As the drive through France continued, the crossing of the Seine River was a major objective to accomplish. Four squads of the Pionier detachment of the 93rd Motorized Infantry Regiment's II. Bataillon were ordered to take the bridge at Homyly. They were driven to and through the village under enemy fire, disembarking next to the woods leading to the bridge. They quickly moved through the woods and came upon the bridge where they spied four French soldiers standing guard at the beginning of the span. In a bold maneuver the 1st, 2nd and 3rd squads rushed the guard detachment, hoping to overwhelm them and grab control of the bridge before it was blown up underneath them. Successful, they occupied the bridge fortifications to await the French reinforcements that were sure to come. . .
Attacker: German (Bataillon II, Infanterie Regiment (mot) 93)
Defender: French (Homyly Bridge Guard Detachment and 6ème Armée)
5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:4.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:2
AMD 35 x 2
Guns: A:0
ATR 7.92 PzB 39 x 2
D:0
Misc Rules:
Ov6 w D: French concealment counters may set up in non-concealment terrain
German attack came straight at the bridge. Glass jawed 5-4-8's would pin and then the French Sniper would KIA the German 9-1 and break two squads with LMG's that were with him. One 5-4-8 managed to get across the river with a DC but was then KIA'd with a snakes on a 2 down 2 shot. Then the 5-4-8 would roll a 12 on a morale check. Then on Turn 3, one 5-4-8 with an LMG attempted to move to the stone building as was broken. With only a single good order squad, Dan gave the concession. The French has captured the German DC and everyone was at the bridge. Snakes and Boxcars did their thing is this small scenario.
2023-11-19
(A) Dan Best
vs
Kermit Mullins
French win
2023-11-03
(A) Mark Thompson
vs
Tony Gibson
French win
The Germans were sitting pretty at the end of Turn 2 as follows: Y7: 9-1/5-4-8/LMG; Y6 Bridge: 2-4-8/DC; X5 Foxhole: Hero/captured LMG/5-4-8/LMG; Z5 Foxhole: 8-0/5-4-8/ATR; BB4 Woods: 5-4-8/LMG. Things went South quickly thereafter, and the Germans conceded during DFPh of German Turn 5. The French Green squads proved remarkably resilient, but the ACs won the day. The Germans ATR’s were proficient only at chipping their paint, and the Acs proceeded to break the German 9-1 stack with a 2 flat shot, eliminate their Z5 units in CC, and break the German units in X5 with a 4+2 shot. Definitely a mistake to place the 5-4-8/ATR in BB4 - this unit never got the side shot it was looking for, and was quickly swarmed and overwhelmed. The 2-4-8 declined to throw its DC from Y6 against the AC in Y5 the 9-1/5-4-8 had routed to Y6. Perhaps a mistake - who knows. The 2-4-8 was subsequently broken. The Germans forgot that AEs get +1 in CCV, which would have destroyed one AC and left the units in the Z5 foxhole guarding the Bridge entrance - which possibly affected the outcome, but the French combined arms counterattack was a skillful display. Fun game!
2023-06-29
(D) Shaun Andrews
vs
Edgar Degiovanni
French win
A German passive approach to the bridge assault enabled the French to reinforce and gain the upper hand. German repeated attacks were repulsed and the French were victorious.
2023-04-27
(D) Mark Thompson
vs
Marc Grad (Germans)
French win
French prospects looked grim at the onset of German Player Turn 1 when the French HS in F7 muffed a PBF 4-2 shot at a charging HS in Y8, the LMG malf'd laying down a left alt hex grain FL at units entering W10, and the HS again muffed a PBF SFF 2-2 against a Squad in X7. A ray of hope then emerged with a PBF FPF 2-2 shot which broke the 8-0 and a squad in Z7. However, the path to the bridge was then opened when Advancing Fire broke the French HS, and it fell to NQ. The French punched back at bit in their Player Turn 1, breaking the 8-1 and a squad in Z7 with a 3DR on a 2 flat shot from the HS in Z5. The Germans met disaster when trying to force the bridge in their Player Turn 2, when the French LMG-less HS in Z5 broke a squad crossing the bridge and the hero perished running successive hexes of 1-1 and 1-2 residual. With one GO squad left, the Germans conceded.
2023-01-25
(D) Camille Garek
vs
Florian Yvis
A
French win
Short with few troops. Very Dicey sensitive.
2022-03-25
(D) Indy Lagu
vs
Rob Oler
French win
As expected, the Germans made short work of the
bridge garrison. They could not stop the relentless
French...particularly the French AFV.
A quick playing scenario. Easily done as a best-of-three.
2022-03-17
(D) Indy Lagu
vs
Michael Wendlandt
French win
We misread the French setup, and I had nothing in foxholes to begin
with. In hindsight, that gaffe meant that, at the end of German 2,
there were no French units onboard.
Still, I managed to slowly roll the Germans back.
The only con I have for this one is that there doesn't seem to be many
ways for the Germans to attack. From their POV, going through the woods
just to the right of the bridge seems their only viable path.
The French AC are pretty invulnerable to German AT assets...I think Michael
found this frustrating. That's likely a statement about his inexperience. He
also mentioned, in our post-game debrief, he simply forgot to use smoke.
His squads are AE so get smoke on a 4. IIRC, he tried once.
I would happily play this one again.
2020-04-08
(A) JP Laurio
vs
Ron
French win
2020-03-06
(D) Paul Legg
vs
Ian Morris
German win
2020-03-06
(A) Ian Morris
vs
Paul Legg
German win
DB version.
2020-01-03
(A) Jeff B
vs
Robert Loper
French win
If the Germans don't make the foxholes by the end of their Turn 2 they will have an extremely difficult time. That's what happened to me. I got greedy Turn 1 trying to take out both HS when I should just have concentrated on the one on my side of the bridge. This guy needs to be taken out . As it was my Germans were hung out to dry on the bridge and brutally raped by overruns. By the end of Turn 2 I had lost half my force. By the end of Turn 3 I had my hero left. I wouldn't even call this a scenario; it's more like an ASL exercise.
2018-01-13
(D) David Garvin
vs
Jim Stahler
French win
Poor Jim. I was able to FPF his initial rush at me and then my coupe de grace was a sniper attack that nailed his pinned stack by eliminating his 9-1 leader. His stack melted. My counter stroke absorbed his initial fire and then my Armored Cars overran his hapless infantry on the road. French win on GT 2.
Played at WO 2018.
2017-09-04
(A) Alan Krause
vs
Sebastiano Caltabiano
German win
Another extremely tight game, ending with a final CH by my lone hero with an ATR. Tough lesson re: LLMC and failure to rout.
2016-12-01
(A) Paolo Cariolato
vs
Luca Marcolungo
Draw
OK it's little, it's cleaver, but it's too static for my taste, German player has to come up with a plan for taking the bridge, but that's not too difficult given the fact that most of the time the french will be broken during turn 1, after that it's static defence, and a dice feast which is always fun but not always nice.
2013-11-21
(A) Richard Carter
vs
Pierce Mason
German win
A lot of back and forth. I was able to get both AC's w/ one of my leaders that became heroic, stole the ATR from a broken squad and began shooting at the AC's as they entered the bridge hex. I had a few troops left in reserve that protected the bridge after I controlled it. Cool small scenario!
2013-08-10
(D) nathan wegener
vs
Brian W
German win
Poor early rolls and German smoked both ACs on the turn of entry. Done in 2
2012-01-01
(A) Nick Trotti
vs
French win
2010-04-05
(D) Ian Willey
vs
MacRob
French win
Came down to last turn, Germans captured the Bridge but I took it back with a AC then ran troops up to it for suport.