Chain of Command

[Noisysteve]

Scenario 2, the British defending a golf course club house, the Germans needing to push the Brits further inland, to consolidate their landing zones.

My British force consisted of

Captain Mainwaring Home Guard
2 8 man sections of Home Guard
2 3 man Lewis gun teams
2 10 man sections of Regular infantry

Paul's German force

Lt Springen Fallshirmjaegar
3 10 man sections of Fallshirmjaegar
A 2" mortar team

The Germans deployed in the woods to my left, with the mortar team and a further section behind the sandbar to my front.
I had a regular section, a Lewis gun team and Cpt Mainwaring in the clubhouse. A home guard section behind the clubhouse, and my other Lewis gun team behind the walls to my right . On my right flank I placed Sgt Wilson, with a section of Home Guard and the remaining Regular section.

The Lewis gun team opened up on the woods after seeing movement, the Germans on the receiving end , digging in deeper, and returning fire.
The section Lewis joined in, as this was the only Germans they could see, and this combined fire started to take it's toll , and the Germans started to take casualties.
The German mortar opened up in support, hitting the Lewis gun behind the wall.
The British tried a flanking move on the right, with 2 sections running for the cover of the sand bunkers.
The Germans were quick to see the danger, and the section behind the sandbar moved to intercept, and laid down a withering curtain of fire.
A home guard section were caught in the open, and half were cut down, the remainder panicking , and led by Cpl Jones, ran away.
On the left , the Lewis guns continued to smash led into the woods, their target could only keep their heads down. Another German section, started to move down the track behind the woods, to get into a better firing position on the clubhouse.
On the right Sgt Wilson ran from cover to rally Cpl Jones's survivors, but as he did so, they were hit again by the massive German firepower, wiping out the section, and wounding Wilson.
The regular section in the bunker, returned fire, forcing the Germans to dive into the sandbar for cover.
In the centre mortar fire and the occasional burst from the woods, wiped out the Lewis gun team behind the wall, the other Lewis gun team also taking a casualty from a second enemy section that had pushed nearer through the woods.
The British switched targets to this new threat , and the Germans started to get hit.
A machine gun duel was developing. The German section in the woods, versus the Lewis gun team in the clubhouse, and the section in the sand bunker.
Both German sections in the woods were being whittled down,but they also killed the Lewis gun team.
The British replaced the Lewis gun team with the Bren gun team from the regular infantry .
The section in the bunker were now joined by the wounded Sgt Wilson, and their fire was very accurately taking out the Germans in the woods.
The British then got over confident, and a section of Home guard, and the rifle team of regulars in the clubhouse, tried to outflank the Germans on the left, but took murderous fire as they dashed out into the open, the Homeguard getting wiped out, and the survivors of the regulars returning back into the clubhouse.
The Britsh had been reduced to a regular section in the clubhouse, and another in the bunker. Both had good fire arcs on the Germans.
The Germans now had 3 reduced sections, and was steadily taking casualties.
Lt Springen decided to preserve what was left of his command, and withdrew his forces.

Unfortunately time ran out on us, and we called the game, declaring a draw.
We had both taken lots of casualties, with the Germans taking at least 2 per turn towards the end.
It was a fantastic game, very tactical, trying to get better fire arcs.
A good , dug in position and accurate firepower did result in success, and really caught a realistic approach to the the battle.