- One Renault R35 & One Hotchkiss H35 (Phil)
- Two Hotchkiss H39s (Steve)
- One Panzerjager I & One Panzer II (Mal)
- One Panzer IVB & One Panzer II (Rob)
This was a small cluttered field. Phil’s H35 was first to
enter, attempting to reach the shelter of a row of houses, on the left flank of
the French table edge.
Rob responded by dashing his great Panzer IV forward to the centre of the table, opening ferocious, yet ineffectual fire on the small H35.
Steve then pushed one of his H39s up the road, splitting the
attention of the Panzer VI. Over on the French right, the two German Panzer IIs
started to manoeuvre for position, against the remaining Renault R35 and Steve’s
2nd H39, but this was real ‘handbags’ stuff. Lots of dice rolling,
but to little effect!
Back in the centre, the Panzer IV was beginning to suffer from
the attentions of 2 then 3 French tanks, being reduced to 2 Command Dice. Even
the support of Mal’s Panzerjager I was not enough to save the Panzer IV, which
was forced to withdraw.
The Panzerjager I too was soon forced to withdraw and just snipe Steve’s 2nd H39, on the far side of the crossroads, while the Panzer IV limped back from the centre of the table, only to be chased by Phil’s diminutive R35, pumping rounds into the exposed flank of the Panzer IV until it was burning.
Meanwhile the swirling fight on the French right, resulted in the positions of the two German Panzer IIs & French tanks being reversed. Steve’s 1st H39, having driven off the Panzerjager I, dashed into the fight with the Panzer IIs, giving 3 fairly well armoured tanks, vs the lighter, auto-cannon armed German tanks. This was not going to end well, especially when Rob’s Panzer II failed to inflict significant damage from 2 rounds of fire into the rear of Steve’s H39!!
This left Phil’s H35 to deal with the damaged and demoralised Panzerjager I, closing on the tank destroyer’s flank at point bank range, until the white flag appeared!
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