Battle for Bion
The SS.PzGr.Rgt.3 is facing the 4th Cavalry Squadron in Bion.
Heavy on Stuarts and Greyhounds I have to deal with these things with static Pak40 AT guns and Panzershrecks. This is going to hurt as in an attacking role the last thing you want is having nothing that can move around...and the Grille isn't going to cut it against high numbers of armoured vehicles.
My Set Up:
The Enemy Set Up:
The Map and Deployment:
While my main forces of Infantry will head west to capture the victory locations there the rest including the Pak40 gun and Grille will stay where they are to deal with the enemy armoured threat. The location of the gun is vulnerable but it's the only position I could find where it can shoot across the center of the map.
Immediatly as the battle starts the Pak has found its first target a greyhound heading north.
On grey hound down, we're of to a good start.
Shortly after a new target came into the Pak's sights this time it
was a Stuart.
This is good 2 targets down, just 3 more to go and I can start mopping up their infantry. Without that I took immediate notice the Pak40 got fired upon by heavy MG and managed to mow down the crew.
Damn...that's not good at all.
Still got my Panzerschreck team perhaps they can deal with the others if they dare to come close to my infantry that are swarming the locations in the west of the map.
While the Panzerschreck Team failed me to take out the greyhoud located in the trees east of some of my troops I desperately moved in my grille and try my luck taking it out to safe my troops. That didn't work as soon my Grille scored a hit but didn't take the greyhound out the Grille got knocked out.
After observing a locked firefight where the Panzerschreck ran out of ammo other greyhounds and the other Stuart where closing in I decided to give in on the request of a truce send by the enemy earlier.
(damn forgot a casualties screenshot)
I still had the upper hand but without AT capabilities it would be sending my troops to a certain death trying to take those remaining armoured vehicles out at really close range.
I'll have to revisit my strategy but gosh I wish I had some decent tanks in this battle
HunterICX