteur. Les GB sont en passe de reprendre le dessus, surtout lorsque 4 inf du secteur droit attaquent au centre, puis franchissent les collines. Infiltration ratée (3 dés surr 1 fig bersaglieri) et prise de Derna : victoire manquée (5-5). Combat rapproché (palmeraie /colline-ville) et victoire italienne in extremis.
rematch
The Allies repositioned the artillery in the palm fores...
rematch
The Allies repositioned the artillery in the palm forest on the Right and advanced methodically.They were suprised by fast attacking Italian near Wadi Derna, which got 2 medals there. Italians got heavy losses, but managed to lead with 4:0. In the end, nearly Italian desaster dute to "Pull back" for one Australian infantry with single figure and counterattack. Very high hite rate against infantry for the Italians.
Played with combat cards for Desert.
Early Allied offensive on ...
Played with combat cards for Desert.
Early Allied offensive on the Right was stopped due lack of cards. Some firefighting on the Left with mixed results. Very agressive Italian troops made some successful assaults on the surprised Australians.
Operation Compass Campaign #12, Scenario #8. 1d Air Power & Ital...
Operation Compass Campaign #12, Scenario #8. 1d Air Power & Italian High Command. VASSAL. 21 Rounds.
Allies started moving units to the Right, but Italians came forward quickly. Allies tried to meet them with TFH, but only ordered 1 infantry! I scored 3 hits; Italians blocked it so I only had one 1d shot to get it and failed, so he pulled it out of range. Italians soon led 3-0 and Allies Dug-in around C/R baseline.
Italians may have got too close trying to get their 4th kill. Allies opened fire on them, getting 2 kills. Then Allies made a steady advance to set up for Firefight, which scored a kill and reduced another to 1 figure. Artillery took that one to tie at 4.
Allies drew BEL, but needed a target to kill and take medal site. So I Moved Out! twice to the towns. Italians knocked the first to one figure and retreated it, so I pulled it back to 1d-art range, but he killed it for 5th medal with Barrage. I closed in again and reduced his last Center-inf to 3, then to 2, but he reduced and retreated one of mine to 1. I might have played Medics on it in case I missed, but went for the win with BEL.
1. Al: RiF, advanced art, put inf in wadi, no shots.
It: D-HQ, advanced art, 1+f=h/2.
2. Al: RiF, advanced art, f/3 retreated 1.
It: Attack-R, advanced art, 2k/3.(ITALIANS 1-0)
3. Al: Probe-R, 2/2.
It: Attack-R, 1/2 & 1/1 & 1/1 (BB=flag-retreated 1).
4. Al: TFH(inf/6), 3/4.
It: Armor Assault(inf), k/2 cleared R-TG into wadi. (ITALIANS 2-0)
5. Al: Assault-C(3), 0/1 vs lone-fig inf.
It: Infantry Assault-C(4), 0/3 & 2/3, f=h/2.
6. Al: Probe-C, pulled away wounded, no shots.
It: D-HQ, vacated L with wounded, f/1 & 1/2 & k/2. (ITALIANS 3-0)
7. Al: Dig-in.
It: Air Power, f=h/1, 1/1, 1/1, 0/1.
8. Al: Recon-R, moved art.
It: Attack-C, 1/2 (BB=inf miss), 0/2 (BB=inf miss).
9. Al: D-HQ, 2/3 & 0/2 & 2k/3 (loss=Probe-C), 2/2. (ITALIANS 3-1)
It: Attack-C, pulled back art to C-town, k/2. (ITALIANS 4-1)
10. Assault-R(ALL 7), moved art, 1/2 & k/2 (loss=Probe-L). (ITALIANS 4-2)
It: Probe-R(1), pulled back lone-fig inf out of art range, no shot.
11. Assault-R(ALL 7), f/2 retreated 2 to town, 1/1.
It: Probe-R(1), no shots.
12. Probe-R, moved art to C, no shots.
It: Probe-L, null.
13. Firefight(3), 2/2, 2k/3 (loss=Close Assault), 0/1. (ITALIANS 4-3)
It: Attack-R(1), no shot.
