Having failed to capture the bridge at Juinen, the Fallschirmjäger have fallen back to the wooded area between Juinen and Ter Weksel.
Inspired by their victory at the bridge, the Dutch are intent to destroy the Fallschirmjäger before they can link up with other German groups. The Dutch platoon commander, luitenant Hekking, has managed to find an armoured car through his uncle's connections.
It's a little known alternative fact that the Dutch army tested several armoured cars before deciding on the Landsverk. One of these (a Lancia) was sold to a car collector and later retrieved by luitenant Hekking to support his attack. I tried to find stats for the Lancia but couldn't find any so we used an armour value of 2 and schwarzlose machineguns as armament.
The game was played using scenario 3, Attack & Defend, from the Chain of Command rulebook. This time I didn't forget to take pictures.
The Dutch advanced cautiously towards the forest edge, attacking along the road trying to eject the Germans from the farmhouse. Unfortunately for the Dutch, a German squad deployed right in front of them, trapping the mitrailleurgroep including luitenant Hekking in a deadly crossfire from the woods and the farmhouse. A wounded luitenant, severely wounded sergeant and broken mitrailleurgroep lowered Dutch force morale far enough to repulse the entire attack.
The Lancia was immobilised by the German AT rifle.
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Rex barks at the intruders
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| German squad deploys: surprise! |
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Hekking gets pounded
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The farmhouse is scratchbuilt. The roads are actually pieces of towel with a road texture printed on (via artscow.com)
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Where's the enemy? The building is a one piece christmas village building: a Dutch "Schapenboet". Because of it's usability in lots of settings one of the best pieces of terrain I ever bought.
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