Our last game for 2024 and of course this had to be Chain of Command - Big CoC, to be precise.
And on this occasion we wanted to test v1 of an home grown scenario:
A centrally located object must be conquered and secured by an advancing infantry platoon, which is supported by a troop tank.
Both sides secretly declare teams and/or squads in advance, which are allowed to act directly on the table after the patrol phase has ended, for a pre-determined number of phases, until the remaining troops are allowed to join the battle.
On one side was a US Armoured platoon, which was supported by an M3A1, a squad of Goumiers and a troop of Shermans.
Opposite them was a platoon of Fucileri, reinforced by a scout squad, a Canona da 47/32, a squad of M35 Brixia mortars and a troop of Semovente 75/18.
Early morning somewhere near Gela with the important crossroad in the centre.
A few houses surrounded by orchards, wheat fields ...
... and a small farm with vineyards in the background.
The Goumiers rapidly move towards their target, the crossroad ...
... but the farm dominating the crossroads has already been taken over by Italian scouts.
A M3A1 moves in to support with another Squad - in this case US Armored Infantry.
In the meantime the Goumiers suffered badly from the fire of the Italians and had to retreat.
A troop of Semoventes arrives.
2 squads of US Armoured occupy the hedgerows of a plantation and take the farm under constant fire, but despite horrendous losses the Italian scouts stubbornly refuse to give it up.
And more Armored Infantry close in from the viallge.
The Squad deployed from their battle taxi ...
... just in time!
But support is on the way - a troop of Shermans!
As usual, it was a close game, but the decisive factor was that the US boys ran out of time, as the Italians were credited with 2 victory points for each round (3 sixes were rolled twice, and one round was ended by a CoC dice) in which they were able to hold the crossroads.
We have made some changes to the scenario, which we will then test in the new year.
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