14. Armor Assault(art), k/2. (TIED @4)
It: Attack-R, no shot.
15. Al: Recon-L, null.
It: Recon-L, null.
16. Al: RiF(2), advanced art to C/R, f/1 retreated 1 to baseline town.
It: Assault-C(2), pulled back art, inf covered medal town, no shots.
17. Al: General advance(4), 1/1.
It: Attack-C, vacated medal town, 1+f/2 & 2+f/3.
18. Al: Move Out! no shots.
It: Barrage, k/4. (ITALIANS 5-4)
19. Al: Move Out! (AMBUSH f/2).
It: Attack-L, null.
20. Al: Attack-C, 1/3.
It: Artillery Bombard, 2+f/3 & 1/2.
21. Al: BEL, 2k/4 took medal town. (ALLIES 6-5)
Campaign
JFKoski=ALLIES: (46)+6+1+1=54
Railrodder=AXIS: (26)+5=31
Allies have clinched the campaign win with this game, but we will play the next two for total campaign-match score.
Next Scenario: "[Desert War] Beda Fomm" SFTF by jdrommel.
Operation Compass Campaign #9, Scenario #8. 1d Air Power & Itali...
Operation Compass Campaign #9, Scenario #8. 1d Air Power & Italian High Command. VASSAL.
After advancing artillery 2 to their R/C, Italians cleared their Right and fought in the Center. Allies got their 3rd kill on Ambush, so no discard while Italians only had 3 cards. Italians cleared the Center and led 4-3.
Allies still had 7 units on their Right, but puttered around and advanced artillery. I put my wounded in the wadis (which are -1 for artillery!) and took 1d artillery shots getting a hit on the artillery! Once he got his artillery in 2d range of the wadi, I drew and played BEL for the artillery kill, with Firefight as the backup plan. He soon played TFH (but his troops were out of position), I Countered then he countered for his 4th kill. I scored the win with a kill on a 3-fig inf.
1. Al: Probe-R, advanced art, no shots.
It: Probe-C, advanced art, no shots.
2, Al: Recon-R, advanced art, no shot.
It: Attack-L(1),vacated L, no shots.
3. Al: Artillery Bombard, 1/2 & 2/2.
It: Move Out! pulled back lone-fig inf, 0/1.
4. Al: Assault-C(4), no shots.
It: TFH(inf,2stars), 1+f=h/3 & 2k/3, 1+f/3 TG into forest. (ITALIANS 1-0)
5. Al: Counter(2inf,star), k/2 (loss=Attack-C), 2/3 & 1+f/3 retreated 3 to hill-TG into forest. (TIED @1)
It: General Advance(4), 2/3 & 1+f=2k/3 cleared R, 1/2. (ITALIANS 2-1)
6. Al: Infantry Assault-C(3), 2f=2h & 1/3 & k/3 (loss=Assault-L). (TIED @2)
It: Medics(+1/4 to 2), (AMBUSH 2k/2-no loss at 3 cards). (ALLIES 3-2)
7. Al: Probe-C, 1/3 & 1/1.
It: Attack-R, advanced art, sent 2 into wadi, 2k/3, 2+f=h/3 (BB=inf miss). (TIED @3)
8. Al: Probe-C, 2f/2 retreated 5 out of wadi.
It: Attack-C, k/3 cleared C, 0/1. (ITALIANS 4-3)
9. Al: Assault-R(7), moved art, no shots.
It: RiF(2), f/1.
10. Al: Assault-C(2), no shots.
It: Attack-L, null.
11. Al: Air Power, 1/1, f/1 retreated 1 to medal town.
It: Probe-R(1), 1/1.
12. Al: Attack-R, pulled away wounded.
It: Assault-R(1), 1/1.
13. Al: Recon-R, moved art into 2d range on C/R.
It: Dig-in(3).
14. Al: Probe-C, 1+f/2 retreated 1 out of bag.
It: Probe-R(1), 1+f/2.
15. Al: RiF(2), pulled back 2-fig inf, 0/1.
It: Probe-C, put wounded in wadi.
