#3762806 - 04/04/13 10:47 PM
Re: Combat Mission Normandy During-Action Report: The Mace
[Re: LukeFF]
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enigma6584
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Regarding your scouts...do you use a very short cover arc in order to prevent them from firing? You know in order to have them hold fire and not draw attention to oneself? Looks to me like he is extending his picket line by a good distance. Yep, I do that. And hopefully I can push his picket line back a bit with that mortar strike. Sound tactics. I don't think I've ever had them without some very short cover arc. They are so valuable for spotting and staying unseen, would be a waste to have them open fire. Going to be fun watching that mortor strike. If you can, would be cool if you capture video of the strike and post up here for us to see in real time action.
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#3764186 - 04/07/13 10:32 PM
Re: Combat Mission Normandy During-Action Report: The Mace
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And first blood is drawn, at my expense: On the left flank, a soldier from one of my rifle squads is felled by a Lee-Enfield: This is followed a moment later by the forward observer being hit in the gut. You can see the aforementioned soldier in the background who was also hit. A moment later, the second man in the forward observer team was also knocked down: The one good thing in all of this is that I finally know where this rifle fire is coming from. It happens to be the same hedgerow at which my scouts are located: So, to counter this, I'm going to have the rifle squad that lost a soldier spray some fire in the direction of the contact. Meanwhile, I'm going to halt an MG42 team from the heavy machine gun squad and have them lay down some fire as well. Hopefully the combined fire will drive off these pests: Meanwhile, I've noticed that Rambler is moving some troops away from the area where my 81mm mortar fire is schedule to land. I get the sense that he realizes this isn't a good place to put his troops. Speaking of which, the first spotting round has fallen: I get the sense that Rambler is trying to establish an outpost in the center of the map, so I'm going to counter that with some 120mm mortar fire called in by one of my Company HQs. Hopefully he'll get the hint that this isn't a safe place to be: Lastly, on the right flank, the Nebelwerfer strike has ended. My dismounted scouts from Deutschland have not spotted anything, so I'm going to start moving up the Hanomags now. My idea is to stay on the reverse slope side of this map as long as possible before hooking left and attacking the Knoll: So, things are starting to heat up!
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#3764330 - 04/08/13 05:04 AM
Re: Combat Mission Normandy During-Action Report: The Mace
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As yet another of my guys falls to rifle fire, my suspicions are confirmed: I'm dealing with a sniper team. Thankfully, one of my rifle squads opens up with its LMG and dispatches the sniper, while his assistant is pinned to the ground: I'm going to send this scout team in the direction of the last guy and see if I can't get them to finish that last guy off. As one of them has an MP44, this shouldn't be too difficult: Meanwhile, another 81mm spotting round falls really close to where I want them to be. Fire for Effect should be called soon: So, for now on this flank it's time to calm my guys down and perform buddy aid where needed. Other than Rambler pulling some troops back from the mortar target zone, he's not showing me a whole lot in this sector. And besides, my force is not yet ready on this flank to press forward. Meanwhile, on the right flank, my scouts have still not spotting anything of importance. So, I'm going to move them up some more. Meanwhile, the Hanomags begin to move out:
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#3767084 - 04/13/13 08:20 AM
Re: Combat Mission Normandy During-Action Report: The Mace
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I didn't realize that you had lost your FO team. Ouch! Yeah, that did hurt, but thankfully I have plenty of other units that can call in fire. One thing I did do wrong with eliminating that sniper team, though, is that I left that platoon in the woods on Hide orders for far too long.
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#3770662 - 04/20/13 09:05 AM
Re: Combat Mission Normandy During-Action Report: The Mace
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With my 81mm mortar mission adjusted, Rambler knows I'm trying to target his scouts, so he sends them scrambling away to the west: As they are scurrying away, one of my rifle squads spots and opens fire on them with an MG42. At the end of the turn the scouts were still being fired upon but had not yet been hit: Meanwhile, on the right flank, my scouts will move up a bit more. I'm almost to the point where I'm ready to swing left and attack the Knoll objective. When that's the case I'm going to need to move my Panthers up, but for now I'm keeping them at their starting point, just in case they need to react to something on the left:
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#3772361 - 04/24/13 04:29 AM
Re: Combat Mission Normandy During-Action Report: The Mace
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As the turn plays out, a pair of my scouts (highlighted in yellow) on the left flank take a bit of machine gun fire. I'm not sure exactly where it's coming from, but it's most likely coming from the small group of buildings across the field. I'm not going to worry about them right now, but once I start my assault I'll need to either blind them with smoke or hit them with artillery fire: Also, I've ordered one of my rifle platoon leaders to call in a 120mm mortar fire mission here, as I've a suspicion Rambler has some hidden AT assets along this slope: On the right flank, my scouts and dismounted infantry platoon continue to cautiously move up. Also, in preparation for the attack on the Knoll, I'm moving up two of my Panthers to support them. The platoon HQ and one other tank will stay back for now:
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