"The Devils have Landed"
Mission
Seize and occupy the central part of the farm compound and clear the farmhouse
of Germans (although you do not need to occupy the farmhouse).
Desired endstate: Farm complex no longer a threat to any paratroopers or gliders
continuing to land in DZ N. 508 PIR elements combat effective and capable of
resuming operations to take Sainte-Mére-Église.
Friendly Forces
Captain Evans, Lieutnant Johnson, and two rifle squads are available at present
in the sunken road. There's no way of knowing if we will receive any additional
troops, but once the firing starts in earnest, we can expect any nearby paratroopers
to march to the sound of the guns.
Enemy Forces
Given the appearance of the sentry and the way the rest of the enemy has reacted,
it seems likely that the enemy consists of at least partially of infantry.
It would be difficult to say anything else about them in the gloom, though.
I don't start with much, but at least the terrain favors me.
First on my list is to get rid of those sissies hiding inside the building next
to the road.
*sneak sneak sneak*
SURPRISE!!
This gets the attention of the other sissies hiding in the farm complex and so
they open fire on the squad. My other squads answer with a hail of fire which
quickly forces the Germans to start hiding again.
I use this downtime to start moving some of my troops along the left side of the
map to flank the farm complex.
Lieutenant Ford decides to join the fight from the right edge of the map, so I'll
send him and a rifle squad to flank the complex from the right.
The Germans decided to try that whole shooting thing again, but this time it wasn't
just bullets they got in return, they also received a few mortar rounds which again
made them go back into hiding.
I use the suppression to my advantage and start my attack from both left and from the right.
Sorry, the "1 Finn equals 10 Russians" only applies to Finns.
Run away!
Ready... Aim... Fire!
I keep the momentum up and assault the central complex.
Which quickly surrenders, most likely because they figured it was no use to try and fight
an enemy who is so determined as to attack under heavy mortar barrage from his own mortars.
(my mortars pumped 50+ rounds on top of my attacking troops.. thanks.
)
Could've started better.
