Last weekend we decided to play something a little different and put on a nice little Late War WW1 game, utilising Terry’s excellent collection of French and German figures to play Chain of Command.
The French objectives for the game were to capture and hold the bridge and if the opportunity arose, push on to capture the village. The German objective was to hold the town at all costs and inflict as many causalities on the French as possible.
Terry and Myself commanded the French lads which, comprised three sections of infantry, divided into six squads of 9 riflemen (including three squads with LMGs). In support, they had a light mortar.
Tim von Jolly commanded the German defending platoon, which comprised three nine-man sections of infantry, 1 MMG team with 6 riflemen, and a Grenadier section again with nine men. On support, the Germans managed to bring out an MMG Team and a flamethrower team (nasty).
Our game played well with the French easily capturing the first objective on the first move and then starting the press the German line with further quick dashes in and out of cover. The Germans, however, deployed their MMG Team in a central position with great fields of fire, effectively suppressing any movement of French troops across at least half the table. The French soon deployed their mortar team to try and silence the MMG Team, hitting it several times but only managing to add the odd point of shock.
Over the next few turns the French commanders tried in vain to push past the initial objective, but well-directed fire (more like bloody good dice rolling by Tim) from the German troops stopped every forward push by the French in their tracks.
The game pretty much ended when a section of Germans caught one of the French squads in the river and wiped them out. Casualties had been high on the French side with three squads routed and three squad commanders dead. The Germans I think just lost their flame thrower team and a few soldiers.
When done Tim (I think your dice are loaded) for the great win and Terry going down with me in the great defeat.
