after marching through the mountains in the hot days of May KG hauser reaches one of the last harbours the allies control. Again its theri mission to cut off retreating anzac and greek forces by capturing the cityon the coast.
the main attack will go in from the south were the distance to the coast is the shortest whichmeans there is less ground to place defenses on. also the approach is a bit protected.
the bulgarians and the fallschirmjaeger will move slowly through the hills adding pressure on the flanks while the 1st company with the help of the gebirgsjaeger and the slovaks as reserve will be the main effort.
This is a chance for K-Plt of Oberleutnant Schwarz to proove itself. its the econd time it was rebuild with fresh recruits after its men were used to man the captured guns after heavy losses made the platoon ineffective in combat.
the weather is fine with a clear sky giving perfect opportunity for air attack. As the stukas dive in they are met by heavy defense fire. one is damaged but all manage to drop their bombs achieving no visible results other then a few destroyed buildings. There seems to be at least one platoon of 20mm gns as well as some 40mm guns in town.
turn 18: the 1st kompanie hastaken the church in the south of the city with the help of tanks and armored cars.
Just in time to intercept a company of anzac infantry that promptly gets taken prisoner.
in the north a armored group counterattacks but after a few minuits all that is left of the attack is a single matilda 2 tank.
the bulgarians and the fallschirmjager have reached the outskirts of the city and start to engage the uk infantry defending from the buildings situated along the coastline. They will fix them in place while the 1st kompanie and tanks roll up their souther flanks everything is going to plan.
The luftwaffe is down to 2 planes with 2 shot down and 2 damaged. They are sent to attack suspected mortar positins but the 20mm guns on a hill north of the harbour make it difficult to find the target.
after 27 turns the battle is over. The S-35 was lost but fortunatly the one matilda 2 counterattacking could be immobilised and its crew surrendered leaving us with another working Matilda tank. Also the Falsschirmjaeger lost their scouts but they were replaced by some local volunteers.
Now with crete pacified. KG Hauser is transfered to to Romania where it is refited and the 37mm AT-Guns are turned in for STUGs.
Also a company of Romanian infantry is added to the command. They will help pathfinding while the battalion will guard the border with moldavia.
Operation Barbarossa has begun!
Our forces have already broken through the Russian lines, now it is your job to exploit through and destroy reinforcing Soviet forces. The enemy consists of infantry divisions supported by some tank brigades. So far the Soviets have not put up strong resistance.
After the invasion of moldavia has started and the first defensive lines have been broken KG Hauser is sent in for reconaissance in force meaning they should advance as far as possible. The weather is great and air support is present. As always we advance in broad line looking for the way with the weakest resistance. The romanians will take the village in the south the bulgarians slovaks and 1st kompanie will advance along the center and take blocking positions in case of a counterattack.
Meanwhile the Gebirgsjaeger with the help of the tanks platoon are moving along the northern flank trying to sneak around the flank.
In the south the fallschirmjaeger have taken the small village while the roamians are advancing over the field.
In the center the crossroad with the little settlement has been taken and the slovaks move on to the big city in the east where most of the enemy artillery has been detected and is under sonstant attack of atrillery and luftwaffe units. so far they have managed to silence most of the russian guns.
In the north the gebirgsjaeger keep advancing over the field with the tanks following. A few squads of enemy infantry have been detected.
Now suddenly the russians are moving forward to counterattack and since KG Hausers units are advancing some chaotic fighting is expected. Since their artiller is more or less silenced i dont expect them to be able to do much in the end in a few turns they will be running back.
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