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PimpYourAFV -> RE: Battle for Paris (a Wild Bill campaign) (4/10/2008 12:06:14 PM)
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On the southern flank, a support package of infantry and a few armored vehicles are delegated to the command of other officers (computer-controlled) and a few paratroopers are dropped to the east to disrupt the enemy's plans. Enemy forces have been culled by weeks of fighting, constant airstrikes, partisan activity and desertions so there is little evidence of defenders.
Rifles fired from a fortified house stops several squads of airborne troops who are trying to secure a crossroads, but the elite SS riflemen cannot even be spotted by the paratroopers so no effective fire is returned. A few casualties are taken and the paratroopers are pinned down doing nothing at all. We know the Germans are crafty with their sudden counterattacks so no delay like this can be tolerated.
Speed is of the essence! A 12 man squad sits on a tank and it rushes the house containing the entrenched SS soldiers. The squad blunts an enemy close assault on the tank but 5 GI's are blasted off the tank and the rest run for cover. The tank fires all its weapons at point blank into the house with no apparent effect and the SS inside respond by showering the tank with grenades and other high explosive odds and ends. This goes on for awhile while soldiers from the southern group make their way up behind the house.
Meanwhile an 88 cannon, just to the north of the fortified house, does what it does best and blows up an infantry carrier toppling all the soldiers onto the street. More DUKW's (ducks) drive up and disgorge troops to take care of the 88 crew.
[image]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3456/parisgw5.jpg[/image]
With each passing minute, the worry of the men increases over whether the Germans will counterattack and in what kind of strength. We know from experience that the professional troops of the SS divisions defending France are always preparing a sudden, nasty blow for us when we are strung-out in our advance. All this while the regular Wehrmacht either surrender or retreat in panic by the tens of thousands.
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