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Apr07

28 Ambush!

by Rindis on April 7, 2023 at 12:00 pm
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After finishing up in Piepsk, Mark and I went back to the Partisan scenarios for one set in Greece. Bulgaria claimed a part of it after the Axis victory there in ’41, and by that winter had thoroughly pissed off most of the locals, leading to the beginnings of a few partisan movements. In March ’42 a group raided a Bulgarian camp and made off with whatever weapons they could carry. The Bulgarians gave chase, and the Greeks split up in disagreement, with some staying to face down the Bulgarians.

The scenario starts right after a captured MG opens up and breaks the head of the Bulgarian column. The Greeks are defending board 4 with thirteen partisan squads (and sixteen “?”), three LMGs and two MMGs (all captured Axis Minor SW). The Bulgarians have nineteen squads lined up on the road, stretching back to board 10, five of which are broken and DM at scenario start (must have been in column). Mark took the Greeks, and mis-read the victory conditions, thinking he needed to stay at the victory line, instead of keeping me from crossing it. A clever twist is that while the Bulgarians need to have 7 squad-equivalents east of/on hexrow I, that number goes up for any MGs the Greeks have operating, potentially including any more they grab from the Bulgarians during the scenario.

My first action was to assemble one of the 50mm MTRs, which was right at the board 10 tree line. After that was a scramble for cover, and hurrying the rear of the column to the front. Mark didn’t have any fire during movement, in fact, we found a fair number of just-barely blocked LOS as he checked for concealment loss. The 4G3 MMG then broke my MTR squad, reduced two of the broken squads, and eliminated a HS.


Situation, Bulgarian Turn 1, showing the full board. The blue dashed line is the goal for the Bulgarians.
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Feb26

27 The Liberation of Tulle

by Rindis on February 26, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: ASL

While looking over shorter, simpler, ASL scenarios for me and Mark to go through, I came across the Partisan set (now in Armies of Oblivion), and we went for the first of those (we’ll need to get back to them; this is the first one I’ve played from that set). It’s set in central France as news of D-Day fires up all the Resistance groups to come out and to get rid of the occupying Germans.

Mark had the defending Germans who have eleven squads (mix of 2nd line and conscript) and poor leadership (three leaders is good enough, but one’s a 6+1). The partisans get twelve squads (three 527s, the rest are regular 337s) at the edge of board 22, and another eight in locations away from the fighting on board 2. They have a few LMGs, a German 50mm MTR and two PSKs. They have seven turns in which to gain and keep control of four out of six multihex buildings on the active half of board 22.

I set up for three thrusts. The initial main one was aimed at the V2 building on the south side, and would continue towards U6 and X7. The secondary one was to grab building Z2 and then help the others, while the third was more vestigial, and would get the support of most of the board 2 troops in taking CC6 and possibly DD7. The first two buildings would be fairly straightforward, the rest needed getting at through other terrain, and would be harder to do.

My first moves were to get at the garrison in S3, and get a flanking position on V2. S3 turned out to be the 6+1 with LMG, based off an idea in an article Mark had been reading. It’s not a bad idea, but this wasn’t really the place for it as he was alone and couldn’t keep me from getting a squad across and adjacent. Still, a K/1 from U3 meant I had to make two attempts on it. I also lost another HS to a 12 MC while dashing across the road, but he achieved the immediate goal of making the German squad reveal. I also tried a Dash to OVR the 6+1, but couldn’t make the TC.

His sniper had pinned a PSK I had put in OpFire, but he still hit V2 for a 1MC that Mark passed. But, my sniper went off (our third successful SAN check of the game was during my first AFPh, think about that for a moment…) to wound his 7-0. I got into CC with the 6+1 and killed him with no trouble while also advancing on U3 and into Z2.


Situation, Partisan turn 1. North is to the left, and the board 2 hill mass has been replaced by woods.
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