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Drawing the Kroh MTO (id:#66508)

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Retimo, Crete 1941-05-20 (49 others)

Designer: Simon Spinetti

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GermanAustralian

Overview:

The key to victory on Crete was control of the airfields, and one such airfield was located 8 kilometers east of the town of Retimo. Luftwaffe reconnaissance convinced the German planners that this area was only lightly held, so just two battalions of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2 were committed to the task of taking this vital piece of ground. One group, under the command of Major Hans Kroh, was to drop directly onto and east of the airfield. At 1715 hours, the drone of Ju52 transport planes filled the air as the fallschirmjäger prepared to jump. Unknown to them, waiting below were four poorly-equipped but determined battalions of Australian and Greek defenders.

Attacker: German (Gruppe Kroh, Bataillon I, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2, Flieger-Division 7)

Defender: Australian (Company A, 2/1st Battalion and 6th Battery, 2/3rd Field Regiment, 19th Australian Infantry Brigade)

7 turns

Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No

Unit Counts:

Squads: A:20.0 D:9.0

AFVs: A:0

AFVs: D:0

Guns: A:2

8cm GrW 34 x 2

D:3

Obice da 100/17
Cannone da 75/27 x 2
Boys ATR

Misc Rules:

A: Predesignated DP: (E19.12), D: Italian Guns Captured Use (21.11)

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Publication	Board
ASL Action Pack # 5 East Front	58
ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX	73

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Date	Reporter		Opponent	Result	Comments
2024-02-01	(A) Douglas Leslie	vs	Marc Hanna	German win	The German airdrop was not a great success as all three wings managed to miss their drop points. .Two drifted off to the north east while one came down on board 73 within reasonable reach of the Australian positions. Despite numerous landings in olive groves, only one squad broke. By Allied Turn 3, the German reinforcements had a toehold on the hill but they had a poor Prep Fire Phase which saw all three guns break. At this point my opponent decided to throw in the towel, perhaps a bit prematurely. .
2023-10-18	(D) James Holt	vs	Eric Shipley	Australian win	Airdrop scenarios are like blind dates: you’re reluctant to do it, but once you commit to one, you hope for the best. But almost inevitably you’re let down. Such was the case with J226. As the Aussie, I watched in bemusement as the German drop went terribly wrong. Two of the three wings went to the wrong board and most of one of those wings drifted entirely off the board. These wings were all on the northeast corner of the map, rather than to my west. The one wing that landed as intended on board 73 scattered all to hell, got shot up in defensive first fire, and then landed in bad stuff (olive groves) that resulted in some failed MCs. Even the open ground landing TCs resulted in a bunch of deployed half squads. Altogether this greatly simplified the Aussie defense as they awaited the turn 2 (and subsequent) reinforcements from the east. I could almost totally ignore the hapless and not fully armed MMCs in the olive groves way off from the fight. When turn two reinforcements came onboard, one of the squads fell victim to a 2 up one shot. Turn 3 reinforcements also got an immediate K result on their entry. Ammo shortage, captured use, and inexperienced use penalties ended up not having any effect whatsoever against the Aussie dice bot. Eric’s dice were hogging the other end of the distribution. This could be a fun scenario, but gee whiz, it is very dicey. Lots and lots of terrain transformations, chromy SSRs, and chapter E rules, and as we used to say “The too-hard light came on”.
2023-06-21	(A) Eric Partizan Eric	vs		Australian win

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Dougban Uploaded a VASL file	2024-02-01 21:30:49
Dougban Added a playing	2024-02-01 21:04:52
pensatl1962 Rated the scenario	2023-10-20 02:41:53
pensatl1962 Added a playing	2023-10-20 02:40:18
pensatl1962 Rated the scenario	2023-10-20 02:18:45

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Estimated Play time:	5.4 hours
Recorded Games:	3

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Australian	2
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Drawing the Kroh
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