Scenario: Southern Ardennes 5/13/40

[RazGator]

A meeting engagement between the French 1e Division d'Infantrie Colonale's II/14e Tirilluers Senegalais and lead elements of the German 76th Infantrie Division at the southern Ardennes village of Harnoncourt, May 13, 1940.

Slotted for 501; playable from both sides and suitable for H2H play.

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

That was really fun to play, it gets pretty close ranged in there, i feel the germans have an advantage for H2H play, havent tried it, but i flanked the ai easily as the germans(and got a lot of germans coming at my flanks as the french) the center of the battle is the village, as the french i forced a close range fight into rifle grenade range, as the germans i blasted the french away with arty, the germans have mmg's and LOTS of artillery(main reason i closed in for the fight)and they probably tip the balance of H2H play to their side.

At least the germans arent SMG troopers, otherwise they would have crushed the french pretty quickly. Only thing i missed were planes for blitz effect

A pretty good scenario!

[RazGator]

Thanks for the props, glad you enjoyed it. Closing and making a close fight of it does seem to be the best strategy for the French. By the time I was done, the whole village was in flames. Nothing like wanton destruction to get the juices flowing. As you noted, the Germans are the superior force-but not by much. That is why I didn't throw in some Stukas for effect; I was afraid that it would tilt the balance too much.