Continuing my problems with scale.
Bought some nice Brigade Games figures to complement my Red Actions crew.
Painted them up, acceptable job, but when on the table, just doesn’t work. Neither do the Afghans I purchased on E-Bay.
Maybe I’ll just re-base and add to my TSATF groups. Will make an interesting opponents.
To borrow from Christopher Shores….a “Bloody Shambles.” And as bad as the TV Show.
Axis forces now in a cul-de-sac. I’m sure there is a way out of this (desperate airborne divisional drop?), but lack the time and patience.
So, where did it all go wrong? Feel like Jeff Goff looking at Super Bowl film. I’m so Kubler-Ross.
Think this sequence sums it up……
Ready to Break Into Asia
Too Many Units Mopping Up
Go South, Not East!
Instead of East, I should have moved the Panzers South and East, to the Anatolian Plateau, and tank country. Needed to either quickly eliminate, or mask, the by-passed Turks west of Istanbul, and move the bulk of the infantry east to maintain pressure there. Too much reliance on speed and luck.
Still, it was way too much fun getting the Turks on the Europa Table, and exploring a might-have-been scenario. Persia next? I think there is a Europa Scenario for that…………
Axis armored units contined to move east into the teeth of the Turk defenses. Slower moving infantry units moved to the southeast.
The attack on Hex 0619 was at 49:8, or 6:1, -1 for Rough Terrain. A “6” was rolled, for a DE result.
The riskier, but necessary armored attack at Hex 0513 was at lower odds, or 4:1. The Turk mixed fighter unit did abort an He-111 unit, but a roll of “6” makes up for that kind of setback. This was a DE result.
