The scene in 70s warfare film Colonel Croesus the place 1st Squad get ambushed by the flak halftrack made a giant impression on Master Timothy Stone Esquire. Me and my associates re-enacted it numerous occasions in an area pedestrian underpass. Invariably there can be a number of Private O’Rourkes. All of us needed to be the selfless BAR gunner who tries to distract/suppress the German dying spitter whereas his comrades retreat.
(Colonel Croesus is an open-to-all game of Combat Mission: Fortress Italy by which Allied forces are orchestrated by commenters whereas German items are laptop managed. Each day by day flip covers one minute of WeGo motion. For a state of affairs define and accounts of earlier turns, click here)
The Comment Commanders’ O’Rourke proves simply as plucky as his celluloid inspiration.
And suffers exactly the identical destiny.
The reversing Crabmeat 1 establishes LoS to the far finish of the row three tunnel a number of seconds too late to save lots of the inclined computerized rifleman and his buddies.
By the time the Sherman is able to contribute, the fearsome Flakvierling has fallen silent and the motorised centaur it’s mounted upon has realigned, maybe with a fast getaway in thoughts. A brace of 75mm shells from the flail tank (the primary, AP, the second, HE) scotch that scheme.
While Crosbie’s crab is busy immolating centaurs within the north, Nemchik’s is tough at work flushing out machinegunners within the south. Rounding the ff20 nook in LEAD, Crabmeat 2, spots the MG 42 man whose leaden squirts holed two 2nd Squad troopers close to Belinda in Turn 6.
The tank’s bow Browning swivels swiftly however not as swiftly because the Thompson of Sergeant King, one in every of many GIs pushed into ZINC this flip.
The scenario at T+60. ZINC seems to be enemy-free. 95% of the chamber is in-LoS and the shack has been investigated. Crabmeat 2 has restricted LoS into SILVER.
One of the survivors from Croesus’ HQ is patching up casualties close to Belinda. Other significantly wounded friendlies await consideration at jj13 (5) and z3 (8).
Having one way or the other managed to make a meal of a easy reverse order, the Achilles is a number of map squares west of the place it ought to be.
The halftrack wreck and attendant smoke column imply Crabmeat 1 can see comparatively little of the northern quay.