16. Al: Recon-L, null.
It: Pincer(1), 0/1.
17. Al: D-HQ, pulled back 2-fig inf, advanced art, no shots.
It: Recon-C, 1/1 art.
18. Al: D-HQ, 1/1.
It: BEL, k/3 art. (ITALIANS 5-3)
19. Al: Infantry Assault-R(ALL 6), 1+f/2 retreated 1 to forest & 0/1.
It: Firefight(2), 1+f/2, 1/2.
20. Al: Attack-R, pulled away 3-fig inf, no shots.
It: Probe-R(1), 1/1.
21. Al: TFH(inf,3stars), 2/3.
It: Couner(2inf), 2+2f/4.
22. Al: Counter(2inf), blocked retreat, f=k/3 (loss=Probe-L),TG into forest. (ITALIANS 5-4)
It: Attack-C(ALL 3), 2/2 (BB=inf hit) & k/2. (ITALIANS 6-4)
With 15 possible points left for Italians, I still have a chance to win the campaign, but it's unlikely.
Next scenario: [Desert War] Beda Fomm by jdrommel in SFTF.
Operation Compass Campaign #11, Scenario #8. 1d Air Power & Ita...
Operation Compass Campaign #11, Scenario #8. 1d Air Power & Italian High Command. VASSAL.
Allies advanced artillery and sent two into Wadi. Italians advanced artillery and infantry on their Right, while pulling infantry out of 2d artillery range.
We fought it out in and near Wadi. Italians got 4 hits by Air Power including 1 kill, and drew Ambush, but Allies Countered to kill 1-fig artillery on 1 die as their 2nd kill. Allies didn't discard Ambush so Italians used it to kill 2nd lone-fig infantry in Wadi. Italians had Close Assault, but Allies retreated units. Italians used D-HQ to go forward Center and Right, and nearly won 6-2 (which would have helped campaign-match count), but Italians got a Battle-Back hit and struck back with Move Out! for 2 kills. Italians played Close Assault to kill lone-fig infantry.
1. Al: Barrage, 1/4 art.
It: Probe-C, 1/1.
2. Al: Probe-R, advanced art, no shots.
It: Armor Assault(art), f/1.
3. Al: Probe-R, advanced art, no shots.
It: D-HQ, vacated L & pulled 2 units out of 2d art range, advanced art, no shots.
4. Al: Probe-L, moved into Wadi, no shots.
It: Attack-R, advanced art, 2/2, 1/2.
5. Al: RiF, advanced art, two advanced into wadi, 1+f/2.
It: Attack-R, 0/2, 1+f=h/3 & 1/1.
6. Al: Assault-C(6), 2 advanced up wadi, 1/2, 2+f/3 retreated 3, 0/3 art.
It: Attack-C, 2k/2, 1/2, 1+f/2. (ITALIANS 1-0)
7. Al: Firefight, 1/2 & k/1 (loss=Recon-L), 0/2 & 1/2. (TIED @1)
It: Air Power, 1/1, k/1, 1/1, 1/1. (ITALIANS 2-1)
8. Al: Counter, k/1 art (loss=Recon-R). (TIED @2)
It: Infantry Assault-C(4), f/3 retreated to forest-TG, 2k/3. (ITALIANS 3-2)
9. Al: Attack-C, (AMBUSH k/2), 1+f/3, f/3. (ITALIANS 4-2)
It: Recon-C, 0/2 vs 2-fig inf.
10. Al: RiF(2), 1/2 & 1/3.
It: D-HQ, 1+f/2 TG into forest, 3/3 (BB=inf hit) & k/3 TG. (ITALIANS 5-2)
11. Al: Move Out! blocked retreat, k/1 (loss=Attack-R), 2k/2. (ITALIANS 5-4)
It: Close Assault(1), k/4.
RR=ALLIES: (48)+4=52,
JFK=ITALIANS: (29)+6+1=36,
Railrodder clinches the win for this Campaign!
Scenario #9: [Desert War] Beda Fomm by jdrommel,
Scenario #10: [Desert War] Siege of Giarabub.
