Bolt Action Campaign

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The sun cleared the horizon,and the young sentry rubbed the sleep from his eyes and stared at the cold grey sea. Then his mouth from open, and he rubbed his eyes again.As far as he could see, were ships, more ships than he thought could possibly exist in the world.

So this was the beach landing scenario, Stu ,Dan, Arif, Jim and Dave with 2000pts, against Paul , Simon and myself with 750 pts.

The Allies stormed up the beach, German mortars making new craters in the sand, until one round landing amongst the British Paras. The Allies returned fire, hitting men on the bluffs above.
Small arms fire was exchanged, screams mingling with cracks and bangs. Tanks now charged up churning up beach and defensive barricades.
A German mortar fell silent as Allied artillery opened up. In a staggering display of inter service rivalry, the Royal Marines reached the relative safety of the sea wall, but failed to blow a hole through. Egged on, Paras got there next, and with concrete and stone mushroomed into the air, they charged through the gap. The German platoon opposite, taken by surprise, sought out deeper cover, and failed to open fire.
The marines redeemed themselves and opened up their own entrance, and then bizarrely opening fire on their own men will on the beach!
Another German unit failed to fire on the Paras, so they charged the unit in the bunker,wiping them out, but suffering heavy casualties in return. The Marines took heavy fire before charging into the ruined seafront.
Two more explosions in the seawall heralded the arrival of the US infantry and Airborne.
The Germans were now being outflanked by the rampaging Royal Marines, and the battle of the beach was coming to an end. But not before a heroic last stand by a German mortarman, whom saw off first , some British Paras, then a squad of US Airborne.
A fantastic game full of exciting standout incidents and a lot of fun.

Arif, Jim and Dave all receive 33 pts each for the win