Strong German motorized forces crossed the Danish border early in the morning of April 9th. Several German armored cars were damaged or destroyed, and the Germans learned to fear the 20mm guns mounted on the Nimbus motorcycles poised for ambush at every major road intersection. By the time the Germans reached Haderslev, 60km north of the border, they had the tanks in the forefront. . .
Attacker: German (Infanterie Regiment 401. Infanterie Division 170)
Defender: Danish (4th Company, 3rd Battalion and Gun Company of the 2nd Regiment)
7 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:6.0
AFVs: A:3
PzKpfw IIF x 3
AFVs: D:1
Nimbus
Guns: A:0 D:2
20mm M-35 Machinecannon Bofors 37mm AT
Misc Rules:
All bldgs are Single Story Houses (Exc: 23Y7 has 2 story Steeple)
Predictably, the Danes placed the wire on the two bridges and covered each bridge with one AT gun and one MG. The 37L malfed on its first shot and the Nimbus bike also malfed its MA on its first shot then the crew broke. In the end, all three Panzers made it across the BB5 bridge followed by hordes of infantry for the win.
2022-03-29
(D) Jason Nichols
vs
Eric Topp
German win
Managed to hold up the German advance initially but botched up my use of the Nimbus and it never had an impact on the game. My 37mm AT gun was sited on the right and couldn't get a bead on the tanks which moved up the left flank. Once Eric was able to clear the wire on the bridge his infantry were able to overwhelm the Danes. A good scenario that was fun to play. A deeper understanding of how to use the Nimbus would be an advantage.
2022-03-29
(A) Eric Topp
vs
Jason Nichols
German win
I used my panzers to provide cover for the infantry with Armored Assault (D9.31), smoke dispensers (D13) and the dreaded VBM freeze (A7.212). Unfortunately for Jason, the Nimbus moved into LOS of a German squad who broke the crew.
I broke through on turn 7. I malf-ed the MA on two of my panzers but one removed the Wire counter from the south bridge (B26.53). The way was clear for my infantry to cross.
2020-05-08
(D) Dan Best
vs
Kermit Mullins
Danish win
2018-11-20
(A) patrick palma
vs
Ulrik Danker
Danish win
2017-09-08
(D) Richard Carter
vs
Roy
Danish win
Very tough on the Germans. Not much to get across two bridges against an mmg and hmg in stone locations with easy los down the road.
2017-03-26
(A) Tom Kearney
vs
Walt McWilliams
Danish win
2017-03-26
(D) walter mcwilliams
vs
Tom Kearney
Danish win
Tom Kearny and I squared off today in the first scenario of our low-countries campaign, which will feature all of the official MMP scenarios of engagements fought in the low-countries and Norway in chronological order. I asked and Tom graciously allowed me to play the Allied side for the duration of the campaign. First on our list, Good Night Sweet Prince.
There are few gambits available to defender in setting up to receive the German attack that make better sense than the obvious. One wire counter on each bridge, with a small covering force to keep the attacker honest, the HMG and best leader in a steeple location, and MMG covering one left-bridge. Only with the two at start AT guns can the defender perhaps throw the dice and gamble on his set up. I chose to place the 37L in a position covering the right-bridge, while the 20L covered the long straight diagonal which interdicts both far-side crossing points. My covering force consisted of a 1st line squad w/lmg, a green squad, the 8-0 and a 1st line half-squad. Everything else set up on the VC side of the canal.
Tom's attack came down my left flank. He led with his armor CE and using platoon movement and set a fire lane down the route of their advance forcing the lead panzer to take an NMC, which Tom boxcared on his first die-roll of the day. My HMG in the steeple stung is fire-support group and to add insult to injury a sniper check , initiated from the same HMG attack managed to KIA his fire-support group leader. His surviving panzer malf'd its main armament trying to blast the HMG from their second story perch, but the balance of his infantry made it into the left flank woods, pushing aside the covering 1/2 squad I had positioned on that flank and ignoring some pretty withering fire from the HMG. The covering force on the right hunkered down in the stone buildings and I positioned the Nimbus to interdict his reinforcement from entering close to the canal. Tom chose not to risk it, and came in on woods road along my right-flank.
With his reinforcements in place Tom used a mass infantry fire group to finally break the HMG crew, and forced the stone building the covering force was occupying. The squad withstood a 24+3 blast with no effect but failed to break Tom's maneuver element which closed in for a CC. There was no ambush and Tom found the boxcar's again so I withdrew the squad out and skulked away to survive another turn. This I think was critical as it forced Tom to spend another turn clearing the covering force. Though he did succeed in throwing his first panzer onto the bridge where it bogged on the wire which gave me time to push the 37L into a better firing position. The fanatic status helped the survive some good shots.
The last two turn were as expected an exhilarating rush to cross the bridge. Both Panzers made it across the wire with out eliminating it but one was immobilized by the Nimbus and the other destroyed by the 37L. Some straggling infantry did succeed becoming berserk and charging to a bloody 24 flat blast.
Overall this was a great scenario. Don't get wrapped up in its Roar rating! Roar doesn't measure fun and this scenario has a lot of it.
2016-11-10
(A) Jeff B
vs
John Fedoriw
Danish win
Fortified bridge crossings are tough, plain and simple. If the AFVs can't clear the wire or at least provide some cover as wrecks it will be almost impossible for the infantry to get across. And you will need almost all of them from a VP standpoint if no AFVs survives across the bridge.
2016-06-01
(D) Kevin Duval
vs
Dwayne Duval
Danish win
Used Danish balance. Germans never made it onto any bridge.